- Jack Flannery
Jack Flannery is a retired American
off-road racing driver who was active in the 1980s and 1990s. Flannery won six short course off-road championships in SODA and one inChampionship Off-Road Racing (CORR).Flannery owned Flannery Trucking in his hometown
Crandon, Wisconsin , the home ofCrandon International Off-Road Raceway . [http://race.off-road.com/race/Short+Course+Archives/CHEVY-THUNDER-ROCKS-CRANDON-RACEWAY/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/228074 Chevy Thunder rocks Crandon Raceway] ; Pete Biro;June 22 1997 ; off-road.com; RetrievedFebruary 15 2008 ] He sold the company late in his racing career and moved toWisconsin Dells, Wisconsin . 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 fastesthill climb in the Unlimited Off-Road Truck class. [ [http://www.evanscooling.com/html/mspglry2.htm 800 HP 9.2 L Chevy Truck] , RetrievedFebruary 16 2008 ] 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.
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. [ [http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=23225&FS=NHRA Chevrolet 1998 Season Review] ,
December 8 1998 ; motorsport.com; RetrievedFebruary 15 2008 ] Flannery won another Governor's Cup race in 1999.The track announcer at the Crandon's 2008 Borg-Warner championship on Labor Day weekend announced that he has been suffering effects of cancer.
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