| Carl Renezeder | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born | April 16, 1964 Montebello, California |
| Related to | Josh Baldwin |
| 2012 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Unlimited-2, Unlimited-4 | |
| Debut season | 2009 |
| Current team | Renezeder Racing |
| Car no. | 1 / 17 |
| Wins | 87 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2009 |
| Previous series | |
| 2008, 2007, 2003 (Pro-4) 2006, 2005 (Pro-2) |
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Carl Renezeder (born April 16, 1964) is an American off-road racer for Renezeder Racing. As of the end of the 2009 season, Renezeder has won 87 short course national events while competing in Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR), World Series of Off Road Racing (WSORR), and Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS).[1] He has won a record seven short course off-road racing championships.[2] Renezeder was also the first driver in short-course off-road racing history to win championships in both two wheel drive and four wheel drive trophy trucks in the same season when he won the 2009 Unlimited 2 and Unlimited 4 divisions in LOORRS.[2]
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Renezeder's hometown is Montebello, California and he graduated from UCLA in 1987.[3] He was an All-American water polo player.[3]
Renezeder raced in CORR between 1994 and 2002, winning nine events.[3] He was part of the Baja 1000 Class 1 winning team in 1994.[3]
In 2003, he won the CORR Pro-4 division points trophy.[3] He had eight wins that season, including Borg-Warner World Championship at Crandon.[3] He also finished second in the Pro-2 points.[3] Renezeder returned to both series in 2004, winning eight races to finish second in Pro-4 and third in Pro-2.[3] His season highlight was winning the Governor's Cup/Brush Run at Crandon.[3]
Renezeder won the 2005 Pro-2 CORR championship and finished second in Pro-4 points.[3] He won nine races that season, including the Nissan Nationals in Pro-4.[3]
In 2006, he was named Dirt Sports Magazine’s "2006 Driver of the Year".[4] He won CORR's Pro-2 class after winning six events.[3] In Pro-4, Renezeder won 4 races to finish second in season points.[3] At Laughlin, he won the Laughlin Leap by jumping his trophy truck 159 feet (48 m) before finishing second in the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge.[3] He finished third in the SCORE Las Vegas PRIMM 3000.[3] Renezeder set the all-time track record at Crandon when he raced around the 1.5-mile (2.5-km) circuit in 1:24.121 second.[5] It is the current record as of 2009.[5]
In 2007, Renezeder won 21 races during the season.[3] For the 2007 Baja 1000, he and team owner Mark Post teamed up with CORR driver Rob MacCachren to take the overall race win,[6] completing the 1,296-mile (2,086 km) course in 25 hours, 21 minutes and 25 seconds to win by only six minutes.[6] 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.[6] Motorcycles frequently beat trophy trucks and buggies in the event that traverses the Baja California peninsula from Ensenada to Cabo San Lucas. He won the Pro-4 championship in CORR after winning eight events.[3] These wins included the Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup and the Forest County Potawatomi Chairman's Cup at the June Crandon race.[3] In CORR's Pro-2, he won seven races and finished third in points.[3] He also competed in several WSORR races, winning three Pro2WD and three Pro4x4 events.[3]
Renezeder won the 2008 CORR Pro-4 championship.[7] He won four Pro-4 and two Pro-2 races in CORR plus one RJORGP GP4 event.[7] In WSORR, he won two PRO-2WD and two PRO-4x4 races.[7] In SCORE, he won the second day of the Laughlin Desert Challenge.[7]
CORR closed at the final event of the 2008 season, and Renezeder joined the newly-formed Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series in 2009. He competed in both of their trophy truck series: the Unlimited 2 series for two wheel drive trucks and the Unlimited 4 series for four wheel drive trucks. Going into the final Unlimited 2 points event at Primm, Renezeder held a five point lead.[8] He finished high enough in the final feature to win by one point over Jeff Ward and Todd LeDuc.[8] He entered the final Unlimited 4 points race with a 17 point lead over Alan Pflueger.[8] Renezeder crashed with Adrian Cenni in the first turn and Pflueger's truck was damaged enough to end his race. Renezeder was able to continue and he won the championship.[8]
Renezeder is married to Kelley and has four children.[3] Kelley is the sister of Josh and Jason Baldwin,[9] and she races in buggies.[10] Jason was CORR's owner when he died in a 2005 airplane crash.[9][10]