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Rounds 1 and 2 of the inaugural WSORR season started off with much excitement at the one-mile track at Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatonna, Minn. Chad Hord debuted his all-new 310-horsepower Nissan Frontier-bodied race truck for Hord in the PRO Light Pickup division.

Saturday was a tough way to start the season for Hord. In the first-ever race for the truck and the series, Hord jumped out to a substantial lead until a racing wheel broke - which led to an off-jump, end-over-end accident, totaling the new vehicle. With his new truck destroyed, Hord brought out his backup vehicle for Sunday's Round 2 event, the 2006 championship-winning Frontier-bodied race truck. Despite having to start at the back of the field due to the Round 1 crash, Hord sliced through traffic and battled mightily for second place, but lost it at the finish line by a truck-length, ending up third.

WSORR is the newest short course off-road racing sanctioning body in the United States. Based in the Midwest, WSORR features a high-speed, high-impact off-road racing experience for racers and fans at key tracks in Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. All races will be shown on the SPEED Channel during prime time viewing hours.

Nissan is the Official Vehicle of WSORR, with Nissan trucks serving as official WSORR pace vehicles as well as extensive vehicle displays and special events during WSORR weekends. Nissan Motorsports is concentrating their off-road racing efforts on this challenging series, not only as the Official Vehicle of the series, but also offering contingency awards to Nissan race truck drivers.