the recipe is simple 900-horsepower pro
four-wheel drive off road trucks below
zero degree temperatures 684 studs for
tire speeds reaching nearly 100 miles an
hour and the top nine drivers in the
world all racing not only on a course
made up of snow ice and various
obstacles but they're going head-to-head
this my friends is frozen Russ and you
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everybody welcome to the 2015 season of
the Red Bull Signature Series the
evolution of sport that is what we
promise to bring you here on the sig
series and it's exactly what we're gonna
do today I am your host Sal Masekela you
know we've taken an already incredible
race format and decided to turn it up a
little bit
900 horsepower off-road Pro for trucks
racing not only on a track of snow and
ice but for the first time ever these
guys are going head to head was that
mean well it's really anybody's guess
but what I do know so we have the top
racers from around the country Ricky
Johnson Bryce Menzies Brian Deegan and
Rob Patrick just to name a few so I'm
pretty sure as you can expect in
off-road racing these guys gonna swap
some paper because well Robin is racing
the green flag is on standby to drop so
we're gonna send it out to Sunday River
Resort in Maine where it is cold for
more on what we can expect today Jason
why again and my man the off-road legend
Cameron Steele
well thanks Allan who would have thought
if you go to a ski resort in Maine in
the wintertime it would be extremely
cold but we're gonna do our best to warm
it up we've got 900 horsepower short
course off-road racing trucks that are
gonna take on the form of snowmobiles
today and this year we're gonna take it
to the next level compared to what we've
seen in the past absolutely last year
the inaugural frozen rush was one truck
time versus another truck time sure they
were on the track at the same time but
this year they are truly head-to-head
side-by-side bracket racing which means
rivalries are gonna boil over grudges
are gonna come out
doors are gonna get banged anything is
possible when you put two short course
trucks on one small tight track now it's
snow it's a little bit different we have
studded tires but there are some
interesting similarities to dirt but
then again there are also blind spots
cops that develop you won't be able to
see it's gonna be really risky racing
and that downhill on the backside
well I'm frightened and I'm not even
driving yeah it's been pretty crazy
watching them in practice and in
qualifying the rivalries have been there
should be fun to watch let's go down to
kelli stavast
yesterday during qualifying drivers said
the track conditions were the best
they'd been but it was a very different
day of
thirty degrees colder and blue skies and
Sun since then a couple inches of fresh
powder has fallen and that could affect
things because course workers have been
working really hard to get this snow as
compact and smooth on the surface as
possible that will help the trucks get
traction and these overcast skies stick
around that'll affect visibility and
drivers who have opted for the
open-faced motocross style helmet paired
with some ski goggles might have the
advantage because those lenses are
designed to improve visibility in these
white conditions thanks Kelly and this
track is made up of two different lanes
that each driver must take the red
longer course and the blue shorter
course and we're gonna go onboard with
Bryce Menzies with a lap of the red
course in today's of course preview
first year's second gear into third gear
you're crossing the red bull finish line
jump and then we're gonna take the left
line which is the red line it tightens
up really fast you got a sharp s turn so
you come in downshift into second you
got four big whoop jumps they're gonna
bounce through and try to keep the truck
straight as possible on the gas as much
as you can to get all your speed up
towards the big over/under jump that
we're going to hit probably around 70 80
miles an hour as fast as we can up to
the top where it's a 90 degree left wide
open then you're gonna want to brake as
hard as possible back down in the second
gear
then this is where you come into this
routines it gets real tight technical in
here you're gonna go you know left then
right you're in second gear on and off
the gas and brake to keep the truck kind
of straight and pointed
that crossover jump that's huge we're
flying it 150 feet and then we're coming
into the finish line turn wide open as
hard as we can come in the finish line
break down shifts in the second throw
the truck in there as hard as you can
with the snow and the ruts crawl out
second gear third here across the red
bull finish line and that's of course
preview for red bull frozen rush and we
have nine treiber's and only eight spots
of the quarterfinals so a last-chance
qualifier coming up Todd Leduc
in the black truck and the white truck
is call Rena center and the winner of
this will go against the fastest
qualifier Ricky Johnson in the
quarterfinals simple format two laps
each have to take the red and the blue
horse once
whoever gets across the finish line
first is the winner here is Leduc versus
rena center in LCQ
and we're racing here at frozen Russian
a great start for Leduc and he's gonna
be the first truck you see over what
will be the finish line jump - laughs so
now--so renovators got some work to do
so you'll find out right away frozen
rush has the definite technical aspects
to it Brennan Center started in that
Ryan Lyon the Duke went to the laughs he
had two chicane back so venez that are
even though he had his frogs on the
start he moves to what would be the lead
where the trucks came back together for
a second so they'll come together
they'll leave they'll come together so
there's different aspects but here's
that downhill skating spot now Mena's
ever had a problem
carburetor and the differential and
here's a good look alle dude who had the
engine prop you talked about yesterday
yeah and the starts actually are one of
the problems that rent is that are had
with that new driveline and the
carburetor problems that are definitely
cost him again
so right now Brenna's that are in the
lead but like you said he had the
shorter lap the first time around it's
up to leduc to go get faster on the
short line on his second lap attention
what a beautiful look and a great job by
Todd just really carrying momentum all
the way around the turn what I look for
is choppy turn someone that maybe slows
down too soon has to get back on the
throttle has a rotation and over rotates
or as a short rotation has the free
rotate so one big fluid motion most the
time is really going to be the faster
way
and you saw renas that are there nailed
that corner perfectly you didn't see
either the over or the under rotation or
the bush or the slide and look at this
this is gonna be crazy as they get to
this jump together there's only gonna be
that big final corner left who's going
to take in the Duke on the inside
takes it and we'll go into the bracket
we knew will be door to door but I
didn't know would literally be door to
door the first time you've ever had
trucks side-by-side and they totally
brought it now you can take us through
here Cameron looks on the inside you
would have thought he had control over
this fluffy Citroen is a door just
didn't back down and Todd may have
thought that exact thing as a driver you
may think oh I have this inside line but
look at renters they're just runs it to
the outside drifting and takes a
position now here's the exit for this
final corner headed to the finish line
The Dukes down 200 horsepower with its
backup motor that mighty made all the
difference
Brenda's that are able to edge him out
doesn't get much better than that all
right that's a great scene here for our
quarterfinals renas header gets a brief
break he'll be back later to go against
Ricky Johnson rest of the bracket
includes Scott Douglas against Chad
hoard Rama Kakarot against RJ Anderson
that's a really good battle by the way
between a veteran and a newcomer and to
proven champions Bryce Menzies against
Brian Deegan so we're ready for the
quarterfinals got Brian Deegan there on
your right in the black truck the blue
truck is Bryce Menzies these are two
proven champions but Deegan has never
raced this event before let's see how he
does
little edge to Menzies out of the hole
and he has that great line going into
that blue run which is on the right side
Egan has to make the left turn into the
red line the first time through so
they'll do each route or each line one
time each in this quarterfinal matchup
all the quarterfinals will have the same
number of laughs two laps around deacons
truck built by Scott Douglas it's
actually the latest and greatest they're
saying they're using Deegan under
anything well Menzies in the wall
drifting a bit they're holding it trying
to carry momentum he came out of those
out of the gates and you can see Deegan
working his way down the course and he
has some a little bit of white out from
what it looked like to me they're so
Menzies has the shorter run on the first
lap so of course he's in the lead so
it's up to Deegan try to make that
ground up that's what Todd Leduc had to
do the last time and he did get side by
side with randos header in that previous
run we'll see if Deakin can do the same
the hill rhythm section off board with
bezzie as you can see chooses lines
there he has to stay multiple times to
his own line you will see if they come
out about side-by-side Egan is just
across the finish line jump now as we're
I say in that truck they think it has
some attention will be the best one out
here but they're still learning as they
go Menzies truck is obviously super
dialed in the truck actually won here
last year Oh
meds he steps out he has to correct it
he has to chase it and Deegan is going
to pop out here on the side by side but
it looks like Menzies with the advantage
clearly as he's head down at last yeah
this last jump it's gonna be all Benzies
unless he bakes the mistake she's got to
pitch that thing in there try not to
over rotate at deagan's digging but it's
gonna be too little too late
Bryce Menzies strong and qualifying and
strong here in the first round he's
gonna advance and Deegan first
experience here
I'm sure doubt what he want he doesn't
want to get eliminated but as Bryce
Menzies just showed getting that one
year under your belt that this event is
a huge advantage Deakin comes back next
year I'm sure he'll be all the better
for it
a great run by Menzies but we did see a
couple mistakes at least one mistake
there here's what it looked like for
Menzies this is the top of the course
and he hangs this big left and this
downhill section is very treacherous
payware his ski slope and so you've got
to expect absolutely as we watch him go
through this is where I believe he got
yes see he tried to come around that
obstacle on the inside and he rotated
out the back of the truck stepped out
lots of risk if you drive the rear end
of the truck around and catch one of
those bounds there the snow bounced it
could really throw the truck into a
tumble yeah and as you said it's really
hard for them to see where the traction
is and where the traction isn't so far
Bryce Menzies able to hold on
our next matchup you're gonna get the
veteran Robin Cochran against the
youngest driver in the field
RJ Anderson so this is a new and
innovative event on the off-road racing
side and this is interesting when you
put a veteran like Rob Mack up against
RJ Anderson he's done some amazing
things as the driver he's gone viral
plenty of times with his videos the
question is going to adapt to one of
these big trucks and be competitive
today at the ripe old age of 21
RJ Andersen already has UTV buggy and
pro two championships to his name
but to most he's best known for trying
to break the internet driving a Polaris
RZR in this YouTube video
can you drive Betty came is afraid to
take risk No
but it still remains to be seen whether
our youngest competitor here today can
do some damage is much older and some
would say wiser
so here we go the 21 year old he does a
lot of crazy stuff in a lot of different
vehicles against the 49 year old
experienced champion Rob back so Rob
back very solid in this event last year
just missed podium he's pretty much fast
on anything do you think RJ Anderson has
got a shot at him here obviously if
there hey timid hitting presence with
Rob back without being rude I don't
think so was the fastest qualifier last
year and he's a former wolf competitor
no matter what he said now RJ Anderson
has a ton of talent don't count him out
but he's newer to the four-wheel drive
of course so I mean with the skill that
Rob has and the experience that needs to
be very hard for the youngster to
overcome but guess what the youngster
with the jump right out of the gate
we'll see what happens as he goes to
that left or the blue lane well he's 21
years old maybe he's got the faster
reactions popping off the gate so he's
up front now he's used to actually
driving at time so Polaris RZR who said
that is four-wheel drive and it's about
one night the power of these trucks
almost got the crossover in action there
the left is a red laid by a mistake
there the right the blue Laden Rob back
to really he p2 that turn that we saw
and you saw a lot of fluff a lot of
loose snow as Rob back controls the
course right now he was on that shortly
watch his technique he's clean all the
way around carries speed all the way
from the beginning of the turn he
doesn't have to do it twice goes to one
time let's watch as now r.j. Anderson
will come down to that turn is he clean
does he have one fluid motion there as
well I don't think it was quite as clean
as attacker was pretty darn good so
here's Rob back guys been at this for a
long long time she said one of the few
trophies not on his mantle this kid's
gonna try to take it away from him it's
gonna be close when they come together
two laps here in the quarterfinals the
semifinals will be four laps so the
course would get to the board for eat up
and no clothes is this the Catherine
macaque or makes mistake that can open
the door Anderson is on the inside if he
can really drive it in there but look at
Rob Mac switch to the left to try to
block him he closes off that lane and
what he was doing is putting RJ into
that snow dust he couldn't see where
he's going but still that was a battle
right to the line Anderson gave him all
he can handle even got up to the quarter
panel of the finish macaca is gonna
advance and a little bit of the
experience on display there he made sure
that door was shut and the person helped
in that 37 truck at stupid snow this is
a mistake on the Cochran gave him an
opportunity to win this absolutely and
it's part of that loose snow on top and
Wow almost looked like a Smith grind
from a skateboard there it just got up
that the back wheel up and over that
berm and where was interesting here is
he could have held the outside line and
tried to rail more speed possibly he
decided to chop down to the bottom and
protect the bottom more or less or put
RJ in that snow dust and you cannot see
the second weekend truck right yeah
let's send it back down to Kelly I think
most people expected the veteran Rob
MacCachren to advance to that round
relatively easily you get the win rod
but it was tight how impressed are you
by the performance of that rookie frozen
rush driver
RJ did great you know and I've known him
ever since he was a baby his dad you
know helped me out a lot in my early
career and you know RJ wanted to win
this bad you know I got a really bad
there I think I I parked too too much of
the fluff and he got me on the start and
I got roosted up at the beginning there
and then once we got clear I knew I had
to make try to make up ground and we we
throw it was hard if we could there's a
lot of snow on top compared to what we
were when we practice here it's a little
bit different track so you know we'll
get back there and maybe make some tunes
on this rocks or energy bikini the tools
BF Goodrich man I've been with him since
1991 what an incredible thing to come to
the snow and run up here and thank you
Red Bull frozen rush and I hopefully
will take that trophy home put that on
my man when we get back thanks Rob let's
check in with Sal Masekela
at the Red Bull Signature Series studio
thank you Jason
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veteran Scott Douglas he's got three
different trucks in action one that he's
driving then two others so definitely a
nice guy as far as building trucks for
other people and hoping that they do
well also but you know with a time to
drop the hammer he's the one that wants
to come out on top and we give a warm
welcome warm trying to help these guys
out Chad hoard hasn't raised his event
before but he is from Michigan so at
least has experience hanging out in cold
temperatures and he's having a great
time here this weekend Chad Ward one of
the nights and drivers
there it is Douglas versus board this is
the four and five qualifier matchup so
this should be the closest of all the
first-round battle or get the edge on
the inside they were thinking that that
was the worst starting to business
there's actually worked out in favor and
almost looked like a growth traction
just a little bit hard did as he went up
to that first jump board that he checked
up just a little bit she was set himself
and they're off mistake whore going to
the outside and you see him having to
swap back so he's a little bit all over
the place on that uphill rhythm section
a little mistake there on the entrance
to the corner for Douglas so a double
exchanging it right good call double
turn in there for Douglas and I think
we're gonna see more and more small
mistakes as way to the outside his
horrid he was way off the track so you
know he's gonna have to recalculate the
way he's attacking because we've heard
from the other drivers there's a lot of
soft snow on top and that's making it
more slippery they prefer more of an icy
heart condition and it's a little bit
tougher drive here right now board
having to play catch-up you see the
front of the truck it's missing some of
the logos on the bumper because he knows
did too some of the moguls yesterday and
ripped those logos off he had a wild
ride in qualifying and this is an
equally wild one as he tries to learn
frozen rush
a long way to go to catch up to Douglas
railing out front Oh a Douglas with his
no problem there he didn't go as far out
as Moore did but he definitely packed
out front it into that top full turn and
we'll see how it plays for him if he
comes down he sees a little bit more
calculated he's not attacking quite as
much and he's oh well he's know goes off
track just a bit those ruts can throw
you around as well and he's got a
commanding lead at this point hordes
trying to give it all he can you can see
him going you know tanks whopper so to
speak side to side there but it's going
to be all Scott Douglas our oldest
competitor at 54 years of age making it
happen to the AMSOIL truck moving on to
the next round is Scott Douglas so
that's his old truck a 2008 model that
his baby doll the Badger truck they put
a lot of the new components on and he
thinks it might actually be an advantage
taking some of the old stuff mixing it
with some of the new at least as far as
this round goes it worked out well as
for Chad hoard I think we're really
seeing the drivers who are new to this
event just like Deegan RJ Anderson it's
making a big difference if they didn't
have that experience and we'll show you
some of the mistakes that Horton made
well here's a good look at that top turn
with horn he goes all the way goes wide
because he had apex early enough and he
takes down the banners look at his off
track there Wow great recovery and he
had to fight that coming all the way
back down because he's not in the spots
where he wants to be and Scott Douglas
seemed a little bit more calculated here
though he did get off line got up in
that same spot that Rob Michalka did not
quite as far but he had a commanding
lead and I thought he did a solid job of
taming it a bit at the top of the course
Scott Douglas able to shrug off those
hairy moments reel that thing back in
we're off the start
board getting the edge and a little
sideways there for Douglas we had a
great shot that's how close they were at
the start but at the end it was all
Scott Douglas the course is most
beginning slower with each run but he
has put in the fastest lap time of the
day that last time around so that should
be interesting he'll have to go against
a winner of the next race over to Rick
Johnson again
craw Rena Zetter and as they say they
just keep eliminating some of the slower
drivers slower trucks until we're
getting really against the best of the
best
absolutely and a great bracket setup I'm
really looking forward to the Johnson
Rena said her setup well yeah RJ mention
himself that because Rena center and
Tompa do both the truck problems
yesterday he didn't really know whatever
driver he was gonna race or how good
they were gonna go friends that her gets
that thing dialed in he could
conceivably get much faster each time as
they're working on and then carburetor
problems and driveline problems
yesterday they get that thing to 100
percent we don't really know how much
she has in the tank and I've got to
think that RJ himself is maybe a little
worried about this well Renault Center
has the advantage because he's already
seen the semi snow-covered course yeah
in the LCQ so he may have a little bit
of knowledge knowing what's coming up or
a little bit of manage I should say but
Ricky Johnson fastest qualifier and I
definitely don't want to kind of count
him out you would definitely say he's a
favor in the situation Carl has been
struggling through qualifying and
practice with this truck and the start
has really been a problem for that
number 17 truck he's got a new
transmission in there and the manual
transmission not able to get off the
line as well as the manually shifted
automatic that RJ and most of the guys
have in their trucks so the start could
really tell the story he would think
that Johnson would get the jump here
massive advantage and that's gonna put
Carl right in the snow does
and Carl's got to find that spot where
he turns off and he does it goes off to
the left the red line there's on board
the blue Lane our day with you can see
the set up running a moto helmet which
of course he's very familiar with so
he's run of those snow goggles so that's
going to give the advantage when it
comes to any kind of white out or
delineation of lines you can see just a
little bit better separate ways maybe
the course from the sky yeah a lot of
the guys struggling with that we had
talked to chat or yesterday and he said
he realized his regular racing helmet
and lens wasn't gonna work for this he
went to a snowmobile shop and said hey
guys I gotta buy something that works
what works for these conditions so
they're all kind of learning as they go
Rick Johnson strong on this first lap
but let's see if Brennan Center can make
up time now that he'll have the short
line the next time around Ricky had to
had to reset up there he got caught in a
little bit of a snow drift caught that
inside line swapping a bit up the hill
mate you know honestly Ricky looks like
he had more of an advantage and some of
the other trucks have had on that second
truck
in the 48 his good buddy Jimmy Johnson
that's attributed to him of course the
six-time NASCAR Cup champion it was a
protege of RJ back in the day so he's
running the number that has won a lot of
races and he's trying to do it himself
here looking good so far
and look at that great usage of the line
we saw a board and the can get off on
top there and Oh getting a little
sideways is rent-a-center but what I was
saying is we've seen other drivers make
mistakes in that section Ricky Johnson
was really spot-on really nails and he
has a huge advantage here no upset in
the making here Rick Johnson advances a
139 eight but the fastest time of that
first round is going to go to Scott
Douglas so throw another name in the mix
to potentially win this thing Douglas
the quickest of anyone through the first
round when we knew this first round
matchup between Rick Johnson and Carl
Renault said it would really come down
to how far renovator could advance his
truck from qualifying to now off the
start
he didn't advance it enough still
struggling off the line with that all
new drive line and Rick Johnson gets a
big early lead yeah just a massive
advantage for Ricky I mean it looked
like he had great traction great
reaction and you know just Carl you just
can't look can't even see him so we got
imagine what he's seen from the driver's
seat yeah nothing basically
so the lucas oil truck is eliminated the
red bull truck moves on and we're ready
for the semi-finals and the format for
the semis expands to four lap races
again the drivers must alternate lanes
after each lap here are the matchups got
Ricky Thompson against Scott Douglas and
Rob MacCachren against Bryce Menzies
we're about to go racing here for our
first semi
and a nice start for Menzies leaving the
Cochran behind and all the drivers seem
to take that right side halt or Lakhpat
you saw and that's what McCarran could
see right there that was a quick on
board of his vision so you see Menzies
now taking to the track making more snow
dust from a cocoon is huge Lions
combined and shot out of the cannon is
Menzies right now so a big advantage
early we'll see if the Concord is
obviously take it hard right now can
make it up I'm a cakra in that longer
line he's got to go all the way up to
the top Betsey's all the way already on
his way back down so this will complete
the 104 collapse and look how look how
brother dit is already from onboard with
Ben Z's truck you can see it hot
undulate the truck kind of moves up and
down as he's drifting sideways now he's
got the short line the technical corner
it's gonna be a little bit quicker
around the high side for Rob back once
he gets into the other Lane but he still
hasn't gotten to the finish line left
that first lap was phenomenal for
Menzies
attackers got a four cut out for now
he's really and have the hustle in this
second half and then remember we'll do
two more laps after it but hard times
being put down five mins it's gonna be
hard to catch up Bryce is a great talent
and being on his team in 2010 it was
great to be able to watch interaction
with it oh no the same problem that Rob
Mack had in his quarterfinal Menzies has
he reels it back in and as I was saying
the relationship between Bryce and his
father Steven the entire family there at
Menzies they worked so great together
every place in a good mood everybody's
happy they're working towards one common
goal and afters at two laps where they
would be normally closer together Rob
back is a bit back yeah absolutely so
Lee said that hard first lap thrown down
by Menzies gonna make him tough to catch
we'll see if the Cochran has got any
magic up his sleeve or could it be a
mistake by Menzies it opens it up wow
great drifting that corner the apex on
the inside there really looked great
carrying that front wheel for Menzies he
got a little wide on the exit but I
don't think it cost him any time
whatsoever
macaco hitting his downhill section he
told us yesterday that he thought he
actually better off just kinda drive the
truck through these gates instead of
sliding it it's so easy to over rotate
and on the downhills very hard to catch
once you lose it
all right three laps down one to go
Menzies just has to avoid the unforced
error no pressure really being applied
at the moment yeah at this point it
looks like Bryce has a clean his hands
but again with the two different tracks
you're not really sure but you would
think that Rob would be in the picture
they're more or less now Rob running
away to the top again Bryce has the
longer line this time as you can see him
working he's back on the downhill now
somewhere down here in the middle is
where Rob should intersect and make it a
close race but it looks like Rob's a
little further back than we've seen in
some of the other races well it's a real
statement for Menzies if you can hold on
here and even avoids getting into the
berm this time we expected this to be a
wheel-to-wheel duel between two of the
biggest names and off-road but Bryce
Menzies is going to walk off with it no
real challenge from a Cochran and
Menzies is really staking a claim to
this that he could beat the driver to
beach today and rose in a rush big win
for the number seven
five seconds the margin of victory this
is where I'm a little crazy though for
the leader Wow got both wheels up on top
of that edge and really did a great job
reeling it back in the setup is really
good for Bryson he he looks super dialed
in that's the one I really liked right
there that drift carrying that front
tire up he went a little wide you see
him hit the berm and blow it a little
bit that's gonna cost him some speed
possibly but Bryce all the way around
look free solid the rear end steps out
of it you can see how deep that snow is
already it's only gonna get worse we add
more laps Bryce Menzies advances to the
finals against the winner of semifinal
number two here's your matchup Scott
Douglas and Ricky Johnson Johnson is in
a Scott Douglas built truck actually
newer than the one Douglas is in but he
likes his old 2008 model like we said
he's put some new parts on it this one's
gonna be tough to pick and they've also
got to be thinking about over their
shoulder those runs that Bryce Menzies
put down even if they do advance it's
gonna be tough to beat in the final man
Thompson has been Taylor on the
reaction-time but Douglas hooks up and
beats him over the first jump Ricky has
a bit of correction there Douglas very
fast on that left turn as he heads off
into that that left side lane the trucks
starting to kick left to right on
Douglas that's gonna cost him I think he
would have actually been a little bit
ahead but those mistakes might have been
advantaged Johnson but the he makes an
error he does make a small error there
Johnson had to double turn that and then
he had to miss the backside of that jump
just a little bit so even if it's just a
millisecond of a correction it takes it
takes a half second and that leads into
a half second on to the next area as
well because you have to reel it back in
and get yourself back into that smooth
frame of racing that section
Douglas looks darn fast on that downhill
Johnson has already completed the first
lap
remember that was the short line so
we'll see how it turns out at the end of
this one they could be wheel to wheel
here's Johnson over the big tabletop
uphill they got a lot of air over that
yesterday the track just too darn rough
for it now yeah you can see the ruts
really developing there it's quite a bit
now each driver has a spotter as well so
they can give them information about the
track that they can see or if they
happen to be near monitor able to tell
what they see through the monitor
Johnson and that thing really thrown
around nearly off the track yeah he was
he was the back of the truck was off the
track and there he straightens out that
section he's trying to find traction
he's got the lead on Douglas still has
Douglas put another mistake from Johnson
completely sideways d save it yes he did
he created his own snow blind there so
they're gonna be chasing each other
through this final corner we're halfway
through two laps down two laps to go
Ricky far to the outside got into that
bird that'll cut a little bit of beat
off but they're pretty close together
although Douglas is it that snow blind
situation so they're halfway through and
that's exciting racing I mean we see
mistakes from both drivers that's how
hard they're pushing but that's also how
much the course is deteriorating well
Johnson told me yesterday he goes you
know how scheme works Oh jumps a little
bit slow out of that corner did look
like he was off for a second didn't ya
but Johnson told me yesterday goes you
know what it's like skiing when you're
on a downhill the thing wants to go
straight they don't want to stop and
turn with their own skis a snowboarder
in a 4000 pound truck and he'd almost
throw it away is that Douglas crash Wow
Douglas has crashed into the aptly-named
snow fence and Johnson has got an easy
run here on his final go-around let's
get a little souvenir here so now Ricky
Johnson spotter would have told him that
Douglas had a big mistake
and so now Ricky knows
check up a little bit he doesn't have to
risk to the truck Douglas on the other
hand really needs to go as fast as he's
only possible but I think at this point
if you have a spin-out like that you're
out of contention unless there's a major
mistake made when there's no pressure on
Ricky Johnson and Ricky Johnson after
all the Supercross and motocross and
off-road wins I think he's gonna make a
mistake in that situation actually it
looks like RJ is definitely taking
something off here cruising home and
this final lap but even with that if
you're not on the gas through some of
those downhill jumps Chuck starts to
kick he almost threw it away too
sometimes when you slow down it's harder
to drive because you're not used to what
its gonna do in those particular
sections sorry to cut you off there but
Rick Johnson's got this one
tucked away as we said earlier he's
running the 48 tribute to his buddy
Jimmie Johnson and NASCAR and just like
JJ likes to do another victory taking
that car now to the finals definitely a
couple of mistakes from both drivers and
sets up a heads up between Menzies and
Johnson but looking at this start
Douglas not only got to start but he
moves over in front of him to try to
snow fight him but look there wasn't
really that much truce but watch as he
makes the turn
maybe the ruse to get him no Johnson's
able to miss on the outside and just a
complete exchange of mistakes in this
run look at Johnson we saw from the
inside of sawing at the wheel I don't
know how he didn't go all the way around
this is Douglas
he broke traction to the outside he
tries to go ahead and do a complete
revolution 360 by staying on the
throttle it didn't pay off for him as he
got up in that snow fence and here's the
kick Ricky Johnson in the 48 had to
collect that truck back up well it
wasn't always pretty but Ricky Johnson
gets a win and will be through to the
finals to defend his frozen rush title I
said it wasn't always pretty how aware
were you of where Scott Douglas was on
course well I had my son Luke Johnson
spotting for me and he did a great job
let me know I've made a big mistake that
second lap lost my beanie sorry rebel
loss I went off the track and had to
gather back up but I think Scott made
the same mistake later on so
this track is getting gnarly man it's
getting really really rough away rougher
than last year way more technical than
last year
i watch bryce swap a little bit figured
it out the last lap he had a great run
and here we are
me and him going at it the Maine Red
Bull versus Red Bull in the finals
couldn't ask for much more here at
frozen rush so with this win Ricky
Johnson has the chance every p-ting here
but standing between him and the top of
the podium his own Red Bull teammate
Bryce Menzies now Mack accurate and
Douglas are going to face off we're not
done racing there but they were be in
the trophy race to determine who
finishes third speaking of the trophy
race there on the line he will give you
the format for that it's once again a
four lap race and the coin toss
determines lane choice that's hit your
stick because a McCaffery by the way had
the faster time not only been over
Douglas in the last round but also his
past with Rick Johnson who beat Douglas
so a low mechanic or maybe didn't look
like he was on his game because Menzies
beat him by a pretty good margin he was
actually the second quickest of the four
drivers in the semi
and we didn't see live snakes from the
character we saw mistakes from Ricky and
from Scott Douglas Scott obviously
winning the coin toss I would guess I
don't have that information but choosing
that outside line every time the faster
qualifier has chosen
that outside line so it's time to go
racing this is the Trophy race so
basically the two drivers that did make
the final will race for that third place
it's always nicer to be on the
yeah that's right I mean it's basically
you get nothing at me or you get
something quite valuable so someone's
gonna be really disappointed at the end
of this wouldn't be so hard
jump to that left side which is not
supposed to work of the start sure did
for Rob MacCachren
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look like you hit like a Soaker there I
saw it work at that section very powdery
through this corner here Oh perfect
timing hope it's been jumped so you seem
a canker go flying over the top
now he's gonna hang this left-hand turn
this led to the undoing a several
drivers earlier today good job by the
Cochran here and there's a good look at
Douglas setting up for that final bull
turn big lead for Douglas right now but
remember it's a four lapper he has a
short line this time we'll see how much
ground boy that truck was not straight
in any part of the straightaway see how
much grandma tanker can make up due to
those mistakes applying some Douglas
exactly smooth but definitely effective
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big run up to the top here the ruts have
really developed you can see them there
from the onboard and then she's
he goes out to the outside hits the berm
just a little bit there they're close
closer than we see them that last couple
and we're only halfway through we're
gonna run each lane again Douglas with a
slight edge over Mac Akron and he
switches over to the inside to block him
and why not throw a little snow in his
face as well he'll be interesting to see
what kind of a difference that makes
they were pretty close coming into the
corner
we'll see if Douglas was a bigger lead
now he does it the Catford through the
snow and all stays right with him and a
big swab from Douglas throw back the
other way off the face of that jump
podium Douglas pushed he hits the berm
he starts to push there and he hits the
outside almost hits the inside as well
could be the opening that mechanic needs
now this corner again very very
difficult if the truck turned all the
way around and then it's downhill and
Asthma Cochrane told us yesterday this
is a little bit different than what
they're used to you don't normally take
corners it jumps downhill the whole way
he didn't swap just trying it looks like
you tried to drive a smart clean line
through there so Douglas has completed
he's got one and lap to go but Hagrid
looks like he's far behind now but he
will have the short run on this final
lap let's see if we can come
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Oh a mistake for Douglas yeah which is
really far out into that berm gets into
the soft stock
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gonna be pretty close there's McAfee
houses on the outside and the Cochran's
leave both McCarran still has the edge
on a tack a car won't back down he
caught the inside he's gonna wrestle the
lane away from Douglas in the final
corner that was trying to come back to
the inside not gonna happen and I cook
from behind effort for the trophy Rob
MacCachren takes third and our first run
we really saw here today with him going
back and forth Douglas had it at one
point I don't know if he would have
taken on a penalty for essentially going
into macaque Rhodes lame but it doesn't
matter macaque er beats him anyway Wow
well what I saw there was macaque Rijn
what cat was smart enough to stay in the
throttle the race up alongside Douglas
Douglas had to check up a little bit to
straighten out the truck and McCann card
is able to run down the side of my I'm
looking forward to seeing that asthma
Cochran heads to the interview area
there's a good look at the truck and he
did a great job what he did is he held
that inside line and he and he held it
on deeper blocking keeping Douglas from
getting to him there here's the push you
were talking about turn had to redirect
there gets to that outside
and I'm watching this is when they went
out on a lap three I'm not mistaken they
were pretty close Douglas had a bit of
an advantage you can see the roof that
McCarran has to go through never a
pleasant thing and then it would come
down to that final downhill Douglas had
the lead however it was a slalom section
and that's what ultimately cost him he
was looking good at this point where the
truck was flying but once he turned
around and went back down the hill the
mistakes started to come into play and
that sort of loud macaque are here to
get on the inside in the last corner
McCarran holds it on he's trying to make
a run Douglas is still trying to spool
back up and macaco just controlled the
inside of that turn he just held it on a
little longer
took Douglas a little deeper and have
the line on the inside and once that
control was established there it was all
him going for the gold Ricky Johnson
against Bryce Menzies and by the way
they were the fastest two drivers in
qualifying
they're the fastest who drivers in
practice and they are meeting in the
finals
six laps with never done six laps here a
frozen rush we did four in the previous
round you folks ready final round
Bryce Menzies Rick Johnson teacher
versus student and two fairly equally
matched trucks - here we go the finals
at Red Bull frozen rush Ricky with the
jump in the number 48 in contact
into the back of him but I think that
was maybe more Ricky moving over in
front of rice and Oh a little checkup
that Ricky had to check his feed going
into that chicane he might have turned
in a little too early but if anyone
followed the career of Rick Johnson both
on two wheels and four wheels he know
he's a competitor yes Menzies had
quicker times throughout today's bracket
racing but I said he was gonna step up a
little bit too far there stepped out of
line and now he's got to reel it back in
and make up a lot of ground they look
like what happened is it looked like he
just kind of rebounded weird when he
landed it just the truck just kind of
fun out from underneath him so when he
landed it the truck landed hard
rebounded and under acceleration just
kind of spun out from underneath him I
tell you the kind of power they have
he's spun going up hill on a ski slope
so Johnson's got a lot of ground to make
up Bryce Menzies has already come
through the finish line to complete one
of the six laps will show you what it's
like on board here with Menzies clear
track no snow dust to deal with this is
his race to lose cannot make a mistake
we talked about the mitigating the
mistakes not making them and now Bryce
knows through his spotter that Ricky's
had a problem and so now I would assume
that Bryce is going to go pre darn quick
because Ricky wasn't that far out of it
but at the same time Bryce knows he
should have a bit and you can see there
it looks like about maybe 12 seconds
there's a little less than that as a gap
back to Ricky will get that time here as
we split after they've done both lanes
one time
we'll see if it's manageable here
remember we've never gone this many laps
before so that could potentially change
things a lot Johnson just has to keep on
digging well it looked like a big gap
but it really isn't that much I mean you
know he's pretty close there yeah he
might have been quicker
besides the mistake and like I said
earlier Rick Johnson is not the kind of
guy that's gonna give up he is a
competitor and here Bryce where Ricky
had his frogs I'm sorry that was Ricky
again and now we're back to that being
able to call the different trucks and so
this is Ricky coming down the hill this
is downhill for Johnson he's got to be
perfect through here men's he says once
again across the finish line he's passed
away there in a six lap race Johnson
with the hammer down he's got nothing to
lose at this point
he's gonna uncork it here in this big
final corner beautiful job holds it way
down on the bottom nice job using the
bottom of the track maybe some better
traction there because the outside is
where it's been pushed out to and where
everybody's been sliding out and
breaking that edge down and so Ricky
trying to use that bottom for traction
and here's Johnson trying to find Bryce
Menzies in the distance here is her
leader in the number seven all because
without one mistake the beginning of lap
one Menzies has this gap
we're wondering has about the same
Johnson as maybe inched up on him a
little bit for the last time they did
this we are two-thirds of the way
through four laps we'll be about to
complete it right now Ken Johnson find
something special can Menzies deal with
the pressure and avoid the mistake
he really isn't that far back you know a
medium-sized mistake from Bryce but
that's the thing is you don't see Bryce
make a lot of mistakes you know he's
usually really spot-on I called B money
cuz his name is Bryce for the Fiat money
cuz he's bloody behind the steering
wheel and he is just he is an amazing
talent well Rick Johnson even saying
yesterday you know he can't feel bad
about having to keep up a ride to the
guy who really might need the guy in
off-road racing over all over the next
couple of years mins he's really coming
into his own now and he might just add
this Red Bull frozen rush trophy to his
collection
but Johnson still going fast one lap to
go for a leader Ken Johnson dig down
deep and get him he will have the
shorter run the next time around
so Ricky again trying to get down on
that bottom he can see the dirt yeah I
see a little dirt exposing itself where
the course has been carved out there's
Ricky coming across heading out on his
last lap but as we shift gears this is
Bryce on the downhill on the homeward
bound straightaway well kind of straight
away and look at a heavy very very
precise keep it a right line
not throw the tires out not throwing it
sideways just driving through that
chicane and here's where he had problems
before no profit all one more big jump
and he looks smooth and Johnson was able
to close it up every time we saw them in
that section but he's not gonna be able
to overcome that mistake on lap one that
will ultimately make the difference a
perfect Drive on all six laps and Bryce
Menzies wins frozen rush 2015
and they're gonna do some celebrating
here you talk about snow dust just take
our word for it because you can't see
anything on your screen there just to
the right of ours in the tower here
Johnson's gonna do some donuts here in
the snow that's snow angels with
four-wheel drive here's Johnson getting
sideways and he really he just got
crossed up on the jump I was wrong it
wasn't on the rebound
he got crossed up going up the face and
what isn't able to reel it in on the
landing he had to go around that
obstacle but was able to get back on
course and he gave a great run at it but
unfortunately that was a big mistake and
what difference do you think it made as
far as he was then not able to apply any
pressure to Brice throughout the rest of
the run do you think that made a big
difference yeah Brice is so cool I mean
he just
you're not gonna rattle him and he truly
was really I mean game on the whole time
he drove through that chicane section
each time without really any risk at all
he kept it fast though he never stepped
out he didn't have to go to that final
race fast because he knew that mistake
had been made
Kelly Stavis is standing by with your
winner what a heck of a day you had out
there what's it like to win to beat the
guy that has been your teammate and
mentor oh it's amazing you know he's
been my teammate for four years and he's
helped me through pretty much everything
help me win three championships in pro
two and uh he gave me a lot of ice
coming into this race so to start out
off the season with a win it's huge I
couldn't be more stoked and just gotta
thank redbull for you know believing in
us and putting on an event like this I
mean it's incredible I've never been
this tired in an off-road race and a
Baja 1000
this course got so chewed up after six
laughs but uh it was amazing these BFG
tires where the spikes are one-off so
much traction off that start me and
Ricky he got me and I got a little
traction I almost drove over the back of
them it was a little scary for a second
but uh that was our plan to get me and
him in the final we did it
gotta thank all my sponsors for making
this possible redbull KMC wheels GoPro
rigid industries discount tire
everything helps me out great way to
start the season Ricky had his issues
early on were you able to let up at all
after
you know my swatter just kept telling me
could dig dig dig and you know with him
coming behind you you could never let up
he made one mistake he said and every
time I'd come down the hill I'd see him
turning I'm like it's gonna be close
gonna be close and we pulled it off and
it feels great Bryce Menzies Year 2015
frozen rush champion congratulations the
Red Bull signature moment goes to Bryce
Menzies Bryce came into this event with
all eyes looking at him to win
he ran a flawless race all day that
first rock was phenomenal provision and
when it came to the final when he was up
against the reigning frozen rush
champion and his teammate Ricky Johnson
Bryce won the whole shot and never
looked back bringing home the win and
becoming the 2015 Red Bull frozen rush
champion that was the matchup that
everyone was hoping to see the fastest
qualifiers facing off in the final and
it's just a game of what-if now if
Johnson are not they that mistake who
knows what might have happened yeah
definitely it may be one of those golden
moments in in racing where the passing
the torch was handed off you know the
veterans Rob MacCachren
and Ricky Johnson both mentors took
rights over the years at Menzies
motorsports now Bryce reigning supreme
here so he's definitely the future of
our sport we'll see if the veterans can
get back on top somewhere during the
rest of the season let's send it over to
the South Masekela at the Red Bull
Signature Series studio Thank You Jason
and that is how you kick off the 2015
season of the sig series Red Bull frozen
rush from Sunday River Resort in Maine
we had no idea what we were in store for
when we unleashed these 900 horsepower
trucks onto the snow in head-to-head
competition but I think you and I can
agree that we have exceeded expectations
incredible racing and congratulations to
Bryce Menzies getting his win here today
Ricky Johnson and Rob MacCachren
rounding out the podium and all those
drivers who decided to brave that bitter
cold today
I salute you from the safety of the
studio I'll see you guys next time