Christopher Polvoorde

Christopher Polvoorde
Christopher Polvoorde
Nationality	United States
Born	July 28, 2000; Hemet, California
Current team	Polvoorde Racing
Car number	94
Championship titles
	2019 Crandon International Off-Road Raceway; Pro Lite World Champion; 2019 Lucas Oil MidWest Short Course League; Pro Lite Champion; 2018 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series; 3rd in Pro Lite Championship; 2017 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series; Pro Lite Rookie of the Year; 2016 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series; Mod Kart Challenge Cup Winner; 2015 & 2016 Crandon International Off-Road Raceway; Mod Kart World Champion; 2015 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series; Mod Kart Champion; 2014 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series; Mod Kart Rookie of the Year

Christopher Polvoorde (born July 28, 2000) is an off-road racer from Southern California.[1] He has raced in many different forms such as Short Course, Desert Racing, Rally Racing, Midget Racing and more. Christopher currently competes in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series in a V8 powered Pro Lite Truck but has been known to enter elite international competitions such as the NORRA Mexican 1000, Asia Baja 1000, the Chili Bowl (race), King of the Hammers, Mint 400, and Robby Gordon's Stadium Super Trucks. In 2019, Polvoorde swept the Lucas Oil Mid West Short Course League, winning 7 out 7 races [2] and then went onto win the 2019 Crandon Pro Lite World Championship. Christopher is a full time college student attending University of San Diego on scholarship seeking a double major in finance & real estate through the USD School of Business.[3]

Awards & Career Highlights

2020 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Pro Lite Runner Up.[4]

Polvoorde with his 2019 Pro Lite crew at Crandon

2019 Crandon Pro Lite World Champion.[5]

2019 Lucas Oil MidWest Short Course League Pro Lite Champion.[6]

2018 LOORRS 3rd in Pro Lite Championship with two 1st Place Finishes.[7]

2017 LOORRS Pro Lite Rookie of the Year.[8]

2016 LOORRS Mod Kart Challenge Cup Winner.[9]

2015 & 2016 Crandon Mod Kart World Champion.[10]

2015 LOORRS Mod Kart Champion.[11]

2014 LOORRS Mod Kart Rookie of the Year.[12]

Noteworthy Media

Polvoorde appears on an Season 2 Episode 2[13] of T-Pain School of Business; a television show which airs on Fuse (TV channel). Originally aired: Tuesday August 13, Christopher is featured in an interview and is seen giving T-Pain a hot lap in his 2-seater Pro Lite around Glen Helen Raceway.

Christopher began a YouTube Video Blog in 2019 and started uploading weekly videos every Wednesday to allow viewers to follow his wild racing adventures and side show antics with friends. As of the ending of 2020 racing season, Polvoorde has 62 Videos uploaded with 255,206 views and 1,540 Video Subscribers.[14]

University of San Diego spotlighted and recognized Polvoorde's achievements as a professional off road racer in their online News Center.[3]

Noteworthy Partners, Projects, & Relationships

2019 Pro Lite truck at Crandon

Honda Power Sports & Honda Racing Corporation: Polvoorde serves as Driver on Team Honda Talon Factory Racing.[15]
Ford Motor Company & Ford Performance: Polvoorde builds two project vehicles for Ford and debuts at the 2019 SEMA Show.[16][17]
General Tire[18]
Optima Batteries: Regularly taps Christopher and activates him in big events and promotions such as the Hi-Performance Expo Powered By Optima Batteries at Circuit of the Americas, Moab 4x4 Expo, and the Sand Hills Open Road Challenge.[19]
TIS Wheels
STEEL-IT: Polvoorde is the primary backed short course off road racer driving the #94 STEEL-IT Pro-Lite.[20][21]

Professional career

2020

Polvoorde was enlisted to be a driver for Proctor Racing Group / Honda Talon Factory Racing UTV as part of a two car program scheduled to compete in the top events in the country. During the King of the Hammers UTV Event, Polvoorde raced the #94 Honda Talon 1000R to a 17th place finish.[22] 130 competitors started the event and only 33 were able to finish the course.

The Mint 400 tested the new team during the first true desert race.[23]

2019

2019 Stadium Super Truck at Road America

Polvoorde won his first professional racing championship in the Lucas Oil Midwest Short Course League (LOMSCL) by claiming the victory of each in the entire 2019 series to claim the Pro Lite Championship[6] as well as the Crandon Pro Lite World Cup Race.[5] The national series consists of seven events at historic Midwest venues such as Crandon International Off-Road Raceway, Bark River International Raceway, and ERX Motor Park.

Polvoorde was invited to be a guest driver[24] to pilot the Continental Tire's #100 SST[25] in the Stadium Super Trucks Series as one of five drivers to take the wheel of the specially branded Continental Tire’s Truck and their flagship program: $100 prepaid Visa card promotion.[26] Christopher has been supported by General Tire which falls under Continental’s umbrella. Polvoorde raced Rounds 13, 14, and 15 of the 2019 Stadium Super Truck Series at Road America in Wisconsin and finished well in all three events.[27][28][29]

Christopher secured backing from Ford Motor Company & Ford Performance to support the program beginning in 2020. To commemorate the new partnership, Polvoorde built a custom all-wheel-drive Ford Transit cargo van and debuted it in Las Vegas at the 2019 SEMA Show[16]

In December 2019, Team Honda Talon Factory Racing announced Christopher Polvoorde would be driving a new Honda Talon 1000R UTV as part of a multi-car Honda Racing Corporation factory backed desert racing program.[30] Polvoorde will compete in 2020 at top tier desert races in North America including the Mint 400, the King of the Hammers, the UTV World Championships, the SCORE Baja 500, Best in the Desert's Vegas to Reno, and the SCORE-International's Baja 1000.

Racing Disciplines & Series

Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series

Polvoorde in 2015 after winning in Trophy Karts

Christopher Polvoorde races the #94 STEEL-IT / TIS Wheels Ford Ranger Pro Lite in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) under the Polvoorde Racing Banner.[1] Christopher’s father, Chip Polvoorde, Crew Chief Jimmy Davidson and driving coach Cory Kruseman who works with Christopher on his race craft and as his spotter, make up the programs backbone. Polvoorde began his motorsport career racing in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Modified Kart Division, which is known to produce extraordinary talent such as 5x LOORRS Champion Sheldon Creed,[31][32] Hailie Deegan,[33] Darren Hardesty Jr., Mitch Guthrie, Mitchell Dejong, Myles Cheek,[34] Jerett Brooks, and RJ Anderson.

Crandon World Cup Championship

Polvoorde has a stellar record at the famed Crandon International Off-Road Raceway race track and most recently won the 2019 Crandon Pro Lite World Championship.[5] Christopher's first big win happened in 2015 with a Mod Kart World Championship title and backed it up again in 2016.[10]

Lucas Oil Short Course Mid West League

Polvoorde decisively won the 2019 Lucas Oil Mid West Short Course League Pro Lite Championship, winning 7 of 7 races.[2]

Stadium Super Trucks

Polvoorde raced Rounds 13, 14, and 15 of the 2019 Stadium Super Truck Series at Road America in Wisconsin and placed 4th,[27] 3rd,[28] and 6th[29] respectively.

Lucas Oil Chili Bowl

In 2019, under the banner of Kruseman Motorsports, Polvoorde was part of a 6 car team entered into the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl (race). Christopher piloted the Palms Resort / FK Rod Ends / Lucas Oil Speedway #94[35] with driving coach Cory Kruseman assisting Polvoorde with getting used to the midget race car. Polvoorde was in good company, as Kruseman is a well known driving coach schooling all types of racers on car control[36] and a two-time Chili Bowl champion in midget car racing. Kruseman is also staffed fulltime on Polvoorde Racing as Christopher's spotter in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series.[37] This was Polvoorde's first time racing in the historic event and made it into the C Feature 2,[38] but did not finish, and did not start the N Feature 2.[39]

Desert Racing

Polvoorde, as part of the factory backed Team Honda Talon Factory Racing,[15] competes in major off road desert races such as Mint 400 the UTV World Championships, the SCORE Baja 500, Best in the Desert's Vegas to Reno and the iconic SCORE Baja 1000.[30]

Ultra 4 King Of The Hammers

Polvoorde races the factory backed Team Honda Talon 1000R, in the ULTRA 4 King of the Hammers, "the toughest one-day off-road race on the planet" as the event's tagline presents.[40][41]

Mint 400

Polvoorde, raced a UTV in the 2020 Mint 400.[42]

Norra Mexican 1000 Rally

In 2018, Polvoorde entered a classic Ford F100 in the National Off-Road Racing Association Mexican 1000 Rally. Racing #9494 in the Vintage Open Class,[43] Christopher finished 2nd in his division and 24th overall with a total race time of 19 Hours, 57 Minutes, and 5 Seconds[44]

Asia Baja 1000 Rally

In 2018, Polvoorde along with his co-driver Jimmy Davidson raced in the Asia Baja 1000, a stage rally race through Inner Mongolia[45] and allowed for Christopher to experience a different side of motorsports culture. Event results are unknown at this time, but Polvoorde reported finishing the event and qualifying 15th out of 150 competitors.