Ed Robinson, founding father of the Valley Off Highway Racing Affiliation and 2018 inductee into the Off-Highway Motorsports Corridor of Fame, handed away Monday.
“The top of an period…Yesterday, the legendary Ed Robinson handed away,” started a put up from VORRA president Laura Butcher. “Ed & Jenny Robinson started Valley Off Highway Racing Affiliation in 1975. Along with their household & associates, Ed & Jenny efficiently ran VORRA for 25 years.
“Past a race promoter, Ed was a husband, a father, a grandfather, a pal, and a pacesetter. Ed Robinson was adored by many, who will proceed to carry him of their hearts all through life’s many races.
“BJ (Butcher, Race Director) & I had been fortunate sufficient to have Ed & Jenny meet with us as we transitioned into VORRA promoters. Even luckier to have the Robinson’s attend our first desert race, the 2019 Fallon 250. Having Ed drop the inexperienced flag on that race will stay a cherished reminiscence and image of the torch passing for years to return.
“God pace, Ed”.
Robinson created VORRA in 1975 to assist convey off-road racing to California’s Sacramento Valley after he observed his dune buggy membership had no such occasions. Aided by a motocross promoter in VORRA’s first yr of operation, Robinson organised a collection of races within the space earlier than branching out and throughout state traces into Nevada. Practically the whole 2022 schedule takes place in Nevada save for the season finale in Prairie Metropolis, California.
The sanctioning physique oversees each quick course and desert racing occasions, with a three-tier construction of a UTV Brief Course Championship, a Desert Open Championship, and a Brief Course Open Championship. Below Robinson’s management, VORRA races noticed low cost entry charges to permit new rivals to afford to participate.
VORRA would even be the springboard for varied drivers’ racing careers together with Moss Brothers Racing, whose Ford Bronco went on to win twelve SCORE International class championships.
He bought the collection in 2000 however remained concerned as a volunteer at VORRA, SCORE, and different desert races on the West Coast. Robinson was inducted into the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2018.
“We’re saddened to study of the passing of ORMHOF Class of 2018 inductee Ed Robinson,” reads an announcement from the ORMHOF. “Ed based VORRA in 1975. Condolences to Ed’s spouse Jenny and the Robinson household from all of us on the Corridor of Fame.”
