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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.

First CORR Qualifying Session of 2025-26 in the Books; Pro SXS’s Beau Judge Fastest Overall

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Qualifying for the first event of the 2025-26 Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) season at Firebird Motorsports Park is in the books, with more than 15 unique classes each doing battle at the storied Arizona venue on Friday. When all was said and done, Pro SXS racer Beau Judge had the fastest time of the day, while every class on the entry list had a different top qualifier despite the many fast drivers who will go for glory in multiple classes this weekend.

Pro SXS saw a hotly contested battle for first on the charts, with Judge’s 55.289 besting Ryder Chapman for top honors by just three hundredths of a second. In fact, the entire top five was separated by just over half a second, setting the stage for two incredible days of battles on Saturday and Sunday between 116 different racers—a new series record.

When all was said and done, five classes managed to crack the one-minute mark on their fastest lap times, including all three Pro UTV classes, Pro Am, and Youth Production polesitter Kyle Niner. Top Pro Lite qualifier Nick Brandon came within .026 seconds of joining them as the trucks join CORR for a full season for the first time in 2025-26.

Top qualifiers on Friday included the following:

UTV, Car, and Truck Classes

  • Pro SXS: #956 Beau Judge, 55.289
  • Pro NA: #922 Trent Ouellette, 57.569
  • Pro Am: #155 Carson Greco, 57.958
  • Pro Production: #07 Jeremiah Wagner, 57.966
  • Pro Lite: #63 Nick Brandon, 1:00.026
  • SR1: #11 Paul O’Brien, 1:00.240
  • Pro Am Turbo: #733 Andre Tomei, 1:00.886
  • Sportsman NA/Turbo: #624 Daryl Chastain, 1:05.142
  • BeeHive 1450: #1487 Terry Earp, 1:11.568

Youth Classes

  • Youth Production: #999 Kyle Niner, 59.728
  • Youth Restricted: #151 Ryder Greco, 1:02.773
  • Youth SXS: #84 Mikey Childress, 1:02.939
  • 800 Open: #66 Addie Atteberry, 1:13.967
  • 170 Limited: #747 Zeppelin Ledbetter, 1:17.408
  • 250 Modified: #18 Brody Kline, 1:18.868
  • 170 Production: #208 Greyson Gentry, 1:20.054

For full practice and qualifying results, click here.

Racing kicks off on both Saturday and Sunday at 7:45AM with Youth divisions, while UTV, Car, and Truck classes will race each day at 11:45AM. 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.