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KOENIG RACING TAKES THIRD DESPITE SHATTERED PARTS AND ICY SNOW AT YERINGTON 300.

Fish — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:11:21 +0000

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Koenig Racing loves social media. Facebook and YouTube let us share our racing adventures. But no way can either one communicate how it feels to race 80 mph, no windshield, in the freezing snow. Yes, snow. The VORRA Yerington (Nevada) 300 saw about 3 inches of it. And we had a few other obstacles as well: Prior to the race we put the fan into the radiator while testing. We started 11th in a twelve-truck class. Bashed a rock and broke a wheel before the second check point. Then our luck finally changed. It got worse. On a hill climb with snow blowing at us sideways we broke all of the wheel studs on the right rear. And oh, remember that rock we hit earlier? We hit it again and flattened a tire. Still, we were able to finish a solid third place! No way could we pull off a mini-miracle like that without great equipment from Total Chaos, Goodyear, Doug Thorley, Currie, King and all of it was captured on amazing Drift Innovation HD Action cameras. Also I want to thank every freezing cold member of the Koenig Racing team, especially Dusty and Fianna who changed the broken wheel. Watch them in action in the YouTube video listed above.

Mike Koenig
www.KoengRacing.com

Off Road Race Team Keeps Kids in School

Fish — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:19:17 +0000

Sacramento-based Koenig Racing is giving back to the community in a special way. They’re encouraging kids to stay in school to gain the knowledge and learning they need, not only to get a diploma or a better job…but to have a shot at living their dreams, dreams like winning races in a highly modified Goodyear Tire-sponsored Toyota Tacoma race truck.

At a recent after-school presentation at Edison Elementary School, the highly successful race team – they’ve won dozens of races in California and Nevada – told an highly interested group of kids that a race team requires people with all kinds of knowledge and mental skills. Without knowledge and skills, dreams like racing just don’t happen. And that’s a compelling reason to stay in school.

Said team owner Mike Koenig, “In a survey for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, researchers found nearly half of the former students interviewed – 47 percent – dropped out not because of the academic challenge, but because they simply found classes uninteresting. Our goal is to do what we can to fix that.”

Students at the well-attended presentation each got to strap into the Koenig Racing desert race truck, which is also sponsored by Total Chaos Fabrication, Desert People Films and others. Plus they each received race posters and stickers, courtesy of Total Chaos. Talk about a way to get an 8-year old’s attention and convince him to stay in school!

Koenig Racing is available to appear at any school in the Greater Sacramento Area, as long as it not too close to a race weekend. For more information, call team PR director,timprice@koenigracing.com.

Koenig Racing Goes Outlaw in Reno

Curtis Guise — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:09:25 +0000

The Xtreme Outlaws 250 was a great race! Even qualifying was extra exciting with Koenig Racing driver Troy Robinson pushing so hard he put our Total Chaos Toyota Tacoma racer up on two wheels for a long, long way.

Koenig Racing

Team owner Mike Koenig was in the driver’s seat for the first two laps. “Halfway through lap one our Goodyear tires were hooking so good we easily caught up to three other Group T trucks. From then on it was 30 miles of bumper-to-bumper action going up hill climbs so close to each other rocks were flying through the windshield. Finally I got past one guy and then another. Near the start of lap two, we passed one more on the inside as he put it up on two wheels. Then, still in the dust of a truck we were chasing down, he suddenly gets stuck in a tree trying to pass a Class 11 car. We make the pass and boogie down to the end of the second lap, 5th overall and first in class by five minutes ready for the driver change…”

Now Troy “Bicycle Man” Robinson was behind the wheel. “We were flying right up until we came up to the first hill climb. A Class 9 car was stuck smack in the MIDDLE of the road. We tried slipping past on the low side but our race truck slid off the track and got stuck right on the edge of a cliff. Our only choice was to back slowly down the cliff. Finally back on the course, a mystery vibration is making the whole truck shake at anything over 54 mph. Not fun. And it was therockiest course we’ve ever raced. Thank goodness for our Goodyear tires. We didn’t give up and fought our way back, ending the day in fourth place.

The first ever VORRA sanctioned Xtreme Outlaws 250 was a blast for us, thanks to our great sponsors, Total Chaos, Goodyear, Currie, Doug Thorley, Desert People Films, Off Road Warehouse, King Shocks and the tireless support of the Koenig Racing Team. Watch for us at Fallon!

NEXT RACE: VORRA FALLON NIGHT RACE, JULY 16-18

KOENIG RACING OUTLAW 250

TEAM KOENIG GOES OUTLAW IN RENO

Fish — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:25:06 +0000

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/user/koenigrace

Locos Mocos San Felipe Race Report

RDC — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:47:08 +0000

Koenig Racing at SCORE San Felipe 250 contingency

Racing the San Felipe 250 was a blast. It was the first Baja race effort for Locos Mocos and Koenig Racing. In a four-truck field we got second in Class 6. Truck owner Mike Koenig and Locos Mocos Head Honcho Stu Klein started the race in the Toyota Tacoma. Locos Mocos guys Troy Robinson and Tim Schrader took over at about midway and brought it to the finish after a tough 7 hours and 4 minutes.

Koenig Racing in San Felipe at RM 23

Our fun started on Wednesday at the amazing beach-side San Felipe house owned by Locos Mocos brother Steve Brosz (thanks 3 Ball and Kenna!). After the 14-hour overnight drive from Norcal, we grabbed some much-needed rest and enjoyed a little beach time. On Thursday Mike went out early to prerun the northern section while Troy preran the southern section. As always our Total Chaos-equipped prerunners were more than up to the job. (thanks Total Choas!). We all met back later at the house and held a birthday bash for our gracious host.

On Friday contingency took up most of the day. And for us it was almost as much fun as the race. (Ask any one of us how the race truck made it through tech using some fish net we found on the beach. Locos Mocos can fix anything, anywhere!) While in line with the race truck, Mark Naugle (Locos Mocos “BCG 1”) asked a pretty San Felipe girl walking by if she would sit up on the nerf bar and pass out sponsor decals and she agreed! Man, did the truck get attention with that lovely hood ornament. Our sponsors got their money’s worth of attention. Handing out 400+ sponsor decals to race fans was a lot of fun, too.

Race morning started with last minute prep and rolling to the start line. Mike Koenig and Stu Klein we’re set to drive the first 122 miles then hand the truck off to Troy and Tim for the last 110 miles. Right from the start Mike knew it was going to be a long day for him. While the truck handles the rough very well it’s the spectators lining the course that make it slow and go. They stand on the course and wait until the last second to get out of the way. It was nuts. At one point Mike couldn’t even see the road ahead as the fans were waiting that long to move. Once he got further out of town Mike set into a comfortable pace and kept the truck moving problem-free. Then came race mile 109 and the silt. Deep silt. Trying to find the best line Mike got stuck and buried the rear axle. He tried to get the truck out by himself but it wasn’t happening. Then thankfully some locals showed up and eventually got him out. Didn’t get any names, but thanks guys.

Koenig Racing at Finish. Victory

Meanwhile up ahead at RM 122 where Troy and Tim were waiting to get into the truck, an out of control class 1 car missed the turn and struck a cameraman working for John Langley’s COPS TV series race effort. Locos Mocos guy Tim Schrader an ex-EMT used his training and assisted the other EMT/racers in helping the injured spectator. The Score helicopter was on the ground within 25 minutes of the accident where he was flown to San Felipe then immediately to San Diego for medical help. Fortunately there were no broken bones or other injuries to the cameraman and besides some bruising he will have a full recovery.

Once Mike and Stu pulled into the pit and exchanged drivers, Troy and Tim quickly went to work navigating the truck down the beautiful Matomi Wash. At this point they were in a solid 2nd place and decided to take it easy and make it to the finish line. Then, Bam! Near the end of Matomi the line they chose had wash machine size boulders on both sides of the track with another boulder just a little taller than the driveline in the middle. The impact broke the yoke on the driveline. In just under 10 minutes they changed out the driveline and were back under way. The only other problem they had was getting stuck on a sandy steep uphill. A quick call to the nearby Locos Mocos chase crew was made and BCG1 arrived in minutes with a tow strap.

Just before dark the team crossed the finish line with the checkers waved by none other than Troy’s dad, VORRA founder Ed Robinson. Ed was the official SCORE flagger for this race and really enjoyed waving in his son. Everyone on the team was thrilled to have finished their first race in Baja.

Koenig Racing wants to thank all of our race crew who helped out, these guys and gals did a great job making sure we would make the finish.

Koenig Racing at SCORE Baja 250 Finishline

And special thanks to our sponsors. Without them our first Baja race would not have happened. Baja Bound.com Mexican Insurance, Total Chaos Suspensions, ORW, Red Line Oil, Dezert People, BFGoodrich Tires and , FlameLab Sports Marketing.

– Troy “Boofay” Robinson