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TORC Series Rounds 3 and 4 | Perris Auto Speedway

Greaves and McGrath Keep the Podium Hot in TORC Rounds 3 & 4, Greaves Earns First Win of TORC Season in Pro 4X4

Perris, CA (May 31, 2009)-The Monster Potawatomi Toyota team of Johnny Greaves and Jeremy McGrath left Perris Auto Speedway Sunday morning with big smiles on their faces as Greaves earned his first win in the new Traxxas TORC Series on Friday night while McGrath earned another second place spot on the podium in round 4. On the weekend the team racked-up three podiums finishes in front of a big crowd in Southern California and the pair of Monster Toyota’s were a fixture in all the race battles for the lead.

On Friday night, McGrath jumped out to an early lead in the Monster Hammerhead Toyota Pro 2WD class and lead the race all the way to the halfway point. Late in the race the supercross legend got caught-up in some fender banging and ended up in 8th. On Saturday night, McGrath once again got off to a Monster of a start by leading all the way until the competition caution with fellow Supercross champion Rick Johnson in second. On the re-start, Johnson made an aggressive move to get around McGrath and the battle was on. Exciting the TORC fans, McGrath and Johnson fought hard for the rest of the race with McGrath taking the second place podium spot for Toyota and giving the "Showtime" fans a great show.

Longtime crowd favorite Johnny Greaves started his weekend off in the right direction Friday night with a win and tough battle with veterans Scott Douglass and Rick Huseman. Greaves made it look easy, putting his Tundra out front early on and leading the race the entire way. Huseman and Douglas fought hard and challenged the veteran Greaves late in the race but was unable to overtake the BF Goodrich shod Greaves and Johnny was back on the familiar ground of the top of the podium for TORC round 2.

On Saturday night, Greaves once again got out to an early lead on lap one holding this position all the way till lap 17 of the 20-lap race when a hard charging Toyota of Rick Huseman was able to slide underneath Greaves for the win. The crowd was entertained as usual with close racing the entire way. Scott Douglas worked hard to try and overtake Greaves in lap 18, but was unable to overtake the crafty Greaves and Johnny went on to finish second.

"We had a great time this weekend and it's always nice to get back on top of the podium," stated team owner Greaves. "Jeremy is coming to the front aggressively and I think he and RJ are putting on a great show for the TORC Series fans this year. Our Monster Potawatomi team has gotten the start we wanted to the season and if we just keep this up, we should be in a position to win some titles."


TORC Series Rounds 1 and 2 | Texas Motor Speedway

Greaves Motorsports Monster Energy Potawatomi Team Puts It On the Podium in the Inaugural Traxxas TORC Truck Series, Presented by AMSOIL

Ft. Worth, TX (May 16, 2009)–The Monster Energy Potawatomi Toyota Team of Johnny Greaves and Jeremy McGrath excited the Texas fans this weekend in Rounds 1 and 2 of the new Traxxas TORC Truck Series by putting on a show filled with vintage Greaves’ fast laps and exciting crashes. McGrath added to the teams allure by showing that he is going to be right in the middle of the Pro 2WD championship hunt in 2009, as he looked extremely quick in the new Toyota. 

McGrath took to the stage first Friday night with a strong start and got into the hunt for the lead early, battling with Pro 2WD veterans, Rob McCachren and Ricky Johnson. After battling hard McGrath slid wide and let Johnson take the lead late in the race giving McGrath a second place finish on the podium and got the new TORC Season off to a great start for the supercross legend. “The fans got a real charge out of seeing RJ and me going at it and I can’t wait to get even in Perris,” stated McGrath.

Next up was 6-time Champion and team owner Johnny Greaves in the Pro 4X4 class where Greaves jumped out to a huge lead on lap 1. Greaves led by a wide margin with teammate Rick Huseman and Scott Douglas following behind by the time the competition yellow flag dropped at the midway point.  After the yellow, Greaves increased his lead once again until he started having some front drive issues causing an unexpected spinout, allowing Huseman’s Toyota to gain the lead with Kyle LeDuc in second. Greaves fought past the younger LaDuc and into second and went after Huesman, but once again the front-drive issue prevented him from catching Huseman. Greaves settled for a hard-fought third to round out the podium.

On Saturday, the rains poured all day and left the track a little muddy for the main events on Saturday.  By 9:00 pm the track was looking great and The Pro 2WD took to the track.  McGrath  started in 5th and his window screen plugged up with the heavy clay and he but battled back to challenge for forth place, but had to settle for 5th with mud caked on his window screen,

Greaves started 4th position but quickly moved in to challenge for the lead.  As he came around for the second lap, he cut the inside of a jump in turn four and sent the truck spiraling onto its side, breaking an upper A-arm that ended Greaves round 2 efforts. “I am disappointed in the results, but I am excited about the way the new Tundra performed,” stated Greaves. “This new Toyota is great and it proved it is the truck to beat in the Pro 4x4 division in 2009.”

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