LAKE FOREST, CA (March 3, 2009) – After a brief off-season, Carl Renezeder, the defending Unlimited 4 and Unlimited 2 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series champion, and his crew are prepared for the season opener at a brand new facility at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend, March 6-7. After a historical season of winning both championships and the inaugural Lucas Oil Challenge Cup, the team knows that each new season brings new challenges and win stats only help with filling pages of a history book.

“It’s been fun to celebrate the 2009 season,” commented Renezeder, now a seven-time national champ, “but we drew that clichéd line in the sand and are ready to defend what we earned last year. Of our 15 rounds of racing this year, only four of them will be at a track we’ve raced on before, so it’s a blank sheet of paper for everyone. Luckily, I feel like that’s where we thrive.”

The series opens in Las Vegas, and then returns to Speedworld Motorsports Complex in Surprise, Arizona – a track where Renezeder found plenty of success in 2009 in his U4 with three wins, but never found the top spot in his U2. The series will then go back to Las Vegas before heading out to the stunning Miller Motorsports Park in the Salt Lake City area of Utah. The second half of the season will likely open in Southern California (location TBA), then one more time each to Surprise, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada, all leading up to the season finale and Challenge Cup race at another new purpose-built facility at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Arizona.

While the facilities are new, the team brings back all the tried and true aspects that all contributed to last year’s success. Lucas Oil Products has been one of Renezeder’s key advantages on and off the track for over a decade and the red, white and blue colors that have become synonymous with his team will adorn the hood and doors of his trucks for the 12th consecutive season. General Tire, now in its sophomore season with the team, will again provide the crucial connection of the truck to the track, while Team Associated continues to provide the connection to the fans who can drive their very own Renezeder replica R/C trucks long after the event is over. AEM provides the gauges, Bosch is the tool of choice, VP Race Fuel is in the tank, and Race Proven alternators keep the power going. Embee does all of the metal finishing, Tubeworks makes the trusted rearends, hubs and axles, Subè Sports provides the PUMA gear and Cobra Seats, Tech1-R Forged Alloy wheels hold the General Tires, and Borla handles the exhaust. Team Renezeder trusts no other helmets than HJC and no other belts than Schroth, King Shocks have taken Renezeder’s abuse for nearly two decade (with unyielding success), the trucks are plumbed by XRP, MSD provides ignition, and the folks a Blue C continuously remind the team of the big picture. New this season: the crew will stay sharp all weekend with the nutrition provided by Chronic Tacos. All of that equals a recipe for success.

Thursday and Friday will host practice and qualifying, then rounds one and two will take place Saturday and Sunday. Visit www.lucasoiloffroad.com for details of the season’s television coverage on CBS, Speed, Versus, Outdoor Channel and MavTV.

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Corona, California (February 19, 2010) - The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series has relocated the first event of 2010, March 6th and 7th, to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Lucas Oil Executive Vice-President, Bob Patison spoke on the move to the new facility in Las Vegas.

"Due to recent unrealistic demands made by the Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park management, the environment of the Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park no longer remains conducive to providing the atmosphere for a first class event. We have taken great pride in developing spectacular venues for our fans and racers alike to showcase the excitement of our short course off road racing series. While failing to meet their commitments, the management of the Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park has complicated our relationship to the point that we now feel the best course of action is to transition away from this venue as we pursue an alternative site in the Southern California region. We are grateful to the staff of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for assisting us in making this as smooth a transition as possible while we look forward to our first event at this fantastic new location."

Kicking off the 2010 season, rounds 1& 2 of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series will be held on a brand new, mile long, purpose built track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway featuring the highest banked turn on the Lucas Oil Off Road circuit. With its ten turns and giant table top, this technical track brings the high flying door to door exhilaration of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series to Las Vegas for the first time ever.

Ticket prices are $30/day for adults, $10 for children. Weekend passes are available for $50/adult and $15/child. Children three and under are admitted free. Reservations are now being taken for a limited number of on-site, trackside R.V. spaces available on a first come first serve basis. To secure a weekend R.V. spot at $200 please contact Crystal Liby crystal@lucasoiloffroad.com.

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Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Announces Revised Schedule

Corona, California (January 12, 2010) - Today, the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series released a revised 2010 schedule featuring a brand new location and updated race dates. The Las Vegas Motor Speedway, host to a variety of top tier professional motorsports including NASCAR and NHRA Drag Racing, will be the site of races on May 22nd and 23rd and November 6th and 7th. These Las Vegas events will be held on a completely new and unique track to be built in a joint effort between the facility and Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series officials. The November date will also coincide with the annual SEMA show where the series has been invited to return with their large outdoor vehicle demonstration on the Toyota Proving Grounds.

"Everyone at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has been fantastic. We are excited to be working closely together building this track in an area of the facility that is completely dedicated to our short course off road racing series," said Lucas Oil Off Road Competition Director, Tony Vanillo. He continued, "This is an opportunity that brings the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series into metropolitan Las Vegas while also capitalizing on the outstanding response we receive from the SEMA show."

To accommodate this new location and dates, the series has made additional schedule changes. The April Speedworld event in Surprise, Arizona will now be held on the weekend of April 17th and 18th while the September race has been rescheduled for September 25th and 26th.

· MARCH 6-7 - LAKE ELSINORE MOTORSPORTS COMPLEX, LAKE ELSINORE, CA
· APRIL 17-18 - SPEEWORLD OFFROAD PARK, SURPRISE, AZ
· MAY 22-23 - LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, LAS VEGAS, NV
· JUNE 26-27 - MILLER MOTORSPORTS PARK, TOOELE, UT
· AUGUST 7-8 - LAKE ELSINORE MOTORSPORTS COMPLEX, LAKE ELSINORE, CA
· SEPTEMBER 25-26 - SPEEDWORLD OFF ROAD PARK, SURPRISE, AZ
· NOVEMBER 6-7 - LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, LAS VEGAS, NV
· DECEMBER 11-12 - FIREBIRD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, CHANDLER, AZ

About the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series:
The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series is the evolution of the long standing support of short course racing by Forrest Lucas and Lucas Oil Products. Steeped in the Midwest tradition of short course off road racing infused with a West Coast influence, Lucas Oil Off Road Racing brings intense four wheel door to door action to challenging, fan friendly tracks. Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series: This is Short Course. For more information please visit LucasOilOffRoadRacing.com

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The 5th Annual Lucas Oil Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge presented by Whelen Engineering

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - The field is set and the weather is forecasted to be quintessential Adirondack in January.

With ample snow, a typical chill in the air and the 30th anniversary of the 1980 Winter Olympics just a month away, Lake Placid will present a Currier and Ives winter scene Jan. 8-10 to the drivers from NASCAR and NHRA. These competitors will converge on the two-time Winter Olympic village for the fifth annual Lucas Oil Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge presented by Whelen Engineering.

The 12 pilots are lead by 2009 NASCAR Rookie of the Year Joey Logano and road racer Boris Said who has been the dominant performer over the previous four challenges. The daring dozen will leave their comfort zones and drive modified bobsleds down the three-quarter mile, 16-turn Mount Van Hoevenberg track, site of the 2000 Winter Goodwill Games as well as the 2003 and 2009 World Bobsled Championships.

The competitors will have practice sessions on Friday, Jan. 8 at 2:30; practice and qualification on Saturday, Jan. 9 beginning at 9 AM; and a pair of races, including the NASCAR versus NHRA head-to-head confrontation, on Sunday, Jan.10 at 10 AM with pre-race festivities commencing at 9 AM.

The full weekend schedule can be found here.

The lineup includes:

George Brunnhoelzl III - 2009 Whelen Southern Modified Champion / 5 career Whelen Southern Modified victories

Philip Morris - 3 Whelen All American Series Championships in the last 4 years / Finished 5th in his Nationwide Series debut

Geoff Bodine - 1986 Daytona 500 Winner / 18 Sprint Cup Victories / Named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers

Boris Said - Only American to win the 24 hours of Nurburgring / 1 Career Camping World Truck Series victory / 5 Time Bo-Dyn Bobsled Challenge Gold Medalist

Joey Logano - 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year / Youngest Winner in Sprint Cup history / 6 career Nationwide wins

Melanie Troxel - 4 NHRA Top Fuel Victories / 1 NHRA Funny Car victory

Morgan Lucas - 13 NHRA victories / 3 Top Fuel Victories

Shawn Langdon - 5 Career NHRA victories / 2-Time Super Comp Champion

Jeg Coughlin Jr. - 5 Time NHRA Champion / NHRA-high 7 victories in 2009 / 61 Career NHRA victories

Randy LaJoie - 2-Time Nationwide Series Champion / 15 Career Nationwide Series Victories

Carl Renezeder - Off-Road racer with 86 career short course wins / 10 victories in 2009 / 7-time national champion / comes to Lake Placid after last month's Lucas Oil Off-Road Challenge Cup victory in California which aired on NBC on Saturday, January 2

Todd Bodine - Younger brother of Geoff and Brett Bodine / 2 wins, 7 top fives in 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Truck Series / 135 career starts in NASCAR Nationwide Truck Series with 17 victories

Dan Wheldon - IRL driver with 15 career wins / will appear in Lake Placid but will not compete

While the goal for any race car driver is to win, the mission of the event is to create awareness and greater funding for the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, Inc. NASCAR legend Geoff Bodine, winner of the 1986 Daytona 500, joined forces with auto racing designer Bob Cuneo of Chassis Dynamics in Oxford, Conn. to create made-in-America bobsleds for the United States men’s and women’s national teams.

Since 2002, the Bo-Dyn effort has produced one Olympic gold medal (Jill Bakken), two silver medals (Todd Hays and Shauna Rohbock) and a bronze (Brian Shimer). Additionally, U.S. team member Steve Holcomb ended a 50 year world championship drought when he drove his four-man Bo-Dyn sled to the world title in Lake Placid last February.

The men’s and women’s squads have claimed numerous World Cup medals this season - five gold among them - in the run-up to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. With the help of Bo-Dyn technology, the team is now poised to end a 62-year gold medal drought in the Winter Olympics.

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