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2009 CATALOG
Roger Lovell runs over the competition in the XORRA Finals in Cortez, CO
"Owning and operating a race team is the hardest job you’ll ever love (besides raising kids, that
is). It’s 9:15pm and Brad and I have just completed what we term a “turn around” at our house.
That is that the race trailer has been unloaded, cleaned and prepped for the next race. Roger is
at home doing the same thing with the team’s smaller 20’ trailer this week.
Last weekend our team competed in rounds seven and eight of the Extreme Off-Road Racing
(XORRA) Series in Cortez, Colorado. Round seven of XORRA placed Roger running against Levi
Shirley of Lucky Dog Racing; and Brad racing side-by-side with Monster’s Shannon Campbell.
With the platform changed this year to accommodate side-by-side racing, the thrill of bumping,
grinding and flat out punting your opponent, is always a possibility and certainly marked what our
team experienced on Saturday. Roger prevailed in this new environment as his aggressive, yet
constrained driving placed him in the final shoot-out in 6th
position."
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LOVELL 28 SECONDS TO LATE AT KING OF THE HAMMERS
"The 2010 running of King of the Hammers was an amazing race. There were easily 20,000 spectators riding in thousands of RV’s and buggies. It appeared there were 3 camps, a vendor show, and race course hidden somewhere in the middle. We were right in the thick of it trying to prepare for the biggest race of the year. King of the Hammers is THE rock race and the point was not missed in our camp. Over the past 3 months my brother and I spent all our time and money gambling for a win and we brought it all. Trailers, parts, tools, radios, and a massive crew of volunteers. We showed up early, ran the course, tuned the trucks, and months of effort cumulated into a sleepless night before the race." More...
Visit the King of the Hammers photo gallery
Dirt Sports Magazine 2009 Rock Racer of the Year
"On the eve of trying to repeat his overall victory
at the Best-in-the Desert (BITD) Parker 425 desert race, defending event champion Andy
McMillin capped off his monumental 2009 season by being honored by Dirt Sports Magazine
and Ryan Communications Group (RCG) as Dirt Sports’ “2009 Driver of the Year.” The third
generation driver took top honors in this year’s selection, but was also joined by fellow racers
Carl Renezeder as “2009 Short Course Racer of the Year,” Brad Lovell as “2009 Rock Racer of
the Year,” and Jeff Ward, who took the magazine’s “2009 Rookie of the Year” title." Read more...
Congratulations from the Torchmate Racing Team to Andy McMillin as Dirt Sports Magazine 2009 Driver of the Year!
LOVELLS RECLAIM XRRA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
"Brad Lovell reclaimed the XRRA National Championship in high flying style at the legendary RAM Off-Road
Park dethroning 2008 champion Shannon Campbell. The RAM Park features the largest jumps and most
demanding course on the XRRA circuit. The effort was a repeat of Roger Lovell’s championship on the same
course only two years ago." Read on to see how the Torchmate Team speeds its way to the top of the scoreboard at the XRRA National Championship.
And don't miss the massive jump Brad Lovell managed to pull out of without going end over end...watch the video!
View photo gallery from the event. Photos by Chad Jock Photography and Jud Leslie.
Area BFE - If this doesn't pump you up we don't know what will!
TORCHMATE RACING STRIVES FORTH IN ROCKS & DIRT
"The last two action packed weeks have been an exciting challenge for the Torchmate Racing team with
events across the country. Kunz and Haines ignited the We-Rock eastern finals in Tennessee while the
Lovell brothers put the hammer down at the XRRA finals in Colorado. The following weekend, Roger
Lovell and Bill Kunz tried their luck at the Lands End hill climb for a chance to race King of the Hammers
in 2010." Click here for more on these three races.
Reno Rock Shootout and 2009 XRRA Series
"When Brad is not piloting his 232 AMSOIL-Torchmate Ranger he is driving his F-350 to and from
competitions. This is when I get to practice my co-piloting skills which I sometimes use to aid Roger in his
#32 Ford Ranger. Sure it’s not the same thing, we’re not dodging orange cones, but we are navigation a
60-foot long hauler through some of our nation’s largest cities, and that can be a feat to accomplish.
Being a co-driver also means rehashing the event’s highlights and lowklights over, and over, and
sometimes over again.
This weekend was no different. While nearly all our events fit in a busy schedule, Father’s Day weekend
made for a conflict and caused the Colorado based team members to split forces. Roger raced back-to-back XRRA under #232 on Saturday and #32 on Sunday in Colorado Springs. This allowed both trucks to
stay in the hunt for the season championship and freed Brad up to head to Reno, NV to defend the We-Rock championship and join team members Bill Kunz and Jesse Haines spotted by Mike Shaffer and
Brian Howard, respectively in the We-Rock Round #3." Read more from a different perspective about the weekend's events.
View the Reno Rock Shootout photo gallery here.
Watch a video filmed inside the #28 Torchmate car at the Reno Rocks Shootout
TORCHMATE TRIFECTA IN COLORADO SPRINGS
"The 2nd
Annual ROC Race has come and gone. The endurance rock race was held on a course with
massive jumps, banked turns, punishing boulders, and near vertical climbs. If King of the Hammers is a
combination of desert racing and rockcrawling, this is an equivalent juncture of short course and
rockcrawling. The carefully sculpted jumps sent the trucks leaping into the air before being ripped and
dented by the rock sections. As usual, the Torchmate Racing Team was right in the thick of it."
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AMSOIL / TORCHMATE FORDS PUSH HARD IN MOAB
Below photo by Chad Jock Photography
"What a week. What a life. Racing can be the best job in the world and the worst. Our team came off a
great high winning We-Rock in Tucson but literally as soon as we did, #232 developed an electrical
phantom. It chugged and puffed into the trailer where I started surgery. After replacing some high dollar
parts, and with the help of the fine folks at Campbell Enterprises in Phoenix, I was convinced I solved the
problem. Off we went to the land of red rocks and the Mecca of our sport – Moab, UT.
Upon arrival we headed out to Area BFE to tear it up a bit and refine the truck. I was having a great time on the rocks and in the dirt until flames started shooting out of the tailpipes..." Click here to read on.