Roger Norman is an

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professional

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competitor. He has raced in numerous off-road circuits, including

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/Tecate Baja series and

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(BITD). In late 2012 Norman purchased the SCORE International series from Sal Fish.

Personal life

Roger Norman was born in

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. Norman is the husband to Elise Norman. His mother is Fran Muncey and his late stepfather is

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. This stepfather is a hall of fame unlimited hydroplane racer who won 62 races and 8 gold cups. Roger's father Don R. Norman had a passion for off-roading and brought Roger into the sport. Don Norman is 78 years of age recently competed in the SCORE Baja 1000 for the first time along with seven other family members. The car was sponsored by Roger Norman and finished 3rd in class and 119th overall. Norman began building his construction and real estate business at a young age and moved to

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Racing career

1990s

In 1996, Norman entered the Vegas to Reno race with motorcycle icon

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in a Class 1 car. Their wives were the only pit crew they had. He soon found himself part of Rod Hall’s factory-backed

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team in 1998, and by 1999, he and Hall had won the BITD championship.

2000s

In 2001 Norman won the

Baja 1000 with Chad Hall in a factory backed Hummer H-1. He claimed a victory in the Wide Open Baja Challenge in 2004 co-driving with Bob Sutton,

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and actor Paul Newman. That win was repeated in 2005 with Sutton, Millen and Mike “Mouse” McCoy. In the 2006 BITD Vegas to Reno, he teamed with Reno friend John Harrah in Class 1500 to post a third in class and sixth overall performance – that was exactly 10 years after his first desert race. 2008 marked Norman's first season in the

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division. Norman and Larry Roeseler took home the overall winner and 1st in Class at the 2008 Terrible's SCORE Primm 300 in Primm, NV. and the SCORE Baja 1000 overall.Clark, D. 2008 ''Dirt-Newz'
SCORE Norman/Roeseler Snag Overall Win at SCORE Terrible's 300 in Primm

Norman Motorsports

Norman started Norman Motorsports as a professional off-road racing team. The fleet consists of 3 racing

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s and 2 Trophy Truck Pre-runners.

External links

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Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Norman, Roger Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Racing drivers from San Diego Sportspeople from Reno, Nevada Off-road racing drivers