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  • Robby Woods Earns A Pair of Podium Finishes At Glen Helen Raceway

    Robby Woods soars through the air at Glen Helen

    Robby Woods came to Glen Helen Raceway last weekend with a score to settle.  While Woods currently resides in the top ten in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) premier Pro2 Unlimited class, his first visit to historic Glen Helen Raceway this season did not meet his demanding expectations.  LOORRS’ return to Glen Helen started on Friday with Woods qualifying third amongst 15 of the best off-road racers on the planet.  When he was not on the track, Robby Woods was busy signing autographed posters and handing out free t-shirts to fans.  When the Pro2 Unlimited trucks took the green flag Saturday under the night lights, the crowd was a sea of blue Dethrone Royalty shirts cheering for Woods and his No. 99 Lucas Slick Mist / Superchips Chevrolet.

  • General Tire blazes the raceway at LOORRS Round 9 and 10 with Dawson Kirchner taking first in Super Lite

    • Dawson KirchnerDawson Kirchner tops the podium in Super Lite on Saturday; Robby Woods takes 2nd in Pro 2; Carl Renezeder grabs 2nd in Pro 4 and Quentin Tucker takes home 2nd in Limited Buggy
    • On Sunday, Renezeder walks away with 3rd in Pro 4; Woods takes 2nd in Pro 2 and Kirchner returns to the podium to take 3rd in Super Lite

    San Bernardino, Calif. – (Aug. 15, 2011) – Team General Tire’s unstoppable off-road force is at it again, tearing up the Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino during Round 9 and 10 of the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series Aug. 6 and 7. Young-gun Dawson Kirchner topped the podium in Super Lite on Saturday, with teammates Robby Woods taking 2nd in Pro 2, Carl Renezeder grabbing 2nd in Pro 4 and Quentin Tucker taking home 2nd in Limited Buggy. On Sunday, Renezeder walked away with 3rd in Pro 4, Woods took 2nd in Pro 2 and Kirchner returned to the podium to take 3rd in Super Lite. (more…)

  • Lincoln Electric Acquires Torchmate

    New acquisition provides a strong base of plasma cutting systems and products

    CLEVELAND, July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ —

    Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LECO) announced today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Applied Robotics, Inc., a leading manufacturer of CNC cutting tables and accessories in North America. Applied Robotics, known in the welding industry by its brand name, Torchmate, has headquarters and manufacturing facilities based in Reno, Nevada. (more…)

  • Rusty’s RS-616 Race Series Steering Stabilizer – Limited Edition

    Rainbow City, AL, 8/3/11 – Rusty’s race-inspired stabilizer is a must for larger tires. It greatly improves steering response and handling, reduces wheel shimmy and vehicle wandering. Designed with heims for a more solid feeling and less flex out of the bushings, a must at pounding the rocks at high speed. Large chrome shaft and 10 stage valving will give you the performance and durability for both on and off road.

    Price is $45 and can be purchased online at www.RustysOffroad.com or over the phone at 256-442-0607.

  • King Shocks Racer Robby Woods Earns Back-to-Back Second Place Podiums at LOORRS, Glen Helen Night Race

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    King Shocks racer Robby Woods left Glen Helen raceway in San Bernardino, California with a matching set of 2nd place trophies after rounds 9 and 10 of the Lucas Oil Offroad Racing series. Robby races in the Pro-2 class for unlimited, two wheel drive trucks against some of the best drivers the sport has ever seen including King Shocks teammate and 7 time champion Carl Renezeder. Robby’s success is a welcomed sight to many fans and even a few fellow competitors who love to root for the underdog. Only a few years ago, Robby made a commitment to himself that he would design and build his own Pro-2 race truck and hit the track in what is arguably one of the most intense and challenging forms of racing on the planet. (more…)

  • Roger Norman Joins Wide Open Excursions and Opens New Reno Location

    Norman Motorsports Trophy Truck Features Wide Open Logo

    RENO, NV     AUGUST 11, 2011  –  Roger Norman is pleased to announce his newest venture with Wide Open Excursions, LLC as an owner and business partner.  Norman played a key role in opening Wide Open Reno at the Tahoe Reno Motorplex on August 1, 2011 and has assumed an investment role with the organization. “Wide Open Reno was such an exciting project that I decided to invest in the entire organization to help propel the brand to new heights, we truly have one of the most unique and exciting products in the adventure travel market and we need the world to know it,” said Norman. (more…)