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  • Robby Woods Earns Another Podium Finish At Miller Motorsports Park

    Robby Woods flys through the Utah airRobby Woods came to Utah for Rounds 7 and 8 of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) looking to make a statement in the marquee Pro2 Unlimited division.  Unlike many of the top tier teams that have seemingly unlimited budgets and store-bought race trucks, Robby Woods campaigns a truck that he designed and built himself and races on a modest budget with close family and friends.  Yet Woods still competes at the highest level of short course racing and often beats better funded racers, just as he did in Utah.  There is no doubt that many new Robby Woods fans emerged from the packed bleachers at Miller Motorsports Park. (more…)

  • Torchmate Racing Brad Lovell 2nd JT Taylor 4th in Pike Peak Open Class

    RENO, NV    JULY 5, 2011   The Torchmate team members of JT Taylor, Brad Lovell and Roger Lovell took on the highly anticipated 89thPikes Peak International Hill Climb Sunday June 26th after a full week of practice.  All competing in the Pikes Peak Open Class, Brad Lovell took 2nd in his Nissan AMSOil Truck, JT Taylor finished 4th in the Torchmate TTB Car, guest driver Sam Berri finished 6th in the Tube Shark/Torchmate car, and Roger Lovell had an unfortunate accident that he walked away from in his AMSOil Torchmate Ultra4 car.  (more…)

  • Pikes Peak International Hill Climb: It’s Majestic Mountain

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxWdny5iGNk

    Survival of the Mountain is not only about the vehicle.  It’s not only about the perfect set of tires, the correct jetting, and the right set up.

    Survival of the Mountain is not only about the driver.  It’s not only about the fastest driver, the most experienced, and the drivers ambition.

    Survival of the Mountain is respecting the Mountain for its grace, beauty and difficulty at every turn.  Respecting Mother Nature changing the weather at any point during the day, and even within the 10+ minute run up into the sky.  Enjoying the scenery and the commodore that is built within the groups of racers.  Survival of the Mountain is knowing how to “Gas it until you see God, and then hit the brakes,” said a racer on KRDO Radio. (more…)

  • ROCKSTAR Energy Drink / Makita Tools Team LeDuc Wins Big in Utah

    Todd and Curt LeDuc fly through the Utah airWhen the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) brought world-class short course racing to Utah last season, Team LeDuc Racing earned three podium finishes for ROCKSTAR Energy Drink / Matika Tools.  Coming back to Miller Motorsports Park for 2011, the LeDucs would settle for nothing less than a win at the all new one-mile track.  The mammoth table top jump and long straight aways at Miller Motorsports Park are perfectly suited for the natural talent of Kyle, Todd, and Curt LeDuc.  To illustrate the point, on Friday Kyle qualified first in Pro Lite Unlimited and he qualified second in Pro4 Unlimited, while he father Curt qualified 5th and his brother Todd qualified 6th for Saturday’s racing. (more…)

  • CalROCS Round 3, Brown Valley CA – New Holes, New Rocks, and Llamas

    Saturday June 25th: The weekend started in the early hours with the drivers walking the new courses that Kurtis Harryman had laid out for them. Harryman knew all the drivers were disappointed that they could not run at Donnor this weekend. The amount of snowfall, the Tahoe area received this winter broke records and is still melting off. This is why Round 3 of the CalROCS extreme racing series had to be moved to Brown Valley.

    CalROCS had a few tricks up their sleeves to pick up the drivers’ spirits. Harryman brought out “Frank’s Backhoe, Inc.” to help change the landscape a bit. They dug into the earth, making hug holes around the already challenging obstacles and found massive boulders that were used to build rock gardens to flex all the rigs to the max. The drivers could not wait to hit these new obstacles and be the first to conquer them. Harryman set up bonus lines around the best new lines to encourage the drivers to put on a show for the crowd. (more…)

  • Pat Clark, Wyatt Kirchner Find SuperLite Gold in Utah

    TOOELE, UTAH— When the dust settled at the Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, Sunday two new faces had ascended to the top step of the podium in the SuperLite Championship Series — Patrick Clark positioning himself for a run at the overall points championship and Wyatt Kirchner breaking out as one of the youngest racers to win a SuperLite showdown.
    Saturday’s SuperLite race was Patrick Clark’s from seconds after the start. The Las Vegas racer jumped out to a commanding lead and never let up, taking it to a stacked field of SuperLite racers and coming away with his first Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series win. (more…)