CASEY CURRIE

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Born into a family that has been in the racing business for over 50 years, Casey Currie began racing motorcycles at the age of five and by 16, was behind the wheel of his first race truck.  Currie’s resume is short in years, but lengthy in accomplishments and includes wins and championships in both motorcycles and trucks.  In 2004, Currie posted a second-place finish in the Pro Truck division at the prestigious Baja 1000 and also claimed third in a Class 1 car in the Baja 500 that same year.  Following a number of wins over the next couple years, Currie was poised to become the youngest team owner in short course racing in 2007 at just 22-years-old.  He finished second in the overall points and posted seven podium finishes. 

The remainder of Currie’s resume includes one win and four podium finishes in the 2008 ProLite season in addition to finishing second in the King of the Hammers (the biggest rock crawl of the year).  In 2009 Currie garnered multiple podiums and two wins in the TORC Series and finished second in the King of the Hammers.  The 2010 season saw Currie move to a new V8 ProLite to capture his first championship in addition to four wins.  Currie focused on short course racing in 2011 running in both the TORC Traxxas and Lucas Oil Off-Road Series.  He also made an appearance on MTV’s Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory.

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Relationship status: Engaged

Twitter handle: @caseycurrie

Favorite person(s) to follow on Twitter: @monsterenergy

Dailey driver (what GT or Conti tires do you have on it?): Chevy 1500 with Grabber UHP

Best thing I ever ate : Sushi

Favorite place: Colorado River

Hidden Talents: Rock band singer

What’s playing on my iPod: hip hop or country

I have to set my DVR for: Supercross

Three must see movies: 1. Hangover, 2. Cars, 3. Warrior

Person I admire most and why: My Dad, for running a great business and taking care of his family at the same time!

Most memorable race/event and why: I won Crandon World Championship and the championship in the same day and my family was at the event. It was a special day and a day that will be hard to beat.

Best advice I ever got: If you’re not going to put 100% in, then you might as well quit now.

Other athletes I give big props to: Robby Gordon, Kyle Leduc, MC, RV

How I got my start racing/competing: I raced motorcycles and worked out a deal with Nissan to drive for Factory Nissan.