Rob MacCachren | |
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MacCachren at Speedworld for LOORRS racing
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Nationality | United States |
Born | March 24, 1965 |
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2000, 2001 CORR Pro 4 2008 CORR Pro 2 2010, 2013, 2015 LOORS Pro 2 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016 Baja 1000 |
Rob MacCachren (born March 24, 1965) is an American off-road racer from Las Vegas, Nevada. MacCachren won over 200 off-road races including four editions of the Baja 1000.
He raced the Mickey Thompson Stadium Series early in his career and went on to win championships in Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR), SCORE International, SODA, and Best in the Desert (BITD). MacCachren won his 200th event at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway at the 2012 World Championship Pro 2 race. He has won 20 championships during his racing career, including three BorgWarner World Championships and the 2008 CORR Pro-2 championship. He drives the Rockstar Energy Drink Ford Trophy Truck in SCORE and the Rockstar Energy Drink Pro 2 Unlimited in LOORRS. He is a 2011 inductee in the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame.
MacCachren, the son of an off-road racer, began racing dirt bikes in the terrain around Las Vegas, winning the 1973 Nevada State Motorcycle Championship as an eight-year-old.
He raced off-road in Southern Nevada Off-Road Enthusiasts (SNORE) in 1982, winning the Driver of the Year points and being named "Rookie of the Year" by the Nevada Motorsports Writers Association. In 1983 he was nominated for the Nevada Sports Writers Association's "Top Off-Road Driver" and in the following year for their "Competitor of the Year". In 1985 he won six straight SNORE events on his way to winning the season championship. That same year he won the Triple Crown at the Silver Dust Racing Association.