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PRO 2WD Racer Hoek Injured; Signs Gaughan, VandenHeuvel to Drive Herculiner PRO-2WD for Crandon Events (08/26/07)
(courtesy Ross Hoek Motorsports)
HOLLAND, Mich. (August 28, 2007) The leg injury sustained at Bark River International Raceway three weeks agohas put team owner and driver Ross Hoek on the sidelines for the remainder of the 2007 race season. In an effort to keep the Herculiner, Precision Gear, Toyo Tires PRO 2WD truck in competition at the BorgWarner Championships, the premier short course event in the country, Ross Hoek Motorsports (RHM) has signed Appleton, Wisc., native and West Coast competitor, Dan Vandenheuvel to qualify and drive the RHM #21 machine on Friday and Saturday.
Then former short course champion and current NASCAR Craftsman Truck driver, Brendan Gaughan, will get behind the wheel on Sunday, to compete in Round 11, as well as, the BorgWarner Shootout race.
"I have surgery scheduled this week, and the doctors want me to take it easy for a couple of months," commented Ross Hoek. "It's important to our sponsors and the development of our program to make sure our truck is competing for wins at Crandon. After a few phone calls, I was able to secure two of the biggest names in our sport, past and present, with Brendan and Dan. Both drivers have had success at Crandon, so it will be very interesting to see how the competition and the fans react to the Herculiner Pro-2, when the green flag is dropped," he said.
The Holland, Mich., native has surgery scheduled for tomorrow to
repair six broken and dislocated bones, as well as, torn ligaments
in his left foot. The foot injuries were sustained at Bark River while
the Herculiner PRO 2WD flew near the 200-foot mark, coming off the infamous "Hill jump, and landed hard into a concrete barrier.
The WSORR competition begins Friday afternoon, August 31, as RHM and the top PRO 2WD and PRO 4x4 drivers in the country, take to Crandon International Off-Road Raceway to qualify to race for Sunday's BorgWarner World Championship Cup. Then WSORR Round X race action takes place on Saturday afternoon, with Round XI on Sunday, several hours before the BorgWarner Cup event.
About Brendan Gaughan
Brendan Gaughan, the Las Vegas native, hasn't slowed down since
scoring a win in the very first race that he entered, at the age of
15. Whether going off-road in the desert, or turning left on the
asphalt, Gaughan craves the competition, lives for speed and wants
nothing less than a victory, when he is behind the wheel of a race
vehicle. He has scored several wins at Crandon, including World Championship titles in high performance 2WD race trucks at the track.
At the most recent NASCAR Craftsman Truck event, the O'Reilly 200 in Bristol, Tenn., Brendan qualified second and finished the event in
second.
About Dan Vandenheuvel
Dan Vandenheuvel, the "Flying Dutchman", is one of only a few racers in short course off road racing that has been around for 27 years. From the original 30-mile race course in Crandon's backwoods, to the now world famous short course track, the Flying Dutchman has won SODA's Class 13 Championship twice and finished second three other times. In four of the past five years, he has finished in the top four in PRO 2 championship points.
At Crandon's Brush Run event in June, Dan landed on the podium in both WSORR points races, and was fourth overall in the FCP Chairman's Cup race.
Ross Hoek Motorsports thanks its many supporters, including:
Herculiner Truck Bed Liners
Toyo Tires
Precision Gear
Royal Purple Synthetic Oils
Fox Racing Shox
Allied Racing Wheels
Lane Automotive
AllStar
Motor State Distributing
ATD transmissions
Jeff's Bronco Graveyard
C&R Racing Radiators
K&N Engineering, Inc.
Oliver Racing Products
Wilson Manifolds
T&D Machine Products
Dart Blocks
ARP
MSD Ignitions
JE Pistons
REM chemicals
Racer-X Motorsports
Miller Electric welders
G-Force racing gear
Stoner Products
Optima Batteries
Finishmaster / PPG
Chicago Pneumatic Tools
The Printery
Peterson Fluid Systems
Auto Meter
Cimatron CAD/CAM systems
Loctite
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