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CORR Race Preview: 2025-26 Rounds 3-4 | Firebird

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Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) is back in action this weekend with Rounds 3 and 4 of the 2025-26 season at Firebird Motorsports Park. After a thrilling opening event in October, this weekend gives racers a shot to apply what they’ve learned about the track and their opponents in the opener.

Event Schedule

  • Friday, 8:15AM: Practice (UTV, Car, and Truck classes)
  • Friday, 10:55AM: Practice (RZR 170/250 and Youth classes)
  • Friday, 12:50PM: Qualifying (UTV, Car, and Track classes)
  • Friday, 3:30PM: Qualifying (RZR 170/250 and Youth classes)
  • Saturday, 7:45AM: Morning Ceremonies, RZR 170/250 and Youth Round 3 Races
  • Saturday, 11:45AM: Afternoon Ceremonies, UTV, Car, and Truck Round 3 Races
  • Sunday, 7:45AM: Morning Ceremonies, RZR 170/250 and Youth Round 4 Races
  • Sunday, 11:45AM: Afternoon Ceremonies, UTV, Car, and Truck Round 4 Races

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Track Facts

Firebird Motorsports Park has been the most frequent host of CORR events, including the entirety of last season’s racing and three of this season’s events. The Arizona venue has undergone multiple reconfigurations since it was first built in 2008, with its current layout matching a high-flying frontstretch with a series of tight hairpins.

Racer Spotlight

In the opening doubleheader, none of the drivers in Pro SXS or Pro NA could establish themselves as the definitive championship favorite; both classes are separated by six points or less in the top three. However, Ryder Chapman was able to take a win in both classes, putting him first in Pro NA by three over Ryder VanBeekum and tying him for second in Pro SXS with Beau Judge, five points back of Chase Carr.

Not so in Pro Production and Pro Am Turbo, which run together as a multi-class race. Mia Chapman and Steve Hoffman, respectively, swept the opener in their respective classes and take double-digit points leads into this weekend. The bigger question is who will be the first across the line, as they split that honor in October.

Brothers Carson and Ryder Greco made it a family affair on top of the box in October, with Carson sweeping both Pro Am races and Ryder doing the same in Youth Restricted. They have two of the largest points leads in the series coming into the weekend, with Carson 11 points ahead of Mikey Childress and Ryder up by 12 over Krew Hart.

Pulling double duty, Childress is in a heated battle with Kash Hart for top honors in Youth SXS. Childress drew first blood in the opening round in October, while Hart backed up his second-place finish in that race by beating Childress in the second race.

The largest points lead in the series belongs to 170 Production driver Banks Bawden. As one of the largest classes in CORR, a double podium on any weekend means a huge points haul; thanks to finishes of second and first in October, Bawden takes a 17-point advantage over Krayton O’Connor into this weekend.

Finally, Johnny Holtger makes his season debut behind the wheel in Pro Lite after Michael Funk filled in for him at the first event. Holtger has been the Pro Lite driver to beat in the Midwest in recent years, and Funk took a win and second place in the opening event as his substitute to allow him to enter the weekend tied for the points lead with Tobias Chevalier.

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All CORR races will feature television coverage on the RACER Network, as well as free live streaming on multiple platforms. Click here for the full CORR schedule.

Click here to download the full rulebook for the upcoming season.

CORR would like to thank our sponsors for their continued support. Interested in becoming a sponsor for the 2025–26 CORR season or a specific event? Please contact us at marketing@corracing.com for more information.

Vendors—we want you too! To learn more about opportunities with CORR, reach out at marketing@corracing.com.

For general series information, visit us online at www.corracing.com.

The Chase for the Championship Begins: CORR Readies for Firebird Doubleheader on December 12-14

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After a strong season debut at Firebird Motorsports Park in October, Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) returns to action at its flagship Arizona venue on December 12-14. With three full days of on-track excitement, early registration discounts, and new low ticket prices, there’s no better way to ring in the holiday season for racers and race fans alike.

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Tickets for Rounds 3 and 4 are on sale now at new low prices. Single-day admission is $20, while a weekend pass covering all three days is $35 (kids 5 and under free). In addition, spectator camping is available for $20 on Saturday and $35 for the weekend.

Racer registration is also open now. Early registrations can enter the code FALL2025 at checkout to receive $50 off class entry, one pit/camping pass, and one weekend general admission pass—a total of $150 in savings!

Prior to race week, fans will have plenty of opportunities to get familiar with CORR:

  • Highlights from last month’s season opener at Firebird will air on RACER Network on Monday nights in December. Round 1 highlights will air on Monday, December 1 at 7PM PT, and Round 2 highlights will air on Monday, December 8 at 7PM PT.
  • CORR will have an on-site presence at Rugged Radios Dirt Expo, coming to Westworld of Scottsdale on December 5-7. Cars from Mia Chapman, John Holtger, Carson Greco, and Wade Wyman will all be on display. Show hours are 3PM-8PM Friday, 9AM-6PM Saturday, and 9AM-4PM Sunday, and admission is $19.99 per day (kids 12 and under free).

The season opener set the tone for an exciting season to come, with dramatic finishes all weekend long and only a handful of drivers able to sweep both rounds of the doubleheader. Chapman and Greco were two of the racers who managed to go back-to-back, while front-runners like Ryder VanBeekum, Chase Carr, and Ryder Chapman would also establish themselves as names to beat among the healthy Pro fields.

The series attracted first-time entries from Carr, Beau Judge, Jeremiah Wagner, and Kolton Krajicek, and it also kicked off its first Pro Lite championship. Holtger, the Midwest champion this year, will make his CORR season debut in December, joining Michael Funk, who filled in for him at the opener and is among those returning for the next event.

The 2025-26 CORR season is set to be the biggest in series history, with free live streaming coverage of all rounds on the RACER+ app, YouTube, Facebook, and Rumble joined by 10 one-hour recap shows on the RACER Network. Jim Beaver and Tiffany Stone will have the call of the action all season long.

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Redemption for Carr, Dramatic Finishes Highlight CORR Sunday Action at Firebird

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Double or nothing was the theme of the day at Firebird Motorsports Park on Sunday, as Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) wrapped up its first of five doubleheaders on the 2025-26 campaign. Some racers managed to sweep their classes, and others would end the day wondering what might have been.

Nowhere was the drama more apparent than the headlining Pro SXS and Pro NA classes. In Pro NA, Saturday winner Ryder VanBeekum came within a single corner of sweeping the weekend, leading Saturday’s Pro SXS winner Ryder Chapman in a clean fight to the finish. Instead, a brutally timed equipment failure would knock VanBeekum from first to fifth as he limped towards the line.

Chapman himself wasn’t immune from the curse, either. After a hotly contested battle with Chase Carr for yesterday’s Pro SXS win, Chapman found himself leading Carr once again late in the race. But he rolled in Turn 3, and despite putting the throttle down to try and recover, a broken rear suspension left him with three wheels and unable to continue, allowing Carr to move up a spot from yesterday.

Carr was just one of many racers to do one spot better from their Saturday second places. The phenomenon started early in both 170 classes, with Banks Bawden (Production) and Stetson Wyman (Limited) the first to pull it off. It continued in 800 Open with Addie Atteberry and Youth SXS with Kash Hart, and Carr was the first of three drivers to do it in a row in the adult classes, just before Brandon Kilgore (SR1) and Tobias Chevalier (Pro Lite). Behind Chevalier, Saturday winner Michael Funk and Nick Brandon had one of the closest finishes of the day battling for second, with Funk getting the edge because he landed the final jump first and was able to put the power down a little earlier.

Repeat winners from Saturday included Brody Kline, Kyle Niner, brothers Carson and Ryder Greco in their respective classes, Chace Quick, Matt Dyer, and Mia Chapman and Steve Hoffman in the Pro Production/Pro Am Turbo multi-class race. On Saturday, Hoffman got the jump on Chapman during the restart after the competition caution to win the overall; on Sunday, Chapman held the lead off the restart, and using the second place Pro Production car of Jeremy Spears as a buffer, built a gap to keep the overall lead across the line.

Podium finishers from CORR 2025-26 Round 2 at Firebird Motorsports Park were as follows:

For full results, click here.

On-demand replays of this weekend’s free live streams remain available on CORR’s YouTube, Facebook, and Rumble channels. One-hour highlight shows of each race day will air on the RACER Network in the coming weeks.

The 2025-26 CORR season continues with a return to Firebird on December 12-14. Live streaming will once again be available on RACER+ and CORR social media channels, followed by the RACER Network highlight shows.

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All CORR races will feature television coverage on the RACER Network, as well as free live streaming on multiple platforms. Click here for the full CORR schedule.

Click here to download the full rulebook for the upcoming season.

CORR would like to thank our sponsors for their continued support. Interested in becoming a sponsor for the 2025–26 CORR season or a specific event? Please contact us at marketing@corracing.com for more information.

Vendors—we want you too! To learn more about opportunities with CORR, reach out at marketing@corracing.com.

For general series information, visit us online at www.corracing.com.

CORR Opens 2025-26 Season With 17 Winners in 17 Classes

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17 classes. 17 winners.

If you’re looking for excitement and a lot of different faces on top of the podium, you needn’t have looked any further than Firebird Motorsports Park on Saturday. The Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) season kicked off with a bang, and despite some of short course off-road racing’s most talented drivers pulling double duty (or more), none could stand atop the box twice in the opener.

CORR’s fourth season was already poised to be its biggest yet thanks to an influx of new partners and classes, the addition of new race dates at Glen Helen Raceway and SBC Fairgrounds, a new TV and live streaming package on the RACER Network and RACER+, and top drivers heading west to do battle. The size of the entry list only backed that up, as the opener set a new CORR record with 116 unique drivers.

Firebird, for its part, established why it’s been CORR’s most frequently visited venue over the years with racers of all ages putting on some thrilling racing. A photo finish for third place in 170 Limited saw Cooper Hogenes holding off Brooks Hopkins at the line by just .03 seconds, while Pro Am Turbo winner Steve Hoffman and Pro Production class winner Mia Chapman would put up an incredible fight for first overall in the first multi-class race of the day.

It all built up to the feature Pro SXS race, with polesitter Beau Judge and Ryder Chapman doing heavy battle after they came to the green and Chapman briefly falling from first to fourth despite nearly making a pass for the lead on the outside. Robert VanBeekum would be next to challenge Judge, but he’d take contact from Chase Carr shortly after and fall out of contention.

Chapman would push hard to get back in the running, soaring past Carr to get back to second before the caution flew. On the restart, he’d get to Judge’s inside on Turn 2, make the pass stick on the outside of Turn 3, and pave the way for Carr to take second. On the final lap, Chapman would make a mistake that gave the top spot to Carr for a few hundred feet, but he’d push his way back into first in one of the most exciting races of the day.

While nobody could take two victories on Saturday, two drivers would stand on the podium more than once: Hogenes backed up his 170 Limited podium with another third place in Youth Restricted, and Mikey Childress backed up his Youth SXS victory with second place in Pro Am. In addition, multiple sibling pairs would take home hardware—led by the Chapmans’ two victories—and even a father-daughter duo (Daniel and Chloe Hurn) would take a pair of third place finishes in their respective classes.

Podium finishers from CORR 2025-26 Round 1 at Firebird Motorsports Park were as follows:

For full results, click here.

The action continues at 7:45AM on Sunday morning with another full slate of races for every class. Live streaming will once again be available on RACER+ and CORR social media channels.

Images by Garrett Hamilton/Dirt Nation

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All CORR races will feature television coverage on the RACER Network, as well as free live streaming on multiple platforms. Click here for the full CORR schedule.

Click here to download the full rulebook for the upcoming season.

CORR would like to thank our sponsors for their continued support. Interested in becoming a sponsor for the 2025–26 CORR season or a specific event? Please contact us at marketing@corracing.com for more information.

Vendors—we want you too! To learn more about opportunities with CORR, reach out at marketing@corracing.com.

For general series information, visit us online at www.corracing.com.