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July 23, Round 4,
Chula Vista, CA
Volkspower
Racing Scores 2 top 10 finishes in Round #4 of the CORR West Coast
Series
Volkspower
Racing Drivers Jeff Knupp and Troy Morgan came into round 4 confident
and ready to go. Jeff held a 21 point lead in the single buggy class,
while Troy had dropped from 2nd place to 4th, but
was still in contention. Both drivers took to the track for early
morning practice and found the cars right where they had left off from
round 3.Troy
Morgan, Car #355, 5th place
Troy got a
horrible start when somebody next to him on the land rush start hit him
and knocked him into the car on the other side of him. This caused a
loss of momentum which sent him to the 24th spot early in the
first lap. At that point he put on him game face and started picking his
way through traffic and worked his way to the front. For this round,
CORR decided not to have a mandatory caution lap at the middle of the
race, which really turned out to hurt Volkspower Racing since it didn’t
give the field a chance to bunch up this time after the bad starts. Troy
pushed forward setting good lap times and moved up to 5th
place at the checkered.
“The start
really hurt me today. But I guess that’s part of racing and you can’t
win them all! Other than the start the car worked and handled great,
just need the caution flag or a couple more laps and I think I could
have pulled out a top 3.”
Jeff Knupp, Car #354, 9th place
Jeff got
another great start and found himself in 3rd place for the
first 2 laps. On lap 3 heading into turn 7, he got a little sideways and
somebody behind him hit his right rear which spun him around and stalled
the car. He sat there for what seemed to be eternity until the car
restarted and he was able to turn it around. At this point Jeff had
dropped to the 23rd spot; Jeff knew he had to make up as many
positions as possible before the checkers came out to maintain his
points lead. The rest of the race went flawless and he came home in 9th
position.
“I got another
great start today, but the cards just didn’t fall right. I got a little
sideways in the turn and the next thing I felt was a bump and than I was
completely sideways and then was facing the wrong direction! At that
point I knew I needed to pick up as many spots as possible to help in
the points. Sure could have used the full course caution today!”
Jeff Left Chula
Vista with a 11 point lead in the West Coast Single Buggy division, with
Troy moving up to the 3rd position. The next race for the two
will be a non-points race for them when they head back east to Crandon,
Wisconsin for the Borg Warner World Championship Race Sep 2-3.
Jeff and Troy
would like to throw out a huge thanks to all there sponsors that make
all this possible: MAXXIS Tires, NAPA Auto Parts, Gear-1, Southwest
Valley Sign-A-Rama, Action Auto Gearboxes, FOX Shoxs, VP Fuel and Total
Off Road.
For more
information of Volkspower Racing please visit
www.volkspowerracing.com
July 22, Round
3, Chula Vista, CA
Volkspower
Racing Wins Round 3 of the CORR West Coast Series!
Volkspower
Racing drivers Jeff Knupp and Troy Morgan headed into rounds 3 and 4
separated by 1 point in the Championship chase, and both were prepped
and ready for another great weekend at Chula Vista. Friday, afternoon
(July 21st) practice was good for both drivers on the new
track layout as Jeff in the #354 car went out and set fastest lap of the
day for the 5 lap practice, and Troy in the #355 car was 3rd
fastest out of the 23 cars that took to the track. Friday evening was
spent doing some last minute prep and both cars were set for the next
day. Saturday morning both Jeff and Troy again took to the track for a 3
lap practice with Jeff again leading the pack and Troy 4th
fastest.
Jeff Knupp, Car #354, 1st place.
Jeff lined up
in the 8th starting spot in the middle of the front row, and
when the green flag flew he grabbed the hole shot and lead the 29 car
field into turn 1. Jeff lead the first 2 laps until teammate Troy made
a pass on him going into turn 3. Jeff followed Troy until the end of the
lap when a red flag was thrown for multiple wrecks around the track.
When the green came back out Jeff made a jump on Troy and passed him,
but it left the door open for the 3rd place car to pass them
both. Jeff pushed the leader hard for a lap and as the two when into
Turn 3 the leader caught a hole in the track and flipped handing the
lead back to Jeff. From there on it was smooth sailing and Jeff had a
trouble free finish and stretched his lead out to 11 seconds at the
finish!
“What a great
run, everything worked great. The Maxxis tires really hooked up, and
outside of some pressure early it was a smooth race. Can’t wait for the
next round!”
Troy Morgan, Car #355, 12th place.
Troy lined up
in the 7th spot for the start, and got a good start until he
missed 3rd gear, but it wasn’t enough to hurt him too bad as
he was able to jump into the number 2 spot and follow Jeff for the first
2 laps until he made a pass on him for the lead. After the red, he
dropped to 3rd, and than moved back up to second which he
held until the mandatory yellow. When the green came out again, Troy
got hit from behind which pushed him towards the turn 2 wall where he
was run into by a couple more cars. Somewhere in the mayhem, Troy
suffered a front flat and had to limp the car around for the next 6 laps
and brought home 12th place.
“I had a good
run going to the restart after the yellow and just got pushed out of the
way and the rest was history. The flat was just bad luck; we will be
back ready to go for round #4.”
Jeff and Troy
would like to throw out a huge thanks to all their sponsors that make
all this possible: MAXXIS Tires, NAPA Auto Parts, Gear-1, Southwest
Valley Sign-A-Rama, Action Auto Gearboxes, FOX Shoxs, VP Fuel and Total
Off Road.
Jeff and Troy
would also like to thank there family and friends for all their support,
and welcome the newest member of Volkspower Racing, Luke Jeffery Knupp
born 6/29/06; he got to see his Daddy win at his first ever race!
For more
information of Volkspower Racing please visit
www.volkspowerracing.com
May 20, Round
1, Chula Vista, CA
CORR Rookies,
Volkspower Racing, finish Top 5 at the season opener!
Volkspower Racing single buggy drivers Jeff Knupp,
#354 and Troy Morgan, #355 racing in their first ever CORR event both
come home with top 5 finishes in the 29 car field.
Jeff, a seasoned desert racer, got a great start
from the 14th spot in the second row and found himself up in
the top 3 for the first few laps. Around lap 4 he was able to overtake 2nd
and set his sights on the leader. Jeff was slowly making up ground when
CORR threw the mandatory 2 lap caution on lap 9 to bunch the field up
for a 6 lap shootout. On the restart, Jeff charged hard and overtook the
leader for a short time and than actually ran into him when he got
sideways in a turn which pushed Jeff over a berm and slightly off course
which allowed 3rd place to get by him. Jeff was able to
gather it back up and charge after the front runners and retake 2nd
on lap 14 of 17 but there wasn’t enough time to catch 1st
place.
“Today was great, I really wasn’t sure what to
expect out of this car and this type of racing. I really want to give a
big thanks to Maxxis Tires, they really helped us with grooving and air
pressures that I’ve never had to deal with before. The tires really
hooked up, it seemed that I could put the car where ever I wanted and it
would stick. I can’t wait for round #2!”
Troy, a motor sport rookie, started in the #25 spot
and also got a good start that put him up front until he got to turn 1
where he got pushed up high and lost quite a bit of ground. He battled
against a lot of traffic but just couldn’t seem to get down low where
the car would work better for him. When the caution came out at lap 9
Troy found himself in the 15th position and used this time to
calm himself down for the final laps. When the green came back out, Troy
charged hard to the front, using the low line to his advantage and
finished in 5th .
“What a day, this stuff is great! The car was
really working good and stuck in the low groove with these Maxxis tires.
Once I was able to calm myself at the start I was able to start picking
better lines and slowly worked up to the front.
Jeff and Troy would like to thank all their
sponsors including; NAPA Auto Parts, MAXXIS Tires, Gear-1, Southwest
Valley Sign-A-Rama, Action Auto Gearboxes, FOX Shoxs, VP Fuel and
Volkspower Racing for making this all possible.
For more
information on Volkspower Racing please visit us at
www.volkspowerracing.com
May 21, Round
#2, Chula Vista, CA
Volkspower Racing
Rocks Round #2 at Chula Vista!
Volkspower Racing drivers Troy Morgan #355 and Jeff
Knupp #354 finish 1-2 in their 2nd ever CORR single buggy
race!
Troy, who started in the 12th spot on
the front row got the hole shot from the land rush start and lead green
flag to checker in the 17 lap single buggy race. His only competition
came after the caution came out on lap 9 and bunched the field up which
put his teammate, Jeff on his rear bumper. The last 6 laps were great to
see as the 2 Volkspower cars dueled it out, but Troy had enough to cross
the finish line, 2 car length in front of Jeff!
“This is awesome”, said Troy. “I can’t believe I’m
standing here, what a race. With these Maxxis Tires hooking up great and
my Volkspower horsepower I was able to grab the hole shot. “
Jeff, who started in the 15th spot on
the front row, had a little more work to do to get up front. He fought
with about 3 cars for the first 3 laps until he moved into the 2nd spot,
and then took a hard impact to the right rear tire on lap 4 that almost
flipped him over. Jeff was not able to get close enough to Troy until
the yellow flag came out. On the restart Jeff charged after Troy, but
Troy was able to get off the corners better and Jeff took a close 2nd
place.
“Another great finish”, stated Jeff. “I was so
happy to see Troy out front that I almost forgot that I needed to race
him for the win. This was great for Maxxis Tires and Napa to finish 1-2
in our first year of CORR”!
Jeff and Troy would like to thank all their
sponsors including; NAPA Auto Parts, MAXXIS Tires, Gear-1, Southwest
Valley Sign-A-Rama, Action Auto Gearboxes, FOX Shoxs, VP Fuel and
Volkspower Racing for making this all possible.
Jeff now leads the single buggy points after 2
rounds of racing by 1 point over Troy. Rounds 3 and 4 will be July 22-23
back at Chula Vista International Raceway.
For more information on Volkspower Racing please
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www.volkspowerracing.com |