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Beau Judge Headlines 2025-26 CORR Champions With Pro SXS Win in Firebird Finale

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Beau Judge’s dominance of the premier class of Championship Off-Road Racing in 2025-26 came to its natural conclusion on Sunday, as he claimed the final Pro SXS win of the season at Firebird Motorsports Park. Already mathematically secure thanks to his charge from last to third on Saturday and an incoming 49-point lead, Judge made a mid-race pass on Saturday winner Conner Maxwell to earn his third win of the campaign and score a $2,500 champion’s bonus from series sponsor R-n-R Steel.

“It was a good run. I knew Conner and (Kyle) Arkenau were going to be good up there,” Judge said from the top step of the podium. “So I tried to hook to the back of Conner’s bumper as best as I could, made quick work of Arkenau, and just tried to apply the pressure. He was going so good that I had to wait for a mistake, and that’s what happened—he biked it and I was able to get by him, and after that I just kind of ran my own race.”

It was clear from before the first green flag even flew on Sunday that everyone would be going all-out to end the season on a high note. A pile-up on the 170 Production pace lap briefly delayed the start, although it wouldn’t prevent Greyson Gentry’s sweep of both the weekend and the title—a feat he would later replicate in 170 Limited as this season’s only dual-class champion.

Judge and Gentry were just two of the drivers who would sew up dominant championship campaigns with victories. Addie Atteberry would earn her ninth straight victory in 800 Open to seal the deal, while Paul O’Brien would earn the SR1 title in a thrilling head-to-head battle with Scott Webster. Johnny Holtger would outrun a $3,000 bounty on any Pro Lite driver who could beat him in the finale to go a perfect eight for eight; in fact, he’d still have won the title without the points Michael Funk scored substituting for him with a win and second place in the opening two rounds.

Others would cement their titles on lower steps of the podium. Third place was all it took for Elliott Brooke (250 Modified), Ryder Greco (Youth Restricted), and Timothy Jones (Sportsman) to claim their hardware; Brody Kline, Hayden Barler, and Liam Cadwell would take the race wins. Meanwhile, it’d be second place for two of the top Pro drivers, as Ryder VanBeekum would earn the other $2,500 R-n-R Steel champion’s bonus in Pro NA after coming home behind teammate Ryder Chapman, and Jeremy Spears would lock up the Pro Production title behind Rylen Lane, who swept the weekend.

The battle came down to the wire in Youth Production, where Tatum Foerster did everything he could with a win on Sunday, but Kyle Niner’s fourth place finish was enough to outscore him by just 11 points. Carson Greco and Michael Burnstein would earn the Pro Am and Pro Am Turbo titles, while Alex Ranuio and Troy Horak would take the race wins; Sportsman Turbo’s Matt Dyer and Youth SXS’ Mikey Childress would be the last drivers to pick up championship hardware on Sunday, although they each ran different classes for the finale.

If all that drama wasn’t enough, CORR organizers had one more card up their sleeve to end the season. More than a dozen parents of this year’s racers would step into their kids’ cars (for the most part) for an eight-lap showdown. It was in that race that Robert VanBeekum would finally return to the top of the box; running the Pro SXS that teammate Kyle Arkenau took to second place on Saturday, VanBeekum would start in the back with the other turbo entries, weave through traffic, miss the incidents, and get around all of the NA machines before the checkered flag.

“It was exciting, and it was harder than I expected to come from the back,” VanBeekum said after taking the win. “Trying to drive Kyle’s car was a handful. I don’t understand how he gets it around the track—it was not the same as ours. Ryder warned me before going in, he said ‘dad, this car doesn’t turn and it has no brakes,’ and he wasn’t lying!”

Podium finishers from CORR 2025-26 Round 7 at Firebird Motorsports Park were as follows:

For full results, click here.

CORR would like to thank all of its racers, sponsors, staff, and fans for an amazing 2025-26 season. Details about the 2026-27 championship will be shared in due course. In the meantime, CORR will return to the RACER Network airwaves on Monday, April 20 and 27 with highlights from Rounds 7 and 8 at Firebird.

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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.

CORR would like to thank our sponsors for their continued support. Interested in becoming a sponsor? 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.

Conner Maxwell Headlines Action-Packed CORR Round 9 at Firebird With Pro SXS Win

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If you could only pick one race to get a new race fan hooked on Championship Off-Road Racing, you couldn’t do much better than Saturday’s Pro SXS final.

Sure, the results might have looked predictable to longtime CORR fans. Top qualifier Conner Maxwell took his second victory of the season, followed by second place qualifier Kyle Arkenau and points leader Beau Judge. But anyone who would drill Round 9 down to its podium clearly wasn’t watching: multiple rollovers, a dramatic wheel-to-wheel battle between the father-son duo of Robert and Ryder VanBeekum, and even a one-lap dash to the finish after the final caution kept the race anything but predictable.

Even the podium finishers were anything but immune to the chaos. Judge—who was already at a disadvantage coming from ninth on the grid—got hooked on Ryder Chapman early in the race, rolled over after they unhooked, and had to drive all the way back from last place. Maxwell, meanwhile, had to survive a hard charge from Arkenau after the final restart with a tire going down.

“Something was clicking, I could hear it,” Maxwell said about the dash to the checkers. “We lost a clutch cover as well, so I was just trying to slow the car down, maintain it, not kick up too much roost into the clutches and get this thing through to tomorrow. We’ve got a big week ahead of us. (Winning) is tremendous, it makes me feel good inside to show up for all these guys. We’ll show up tomorrow and do it all again.”

The day started with Greyson Gentry sweeping the 170 Production and Limited classes as he looks to lock up both titles tomorrow. Gentry would set the tone for numerous points leaders on the day, with Addie Atteberry (800 Open) taking her eighth win in a row and Johnny Holtger (Pro Lite) earning his seventh straight. Ryder VanBeekum in Pro NA, Carson Greco in Pro Am, Michael Burnstein in Pro Am Turbo, Kyle Niner in Youth Production, and Paul O’Brien in SR1 would also extend their championship leads with wins on Saturday.

In addition, Round 9 saw three women take CORR race wins on the same day for the second time this season. Following Atteberry’s win in 800 Open, Zoe Easton would get the call to fill in for an injured Ryder Foerster in Youth Restricted and take the win over series newcomer Hayden Barler in her return to CORR. Rylen Lane would then earn her second win of the season in Pro Production in dramatic fashion; after getting on two wheels while trying to pass Todd Wittman for the lead the first time, she’d make the same move stick in the same corner one lap later. Murphy McKay (250 Modified) and Alex Ranuio (Sportsman) would complete the winner’s list.

 

Podium finishers from CORR 2025-26 Round 9 at Firebird Motorsports Park were as follows:

For full results, click here.

The 2025-26 CORR season finale kicks off at 9AM 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.

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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? 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 Race Preview: 2025-26 Rounds 9-10 | Firebird

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Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) wraps up its 2025-26 season this weekend at Firebird Motorsports Park with Rounds 9 and 10 of the championship. From the coronation of dominant names in top classes to youth points battles that have come down to the wire, this weekend’s finale should produce some of the best racing of the CORR season.

Event Schedule

  • Friday, 7:30AM: Practice (UTV, Car, and Truck classes)
  • Friday, 9:25AM: Practice (RZR 170/250 and Youth classes)
  • Friday, 11:40AM: Qualifying (UTV, Car, and Truck classes)
  • Friday, 1:45PM: Qualifying (RZR 170/250 and Youth classes)
  • Saturday, 8:45AM: Morning Ceremonies, RZR 170/250 and Youth Round 9 Races
  • Saturday, 12:45PM: Afternoon Ceremonies, UTV, Car, and Truck Round 9 Races
  • Sunday, 8:45AM: Morning Ceremonies, RZR 170/250 and Youth Round 10 Races
  • Sunday, 12:45PM: Afternoon Ceremonies, UTV, Car, and Truck Round 10 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 four 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

The final event of the CORR season means plenty of big storylines coming to fruition with the crowning of this season’s champions in Round 10 on Sunday. Title winners will be honored initially right on the podium after their final race of the season; the official series banquet will be held at a later date.

More than $10,000 is on the line for the biggest winners of the weekend. Longtime series sponsor R-n-R Steel has put up $5,000 apiece for the champions of the Pro SXS and Pro NA classes, which are currently led by Beau Judge (+51 in Pro SXS) and Ryder VanBeekum (+22 in Pro NA). If that wasn’t enough, Johnny Holtger’s dominance of Pro Lite has been so thorough—he comes into the weekend with a 78-point lead—that any driver who can beat him in Sunday’s finale will earn a $3,000 bonus of their own.

Plenty of championship battles are far from settled. In three of the younger classes, the gap between the top title contenders sits at under 15 points:

  • 170 Limited: Greyson Gentry leads Zeppelin Ledbetter by three points, Kaysen Stowell by five, and Stetson Wyman by eight.
  • 170 Production: Gentry leads Krayton O’Connor by three points in a bid to sweep both 170 divisions.
  • Youth Production: Kyle Niner has a 14-point lead over Tatum Foerster.

They’re not the only classes where the leader is still within reach, though. Besides VanBeekum’s 22-point advantage in Pro NA, Paul O’Brien (+20 in SR1), Michael Burnstein (+21 in Pro-Am Turbo), Tim Jones (+26 in Sportsman), and Krew Hart (+28 in Youth Restricted) have solid leads. Each is the clear-cut favorite, but against some talented fields, it’s most likely that they’ll need both race days to button up the title.

Some drivers, meanwhile, have been so dominant all season long that they’re likely to clinch just by taking the green flag. These names include Matt Dyer (+39 in Sportsman Turbo), Addie Atteberry (+43 in 800 Open), Jeremy Spears (+70 in Pro Production), Mikey Childress (+79 in Youth SXS), Carson Greco (+86 in Pro-Am), and Elliott Brooke (+86 in 250 Modified).

Finally, this weekend’s commentary team will see a familiar face return to the world of short course to call the champions home. Ken Stout will join Jim Beaver and Tiffany Stone on the call for this weekend’s races—but instead of handling play-by-play, he’ll put his expertise as a team manager on display as race analyst. Stout managed his son Robert’s championship-winning SXS program in 2019.

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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? 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.

Kyle Arkenau Tops Pro SXS Qualifying as CORR Season Resumes at Firebird

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Pro SXS title contender Kyle Arkenau threw down the fastest time in qualifying for CORR’s return to Firebird Motorsports Park, turning a 54.200 on Friday afternoon to take the pole. The lap was .303 seconds faster than defending series champion Ryder VanBeekum in second, as drivers look to whittle down Beau Judge’s points lead in Rounds 7 and 8 this weekend.

In fact, VanBeekum qualified second in both top Pro classes, as he ran second to his father Robert in Pro NA as well. Multiple points leaders came out on top of their respective qualifying sessions, including Carson Greco (Pro Am), Jeremy Spears (Pro Production), Johnny Holtger (Pro Lite), and Addie Atteberry (800 Open).

Many classes saw extremely close pole fights that suggest this weekend’s action will be hotly contested. Tanner Wittman’s Pro Am Turbo pole came by just .013 seconds over Michael Burnstein, while Tatum Foerster turned a lap of exactly one minute in Youth Production to beat five-time race winner Kyle Niner by .024 seconds. Austin Dorn only outqualified Chris Leaming in Sportsman by .051 seconds, and Ryder Foerster beat Jaxon Cotter by the exact same margin in Youth Restricted.

Provisional top qualifiers on Friday included the following:

UTV, Car, and Truck Classes

  • Pro SXS: #93 Kyle Arkenau, 54.200
  • Pro NA: #64 Robert VanBeekum, 56.310
  • Pro Am: #155 Carson Greco, 57.834
  • Pro Production: #849 Jeremy Spears, 58.631
  • Pro Am Turbo: #88 Tanner Wittman, 59.124
  • Pro Lite: #44 Johnny Holtger, 1:00.209
  • Sportsman: #27 Austin Dorn, 1:01.641
  • Sportsman Turbo: #241 Calvin ODell, 1:01.718
  • SR1: #18 Jason Weller, 1:02.038

Youth Classes

  • Youth Production: #195 Tatum Foerster, 1:00.000
  • Youth Restricted: #695 Ryder Foerster, 1:02.595
  • Youth SXS: #124 Banks Bawden, 1:03.051
  • 800 Open: #66 Addie Atteberry, 1:08.000
  • 250 Modified: #471 Murphy McKay, 1:12.304
  • 170 Limited: #747 Zeppelin Ledbetter, 1:15.693
  • 170 Production: #208 Greyson Gentry, 1:19.397

For full practice and qualifying results, click here.

Racing kicks off on both Saturday and Sunday at 9AM with Youth divisions, while UTV, Car, and Truck classes will race each day at 1PM. Tickets can be purchased online or at the gate, while RACER+, YouTube, Facebook, and Rumble will carry free live streaming coverage of both race days.

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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 Race Preview: 2025-26 Rounds 7-8 | Firebird

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Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) returns to its most frequent host venue this weekend at Firebird Motorsports Park for Rounds 7 and 8 of the championship. With the action coming down to the wire, this weekend will be make and break for top racers looking to assert themselves in the championship battle.

Event Schedule

  • Friday, 7:30AM: Practice (UTV, Car, and Truck classes)
  • Friday, 9:35AM: Practice (RZR 170/250 and Youth classes)
  • Friday, 11:40AM: Qualifying (UTV, Car, and Track classes)
  • Friday, 1:45PM: Qualifying (RZR 170/250 and Youth classes)
  • Saturday, 8:45AM: Morning Ceremonies, RZR 170/250 and Youth Round 7 Races
  • Saturday, 12:45PM: Afternoon Ceremonies, UTV, Car, and Truck Round 7 Races
  • Sunday, 8:45AM: Morning Ceremonies, RZR 170/250 and Youth Round 8 Races
  • Sunday, 12:45PM: Afternoon Ceremonies, UTV, Car, and Truck Round 8 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 four 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

It’s been a terrific Pro SXS season for points leader Beau Judge, whose breakthrough first win of the season last month at Glen Helen Raceway enabled him to extend his points lead to 34. He was joined on the Round 6 podium by Kyle Arkenau and Bryan McCormick, who finished in that order in the race but are in the opposite order in the standings. Arkenau’s hold on third is tenuous, though, as defending class champion Ryder VanBeekum, Round 1 winner Ryder Chapman, and Jeremiah Wagner are within seven points of him.

VanBeekum and Chapman’s double duty season also sees them running 1-2 in Pro NA points, split by just three after VanBeekum won Round 6 in Glen Helen. Jeremy Spears (Pro Production), Carson Greco (Pro Am), and Michael Burnstein (Pro Am Turbo) complete the Pro class points leaders.

Elsewhere, a handful of other SXS classes are seeing some tight points battles. 170 Production has been home to a thrilling battle between Krayton O’Connor and Greyson Gentry, who are just three points apart, and 170 Limited leader Stetson Wyman has Kaysen Stowell and Zeppelin Ledbetter tied for second just 10 points behind him. Timothy Jones leads the Sportsman field by just 13 points, and Paul O’Brien maintains the same gap over both Scott Webster and Brandon Kilgore in SR1 as all three drivers have won this season.

On the other hand, some drivers have been without comparison so far this season. Mikey Childress boasts a 79-point lead in Youth SXS, just one point larger of a lead than Elliott Brooke’s is in 250 Modified, while Matt Dyer is up by 50 points in Sportsman Turbo, Addie Atteberry’s five-race win streak has her ahead by 32 in 800 Open, and Johnny Holtger has a comfortable 31-point lead in Pro Lite.

However, the Youth set has two points races that could go either way. Ryder Greco’s Youth Restricted advantage sits at 17, while Kyle Niner remains up front by 22 in Youth Production thanks to wins in the first five races and a third-place finish in Round 6. Both drivers are four for four at Firebird so far this season; if they can go six for six, they may make it tough for anyone to catch them going into the finale.

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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.

Augie Renezeder Wins CORR Debut as Series Opens Glen Helen Doubleheader

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As Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) firmly took the torch of short course off-road racing in the southwest with its debut at Glen Helen Raceway on Saturday, so, too, did the next generation of one of the sport’s most famous names.

Following in the footsteps of his legendary father Carl, Augie Renezeder stormed out of the gate in CORR’s premier Pro SXS class in a car built by another iconic name, Doug Mittag. The younger Renezeder posted a clean sweep of Saturday’s Round 5 action, qualifying first, posting the Maxxis Tires Fast Lap, and earning the victory in his series debut.

“I think it’s just believing in myself, the car, my family, and everybody coaching me, and staying as calm as possible,” Renezeder said when asked about how he took the win. “I’d like to thank my family—my head crew chief, my uncle Frank, has been working his butt off to put all this together.”

Second place went to championship leader Beau Judge, who extended the advantage with his fourth podium of the season. In spite of early chaos that saw him take contact off the start, Judge was determined not to pay it forward when chasing down Renezeder—and he was rewarded with a points advantage over Bryan McCormick that has swelled to 28.

“Right when we got off the start, going into turn one I got hit in the back and almost spun out, but I was able to make the rhythm section,” Judge explained. “Augie was running a good race, and I was right behind him… in Turn 4 he was making a swoop and he stepped out a little bit, but I didn’t want to slam into him so I slammed super hard on the brakes. I don’t know if it did something to the diff but it just made the car seem super loose from there on.”

The dream of a perfect season is over for the last two remaining drivers who had a shot coming in, as both Kyle Niner in Youth Production and Ryder Greco in Youth Restricted would occupy other spots on the podium. Niner would fight through the loss of all-wheel drive to place third while Tatum Foerster led every lap, while Greco would fall just .406 seconds short of Krew Hart at the line in a dramatic finish.

In fact, almost every Youth class would see a first-time winner on the season. Greyson Gentry kicked off the streak of new winners in 170 Production, followed by Maisyn Atteberry in 250 Modified, and Kaysen Stowell in 170 Limited. Addie Atteberry and Mikey Childress scored their fourth wins of the year in 800 Open and Youth SXS, respectively, to equal Niner and Greco on the season.

In Pro NA, it was father and son taking the top honors in the race, as Robert VanBeekum took the checkered flag and Ryder posted the Maxxis Fast Lap. VanBeekum, Pro Production’s Rylen Lane, Pro-Am Turbo’s Brandon Birmingham, Sportsman’s Ryan Bragdon, and SR1’s Scott Webster earned their first wins of the year in the Pro classes. Carson Greco joined the list of four-time winners on the season in Pro-Am, while Calvin O’Dell took his second in Sportsman Turbo and John Holtger took his fourth in Pro Lite to cap off the day.

For full results, click here.

The action continues at 8AM 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.

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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 Race Preview: 2025-26 Rounds 5-6 | Glen Helen

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Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) returns to action this weekend with another doubleheader event, this time taking on Southern California’s iconic Glen Helen Raceway for the first time ever. Glen Helen marks the halfway point of the 2025-26 campaign

Event Schedule

  • Friday, 7:15AM: Practice (UTV, Car, and Truck classes)
  • Friday, 10:05AM: Practice (RZR 170/250 and Youth classes)
  • Friday, 12:15PM: Qualifying (UTV, Car, and Truck classes)
  • Friday, 3:05PM: Qualifying (RZR 170/250 and Youth classes)
  • Saturday, 7:45AM: Morning Ceremonies, RZR 170/250 and Youth Round 5 Races
  • Saturday, 11:45AM: Afternoon Ceremonies, UTV, Car, and Truck Round 5 Races
  • Sunday, 7:45AM: Morning Ceremonies, RZR 170/250 and Youth Round 6 Races
  • Sunday, 11:45AM: Afternoon Ceremonies, UTV, Car, and Truck Round 6 Races

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Track Facts

San Bernardino’s Glen Helen Raceway is known in the motocross and short course off-road communities alike as one of the sport’s preeminent facilities. The short course circuit puts thrilling finishes right in front of the fans on its long front stretch, while a mix of tight and flowing corners and jumps keep drivers honest in their pursuit of the checkered flag.

Racer Spotlight

Short course off-road racing in Southern California has developed a flavor all its own over the years, and CORR’s debut at Glen Helen will mark a passing of the torch for it in more ways than one. Fans who grew up watching names like Renezeder, Brooks, and Currie will see those names on track once again—except instead of Carl, Jerett, and Casey, it’ll be their kids taking the green flag as part of the next generation of stars. (Of course, their dads will still be with us to cheer them on.)

Ryder VanBeekum knows a thing or two about taking the torch, particularly at Glen Helen. Now competing against his dad, Robert, in multiple classes, Ryder has celebrated some of the biggest triumphs of his short course career at this track. This weekend, he’ll be coming in with a single-point advantage in Pro NA over his close friend Ryder Chapman, although Trent Ouellette sits within striking distance in third. The trio have split all four class wins so far this season.

The premier Pro SXS class swells to more than 20 projected entries, which means that the best chance for anyone to catch points leader Beau Judge might be in Glen Helen. He’s got 18 points in hand over Bryan McCormick, but the spread from second place to fifth is just seven points. Even more dominant are Kyle Niner in Youth Production and Ryder Greco in Youth Restricted, as both went four for four on wins in the opening rounds at Firebird before the start of the new year.

Meanwhile, the Pro Lite field continues to get even stronger with the CORR debut of Brent Smith, who trades in his microphone for a helmet as he slots into points leader Johnny Holtger’s second truck. Michael Funk will instead slide into his familiar truck from the midwest as the trucks boast their largest field since joining the series.

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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.

Clean Sweeps for Top Pros, Youth Racers Highlight CORR Round 4 at Firebird

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The 2025 portion of Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR)’s 2025-26 season is officially in the books after Sunday’s action at Firebird Motorsports Park, and Round 4 of the campaign produced some of the most exciting racing of the season so far. When all was said and done, Koen Crawford (Pro SXS) and John Holtger (Pro Lite) headlined a long list of winners who managed to sweep the weekend—10 in all.

Crawford’s sweep is just the latest in a long list of wild moments that have made Pro SXS anyone’s championship to win. Not only did the sprint car convert come out to Firebird as a one-off and win both races, but the field also saw issues for Saturday podium finishers and title contenders Beau Judge (flat tire) and Jason Weller (rollover). As a result, Kyle Arkenau and Bryan McCormick earned their first podium finishes of the season.

“This is definitely a surprise,” said Crawford. “I came out here just to have some fun and hopefully run mid-pack with these guys, but ended up not too bad, so I’ll take it!”

Holtger now boasts a comfortable lead in Pro Lite thanks Michael Funk’s fill-in efforts in October. Funk finished first and second in that event, and he’s been rewarded for his efforts with a second truck as teammate to Holtger; this weekend, he finished second on both days.

Pro NA didn’t produce a repeat winner on the weekend, but it did see its first two-time winner on the season after Ryder Chapman held off Ryder VanBeekum in a thrilling battle in the closing laps. The close friends and R-N-R Steel Racing teammates kept it clean to the finish, crossing the line just .173 seconds apart. As a result, VanBeekum now leads Chapman by a single point, 157-156, in the standings.

“That was a fun race,” Chapman said. “Towards the end, I really had to lock in, because he was right there the whole time. It was really fun being able to race hard and clean the whole time. I loved being door to door, and the adrenaline of it was just amazing.”

In a remarkable feat for CORR’s top youth racers, all seven of Saturday’s winners ran it back on Sunday, starting with Bryce Tomassi (170 Production) and Elliott Brooke (250 Modified) taking their second wins of the season. Tomassi became the first repeat winner in one of CORR’s deepest fields, while Brooke equaled Brody Kline’s back-to-back wins from Firebird in October.

From there, Stetson Wyman (170 Limited) and Addie Atteberry (800 Open) scored their third wins in a row, Kyle Niner (Youth Production) and Ryder Greco (Youth Restricted) kept their perfect seasons alive, and Saturday’s entire Youth SXS podium of Mikey Childress, Kash Hart, and Kody Krantz reprised their finishing positions before the intermission.

Niner and Greco are the last remaining drivers with a perfect season after Mia Chapman came home third in Pro Production. In the closing laps, Chapman and Rylen Lane fought with everything they had to get past Jeremy Spears, but last lap contact and damage dropped Chapman to the final podium spot as Spears scored his first win of the season.

Michael Burnstein came out on top in Pro Am Turbo, while Carson Greco (Pro Am) and Paul O’Brien (SR1) returned to the top steps of the podium for the third time apiece this season. In the multi-class Sportsman race, Saturday runners-up Austin Dorn and Matt Dyer did one spot better in their respective divisions to round out the list of winners.

Podium finishers from CORR 2025-26 Round 4 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 visit to Glen Helen Raceway on February 13-15. 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.

Three Winners in Three Races for Top CORR Classes After Saturday Action at Firebird

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Three of Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR)’s top Pro classes have seen three different winners in as many races to start the 2025-26 season after Saturday’s action at Firebird Motorsports Park. Koen Crawford (Pro SXS) and Johnny Holtger (Pro Lite) took wins in their first turns behind the wheel this season, while Trent Ouellette (Pro NA) broke through after posting the top qualifying time at both events so far this year.

Crawford was one of many newcomers in CORR’s top SXS class, which swelled from 10 entries at Firebird two months ago to 17 this weekend. He outlasted the field in a hard-fought race that saw multiple early incidents and a hard fight from Beau Judge, who nonetheless walked away with his third podium of the season.

“It was great!” said Crawford. “We struggled in qualifying with some turbo issues, but we got the boost figured out. I’d just like to thank Beau, he raced me perfectly clean, and that was probably the most fun race I’ve had in a while. After the mandatory (caution), I lost brakes—they went straight to the floor, it was definitely a struggle to get around.”

“It was an awesome battle between us two,” added Judge. “He was driving the wheels off his car, I was driving the wheels off my car. On the restart, I thought I had him, but he was just able to pull back ahead of me again. But it was totally fun—he was racing me clean, and it was great.”

For Holtger, Saturday was his second credited win of the season, after Michael Funk filled in for him in October and won the opener. For his efforts, Funk was rewarded with a ride of his own this time around, scoring second place. Ouellette, meanwhile, had to hold off Ryder Vanbeekum and Ryder Chapman for the Pro NA checkered flag, as all three of that class’s winners so far this year shared the podium.

“It’s been a lot of work to get here,” said Ouellette. “Qualifying went really good yesterday, I just wanted to get out front and have a clean race. Me and Bobby (Vanbeekum) had a good battle going the first couple laps, then he broke, but then my spotter said Ryder was right there, we gotta go, gotta go. It was a really fun race!”

Only Mia Chapman could buck the trend in the Pro classes, taking her third straight Pro Production win thanks in part to an exciting outside pass around Rylen Lane after the mid-race restart. The only other drivers with perfect seasons so far are Kyle Niner in Youth Production and Ryder Greco in Youth Restricted.

Mikey Childress and Kash Hart are set for one of the toughest battles of the year in Youth SXS after splitting the opener, and it was Childress who broke the tie with his second win of the season as Hart clawed his way from the back of the pack to second on Saturday. Paul O’Brien also added his second win of the season in SR1, while Stetson Wyman (170 Limited) and Addie Atteberry (800 Open) are now on two-race winning streaks.

Like the top two Pro classes, a deep 170 Production field has seen three winners in as many rounds, with Bryce Tomassi the latest. Also scoring their first wins of the season were Elliott Brooke (250 Modified), Jayden Manchester-Coon (Pro Am), Rhyan Denney (Pro Am Turbo), Shaun Jones (Sportsman), and Calvin O’Dell (Sportsman Turbo).

Podium finishers from CORR 2025-26 Round 3 at Firebird Motorsports Park were as follows:

For full results, click here.

The action continues at 8:15AM 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.

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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.

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

Posted on | by Marketing Director

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.