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Kyle LeDuc Scores Double Victory
Rick Huseman Now Shares Championship Lead
While on ToyoR Open Country M/TR-R Tires
in CORR Pro 4T Class
Chula Vista, California - Kyle LeDuc, driver of the #99 Rockstar/Makita/Kal
Gard Lubricants/Toyo TiresR Ford F-150 truck, dominated the Pro 4T Class of
Championship Off-Road RacingT (CORR) this past weekend in Chula Vista,
California. He won both Round 11 and 12 on one of CORR's premier race
tracks. Competing on ToyoR Open Country M/TR-R tires, LeDuc is on a late
season charge, having won his first-ever Pro 4 class event during Round 9
recently held at Pomona, California.
Kyle Leduc is the youngest driver of Team LeDuc, his father Curt also a
podium finisher in Pro 4, while brother Todd currently holds third place in
the Pro 2R Class championship. The family has enjoyed great success while
competing on Toyo Open CountryR tires in both short course and desert
racing. Curt LeDuc is poised for a second-consecutive Class 8000
championship in the Best In The Desert off road series while running on Open
Country M/TR tires.
Rick Huseman, driver of the #3 Fabtech/Toyo Tires Toyota Tundra, finished in
fourth place during both Saturday and Sunday's Pro 4 class races over a
competitive 15-truck field, placing him in a tie for the 2008 championship
points with Carl Renezeder with only two weekend's of racing left in the
series to decide the outcome.
Sunday's Pro 4™ main event was won by Rick Huseman driving his Fabtech/Toyo
Tires Toyota Tundra truck. This is the second consecutive race weekend for
Huseman and Toyo Tires® winning in Pro 4, his previous win at Las Vegas
International Off Road Raceway in Primm, Nevada. Huseman now leads the
championship points for the CORR Pro 4 class.
"We congratulate Kyle LeDuc for scoring his first sweep in the Pro 4 class
of CORR this past weekend at Chula Vista," said Stan Chen, manager of
motorsports and events, Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. "We are also excited to see
Rick Huseman remain a front runner, with his eye on the overall championship
for Toyo."
To learn more about the full line of Open Country® tires from Toyo®, and
about Team Toyo Off-Road drivers, log on to toyo.com
. Toyo manufactures and
distributes a complete line of replacement tires for high performance cars,
luxury vehicles, light trucks and SUVs as well as tires for commercial trucks,
buses and off-road and construction applications.
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