Liquid Force Jumps On-board With Johnny Greaves Motorsports for TORC 2010 Season
Encinitas, CA (February 17, 2010)--Off-Road Champion Johnny Greaves is proud to announce that Liquid Force, maker of premium wakeboards and apparel, is joining the Monster Energy Forest County Potawatomi Toyota Race Team for the 2010 Season of The Traxxas TORC Series. Greaves, the most prolific winner in short-course racing, will add Liquid Force to its Pro 4 and Pro 2 teams driven by himself and Jeremy McGrath.
"Liquid Force is the top name in the water sports industry and I am very excited to associate with Matt Gleason and the team there," added Greaves. "I'm a long time fan and user of their products, and that makes it more fun to add them to our team."
Matt Gleason, Director of Marketing for Liquid Force, had this to say about the new sponsorship, "Johnny Greaves and Jeremy McGrath are great champions and Liquid Force is pleased to join such a great team for its entry into motorsports. This is an excellent cross-marketing opportunity for us and TORC's great TV package and nationwide exposure offers us a great fit. We are looking forward to exposing Liquid Force products to the off-road community and TORC fans world-wide."
"I attended the Crandon TORC race last fall and was blown away by the enthusiasm of the off-road fans and knew right away that this would be a great sport to get Liquid Force involved in," Gleason continued. "This is going to be a lot of fun working with Johnny & Jeremy and a great fit for our brand!"
About Liquid Force
Founded in 1995, Liquid Force quickly became the leader in wakeboard products and apparel. Liquid Force is dedicated to relentless innovation, progressive design, maximum functionality and unparalleled quality. Supported by a superior team of athletes, Liquid Force events include world famous BROstock. LIQUIDFORCE.COM
Johnny & Jeremy Livin' Large in the Off Season
If Johnny wasn't jumping over 300 feet and breaking World Records, he was doing exhibitions at Supercross events and displaying his Toyota Tundra 4x4 at dealerships. The off season has been a busy time for Johnny, his team mate Jeremy McGrath and the entire G-Team. Johnny and Jeremy made an appearance at the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, FIM World Championship, at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA in front of more than 35,000 fans. This was a great way to expose the SuperX world to the TORC Series and short-course off-road racing.
Johnny also took a spin through the desert with his son, CJ, along side as the co-pilot. They ran in a Class 1 Unlimited buggy in the SNORE Battle at Primm, in Primm, NV.
Jeremy has been busy too. You know, the usual stuff... making appearances at major supercross events, TV appearances, and being featured in a one-of-a-kind documentary on four supercross legends. The program, which premiered Feb 28th on CBS, took a look into the minds and the lives of four of the most successful riders to ever throw a leg over a motorcycle: Jeremy McGrath, Ricky Carmichael, Chad Reed and James Stewart. Watch it on YouTube.com
Jeremy is also gearing up for the new short-course off-road racing season with Johnny G Motorsports.
Watch the YouTube video of Johnny's incredible jump!
Monster Energy's Johnny Greaves Sets World Record with First-ever 300-Foot Truck Jump
Greaves' Monster Energy/Toyota Motorsports Racing teammate Jeremy McGrath calls it "Frickin Huge" after Greaves touches down with WR
Campo, CA (December 18, 2009)--What began as a relatively calm morning in the southern California foothills just outside San Diego literally became the stuff Guinness Book of World Records are made of when Monster Energy’s Johnny Greaves came roaring down a dirt road at 105 mile per hour and launched his 3,800-pound, 800-horsepower TORC off-road PRO 2WD Toyota through the air over the length of an NFL football field.
Landing quite peacefully some 301-feet later despite the overall violent nature of the jump. Greaves looped back around and was met by his Monster Energy/Toyota Motorsports team and off-road racing teammate McGrath.
"He made it look good, made it look easy. But that jump was frickin' huge," said McGrath.
With a spectrum of measuring and surveying equipment on hand, Greaves added more than 100 feet to the previous 2WD distance truck jumping record of 193-feet set last year. Check it all out for yourself here.
"I was a little bit nervous," Greaves admitted the day of the jump. "I woke up and I was going to go ride down there and look at the ramp and talk about what we need to do, but my brother was already in Jeremy's horse barn tearing the truck apart and getting the gearing right and I was like, 'All right, it's on!'"
With a gap of 200 feet (between the take-off and landing peaks), Greaves knew anything below 100 mph on the in-run would cause him to "auger" into the face of the landing. But with some spot-on mathematical calculations provided by his crew, and, believe-it-or-not, some tips on flying a truck like a dirt bike from McGrath, Greaves pulled off one of the most amazing motorsports distance jumps in history.
"Yeah, you can really manipulate the flight of the truck with the rear wheels–just like a dirt bike," said Greaves. "I'd actually hit the jump and rag the brake a little to get it to flatten out. Once I got the feel for that then I was like 'All right, I'm good. Let's hit this wide open!'"
Wide open in a 800-horse, 351-cubic inch NASCAR Truck motor emits an awesome sound. But Greaves would be a bit impervious to that, with all attention focused on the take-off-point, then, in vain, to spot any discernable landmarks once airborne. "It looked like a house in front of me," he said. "And when I hit it, you were up there so high that I couldn't even see the ravine or valley until the truck started rotating down."
Touching back down onto McGrath's property–and into the pages of the upcoming Guinness Book of World Records–Greaves and his team were elated with the Monster effort. And when asked if this at all compares to the thrill of racing Traxxas Off Road Championship (TORC) at places like Crandon (Wis.) and Bark River (Mich.) where Greaves is a household name, much like McGrath in Monster Energy AMA Supercross, the grin his face said it all.
"I'm not a stuntman or a jump guy, but Monster gave me the opportunity to do this and I took it," he said. "It's the greatest thrill I've ever had. You can't believe how long you’re in the air, just up there in this massive truck floating through the air."
Interview inquiries for Monster Energy's Johnny Greaves can be directed to Mitch Covington at mitch.covington@torcseries.com
Monster Energy supports the scene. Be it insane distance jumping, snocross, SX, surfing, BMX, go-karts, pit bikes, MX, mountain bikes, PWC racing, off road, rally, MotoGP, road racing, supermoto, FMX, skate, rock crawling, wake, surf, snow – name it – seems athletes and bands are rockin' Monster Energy more than anything these days. Check out the types - Original Monster Energy, Lo-Carb Monster, Monster Assault, Monster's fruit juice hybrids dubbed Monster Khaos, Monster M-80 and Monster MIXXD, the ground-breaking Java Monster and X-Presso Monster premium coffee & cream drink line supercharged with Monster Energy's blend, 3 oz. Monster Hitman Energy Shooters, Monster Import, and the new nitrous oxide injected Nitrous Monster. Johnny Greaves digs 'em – so will you. On the 'Net at monsterarmy.com and monsterenergy.com
Encinitas, CA (February 17, 2010)--Off-Road Champion Johnny Greaves is proud to announce that Liquid Force, maker of premium wakeboards and apparel, is joining the Monster Energy Forest County Potawatomi Toyota Race Team for the 2010 Season of The Traxxas TORC Series. Greaves, the most prolific winner in short-course racing, will add Liquid Force to its Pro 4 and Pro 2 teams driven by himself and Jeremy McGrath.
"Liquid Force is the top name in the water sports industry and I am very excited to associate with Matt Gleason and the team there," added Greaves. "I'm a long time fan and user of their products, and that makes it more fun to add them to our team."
If Johnny wasn't jumping over 300 feet and breaking World Records, he was doing exhibitions at Supercross events and displaying his Toyota Tundra 4x4 at dealerships. The off season has been a busy time for Johnny, his team mate Jeremy McGrath and the entire G-Team. Johnny and Jeremy made an appearance at the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, FIM World Championship, at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA in front of more than 35,000 fans. This was a great way to expose the SuperX world to the TORC Series and short-course off-road racing.
Johnny also took a spin through the desert with his son, CJ, along side as the co-pilot. They ran in a Class 1 Unlimited buggy in the SNORE Battle at Primm, in Primm, NV.
Jeremy is also gearing up for the new short-course off-road racing season with Johnny G Motorsports.
Greaves' Monster Energy/Toyota Motorsports Racing teammate Jeremy McGrath calls it "Frickin Huge" after Greaves touches down with WR
"He made it look good, made it look easy. But that jump was frickin' huge," said McGrath.
With a gap of 200 feet (between the take-off and landing peaks), Greaves knew anything below 100 mph on the in-run would cause him to "auger" into the face of the landing. But with some spot-on mathematical calculations provided by his crew, and, believe-it-or-not, some tips on flying a truck like a dirt bike from McGrath, Greaves pulled off one of the most amazing motorsports distance jumps in history.
Touching back down onto McGrath's property–and into the pages of the upcoming Guinness Book of World Records–Greaves and his team were elated with the Monster effort. And when asked if this at all compares to the thrill of racing Traxxas Off Road Championship (TORC) at places like Crandon (Wis.) and Bark River (Mich.) where Greaves is a household name, much like McGrath in Monster Energy AMA Supercross, the grin his face said it all.
