Jerett Brooks rolled into the famous offroad racing town of Crandon to take part in the 51st running of the Crandon World Championships!
The rumors were still being spread that we had to up to something because our W logo is on all 4 wheel hubs.
To make sure they were not getting duped by us somehow, the tech guys painted the rear wheels of our truck with a florescent orange-red strips.
I got this message from Tanner and Jerett on Instagram.
Things didn't let up for the Brooks team as they were the fastest in all the practice sessions, and Jerett put the truck on pole.
“I am so pumped to take P1 during qualifying against a huge field of Pro 2 Trucks. This track has some insane speeds and it just makes us that much faster. The truck and team are on point. We are feeling really good about what the weekend holds and are ready to go racing!”- Jerett Brooks
In this picture you can make out the red stripe at the 6 o'clock position. If you were to somehow see the tire on the other side, it too would have a painted stripe down in the same position.
Things didn't let up for the Brooks team as they were the fastest in all the practice sessions, and Jerett put the truck on pole.
“I am so pumped to take P1 during qualifying against a huge field of Pro 2 Trucks. This track has some insane speeds and it just makes us that much faster. The truck and team are on point. We are feeling really good about what the weekend holds and are ready to go racing!”- Jerett Brooks
In this picture you can make out the red stripe at the 6 o'clock position. If you were to somehow see the tire on the other side, it too would have a painted stripe down in the same position.
The land rush start saw 19 trucks flying wide open through the field and cramming their way into the fastest most famous Turn 1 corner. Coming around the bend was Brooks racing door-to-door with the Crandon hometown hero of #4 Keegan Kincaid.
Jerett pressed hard inside but Keegan had the better straighter line and squeezed out the hole-shot. Two turns later, Brooks laid down the speed and went hard into the Turn 4 “Gravel Pit” to capture the lead.
Jerett pressed hard inside but Keegan had the better straighter line and squeezed out the hole-shot. Two turns later, Brooks laid down the speed and went hard into the Turn 4 “Gravel Pit” to capture the lead.
From this point on it was the Jerett Brooks show. By the end of Lap 2, El Diablo had put up a 20 truck lead and 5.608 seconds ahead of the next closest competitor. Lap 3 expanded the lead to 6.380 seconds and Lap 4 enlarged even more to 7.645 ahead of 2nd place. Brooks was running fast and flawless with nothing holding him back.
Lap 5 brought the Competition Caution out and the field was stacked up for a restart. Jerett leading the group coming through Turn 1 got the green flag and turned it on. Jumping way out front right away, Brooks ran on the ragged edge in full control.
Again, showing very quick lap times, the #77 Truck held it down at the front. By this time, Kincaid had been passed by Doug Mittag in the #81 Pro 2 and was working hard to close in on the lead. Jerett maintained to the finish and earned another Crandon victory.
Again, showing very quick lap times, the #77 Truck held it down at the front. By this time, Kincaid had been passed by Doug Mittag in the #81 Pro 2 and was working hard to close in on the lead. Jerett maintained to the finish and earned another Crandon victory.
On Sunday, Tanner entered the truck into the tech area and asked them what they wanted to check or see. They told him that they have checked every inch of the truck and they are satisfied that we are legit, even going so far as to say that we've done a good job with this truck!
Sunday's race started out great as Jerett got the hole shot on the field. But since he was the far inside truck on the land rush start, he was pinched too tight to the wall and had to back out of the throttle and 3 trucks got by.
Jerett made quick work of 2 of the trucks and was on the leader Ryan Beat as they headed into turn 1, a fast 100+ mph downhill, blind turn. Jerett made a awesome pass for the lead down the inside and just after he got past Ryan, Jerett tagged the inside wall with the right front tire and broke a bearing in the wheel hub and the rotor.
Jerett made quick work of 2 of the trucks and was on the leader Ryan Beat as they headed into turn 1, a fast 100+ mph downhill, blind turn. Jerett made a awesome pass for the lead down the inside and just after he got past Ryan, Jerett tagged the inside wall with the right front tire and broke a bearing in the wheel hub and the rotor.
The crash took us out of the race and more importantly the World Cup race that afternoon. We had a good shot at winning that race, especially after knowing how it turned out - but that is another post.
Ryan Beat went on to win the race. Ryan and Doug Mittag (in the blue and white truck above) also got our new B2T2 underdrives for this year.
