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SODA (Short-course Off-road Drivers Association) was an off-road racing sanctioning body in the United States. 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 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

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Demise

Most drivers from SODA moved to CORR (Championship Off-Road Racing) after the 1997 season, which basically ended SODA's existence. Championship Off-Road Racing (usually abbreviated CORR) is a sanctioning body for Offroad racing in the United States. A greatly diminished series continued on for at least a few years afterwards.

History

The series was televised in the 1980s and 1990s. Series races appeared tape delayed on ESPN/ESPN2[1] (often during in the winter months). ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to ESPN2 debuted on October 1, 1993, as a sister station of ESPN. Most races were held in Wisconsin but a few were held in Michigan. Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. The crown jewel of the series was the off-road championship event held at the Crandon International Off-Road Raceway - the "home of the world championship off-road race". The Crandon International Off-Road Raceway is an Off-road racing racetrack that has hosts the "World Championship Off-Road Races"

The vehicles used were primarily Trophy trucks, buggies (which were based on the original Volkswagen Beetle called Baja Bug), and a few stock cars. Trophy Trucks are the largest and fastest class of Off-road racing vehicles which are designed and built to resemble modern Pickup trucks. The Volkswagen Beetle, officially known as the type 1 and originally called ‘Käfer’ is an Economy car produced by the German auto maker Volkswagen The term Baja Bug generally refers to a Volkswagen Beetle modified to operate on sand dunes and beaches although other versions of Air-cooled Volkswagens are sometimes All vehicles had heavily modified suspension.

Video game

In 1997, Sierra Entertainment released a SODA-themed racing video game called SODA Off-Road Racing. Sierra Entertainment Inc is a Worldwide American Video game developer and publisher founded in 1979 by Ken and Roberta SODA Off-Road Racing is an Off-road racing simulation released for both DOS and Windows PCs

Classes

Tracks that held races

Many tracks held races:

Drivers

References

  1. ^ http://racedesert.com/race/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=228076, Retrieved from August 27, 2007 Google cache but no longer accessible; Douglas scored double win at Lake Geneva Race; July 13, 1997; Retrieved September 29, 2007

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