Rob MacCachren

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Rob MacCachren in 2008

Rob MacCachren (born March 24, 1965) is an American off-road racer from Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] He raced the Mickey Thompson Stadium Series early in his career and went on to win championships in Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR), SCORE International, SODA, and Best in the Desert (BITD). MacCachren has won over 100 events and 15 championships during his racing career,[2] including three BorgWarner World Championships and the 2008 CORR Pro-2 championship. He drives the Rockstar Energy Drink Ford Trophy Truck in CORR and SCORE.[3]

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[edit] Career

[edit] 1980s

MacCachren, the son of an off-road racer, began racing dirt bikes in the terrain around Las Vegas, winning the 1973 Nevada State Motorcycle Championship as an eight-year-old[2].

He raced off-road in Southern Nevada Off-Road Enthusiasts (SNORE) in 1982, winning the Driver of the Year points and being named "Rookie of the Year" by the Nevada Motorsports Writers Association.[4] In 1983 he was nominated for the Nevada Sports Writers Association's "Top Off-Road Driver" and in the following year for their "Competitor of the Year".[4] In 1985 he won six straight SNORE events on his way to winning the season championship.[4] That same year he won the Triple Crown at the Silver Dust Racing Association.[4]

In 1986, MacCachren won his second SNORE championship.[4] He also began competing in SCORE International, and was nominated for SCORE's Rookie of the Year award.[4] The following year MacCachren captured his third SNORE championship,[2] as well as winning Driver of the Year awards in SCORE International and High Desert Racing Association (HDRA).[2] In 1989, MacCachren raced in HDRA/SCORE, winning both the Class 7S division for light pickup trucks and the mini metal championship.[4]

[edit] 1990s

MacCachren won HDRA/SCORE's 7S and mini metal classes again in 1991 and was nominated for their Driver of the Year award.[4] He competed in the final season of the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group (MTEG) Grand National Sport Trucks Series in 1994.[4] The same season he became the first Desert Trophy Truck Champion for Venable Racing.[4] He followed up the championship by winning MTEG's first Thunder Truck championship in 1995. At SODA's nationally televised events, he took the Governor's Cup at Crandon en route to winning the Class 4 season championship for 4-wheel-drive Trophy Trucks.[4] He also won SNORE's Class 1 / 2 1600 buggy championship,[4] set the qualifying record for CORR's Borg Warner World Championship race, and won CORR's Winter Series championship.[4] By that time CORR had replaced SODA as the top short course in the nation. In 1999, he won the BorgWarner World Championship race at Crandon.[4]

[edit] 2000s

In 2000, MacCachren won the first of three consecutive Governor's BorgWarner World Championship Shootout races.[5] The following year, he competed in SNORE, SCORE, and CORR. In SNORE, he was the overall and class champion.[4] He also won the Best in the Desert 7300 championship. In SCORE, he was the overall champion and won the class 1 / 2 — 1600 championship.[4] In CORR, he took the Governor's Cup championship at Crandon's Spring Brush Run and the Pro-4 Borg Warner championship at Crandon's World Championships on Labor Day weekend en route to winning the 2002 Pro-4 championship.[4] For his performance that season, he was awarded the Toyota True Grit Award and the AARWBA (American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association) award.[4] His 2003 season ended with a SNORE class championship and a Pro 1600 Class 1 / 2 — 1600 Series Championship.[4]

MacCachren was nominated for the AARWBA award in 2004 after winning the Laughlin Class Championships (1 / 2 — 1600 & Class 12) and SCORE's Laughlin Leap Championship,[4] with his pit crew helping him win the SCORE Laughlin Pit Crew Challenge Championship.[4] In 2005, he won the AARWBA award after capturing the Best in the Desert Class 7300 Championship.[4]

MacCachren won his first overall SCORE championship in 2007 after winning three of six events.[6][7][8] In 2007, he won 12 events in two CORR classes,[2] adding four SCORE and BITD wins.[2] For the 40th annual Baja 1000, he and co-driver/team owner Mark Post teamed up with CORR driver Carl Renezeder to take the overall race,[7] completing the 1,296-mile (2,086 km) course in 25 hours, 21 minutes and 25 seconds to win by only six minutes.[7] It was the first time that a Trophy Truck had the overall win in the 13 years that the class has competed in the event.[7] Motorcycles frequently beat trophy trucks and buggies in the event that traverses the Baja California peninsula from Ensenada to Cabo San Lucas. It was his first overall win in desert off-road racing's premiere event after his class wins between 1992 and 2004.[7] With the win, MacCachren and Post became the first trophy truck drivers to take SCORE's overall season points championship.[8]

During the 2008 season, MacCachren competed in CORR in the Pro-2 and Pro Buggy divisions, winning the season championship in both divisions.

[edit] Awards

He was named the 2007 Dirtsports Magazine Driver of the Year.[6]

He was named the 2007 BFGoodrich Tires Motorsports Person of the Year.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Driver Info". CORR. http://www.corracing.com/driver_bio.asp?cid=2&did=115. Retrieved 2008-11-29. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f "BFGoodrich Tires Names Rob MacCachren 2007 Motorsports Person of the Year". DirtNewz.com. April 9, 2008. http://www.dirtnewz.com/dr-pressreleases/2008/04-2008/bfg-4-9-08.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-29. 
  3. ^ "CORR Round 9 and 10". Sand Addiction magazine. August 14, 2008. http://www.sandaddiction.com/tag/rob-maccachren. Retrieved 2008-11-29. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Rob MacCachren Biography". Rockstar Energy Drink. http://www.rockstar69.com/athlete.php?ath=153. Retrieved 2008-12-07. 
  5. ^ "News from Crandon International Off-Road Raceway" (PDF). Crandon Off Road. 2006. http://www.crandonoffroad.com/pdf/07_CRANDON.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-28. 
  6. ^ a b "Rob MacCachren Named “Dirtsports Magazine Driver of the Year”". DirtNewz.com. February 20, 2008. http://www.dirtnewz.com/dr-pressreleases/2008/02-2008/robmac-2-20-08.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-29. 
  7. ^ a b c d e Wolf, Jeff (November 15, 2007). "MacCachren's team captures Baja 1000". Las Vegas Review-Journal. http://www.lvrj.com/sports/11339426.html. Retrieved 2008-12-27. 
  8. ^ a b "Baja 1000: Riviera Racing summary". Motorsport.com. November 28, 2007. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=276211&FS=SCORE. Retrieved 2008-12-28. 

[edit] External links

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