Johnny Greaves (racing driver)
| Johnny Greaves | |
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Greaves after a podium finish in 2010
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| Nationality | American |
| Born |
March 21, 1966 Abrams, Wisconsin |
| Related to | C. J. Greaves |
| Traxxas TORC Series career | |
| Car no. | 22 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2010, 2013 |
| Finished last season | 1st |
| Previous series | |
| SODA, CORR, WSORR | |
| Championship titles | |
| SODA Class 1-1600 and Class 9 buggies(1992) SODA Class 7s (Pro Light) (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997) CORR Pro-Light (1997, 1998, 1998 Winter Heat) CORR Pro 4 (2002, 2006) WSORR 4x4 (2007) TORC Pro 4x4 (2010, 2013) |
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| Awards | |
| (2004, 2007) | AMSOIL Cup/Borg-Warner Challenge |
| Last updated on: October 12, 2013. | |
Johnny Greaves (born March 21, 1966) is a professional American off-road racing racetruck driver from Abrams, Wisconsin. He has competed in numerous major off-road series, including SCORE International, Short-course Off-road Drivers Association (SODA), Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR), World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR), and Traxxas TORC Series (TORC).
Greaves began racing in buggies and won two championships before to Pro Light. He won seven Pro Light championship between SODA and its predecessor CORR. He raced one year in a Pro 2 Trophy Truck before moving into Pro 4, the premiere class in short-course off-road racing. Greaves won class championships in CORR in 2004 and 2006 as well as WSORR in 2007. After those sanctioning bodies dissolved, he won the 2010 Traxxas TORC Series champion in their Pro 4x4 division. He continued racing in the Pro 4 division, winning the 2013 title.
Greaves began racing in at age 12. He switched to racing four wheel vehicles at age 23. He raced in buggies in SCORE International and SODA. He won multiple buggy-class championships, including SODA's "double" titles in Class 1-1600 and Class 9 in 1992. He also raced a few light production trucks that season in Class 7s.
He went full-time in Class 7s in 1993, and won the final two events. He started a relationship with Toyota trucks that remains today. He returned to the class in 1994, and won the championship. He received national television exposure, as SODA events were broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2. SODA's regular season was held primarily on tracks in Wisconsin. SODA sanctioned a separate Winter Heat series in California, and Greaves won the Winter Heat class 7S championships in 1995 and 1996. We won 70 percent the races that he entered in 1994 to 1996. SODA's regular season in summer of 1997 was the final season for the sanctioning body before CORR took over sanctioning the off-road vehicles in the winter of 1998. Greaves joined with rival Jeff Kincaid to form a two truck Toyota team in 1997. Greaves/Kincaid Motorsports won 19 out of 20 races between the 1997 SODA Series and 1998 CORR Winter Series. Greaves captured the class championship, and Kincaid took second. CORR named the class Pro-Lite, and Greaves' domination continued. In 1998, Greaves captured the checkered flag in 10 of 16 races in 1998. Greaves won 11 events in 1999, and captured his third Pro-Lite championship.
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