Compton, California (March 14, 2016) – 4 Wheel Parts, the global leader in aftermarket performance products and accessories for 4x4s, trucks, Jeeps and SUVs, announced today the renewal of their multi-tiered partnership with Lucas Oil Products and the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. The agreement is comprised of 4 Wheel Parts being named “Official Off Road Parts Retailer” of the popular short course off road racing series, the expansion of their successful “Youth Ticket Program,” along with a dynamic Lucas Oil Products marketing and promotional effort in all 74 North American 4 Wheel Parts retail store locations. (more…)
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Patrick Clark Faces Carnage in Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series
As the first half of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series is now set in the off-road racing history books, its time to take a quick look back at how this season has treated Patrick Clark Racing and where they plan to go as they get ready to conquer rounds 9&10 this weekend in Glen Helen.Patrick Clark pulled off his first ever win in his #25 Budweiser/PCR Pro-2 this year at round 4 and it was just the high the team needed to push forward. Always knowing they have what it takes to win, it was just a matter of when. This set Clark up in a great position points wise, but after 4 more rounds of racing it hasn’t been the easiest keeping those points. (more…)
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Lucas Oil targets expanding Mexico market With Off-Road Race South of the Border Aug 1-2
Corona, Ca (July 15, 2015): On Saturday andSunday, August 1-2, the best short-course off road racers and teams in the world will head south of the border to Mexico to make history at the inaugural two-day the Rockstar Energy “South of the Border Battle.”
The event, on the new Baja International Short Course at Estero Beach, Baja California, Mexico, will be rounds 11 and 12 of the 2015 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series presented by GEICO. The four professional classes – Pro 2, Pro 4, Pro Lite and Pro Buggy – will compete outside the U.S for the first time. The races will be run on a purpose-built, 1-mile track complete with whoops, berms, jumps and high-speed straightaways before an anticipated audience of more than 10,000 very knowledgeable off-road racing fans. MAVTV Motorsports Network will televise all the action from the resort facility about 8 miles south of the city of Ensenada.
“Mexico is a very important market for Lucas Oil,” said Lucas Oil Products, Inc., Executive Vice President, Bob Patison. “Six of our top 100 global customers are based in Mexico, so we are very excited to be able to export two rounds of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series across the USA/Mexico border for the first time.”
Both the Pro 2 and Pro 4 classes are expected to be hotly contested by fields of off-road racing giants. Many of the top contenders race both short course and the much longer distances of the Baja 500 and Baja 1000 over natural desert terrain and they will be running against some younger stars for whom racing in Baja is more legend than fact.
Veterans include Las Vegas’s Rob MacCachren, with more than 200 short course and desert victories including the 2013 and 2010 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Pro 2 championships as well as the 2014 Baja 1000, and X Games star and Freestyle Motocross pioneer Brian Deegan – who has claimed six Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series titles in Pro 2 and Pro Lite.
Kyle LeDuc, from Beaumont, Ca., captured his second Pro 4 championship in 2014 and is continuing his winning ways while leading the 2015 Pro 4 standings. Other established stars involved in tight battles in either Pro 2 or Pro 4 or both include multi-time champion Carl Renezeder of Laguna Beach, Ca., and former “King Of Supercross” Jeremy McGrath of Encinitas, Ca.
Up and coming stars sure to figure in the 2015 Championships include Bryce Menzies of Las Vegas, RJ Anderson of Riverside, Ca. and hometown star Rodrigo Ampudia, whose Pro 2 truck flies the colors of Ensenada’s iconic “Papas&Beer” cantina.
“The Rockstar Energy ‘South of the Border Battle’ will be a milestone in closed-course off road racing,” Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Director Ritchie Lewis said. “The Baja fans are so knowledgeable and partisan, and with ‘favorite son’ Rodrigo Ampudia currently in the top five in the Pro 2 standings we expect racing fireworks.”
2015 – Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Schedule
Date
Track
Class
Mar 20 – 21 Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park
Lake Elsinore, CAPro: All / Kart: All Apr 24 – 25 Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park
Chandler, AZPro: All / Kart: All May 30 – 31 Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park
Lake Elsinore, CAPro: All / Kart: All Jun 20 – 21 Miller Motorsports Park
Tooele, UTPro: All / Kart: Modified Kart Only Jul 18 – 19 Glen Helen Raceway
Glen Helen, CAPro: All / Kart: All Aug 1 – 2 Baja International Short Course at Estero Beach Pro: All / Kart: Modified Kart Only Aug 22 – 23 Wild West Motorsports Park
Sparks, NevadaPro: All / Kart: Modified Kart Only Sep 18 – 19 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, NVPro: All / Kart: Modified Kart Only Oct 24 – 25 Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park
Lake Elsinore, CAPro: All / Kart: All Lucas Oil Products, Inc., is the world leader in the production of high performance lubricants and problem solving additives. The company markets 272 unique formulations in forty countries. In the USA, Lucas Oil is sold in more than 30,000 auto parts stores and at every truck stop nationwide displaying the biggest variety of shelf products of any oil company.
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PATRICK CLARK BATTLES SHORT COURSES BEST FOR ANOTHER SHOT AT A PODIUM
Patrick Clark and his team made their way back to Lake Elsinore, CA for the second time this season. Rounds 5&6 of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series took place May 30th-31st at the Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park, right where opening rounds took place earlier in the year. Since the start of the season, Clark has been a contender and is one driver that has now proved he has what it takes to be a threat to those who are the consistently on the podium. Clark may not have got on the podium for the weekend, but it wasn’t for his lack of effort and driving skills.
The Pro 2 Unlimited is always the premier class that closes out the show. With rounds 5&6 taking place during the day the sun always plays a factor on the course and how quick it is going to dry out and by the time the Pro 2’s took to the course, it was plagued by the hot temperatures. With sun glaring down on the drivers they took to the green flag and the all for one race was making its way around the course. With Clarks 5th place qualifying position he had a good chance to make his way towards the front.
At the start of the race Clark would fall back to 6th all while clipping on the heels of Woods who was attempting to not let Clark sneak ahead. Clark and Woods would show the crowd a great battle and as Clark put the pressure on woods on lap two it would be Clark that was able to complete the pass making his way to 5th place early on in the race. Up ahead with the leaders there was no change in position the leaders clicked down the laps.
After a full course caution to clear the track of hazardous debris the race would resume on lap 10 with the leaders still staying in the same position. Woods didn’t back down as he was giving Clark a little taste of pressure. A minor error caused Clark to go wide in turn one allowing for Woods, Deegan and Creed to make up valuable time on him. It would be in turn three where the pressure really piled on as Clark and Woods would go door to door through the turn and almost coming to a complete stop as traffic piled up behind them. Clark would be the first on the gas to pull away from what could have been a bad turn out and he continued to hold down his 5th place all the way to the checkered flag.
“Its so hard to predict what is going to happen during the race and I’m just glad that we got out of that one with the finish that we did.” Stated Clark.Round 6 didn’t go as planned for Clark as he attempted to avoid a collision on lap one when two trucks piled up in front of him and as he tried to take the clean line, a competitor that was involved in the pile up pulled out in front of Clark and struck the front right of his truck causing damage to the tire. Clark made his way all the up to 7th position before the tire gave way on the final lap. Clark would end the weekend with a 12th place finish.
Patrick Clark Racing will now head back to the shop and prepare for the next rounds that will take place at Miller Motorsports Park just outside of Salt Lake City, UT. Three weeks of turn around time isn’t a lot for a team and it will be long days as these guys prepare at another attempt at a win in Rounds 7&8 of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series.
Patrick Clark Racing would like to thank all their sponsors that make racing possible. Budweiser, PMG Companies, Nevada Beverage Company, Collins Motorsports, Method Race Wheels, Dynamic Motorsports, King Shocks, Stoney Automotive Engineering, Howe and More.
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RJ Anderson Sweeps LOORRS Lake Elsinore in Pro Lite
Earns First Pro 2 Podium Of The Season
Riverside, CA 6/2/15 – After a wet and frustrating weekend at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports park RJ Anderson and the whole team were ready to get back to Lake Elsinore for the second time this season and get some results! Rounds 5 and 6 of the Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Series were lucky to avoid all the rainfall of the past few weeks but drivers and machines would have the challenge of hot days to contend with as temperatures climbed into the 90s.
Saturdays Pro-Lite race saw RJ starting on the front row and he quickly jumped out into the lead. RJ would field a couple of challenges from Brandon Arthur and Brad Deberti but he avoided the carnage behind him to take the win in spectacular fashion leading from the green flag to the checkers. This was the first win of the season for the #37 Loanmart/South Point Pro-Lite but it wouldn’t be the last.
The Pro 2 main event rolled around to close out the day and spirits were high. The flag dropped and after the first lap of racing RJ came through in third position. He held onto the 3rd spot for most of the race, fending off some of the best drivers in the world, but with only two laps to go the #37 Pro 2 suffered an axle failure forcing RJ to pull off the track. Accepting that sometimes short course off road racing is a war of attrition, the team returned to the pits to prep for Round 6.
Sundays racing got started with slightly better weather conditions but just as much action out on the track. In the Pro-Lite main event RJ Anderson jumped out to an early lead and proceeded to put on a clinic, maintaining that lead for every lap of the race to complete a sweep of the weekend’s Pro-Lite racing. RJ really showed maturity and mental strength in pulling off this win as he stayed focused and lightning fast throughout the many full course cautions.
After fixing the broken axle from Round 5, RJ and the team felt confident they they would be able to show the same speed again on Sunday. The morning of the race someone noticed a leak that turned out to be a serious engine problem and the whole team sprang into action. With RJ starting on the pole the stakes were high and the crew pushed hard, pulling of a complete engine swap in little more than two hours time to get RJ to the line.
Once on the track RJ did not disappoint jumping out and holding his first place position for the entire first lap ahead of Brian Deegan and Bryce Menzies. RJ held off the horde of drivers behind him until lap 9 when Deegan managed to get by moving him into second. RJ battled hard with Rob MacCachren and was able to hold him off despite the loss of rear brakes. On the final lap RJ was caught by a hard-charging Menzies in a drag race to the finish line. Getting edged out in a photo finish, Anderson would have to settle for third.
The whole team is thrilled with the results of the weekend as RJ showed he still has the speed to dominate in an increasingly competitive Pro-Lite class as well as run up front in both Pro 2 races. RJ would like to thank all of the friends, family and teammates who came out to support the RJ37 team this weekend. He would also like to express his gratitude toward the gracious sponsors that make this all happen. The Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Series rolls into Tooele, UT over Father’s Day weekend June 20-21 and the team will be there ready to back up their results!
RJ also recently competed in Round 6 of the World Off Road Championship Series driving his Polaris/Walker Evans Racing RZR. He took to the track in the cold and wet conditions and ran a clean and fast race to earn himself the top spot on the podium and inch closer to first place in the point standings. RJ will compete in WORCS again July 31-Aug 2nd in Straddeline, WA. Be sure to keep up with RJ on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date on all of this year’s racing exploits!
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Patrick Clark Dominates LOORRS Round 4 and Wins first Pro 2 Race
Rounds 3&4 of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series took place on the outskirts of Phoenix, AZ at the Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. After years of racing during the day at this track, LOORRS threw all the drivers a curve ball when they decided to race under the lights. Patrick Clark and his Las Vegas based team came off some great momentum from opening rounds and were prepared to push hard going into the second weekend of racing. (more…)
