Category: Press Release

  • PIAA Sponsorship Shines on HCR Racing

    Helps Power Team to Success at King of the Hammers

    PORTLAND, Ore. – PIAA’s latest UTV sponsorship commitment is with HCR Racing, a multi-car, family-driven team and manufacturer based in Cedar City, Utah. And the alliance has already paid immediate dividends, said PIAA Powersports Vice President Gordon Robertson, as HCR Racing scored impressive results at the recent King of the Hammers desert enduro in California. (more…)

  • RCV Performance Products Sponsors Jeep® Jamboree USA to Increase Awareness of High-Strength CV Axle Solution for Problematic U-jointed Axle Shafts

    Loves Park, IL – RCV Performance Products offers Jeep owners high-strength CV axles as replacement for their vulnerable u-jointed front axle shafts. RCV’s stronger and smoother operating solution not only alleviates axle shaft failure on the trail, but brings the Jeep to a higher level of off road capability. To increase awareness of Ultimate CV Axles among Jeep owners, RCV has become a sponsor of the Jeep® Jamboree USA off road adventure weekends. (more…)

  • Mild to Wild Trail Ride Geared up Outdoor Enthusiast for the Reno Off-Road Motorsports Expo this Weekend All Proceeds Benefitted the Blue Ribbon Coalition

    RENO, NV    MARCH 24, 2011:  Over a dozen vehicles left the Reno Sparks Convention Center for the “Mild to Wild” Fundraiser Trail Ride with all proceeds benefitting the Blue Ribbon Coalitions dedication to keeping our land open for use and protecting responsible recreational access.  The day in the dirt was the kick off to a weekend of the Reno Expos including the Reno Off-Road Motorsports Expo, Reno Outdoor Sports & Recreation Expo, the Spring Home & Garden Show, and the Reno Pet Show and Pug Parade. (more…)

  • Torchmate Racing Mike Shaffer Bets Big at Mint 400

    RENO, NV     MARCH 23, 2011   Mike Shaffer will compete in Class 10 at the SNORE Mint 400 this weekend.  Representing Torchmate Racing, Shaffer will start 15th in Class 10 in car number 1066.  “With this not being a points race for us, we have one objective and that is to not hold back, but be on the throttle from the start line,” said driver of record Mike Shaffer.  “We know with this size of a field that the winner will be the one that runs wide open with no issues to the finish, we just hope to be that team!” (more…)

  • Yokohama Tire Corporation-Sponsored Drivers Kick-Off Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Season with Three Podium Finishes

    FULLERTON, CA (March 23, 2011) – Yokohama Tire Corporation-sponsored drivers combined for three podium finishes at the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series opener at Firebird Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona, March 19-20.

    In the Pro Lite Unlimited class, Yokohama driver Jimmy Stephensen took his #33 Discount Tire/Ironclad Nissan, outfitted with  Yokohama Geolandar A/T-S® tires, to the podium with a third-place finish in round 1 on Saturday, March 19. The next day, Stephensen, from Las Vegas, repeated his podium performance with a second-place finish.   (more…)

  • Jeff ‘Ox’ Kargola Annihilates the Competition

    …taking first at Round 2 of the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series and placing second overall

    Ox Kargola and truck

    Chandler, Ariz. – (March 23, 2011) – Team General Tire’s Jeff ‘Ox’ Kargola tore up the course Sunday, taking home his first-ever victory in Superlite and earning second position overall in the class.

    As the sun beamed over the legendary Firebird Raceway in Chandler, Ariz., March 20, the crowd at Round 2 of the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series anxiously awaited the sure-to-be action-packed Superlite race.  Ox, a freestyle MX rider and Baja MX racer and a relatively new driver to the off-road scene, was ready to take on the rigorous course.  (more…)