Art Schmitt Racing Starts Season With Three Strong Rounds At Antigo Kiwanis Championships; Three Nissan Drivers Hold Spots in Top Five Points Standing For Season.Business Editors/Automotive Writers ANTIGO, Wisc.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 2004 With the Antigo Kiwanis Off-Road Championships and the first phase of the Championship Off-Road Racing Off-road racing is a format of racing where various classes of specially modified vehicles (including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buggies) compete in races through off-road environments. North America Off-road racing began in the early 20th century. (CORR CORR Used on the consolidated tape to indicate a correction in a reported transaction : CORR.LAST.GY 50 WAS 51. ) season behind them, both the Art Schmitt Racing team and Nissan are in great shape in the hotly contested Pro-Lite Class. In the three-round weekend of racing, Schmitt piloted his competition-prepped Nissan Frontier The Nissan Frontier, which is also known as the Navara in other parts of the world such as Australia, is a model of pickup truck assembled by Nissan and sold under the Nissan brand. Nissan was the pioneer of the compact pickup truck market in 1959, joined in the 1960s by Toyota. to a Pro-Lite runner-up finish Noun 1. runner-up finish - a finish in second place (as in a race) second-place finish finish - designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the in the first round, held in ideal track conditions on Saturday at Langlade County Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. . On Sunday, a steady downpour throughout the morning changed the track from dry to muddy, yet despite the sloppy surface, Schmitt brought his Nissan Frontier home with third and fourth place finishes in the day's two rounds. The three top-five finishes were enough to start Schmitt off within reach of a season-end Pro-Lite points championship. Schmitt finished the weekend second in point standings, while teammate Mark Krueger finished a strong fourth in point standings, giving the Art Schmitt Racing team two spots in the point standings' Top-Five. But there was more good news for Nissan at Antigo. Chad Hord, Nissan's newest factory representative, had an impressive first outing in his new Frontier New Frontier President John F. Kennedy’s legislative program, encompassing such areas as civil rights, the economy, and foreign relations. [Am. Hist.: WB, K:212] See : Aid, Governmental , leading the field in the first race before flipping and eventually finishing fifth. He returned to the track on Sunday with an impressive second place finish in round two. A sixth place in the final round was enough to land Hord third in the Pro-Lite points standings, right between Schmitt and Kruger. The Nissan trio's excellent weekend results put Nissan solidly in second place in the Manufacturer's Championship Standings. "Beyond putting a lot of points on the board, we're extremely pleased with the performance of the Frontier trucks this weekend under a variety of race conditions," said Ron Stukenberg, senior manager, Nissan Motorsports marketing and operations. "Chad Hord showed the field that he can be fast right out of the box with his new Nissan and we're proud of the showings of all three of our drivers." The race weekend was originally scheduled to include only two rounds, but was changed to three after the Memorial 4x4 Total Off-Road Rally at Trollhaugen ski area on May 29 and 30 was cancelled due to rain. Rounds four and five of the CORR Lucas Oil Lucas Oil Products is a company that sells automotive oil and additives. It was founded by trucker Forrest Lucas in 1989. The company is the sponsor of several NASCAR, NHRA and Indy Racing League events. Series are scheduled to be held at the Forest County Potawatomi Brush Run Memorial at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway The Crandon International Off-Road Raceway is an off-road racing racetrack that has hosts the "World Championship Off-Road Races". Location The track is located 1 mile west of Crandon, Wisconsin on U.S. Route 8. Track layout The track started out as a 1. on June 26 and 27. Schmitt, Krueger and Hord race 2004 Frontier Pro-Lite chassis with Nissan 2.5-liter, 16-valve, 4-cylinder racing engines rated at nearly 300 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque. In North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Nissan's operations include automotive styling, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. More information on Nissan in North America and the complete line of Nissan vehicles can be found online at www.nissanusa.com or contact the corporate media line at 310-771-5631. |
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