Championship Off-Road

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Championship Off-Road
Championship Off-Road logo.png
CategoryShort course off-road racing
Country United States
Inaugural season2020
Official website champoffroad.com

Championship Off-Road, officially known as AMSOIL Championship Off-Road (as Amsoil holds the naming rights) and abbreviated to COR, is an American short course off-road racing series. Founded in 2020 and sanctioned by the International Series of Champions (ISOC), the series mainly competes in the Midwestern United States.

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History

TORC: The Off-Road Championship was originally the preeminent sanctioning body for short course off-road racing in the Midwest before its folding in 2018. The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series then took over as the main series in the region via the Lucas Oil Midwest Short Course League until its dissolution after the 2019 season as officials elected to focus on LOORRS. [1] In October 2019, ISOC partnered with Crandon International Off-Road Raceway, Bark River Raceway, and ERX Motor Park to create Championship Off-Road. [2]

Championship Off-Road's inaugural season in 2020 was marred by the COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting restrictions on attendance forced Bark River to cancel its races. The opener was held at ERX on July 10–11. [3] [4]

LOORRS released its 2021 schedule in October 2020 at only three tracks. [5] On November 13, Lucas Oil Products announced that it has ended sponsoring and operating the LOORRS series. [6] This closure left COR (and the dissimilar Stadium Super Trucks) as the only short course off-road racing sanctioning bodies remaining. [7] Many of the West Coast teams raced in the Midwest for the season. [8]

Media

COR races were streamed online at Vimeo Livestream. The booth consisted of Brent Smith and Cheyne Statezny while Haley Shanley served as track reporter. [9] CBS Sports Network assumed television rights beginning in 2022. [10]

Tracks

The grandstands at Antigo LangladeCountyFairgrounds.jpg
The grandstands at Antigo
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The start/finish line at Dirt City Motorplex
TrackLocationSeasons
Antigo Lions Roaring Raceway Antigo, Wisconsin 2021–present
Bark River International Raceway Bark River, Michigan 2020–present
Crandon International Off-Road Raceway Crandon, Wisconsin 2020–present
Deadwood Deadwood, South Dakota 2025
Dirt City Motorplex Lena, Wisconsin 2020–present
ERX Motor Park Elk River, Minnesota 2020–present
Glen Helen Raceway San Bernardino, California 2025
Lucas Oil Speedway Wheatland, Missouri 2025
MidAmerica Outdoors Jay, Oklahoma 2023
2026 Season News: [11]

Champions

Sources: [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Trucks
YearPro 4Pro 2Pro 2 vs. Pro 4Pro LitePro SpecSuper Stock TruckStock Truck
2025 C. J. Greaves Keegan KincaidRJ AndersonJohnny HoltgerWyatt MillerNick ByngBrian Peot
2024 C. J. Greaves Mickey Thomas C. J. Greaves Trey GibbsDylan ParsonsCory HoltgerKirk Graff
2023 C. J. Greaves Cory WinnerKeegan KincaidKyle GreavesChad RayfordJoe MaciosekCory Holtger
2022 C. J. Greaves Jerett BrooksDave Mason Jr.Kyle GreavesGray LeadbetterKyle CooperCory Holtger
2021 C. J. Greaves Keegan KincaidDaely PenticoBrock Heger Ryan Beat Joe MaciosekDiesel Shanak
2020 Kyle LeDuc Kyle KleimanZachery KirchnerJohnny Holtger-Nick VisserCollin Wichman
Buggies
YearPro BuggySuper Buggy1600 Light Buggy1600 Single BuggyClass 11
2025Chaden Minder-Greg StingleMichael SeefeldtCole Whitt
2024Jordan Bernloehr-Connor SchulzJohn Fitzgerald-
2023Mark Steinhardt-Colin SchulzMichael SeefeldtRyan Rodriguez
2022Michael Meister-Colin SchulzJohn Fitzgerald-
2021-Michael MeisterColin SchulzDylan Parsons-
2020Michael Hester-Billy ButhBilly Buth-
Side by Sides
YearPro AM Turbo SxSPro Stock SxSPro AM SxSSportsman SxS570 SxS170/200 SxSPro RYouth SxS
2025Rick SchroederOwen VaneperenMatthew BoerschingerCode St PeterGrayson Forseth (200), Miles Pakenham (170)-Kody Krantz-
2024 C. J. Greaves C. J. Greaves David GayBrayden KemzEllah HoltgerRaymond Deininger (200), Ashton Dreher (170)-Hudson Houle
2023Kyle Chaney C. J. Greaves Bill BergerTrent PeetzCorbyn WassenbergTanner Thibeault-Ryker Remington
2022Hamish KelseyBrock HegerColin KernzJacob BlemkeEthan DreselWyatt OlsonAndy Ives-
2021Rodney VaneperenBrock HegerDylan MarquardtColin KernzChase BraunKody Krantz--
2020 C. J. Greaves C. J. Greaves Dylan MarquardtDylan Marquardt-Ellah Holtger--
Karts
YearMod Kart450 Mod KartsShort Course Kart
2025Lincoln Mandsager-Gabe Holtger
2024Avery Hemmer-Wesley Vande Voort
2023Porter Inglese-Race Visser
2022Porter Inglese-Carter Zahara
2021Easton Sleaper-Ava Lawrence
2020Easton Sleaper John Holtger Andy Johnson

Other

Classix

  • 2020: Dale Chestnut

Formula 4x4

  • 2020: Danny Beauchamp

References

  1. Headlee, Jake (September 13, 2019). "Lucas Oil Midwest Short Course League Dissolved". Off Road Xtreme. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  2. "ISOC Set To Lead Charge for Off-Road Short Course Racing". Championship Off-Road. October 25, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  3. "Crandon Raceway confirms September race events". Racer . August 5, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  4. Fiolka, Marty (June 9, 2020). "ERX Motor Park shares plans to host short-course off-road events with spectators". Racer . Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  5. James, Richard S. (October 6, 2020). "2021 LOORRS schedule features nine races at three tracks". RACER magazine. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  6. staff (November 13, 2020). "Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series to be discontinued". RACER magazine. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  7. Chick, David (November 13, 2020). "Chick's Corner: Why Lucas Oil Closing LOORRS Won't Kill Short Course". Off Road Xtreme. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  8. "AMSOIL Championship Off Road Season Opener Brings the Heat in Antigo | AMSOIL Championship Off-Road" . Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  9. Krywult, Sebastian (June 18, 2020). "Championship Off-Road Announces Broadcast Team For Inaugural Season Of Short Course Racing". Off-Road Race. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  10. "Championship Off-Road Announces 2022 Schedule". DirtSportsWorld. December 1, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  11. "2026 Season News". Championship Off-Road. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  12. "2025 Points". Championship Off-Road. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  13. "2024 Points". Championship Off-Road. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  14. "2023 Points". Championship Off-Road. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  15. "2022 Points". Championship Off-Road. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  16. "2021 Points". Championship Off-Road. Retrieved November 9, 2025.