Jack Flannery

Jack Flannery (November 22, 1952 – April 6, 2010) was an American off-road racing driver who was active in the late 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Flannery won six short course off-road championships in Short-course Off-road Drivers Association (SODA) and one in Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR). He was the first person from the Midwestern United States to be inducted in the Off-road Motorsports Hall of Fame and his induction was unanimous. the home of Crandon International Off-Road Raceway. His parents, Melvin and Dorothy, owned Flannery Trucking in Crandon, Wisconsin; he later ran the trucking and concrete company They had two sons, Jamey and Jed,

Racing career Flannery began racing on a snowmobile before switching to a two-wheel drive Class 6 off-road racing utility vehicle in the early 1970s. In 1994 he narrowly missed Class 4 Title to Greg Gerlach after a breakdown in final race of Crandon. Moreover in that same weekend had an incredible accident in the Manufacturers'Challenge race. While leading, his pick up swerved from right to left side of track and hit the finish line post, rolling down near to Parsons pond. This accident ended in many bloopers programmes, also in Italian transmission Paperissima. In 1996 he won the $125,000 Borg-Warner World championship off-road race at Crandon en route to his sixth ESPN Pro Series 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. Flannery won another Governor's Cup race in 1999. Walker Evans said "[Flannery] had a lot of natural ability to drive. Jack set some pretty high standards... Jack was probably my most fierce competition that I ever dreamed of at Crandon." The award reads that it is "presented to an individual who has exhibited the determination and perseverance characteristic of the late Jack Flannery, one of off road racing's pioneer participants who, as a result of his dedication to the sport, became the first Midwestern participant to be inducted into the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame.

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