Championship Off-Road
CategoryShort course off-road racing
CountryUnited States
Inaugural season2020
Official websitechampoffroad.com

Championship Off-Road, officially known as AMSOIL Championship Off-Road (as Amsoil holds the naming rights) and abbreviated to COR, is an American short course off-road racing series. Founded in 2020 and sanctioned by the International Series of Champions (ISOC), the series mainly competes in the Midwestern United States.

History

TORC: The Off-Road Championship was originally the preeminent sanctioning body for short course off-road racing in the Midwest before its folding in 2018. The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series then took over as the main series in the region via the Lucas Oil Midwest Short Course League until its dissolution after the 2019 season as officials elected to focus on LOORRS.[1] In October 2019, ISOC partnered with Crandon International Off-Road Raceway, Bark River Raceway, and ERX Motor Park to create Championship Off-Road.[2]

Championship Off-Road's inaugural season in 2020 was marred by the COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting restrictions on attendance forced Bark River to cancel its races. The opener was held at ERX on July 10–11.[3][4]

LOORRS released its 2021 schedule in October 2020 at only three tracks.[5] On November 13, Lucas Oil Products announced that it has ended sponsoring and operating the LOORRS series.[6] This closure left COR (and the dissimilar Stadium Super Trucks) as the only short course off-road racing sanctioning bodies remaining.[7] Many of the West Coast teams raced in the Midwest for the season.[8]

Media

COR races were streamed online at Vimeo Livestream. The booth consisted of Brent Smith and Cheyne Statezny while Haley Shanley served as track reporter.[9] CBS Sports Network assumed television rights beginning in 2022.[10]

Tracks

The grandstands at Antigo
The start/finish line at Dirt City Motorplex
Track Location Seasons
Antigo Lions Roaring Raceway Antigo, Wisconsin 2021-Present
Bark River International Raceway Bark River, Michigan 2020–Present
Crandon International Off-Road Raceway Crandon, Wisconsin 2020–2023
Deadwood Deadwood, South Dakota 2024-Present
Dirt City Motorplex Lena, Wisconsin 2020–Present
ERX Motor Park Elk River, Minnesota 2020–Present
MidAmerica Outdoors Jay, Oklahoma 2023
Source:[11]

Champions

Source:[12]

Trucks
Year Pro 4 Pro 2 Pro 2 vs. Pro 4 Pro Lite Pro Spec Super Stock Truck Stock Truck
2020 Kyle LeDuc Kyle Kleiman Zachery Kirchner John Holtger - Nick Visser Collin Wichman
2021 C. J. Greaves Keegan Kincaid Daely Pentico Brock Heger Ryan Beat Joe Maciosek Diesel Shanak
2022 C. J. Greaves Jerett Brooks Dave Mason Jr. Kyle Greaves Gray Leadbetter Kyle Cooper Cory Holtger
2023 C. J. Greaves Cory Winner ? Kyle Greaves Chad Rayford Joe Maciosek Cory Holtger
Buggies
Year Pro Buggy Super Buggy 1600 Light Buggy 1600 Single Buggy Class 11
2020 Michael Hester - Billy Buth Billy Buth
2021 - Michael Meister Colin Schulz Dylan Parsons
2022 Michael Meister - Colin Schulz John Fitzgerald
2023 Mark Steinhardt - Colin Schulz Michael Seefeldt Ryan Rodriguez
Side by sides
Year Pro Turbo SxS Pro Stock SxS Pro Am SxS Sportsman SxS 570 SxS 170/200 SxS Pro R Youth SxS
2020 C. J. Greaves C. J. Greaves Dylan Marquardt Dylan Marquardt - Ellah Holtger - -
2021 Rodney Vaneperen Brock Heger Dylan Marquardt Colin Kernz Chase Braun Kody Krantz - -
2022 Hamish Kelsey Brock Heger Colin Kernz Jacob Blemke Ethan Dresel Wyatt Olson Andy Ives -
2023 Kyle Chaney C.J. Greaves Bill Berger Trent Peetz Corbyn Wassenberg Tanner Thibeault ? Ryker Remington
Karts
Year Mod Kart 450 Mod Karts Short Course Kart
2020 Easton Sleaper John Holtger Andy Johnson
2021 Easton Sleaper - Ava Lawrence
2022 Porter Inglese - Carter Zahara
2023 Porter Inglese - Race Visser

Other

Classix

  • 2020: Dale Chestnut

Formula 4x4

  • 2020: Danny Beauchamp

References

  1. ↑ Headlee, Jake (September 13, 2019). "Lucas Oil Midwest Short Course League Dissolved". Off Road Xtreme. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  2. ↑ "ISOC Set To Lead Charge for Off-Road Short Course Racing". Championship Off-Road. October 25, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Crandon Raceway confirms September race events". Racer. August 5, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  4. ↑ Fiolka, Marty (June 9, 2020). "ERX Motor Park shares plans to host short-course off-road events with spectators". Racer. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  5. ↑ James, Richard S. (October 6, 2020). "2021 LOORRS schedule features nine races at three tracks". RACER magazine. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  6. ↑ staff (November 13, 2020). "Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series to be discontinued". RACER magazine. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  7. ↑ Chick, David (November 13, 2020). "Chick's Corner: Why Lucas Oil Closing LOORRS Won't Kill Short Course". Off Road Xtreme. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  8. ↑ "AMSOIL Championship Off Road Season Opener Brings the Heat in Antigo | AMSOIL Championship Off-Road". Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  9. ↑ Krywult, Sebastian (June 18, 2020). "Championship Off-Road Announces Broadcast Team For Inaugural Season Of Short Course Racing". Off-Road Race. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Championship Off-Road Announces 2022 Schedule". DirtSportsWorld. December 1, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Results". Championship Off-Road. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  12. ↑ "2021 Points". Championship Off-Road. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
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