Charlotte, NC (April 21, 2012)--The 2012 TORC Season kicked off on The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway, airing live on SPEED and an attendance of about 10,000 over the weekend. After a hard charging qualifying run that earned the BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL, BFGoodrich tired, Roush Performance Nissan Titan a bonus point for their 2nd fastest lap (just 0.1 second off the leader), Chad lined his #9 Pro-2WD up on the 3rd row, inside for the 2x2 rolling start. As the green flag flew, the truck launched off the start toward the left handed sweeper. The inside line proved to be a disadvantage as the trucks dove in and Chad was cut off, unable to move forward. Chad settled into 9th position.

While charging hard through the rhythm section to gain back positions, the truck unexpectedly pitched Chad off of the track and up onto two wheels. With a spectacular save, Chad managed to get the truck back under control and worked his way back up to fifth place by the mandatory caution. Chad used the restart to his advantage and quickly moved into fourth place. With two laps to go the race leader spun out and got back underway right alongside Chad. It was a battle to the checkered flag and Hord Racing finished round one in a respectable fourth place, just shy of a podium finish.

When asked his thoughts on Round 1, Chad replied, "The truck was unpredictable and I didn't want to take unnecessary risks. You can't win a points championship in the opening weekend, but you can lose one."

Once back to the pits Chad and the crew immediately began assessing the truck and determining the necessary adjustments for Round 2.

Confident with the changes made after Friday night's racing, The BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL, Nissan Titan lined up on the second row, inside for Round 2 action. Starting positions were based on the previous night's performance, with the top six finishers being inverted. When the green flag flew, the BF Goodrich tires put the power of the Roush Yates Performance, Nissan Titan engine to the ground, despite the contact through turn one, Chad was able to come out in second place.

The BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL #9 settled into his line, watching the leader for a lap to see where to make his move. On the second lap Chad made the pass and took the lead. The adjustments made to the Fox Shox gave Chad the edge he needed as the truck sailed through the rhythm sections and transferred the weight much better through the corners. With four laps to go until the mandatory caution, Chad started to receive pressure from the second place truck of Bryce Menzies. Chad was able to hold his line and maintain the lead through the mandatory caution taking home two valuable bonus points for leading at the yellow.

On the restart Chad was able to run a perfect line and maintain his lead. He and Menzies had an awesome battle going, eventually Menzies was able to tuck inside, Chad tried to find a way back around, but time would run out and the Hord Racing #9 earned a 2nd place finish and its first podium finish of the 2012 season.

Our next race will be at Red Bud in Buchanan, MI over Memorial Day weekend.

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Hord Racing Heads East for TORC Opener This Weekend! SPEED to Air Friday Races LIVE!

The Hord Racing Team saddled up and headed East to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the opening rounds of The Off Road Championship (TORC) 2012 season. The action kicks-off Friday evening at 7pm EST. The races will be broadcast LIVE on SPEED for a 2 hour TV frenzy. Chad Hord hopes to improve on his 3rd place podium in last year's race in his #9 BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL, Nissan Titan Pro-2WD class machine.

"We are very confident going into this season after just getting into the Pro 2WD last year for the first time," said Chad Hord, last year's AMSOIL Cup champion. "We tested hard at Cycle Ranch in Floresville, Texas a few weeks ago and feel like the truck will be awesome this weekend."

The Hord Racing Team is pleased to be working with the following sponsors again this season; BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL, Nissan, BFGoodrich, Fox Racing Shox, Walker Evans Racing Wheels, and Bosch Tools.

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Hord is the BOMB at the Big House, Wins AMSOIL Cup

Crandon, WI—Labor Day Week-end in Off-Road Racing means one thing: racing at the Big House, that is Crandon International Off-Road Raceway. This weekend the Hord Racing team would have to prep the truck for four different races. Before racing could start there were the usual festivities downtown on Friday morning. Trucks were on display lining the streets as fans got to walk through before seeing the annual parade. There was also the driver's meeting for the AMSOIL Cup race, that would be held Sunday evening, the biggest race in Short Course Off Road Racing.

Following the parade the team readied the truck for Friday night's racing action, which was the Round 4 makeup race from the spring run, when torrential downpours left Parson's Pond flooding the track. Chad took the green flag and came into turn one in second place, right on the heels of the leader. Both trucks seemed to have the field covered and were pulling away before the mandatory caution. After the restart Chad appeared to be closing the gap between himself and first place when, with two laps to go, the entire tread ripped off his right rear tire. Chad was able to hold on for his first second place finish of the season.

Chad also received his first Oakley Bomb of this season for having the fastest lap of the race.

SATURDAY: ROUND 9

Rain through the night on Friday would result in the cancellation of Saturday mornings practice session. The Hord Racing Team was confident with the truck after Friday's race and had it prepped and ready to go for Saturday's racing action. The BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL, Nissan Titan would line up for the land rush start in the fourth position. The BF Goodrich tires put the Nissan Power to the ground and the truck would hold it's fourth position coming into the famous turn one at Crandon Raceway. Chad was patient and ran a clean race patiently waiting for opportunities to make the pass. At the mandatory caution Chad had maintained his position, reeling in the leaders. At the restart Chad made his move and began to work his way through the to the front. When the checkered flag came out Chad found himself in second place again, having run another great race and making up significant ground in the points standings.

SUNDAY: ROUND 10

Sunday morning brought more rain to Crandon and the start of the Pro-2WD race was delayed by more than an hour, while the track crew tried to clear the mud and improve racing conditions. During the delay more rain came. When the Pro-2WD's took the start they came through turn one much slower than their usual pace. The BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL, Nissan Titan came through turn one in seventh position. Mud had blocked Chad's vision as he came into the turn and his tear offs stuck. Unable to see Chad had to slow to clear his vision to avoid contact with the wall or another truck. Once underway Chad was able to work his way into the fourth position. Again his tear offs stuck and Chad lost two positions in the back section of the track. It was difficult to distinguish trucks as they came by as this was one of the muddiest races that we have ever seen in the Traxxas TORC Series. Chad battled his way back into fourth place before the checkered flags came out. Once again Chad took home the Oakley Bomb for the fastest lap of the race.

HORD WINS THE AMSOIL CUP

The Hord Racing Team had their work cut out for them to prep the truck for the AMSOIL Cup Race on Sunday evening. With their race delayed more than an hour a significant amount of their prep time was gone. The team immediately got to work trying to clean away as much of the 1,000+ pounds of mud that caked the truck after Round 10's racing action. Half came back with the truck to start inspecting it while the others stayed back to scrape the inner aluminum body and panels. With moments to spare the Hord Racing team was one of two Pro-2WD's to make the call for the start of the AMSOIL Cup Race which places the Pro-2WD's and Pro-4x4's against each other in the biggest race in Short Course Off Road Racing. The Pro-2WD's would take the green 20 seconds before the Pro 4x4's. With only two Pro-2WD's it wouldn't take long for the Pro-4x4's to get to the front. When the green flag flew The BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL, Nissan Titan came through turn one in the lead and never looked back. Chad put down lap after lap of flawless performance. At the halfway point it looked like the Pro-4X4's would catch him on the last lap. Relentlessly Chad pushed his truck to the limits and continued to set lap times consistent with those of the Pro-4x4's. As the white flag came out the entire crowd was cheering as they were witnessing only the second Pro-2WD driver in history win the fall cup race at Crandon. Only four of the ten Pro-4x4's entered put up a lap time faster than Chad's, typically they average two seconds a lap faster. It was an exciting moment for the Hord Racing Team and the biggest race win of Chad's 15 year career. His name will be engraved on the traveling cup trophy and placed in the record books!

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Hord Finishes 3rd/First Podium of the Season, 3rd in Points

Concord, NC—The Traxxas TORC Series presented by AMSOIL made its debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway on July 22-23rd. The Hord Racing Team was eager to try out the intense track made using the existing half-mile dirt oval and the infield.

On Friday Chad and his BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL Pro-2 qualified in the fourth position. Chad would be starting on the outside of the second row. Between qualifying and racetime the crew made some minor changes to the truck that they felt would improve the performance on the track. At race time the temperatures had finally dropped below 100 degrees and 2,000+ fans braved the heat and humidity to watch even hotter racing action.

When the green flag flew, the BFGoodrich tires hooked up, Chad made a hard charge and gained the third place position, the fourth place truck tried to pass in the next corner, spun out and Chad had to go wide to avoid contact, losing two positions. Chad settled back in to the fifth position and quickly started to wear down the fourth place truck. The truck started to lose its brakes, but Chad relentlessly pursued the truck ahead of him. Chad made his move and his Nissan powered Rousch motor pulled him into the fourth place position before the mandatory caution at the halfway point of the 20 lap race.

After the caution, Chad would gain on the third place truck on the straight-aways, and lose a little ground in the cor-ners, as he was unable to run the lines he would like without brakes. About 3/4 of the way through the race, the front right hub broke and Chad lost his wheel and his first chance at the podium this season. Through attrition, the Hord Racing team took home a sixth place finish. Following the race the team worked until 2:00 AM to repair the truck in the cooler temperatures and have it prepped for Saturday's racing action.

The Hord Racing Team was confident with the repairs and adjustments they had made to the BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL Pro-2 for Saturday's racing action. During practice the truck looked great and thanks to the Rousch Nissan powerplant it was the second fastest on the track, just .09 of a second from the fastest. Lined up on the first row, inside as a result of the inversion of Friday nights finishing order Chad ducked into second as the green flag flew.

Running behind Menzies and ahead of Mac-Cachren, Chad knew he would have his work cut out for him. After a few laps of constant pressure MacCachren made his move, an inside out maneuver, on corner three, and got by Chad for second place. It did-n't last long as Chad took the position back from him in turn four. Menzies was able to pull ahead as Chad and MacCachren were in a constant battle. Chad would gain some ground on the leader and then MacCachren would try to make a pass and Chad would have to adjust his lines and drive defensively to maintain his second position.

At the mandatory caution Chad was still running in second, with MacCachren hot on his heels. At the restart Chad held his line and held off MacCachren's advance. In lap 17 of 20 MacCachren made the pass, Chad would try to get him back, but time would run out. It was an awesome race to watch and Chad drove a flawless, clean race against one of the most decorated drivers in the sport of off road racing. BFGoodrich had all three podium positions in one of the most exciting Pro-2 races of the season. The 4000+ fans definitely got their moneys worth.

We heard a lot of positive feed back from the fans and NASCAR employees who attended and can't wait to go back next year. With Chad's third place finish, his first podium of the season, we are currently third in the points standings with nine rounds of racing left. To see the recorded live web stream of this race visit www.ustreamtv.com, search for TORC Series and select Pro-2 Charlotte July 23rd.

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TORC Storms the Red Bud MX Track

May 28– The teams rolled into the Red Bud MX track to have their haulers pulled into their pit spot by tractors, as the ground was saturated from the rainfall that had accumulated in the area for days. The rain cleared on Thursday only to rain again on Friday evening. The Red Bud and USAC crews worked extensively to have the track ready for racing on Saturday. The track conditions and preparations had forced USAC officials to cancel practice and qualifying. Teams drew for starting position. The BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL, Nissan Titan driven by Chad Hord would be starting on the pole.

After a full day of racing the track was just getting into good condition, as the Pro-2WDs were in staging, the skies opened up and it started to pour. The fans stuck it out for half an hour when it appeared the weather would not let up and the Pro 2 and Pro 4 drivers would have to wait until Sunday to show the 4,200+ Red Bud fans what their trucks could do on this Motocross Style track. With the dramatic elevation changes it was impossible for the safety vehicles to access all areas of the track in such condi-tions.

The Hord Racing team returned to the pits with their truck ready for Sunday's action. The weather did not lift and it rained all through the night.

In the morning it was decided to wait until noon to make a decision regarding racing. The fans showed up, despite the severe thunderstorm and tornado watches, so USAC and the racing teams decided to give them a show. Racing was to start at 1:00PM.

There would only be time for Round 2 racing action so Round 1 will be made up at a later date.

May 29—The Hord Racing team was con-fident that their truck would be the truck to beat starting on the pole in front of the 3000+ fans who showed up to the Red Bud MX track for the racing action despite the forecast.

The Pro-2WD trucks made their parade lap, as the flag flew The BOSS Snowplow #9 settled in behind Rob MacCachren. The mud was no match for the BFGoodrich tires, as Chad and fellow BFGoodrich sponsored MacCachren began to pull away from the rest of the pack. Each lap, Chad was getting more comfortable with the track and conditions, and looking for a place to get around the leader. Chad would get close and have to wait as the mud getting thrown up was making is diffi-cult to see. Four laps into the race, the under drive unit on the back of the trans-mission failed and Chad had to pull of the track. Fortunately, through attrition it would still mean Chad would finish in the fifth position.

The rain held off, just long enough for Chad's truck to return to the pits. The team had to pack up in the pouring rain.

The season opener for the Hord Racing Team, was not what we had hoped for, but the team is confident that the truck has what it takes to be on top of the podium.

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TORC Series Rounds 11 & 12 | Crandon, WI | NEWSLETTER (PDF) | VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS |

Hord Finishes Debut Pro 2WD Season Strong, Fouth Place in Points for BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL and Kumho Tires

Crandon, WI (September 5, 2010)—Crandon, WI—Labor Day Weekend in Crandon, WI is a tradition for many off-road fans. The rain and cold weather did not deter the off-road fans as once again there were record breaking crowds at the "Big House" of off-road racing.

Thursday evening Chad, his family, and the pit crew attended a dinner sponsored by Kumho Tire and then stayed to watch the debut television show on HD Theater. The coverage was phenomenal and really shows the fans the whole off-road experience. Don't miss this week's episode as Chad will be the featured driver!

Friday morning the drivers were lead from the track to downtown by a police escort to kick off the festivities. The trucks were on display for fans to look them over and mingle with the drivers. There were the usual tire changing and truck pushing competitions for the crew. The Hord Racing Team took home the prize for the best appearing pit crew. The new AMSOIL Cup was unveiled and Chad and the fellow AMSOIL sponsored drivers rode with the coveted trophy in the parade.

Friday afternoon the rain prevented practice and qualifying for Sunday's AMSOIL Cup race.

Saturday morning's practice was also cancelled due to the weather.

Going into Saturday's race without any practice session, the team hoped that the setup would be right for track conditions. The Boss Snowplow #9 raced strong and finished with a fifth place. Chad and the crew were happy with the top five, but would not be satisfied unless they had top running truck. Following the race, the team worked and made adjustments to the truck for Sunday's action.

The Hord Team is the Bomb on Sunday

On Sunday, the Hord Racing Team was confident they had the truck to beat. When the green flag flew the AMSOIL, Kumho Tired #9 came out of turn one in second place, hot on the leader's tail. Going into the finish line turn on the first lap, Chad was running his line, when Robby Gordon, a guest driver for the weekend, running in sixth place, came into the corner to hot and cut across the corner right in front of Chad, causing Chad and four other drivers to lose positions. Chad had to wait as Robby was sideways in the track in front of him and three other trucks were blocking him in from the back. Once they all got underway again, Chad was running in dead last.

Chad continued to charge hard and work his way through the traffic. After the midway caution Chad had worked his way back into sixth place. Chad was gaining on Jeremy McGrath as they were going into the Argonne Loop, Chad was going to the inside of McGrath, McGrath came down to protect his line and Chad was already committed , contact was made and Chad received a black flag for the incident. After serving his black flag Chad returned to the race and would work his way back into seventh before the checker flag flew.

Chad received the Oakley Bomb Award for having the fastest lap of the race. The team was happy with how the truck worked. It was disappointing to realize that we had the fastest truck on the track and had come out of turn one in second place. Fortunately there was no significant damage to the truck and the crew was able to prep it for the AMSOIL Cup race later in the afternoon.

AMSOIL Cup Race

Twenty competitors lined up wanting to make history, by winning the first AMSOIL Cup race. Placing the Pro-2WD against the Pro-4WD to see who will come out on top. Drivers had to draw numbers for starting position, as the qualifying rounds were cancelled on due to the weather. Chad had pulled starting in the 10th position. The Hord Racing team had a good run, finishing fourth in the Pro-2WD class, eighth overall. Fellow AMSOIL driver Scott Douglas won the prestigious cup.

Hord Racing Makes History

The Hord Racing Team made history Labor Day Weekend in Crandon, WI. Chad became the first, and only driver to win the Oakley Bomb Award in all three Pro-Truck Classes. Prior to winning the Oakley Bomb in Sunday's Pro-2WD race, Chad won three bombs throughout the 2009 Pro-light season. He also won the Oakley Bomb Award in his Pro-4WD debut, driving the AMSOIL Pro-4WD in the 2009 World Championship race, where he placed second.

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TORC Series Rounds 9 & 10 | Chicagoland, IL | PHOTOS | NEWSLETTER (PDF) | VIDEO

Hord Has Stellar Run at Chicagoland's Route 66 Speedway with Second Place Finish for BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL and Kumho Tires

Joliet, IL (August 26, 2010)—The TORC Series brought off-road racing action back to Route 66 Speedway in a big way. NASCAR star, Kyle Busch was on hand to test his driving skills among the best that off-road racing has to offer in the ultra-competitive TORC Pro-2WD class. The Hord Racing team was eager to get back and prove themselves after making some adjustments to the BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL, Kumho Tired #9. Practice went well, and Chad qualified fourth, right behind Jeff Kincaid, Ricky Johnson and Rob MacCachren. Chad qualified ahead of the rest of the field, including Kyle Busch and Jeremy McGrath, who would get inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame, live from Chicagoland, later in the evening on Thursday.

Prior to racing action there was a Pro driver RC car race where the top drivers from all of the TORC classes competed against each with replica Traxxas Slash RC cars. Kyle Busch would take the top spot, followed by Casey Currie and Chad finished off the podium in third. The RC race was followed by a driver autograph session where the fans lined up to get their favorite driver's autographs.

At 7:00 PM there were driver introductions on the track and then the racing action began. Chad started in fourth place, when the checkers flew Chad charged hard to hold his position. With the largest field of the season, the trucks were battling through the technical track. Chad was able to hold his position and finish in fourth place, behind Ricky Johnson, Jeff Kincaid and Todd LeDuc. This fourth place finish moved Chad into fifth place in the Championship standings.

Round 10

After finishing in fourth place on Wednesday, Chad would line up in the 3rd position for the start of Thursday's race. With a slight adjustment made to the groove of the tires Chad was confident that this run would be even better. On the first lap, Chad got passed by fellow Kumho Tire sponsored Ricky Johnson. After a getting settled in, Chad began to work his way to the front, charging his BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL #9 around the track at a demanding pace, passing both Mike Oberg and Jeremy McGrath. Chad quickly started reeling in Ricky Johnson who had gotten an early lead. They began to pull away from the field until the mandatory caution bunched them back together.

On the restart, Chad made a run to the inside, but had to protect his line from the hard charging MacCachren and McGrath. Two laps after the caution, Chad began to pull away from MacCachren, and made a run at Ricky Johnson. Nearly landing on the back of Johnson over the 120'+ tabletop, Chad dove to the inside on the tight right hand corner, running side by side through the rhythm section, Chad was unable to make the pass stick, but continued to battle with Ricky, as they distanced themselves from the rest of the pack. Time would run out and the Hord Racing Team was stoked to finish second, after such and awesome performance and their best run of the season.

The truck is working the best it has all year heading into the season finale in Crandon, WI, Labor Day Weekend. The Hord Racing Team currently is in fourth place in Championship points standings following a stellar performance at Route 66 Raceway.

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TORC Series Rounds 7 & 8 | Bark River, MI | PHOTOS | VIDEO | NEWSLETTER (PDF)

Hard Working Hord Racing Competitive at Bark River in Tough Pro2WD Class for BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL and Kumho Tires

Bark River, MI (August 15, 2010)--The BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL, Kumho tired, #9 Pro 2WD of Chad Hord took the short drive to Bark River International Raceway for rounds 7 and 8 of the Traxxas TORC Series. The Pro 2WD class, probably the most competitive of the pro classes, features some of the top names in off-road racing. This is Chad's first year in this full-size truck class and has been remarkably competitive in the 8 rounds thus far.

Chad Hord Racing qualified fourth for Saturday's round 7 racing action. He would line up in the 2nd row on the outside for the 2 x 2 rolling start. When the green flag flew, Chad charged hard for the all important holeshot, but he got boxed in and dropped to the sixth position as the field went through the front stretch in front of a huge crowd of more than 10,000.

Chad ran a consistent race, up the mandatory caution, trying to find a line to pass. On the restart it appeared that he had found the line and looked like he was going to go from sixth to second or third, charging on the inside. Ahead of him the trucks began to check-up. Chad got into the side of another truck, spinning them both out, and shuffling the number 9 to the rear of the field. Running in dead last, Chad tried all he could do to make up the positions. The track was very slick and developed into a single line track, leaving few opportunities to pass. With track conditions not favoring his tire groove, Chad was only able to make one pass and would have to settle for 8th.

On Sunday, Chad started in the 8th position, due to the finish from Saturday's action. By the mandatory caution Chad had worked his way into sixth place. Continually charging hard, Chad worked the inside lines to try to pick pick-off more positions. The unfavorable track conditions continued to plague him and he was only able to gain one more position to finish in fifth place. Hord Racing moved to sixth place in the points standings.

The Hord Racing team is working hard to get the truck ready for rounds 9 and 10 at Chicagoland's Route 66 Raceway for a midweek race on August 25-26th. They will also be testing in Crandon on Sunday.

Replays of the Bark River races can be seen on the TORC Series website: TORCseries.com or through USAC's USTREAM portal.

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TORC Series Rounds 5 & 6 | Oshkosh, WI | PHOTOS | NEWSLETTER (PDF)

Hord Puts on a Show Under the Lights at Oshkosh Speedzone, Clings to 4th in Points

Round 5

Oshkosh, WI—There was no practice/qualifying session for Friday's racing action as they needed as much time for track preparation as possible after the steady downpours of rain that plagued the Sunnyview Expo Center on Thursday. As a result they drew for starting positions and The Hord Racing #9 started third, in the second row on the inside, of the tight technical track. When the green flag flew and racing was underway, Chad tried to hold his inside line and was pinched off in a tight hairpin corner, followed by some contact pushing him off the track in the next turn, leaving us in the 8th position after the mayhem of lap one.

The BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL, Kumho Tired machine, began to work its way through the traffic and picked-off Kincaid in lap three and worked his way by Oberg in lap four. Chad was running in sixth, battling Taylor for fifth when the mandatory caution came out. During the caution lap we noticed that the front left tire was starting to go down. On the restart Chad continued to battle with Taylor and finally took over the fifth spot in lap 11. With the tire continuing to fade, Taylor got us back in lap 13 and Oberg passed us with one to go. The Hord Racing #9 was able to hold on and finish in 7th place with a cut tire. Upon further inspection back in the pits the crew also found that the steering rack was broken and the A-arm was bent as a result of all the contact during the race.

Round 6

Starting in the fourth row on the inside, in the seventh position as a result of Friday's finish, Chad and the Hord Racing crew knew they had the truck to get to the front. When the green flag flew, the Kumho tires hooked up and the BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL #9 worked its way through the field and found themselves running in fourth place.

In lap two we dropped into fifth as McGrath got by us. In lap five the Hord Racing team overtook Oberg for the fourth position. Chad caught up to McGrath who was running in third just before the mandatory yellow laps. On the restart Chad continued to charge and try to overtake McGrath. With each consecutive lap we were closer to making the pass on the inside stick, finally with only three laps to go Chad would get on the inside and win the drag race down the front straight away to make the pass.

With only a lap and a half to go McGrath got his nose into our side and pushed us wide into a turn. As a result of the contact the Hord Racing #9 was up on two wheels. Chad was able to save it but lost the third position. We were able to catch up to McGrath again, but ran out of time to get back our third position before the checkered flag flew.

This was by far the most exciting race of the season for the Hord Racing crew. The truck is definitely improving with each race. Our fastest lap was a 40.781 and the Oakley Bomb Winner for the fastest lap this race was a 40.295. Be on the look out for the Hord Racing team on the podium in Bark River!

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TORC Series Rounds 3 & 4 | Bark River, MI | PHOTOS | NEWSLETTER (PDF) | VIDEO

Hord Takes First Podium in Front of Record Crowd in Bark River, MI

Bark River, MI-The Hord Racing team was ready for racing action in Rounds 3 and 4 on their home track in Bark River, MI. The BOSS Snowplow #9 had a good start as the field of Pro-2WD's charged toward the record breaking crowd into turn one. As the dust settled, Chad was running in second place. On lap two Chad nearly flipped end-over-end coming off of the table top jump at the new finish line. Amazingly he was able to save it, but it cost him his position in the running order.

At the mandatory caution Chad was running in fourth place and held the position on the restart. With a few laps to go the AMSOIL, Kumho Tired machine kept charging forward, pressuring the truck ahead of him. Eventually Chad overtook the third position when the truck ahead of him pulled off with engine problems, as the result of the demanding pace.

Chad settled into third place and maintained his position when the checkered flag flew. This was Chad's first podium in the Pro-2WD class.

Round 4

After making minor adjustments to the truck from the previous round of racing the AMSOIL protected, Kumho Tired #9 took the field in the fifth position for the rolling start.

Chad battled back and forth with the top trucks to finish the race in the fourth position. We currently are sitting fourth place in the points championships standings and are pleased with the truck in its first season.

Following the racing action on Monday Chad and the team stayed in Bark River to further test the truck. With each lap on the track the truck continually runs faster and smoother.

Look forward to the Hord Racing team continually charging toward the front.

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TORC Series Rounds 1 & 2 | Crandon, WI | PHOTOS | NEWSLETTER (PDF) | VIDEO

Hord Team Makes Pro-2WD Debut at the Big House for TORC Season Opener in Crandon, WI

Crandon, WI—The Hord Racing Team has eagerly been awaiting their Pro-2WD debut in the TORC series. After many months of testing, hard work and preparation they were ready to take on the "Big House" in Crandon, WI.

At Saturday morning's qualifying session Chad qualified fifth, with hundredths of seconds separating the qualifiers.

When the green flag flew, Chad charged hard into turn one in the fifth position at speeds in excess of 90mph. He was working hard to battle around the fourth place truck, a seasoned Pro-2WD driver. Battling mechanical issues in the corners it made it difficult for Chad to make the pass. In a hard charge in the Argonne Loop, it looked like Chad was ready to take the position when the mechanical issue caused him to lose control and hook the berm. The truck flipped violently in the air, going over two to three times. Chad was unable to re-enter the race and would have to settle for an 8th place finish.

When the truck returned to the pits the team assessed the damage and immediately got to work.

The engine mount on the block broke so the engine needed to be changed. The driver's side front wheel was destroyed; the front right corner had significant damage to the upper A-arm and tie-rod. The rear bumper and hanger s were bent, a whole new body was mounted and the front and rear shocks were also re-placed.

The crew worked into the morning and were able to take a two hour rest before returning to prep the truck for the Sunday morning practice session.

Round 2

Chad lined up to take the green flag in the eighth position after the violent crash of Round 1. Confident in his truck, and the repairs his crew had made after the practice session earlier that morning, Chad charged into turn one with his BOSS Snowplow, AMSOIL, Kumho tired machine. He had picked off two positions by the time he reached the front straight away in front of the thousands of cheering fans.

At the mandatory caution Chad had made two more passes and was running in the fourth position. On the restart it looked like Chad had a good line and would make an advance, some congestion ahead of him caused him to lose a position. The number 9 Pro-2WD battled on and regained the fourth position.

The Hord Racing Team was pleased with the results and returned to the pits to prep the truck for the upcoming 17th Annual Crandon cup race.

17th Annual Crandon Cup

The Hord Racing team was eager to race their Pro-2WD in one of the Crandon Cup races. Chad has driven for other teams in the past, but this was our first experience running our own truck.

The Pro-2WDs were given a 12 second advantage on the Pro-4WD. Chad had a good start, coming out of turn one in the third position. Putting constant pressure on third place, Chad took over the position by the end of the second lap, when the other truck had mechanical issues.

Running in second, Chad tried to lure in the leader with the Pro-4WDs constantly closing the gap. With just 2 1/2 laps to go the Pro 4WDs started picking their way through the Pro 2WDs. Chad tried to hold them off as long as he could, but they had the advantage in the corners.

The Hord Racing #9 finished the race overall in 5th place and was the 2nd Pro-2WD. The team was very happy with their debut in the cup race and has shown improvement with each round of racing.

Look for the Hord Racing team to be a force to reckon with at the TORC Series' next stop in Bark River, Michigan, July 10th and 11th.