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Driver: Randy Merritt Born: 6/10/1968 Birthplace: El Centro, California Hometown: Parker, Arizona |
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A native of Parker, Arizona, Randy Merritt began building his first race truck from the frame up, which was a '79 body style, in the early 1990's. By 1993, he entered his first S.C.O.R.E. 400 race in his hometown, Parker. Not surprisingly, Randy and his team won the Parker "400" race five years straight, from 1998-2002. He doesn't just win at home, however. In 2003, Randy took a 1st in Class after a tough competition in the Best in the Desert Baja Mex World Championship 300. Since then, he has placed in the top three Vehicles in Class in 60 percent of the events in which he has participated. In 2004, Ford Motor Company demonstrated their confidence in Mongo Racing by awarding them a new 2004 factory Ford F-150 Stock-Full Truck Engineering Feedback Program. Merritt and the Mongo Racing team proudly stepped up to the challenge. Utilizing the factory stock body, still looking as close to "showroom stock" as possible, Merritt began racing it to show that you can make a full size, stock-production truck into a race-ready vehicle. In spite of the financial struggle, Mongo Racing now holds a long string of finishes and victories, primarily racing in the highly competitive desert stock-truck class. All along the way, Mongo Racing has had the same team members since Randy first started — one of the few teams that can say that. On top of his race accomplishments, Randy has enjoyed considerable successes off the course. Randy has been married to his wife Tami for over 18 years and has three children ranging from 17 to 5 and one on the way. First, there is Chessica a Parker High School Senior, High School Cheerleader, and is learning to drive herself. Randy’s second child is R.J. (Randy Jr.), now 14, he is a VERY successful Quad racer and can’t wait to get into a race truck or race car and is now a freshman. Then there is Raelee, is 5 years old and just started Kindergarten and the forth is due to arrive right after the Parker race.
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