Rob MacCachren
Rob MacCachren | |
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Nationality | United States |
Born | March 24, 1965 |
Championship titles | |
2000, 2001 CORR Pro 4 2008 CORR Pro 2 2010, 2013, 2015 LOORS Pro 2 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022 Baja 1000 |
Rob MacCachren (born March 24, 1965) is an American
He raced the
Career
1980s
MacCachren, the son of an off-road racer, began racing
He raced off-road in
In 1986, MacCachren won his second SNORE championship.[5] He also began competing in SCORE International and was nominated for SCORE's Rookie of the Year award.[5] The following year, MacCachren captured his third SNORE championship[4] as well as winning Driver of the Year awards in SCORE International and High Desert Racing Association (HDRA).[4] In 1989, MacCachren raced in HDRA/SCORE, winning both the Class 7S division for light pickup trucks and the mini metal championship.[5]
1990s
MacCachren won HDRA/SCORE's 7S and mini metal classes again in 1991 and was nominated for their Driver of the Year award.
In 1994, MacCachren competed in four
2000s
In 2000, MacCachren won the first of three consecutive Governor's BorgWarner World Championship Shootout races.[10] The following year, he competed in SNORE, SCORE, and CORR. In SNORE, he was the overall and class champion.[5] He also won the Best in the Desert 7300 championship. In SCORE, he was the overall champion and won the class 1 / 2 — 1600 championship.[5] In CORR, he took the Governor's Cup championship at Crandon's Spring Brush Run and the Pro-4 Borg Warner championship at Crandon's World Championships on Labor Day weekend en route to winning the 2002 Pro-4 championship.[5] For his performance that season, he was awarded the Toyota True Grit Award and the AARWBA (American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association) award.[5] His 2003 season ended with a SNORE class championship and a Pro 1600 Class 1 / 2 — 1600 Series Championship.[5]
In 2003, MacCachren and fellow Mexican driver
MacCachren was nominated for the AARWBA award in 2004 after winning the Laughlin Class Championships (1 / 2 — 1600 & Class 12) and SCORE's Laughlin Leap Championship,[5] with his pit crew helping him win the SCORE Laughlin Pit Crew Challenge Championship.[5] In 2005, he won the AARWBA award after capturing the Best in the Desert Class 7300 Championship.[5]
MacCachren won his first overall SCORE championship in 2007 after winning three of six events.[12][13][14] In 2007, he won 12 events in two CORR classes,[4] adding four SCORE and BITD wins.[4] For the 40th annual Baja 1000, he and co-driver/team owner Mark Post teamed up with CORR driver Carl Renezeder to take the overall race,[13][15] completing the 1,296-mile (2,086 km) course in 25 hours, 21 minutes and 25 seconds to win by only six minutes.[13] It was the first time that a Trophy Truck had the overall win in the 13 years that the class has competed in the event.[13] It was his first overall win in desert off-road racing's premiere event after his class wins between 1992 and 2004.[13] With the win, MacCachren and Post became the first trophy truck drivers to take SCORE's overall season points championship.[14]
During the 2008 season, MacCachren competed in CORR in the Pro-2 and Pro Buggy divisions, winning the season championship in both divisions. CORR folded at the end of the season, so he raced in the new
2010s
After decades of winning in the desert, MasterCraft Racing offered MacCachren the opportunity to pilot his own Jimco
In 2012, MacCachren started the season with a victory at Sunday's Laughlin Desert Challenge (the race was run on Saturday and Sunday as two separate points races). He then won the San Felipe 250 for the second year in a row.
In short course, MacCachren won the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) Pro 2 title in 2010, winning a record 9 out of the 15 rounds of racing.[17] MacCachren was also successful in the competing TORC Pro 2WD series where he finished second for the season. In 2011, MacCachren finish second in season points in LOORRS and second in TORC as well with five victories in LOORRS and three wins in TORC. In 2012, MacCachren won the $20,000 Chairman's Cup at Crandon behind the wheel of the MOPAR RAM Pro 2WD.[18] He won his 200th career event later that year at Crandon during the track's second weekend (on the first weekend in September), the Sunday "World Championship" Pro 2 event.
In
MacCachren competed in LOORRS in 2014, finishing runner-up in both Pro 4 and Pro 2 classes. In November, he co-drove the overall truck/car winner at the
He won the Baja 1000 again in 2015 and 2016. He also took home LOORRS Pro 2 titles back to back in 2015 and 2016, whereas in the Pro 4 class he finished runner-up in 2015 and third in 2016.
2017 saw him win another SCORE San Felipe 250 and his first Best in the Desert Mint 400 in his hometown of Las Vegas.
The 2018 season resulted in a second consecutive SCORE San Felipe 250 overall win[21] followed by an overall win at the 50th BFGoodrich Tires SCORE Baja 500 in June.[22]
2020s
During the 2020 season, MacCachren finished second at the Baja 1000.
In 2021, he won the Baja 1000 (with Luke McMillin) and the Mint 400 (with his son Cayden).
The driver won the 2022 Baja 500.
Awards
MacCachren was named the 2007 Dirtsports Magazine Driver of the Year.[12] He was named the 2007 BFGoodrich Tires Motorsports Person of the Year. He also received American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association AUTO RACING All-America FIRST Team honors three times.
MacCachren was inducted in the
Motorsports career results
Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position. )
Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | PRO 2 | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Rnd1 1 |
Rnd2 1 |
Rnd3 4 |
Rnd4 1 |
Rnd5 1 |
Rnd6 5 |
Rnd7 1 |
Rnd8 2 |
Rnd9 7 |
Rnd10 11 |
Rnd11 6 |
1st | 532 | [24] |
Stadium Super Trucks
(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)
Stadium Super Trucks results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | SSTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | PHO 1 |
LBH 3 |
LAN 2 |
SDG 1 |
SDG 3 |
STL 1 |
TOR 2 |
TOR 4 |
CRA 1 |
CRA 4 |
OCF | OCF | OCF | CPL 6 |
2nd | 400 | [20] |
References
- ^ "Driver Info". CORR. Archived from the original on 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ a b c d "Rob MacCachren Crowned 2009 SNORE Overall Champion". Dirtnewz.com. December 15, 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
- ^ "CORR Round 9 and 10". Sand Addiction magazine. August 14, 2008. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ a b c d e "BFGoodrich Tires Names Rob MacCachren 2007 Motorsports Person of the Year". DirtNewz.com. April 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ Rockstar Energy Drink. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
- ^ Glick, Shav (June 17, 1994). "Ready or Not, Here Come the Trucks". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
- ^ Kantowski, Ron (September 26, 2009). "Truck racing: So crazy it just might work". Las Vegas Sun. Las Vegas, NV. Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
- ^ "1994 Supertruck Portland 20". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
- ^ "1994 Valvoline / Pit Lube 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
- ^ "News from Crandon International Off-Road Raceway" (PDF). Crandon Off Road. 2006. Retrieved 2008-12-28.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "MacCachren Wins Overall And Trophy Truck At 25th MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250". SCORE International. Archived from the original on 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
- ^ a b "Rob MacCachren Named "Dirtsports Magazine Driver of the Year"". DirtNewz.com. February 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ a b c d e Wolf, Jeff (November 15, 2007). "MacCachren's team captures Baja 1000". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2008-12-27.
- ^ a b "Baja 1000: Riviera Racing summary". Motorsport.com. November 28, 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ a b c d Clark, Dominic. "MacCachren/A. McMillin/Voss 'Rockstars' earns Overall, SCORE Trophy Truck win at 47th Tecate SCORE Baja 1000". SCORE International. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
- ^ "Rob MacCachren Teams With Rockstar Energy and MasterCraft Safety for Entire 2010 SCORE International Series". race-dezert.com. March 9, 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
- ^ "Rob MacCachren DOMINATES Lucas Oil Series Winning Pro 2 Championship". dirtnewz.com. December 12, 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
- ^ "Rob MacCachren holds off Adrian Cenni to win Crandon's $20K Chairman's Cup Challenge Race". torcseries.com. June 17, 2012. Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
- ^ "Stadium Super Trucks: Robby Gordon races to Third Place in SST debut". Marathon Rally.com.
- ^ a b "2013 SST Point Standings". Stadium Super Trucks. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ "2018 SCORE San Felipe 250 Race Recap". Four Wheeler. 2018-05-07. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
- ^ "MacCachren rules, McMillins rise at 50th Baja 500". RACER. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
- Traxxas TORC Series. Archived from the originalon 25 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ^ "PRO 2 Point Standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series.
External links
- Rob MacCachren driver statistics at Racing-Reference