Jack Flannery is a retired American off-road racing driver who was active in the 1980s and 1990s. Off-road racing is a format of racing where various classes of specially modified vehicles (including cars trucks motorcycles and buggies compete in races through Off-road Flannery won six short course off-road championships in SODA and one in Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR). SODA (Short-course Off-road Drivers Association was an off-road racing sanctioning body in the United States. Championship Off-Road Racing (usually abbreviated CORR) is a sanctioning body for Offroad racing in the United States.
Flannery owned Flannery Trucking in his hometown Crandon, Wisconsin, the home of Crandon International Off-Road Raceway. Crandon is a city in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States; it is in the northeastern part of the state, about 100 miles north The Crandon International Off-Road Raceway is an Off-road racing racetrack that has hosts the "World Championship Off-Road Races" [1] He sold the company late in his racing career and moved to Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Wisconsin Dells is a city in south-central Wisconsin, with a population of 2418 as of the 2000 census. His sons Jamie and Jed were successful off-road racers in SODA and CORR.
Racing career
In 1992 he competed in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, setting the record for the fastest hill climb in the Unlimited Off-Road Truck class. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC, also known as the The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile and motorcycle Hillclimb to the summit of Pikes [2] In 1996 he won the Borg-Warner World championship off-road race race at Crandon.
Flannery won the 1997 Governor's Cup at Crandon enroute to winning the 1997 SODA Class 4 championship. [1]
Most of the drivers in SODA changed to new short course off-road racing series CORR after the 1997 season. Flannery narrowly won the 1998 CORR Pro-4 (4WD) championship over his son Jamey. [3] Flannery won another Governor's Cup race in 1999.
References
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- ^ Chevrolet 1998 Season Review, December 8, 1998; motorsport. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) com; Retrieved February 15, 2008
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