TOOELE, UT (June 28, 2010) – Rounds seven and eight of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series at the spectacular Miller Motorsports Park played host to a wide spectrum of mental, emotional and physical moments for Team Renezeder this past weekend (June 26-27). From a stress-free set-up day on Thursday to working 50 out of 60 hours from Friday morning to Sunday night, from the excitement of qualifying number one in both trucks Saturday morning to the terror of watching the Pro-2 go end over end in a brutal wreck that afternoon, the moments of calm and sanity were few and far between.

The team made the 700-mile trip to Tooele, Utah (just southwest of Salt Lake City) without any problems and was parked, set up and teched by two o’clock Thursday afternoon. When Carl Renezeder put both trucks on the pole Friday morning, it looked like the bad luck that had plagued the team over the past few months had finally made its way out of the team’s pit. In fact, it wasn’t until the white flag lap of the Pro-4 race that the bad luck gremlin proved to still be keeping residence in their camp. Renezeder was battling back and forth for the lead with the division’s points leader, Rick Huseman, and just as they took the white flag for the final lap the motor kicked a rod out through the pan, ending Renezeder’s day in an impressive ball of flames.

The crew kept their wits about them; the spare motor in the hauler would have to go in, but it wasn’t an overwhelming task ahead of them. Everyone had high hopes for the Pro-2 race later that evening to redeem the day. It was short-lived. The truck was working flawlessly, Renezeder was driving a smart, methodical race, and then one moment changed it all. The truck launched off a tabletop jump on the backstretch and came down nose first, snapping the truck end over end. Crew chief, Mike Seat, immediately asked Renezeder if he was all right, and the crew all sighed in relief when he answered right away. The truck was another story. And the further the team dug into the truck the more they found wrong. After a couple of hours of work it became apparent that the truck needed more hours of work than the team had until they’d be required to stage for qualifying the next day. They devised a plan to work until 2:00 a.m. and then be back at the track at 7:00 a.m. to finish what needed to be done for the Pro-4 qualifying session at noon and the races in the evening. As promised, the trucks were ready, and Renezeder was too, despite some overall soreness from the wreck.

Qualifying was a mellow event, with Renezeder securing the fifth position and a front-row start with the invert. The only things left to on the agenda for the weekend were the two races and the process of packing up. By lap three of the Pro-4 race, Renezeder radioed to the crew that front-wheel-drive was gone, so he settled in and salvaged what he could, bringing home a sixth place finish – a great result considering the circumstances.

One last chance to make the 1,400-mile round trip, three hours of sleep, and emotional investment worthwhile: the Sunday evening Pro-2 race. The task at hand seemed big when the #17 truck rolled out of staging, looking lonely on its own at the back of the field. But once the green flag flew, Renezeder clicked into hunt mode and started picking them off. By the time they reached the mandatory caution at the halfway point, he was in eighth place and running the same lap times as the leaders. The second half of the race was full of great battles and Renezeder raced his way to fourth place at the finish line. He then got a call over the radio that someone in the top three was disqualified, so he jumped on the radio and said, “Sweet! I’m going the podium – I want a trophy! Great job everyone…what a way to end a weekend like this.”

What seemed like an endless week of work was suddenly over in what felt like just a snap of the fingers. Throughout the weekend there were moments that deserved exclamation points, and some that required question marks, but on Sunday night, the exhausted, elated, reflective, satisfied crew were simply happy that it was all done. Period.

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LAKE FOREST, CA (June 22, 2010) – The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series is hosting rounds seven and eight this weekend at a brand new facility for the teams and series: the stunning Miller Motorsports Park just south of Salt Lake City, Utah. The state-of-the-art multifunction complex has opened its gates to truckloads of dirt, transforming its road course to a track that’s flight-worthy. Fans will be treated to a clean, family-friendly environment, and teams will feel like royalty being pitted on asphalt. For racers like Carl Renezeder, a new course brings the challenge of learning racing lines quickly, and he welcomes that challenge.

“I’m excited about running on a new track,” says Renezeder. “I feel like it’s an advantage for our team because we’re quick to make the right adjustments both in set-up and in driving. And it’s a bonus that the facility is first-class.”

The Team Renezeder 2010 season has been a mixed bag of results with everything from two wins to a 15th place DNF (did not finish), putting the team second in Pro-4 points and fifth in Pro-2 points. This weekend will mark the midpoint of the season for Renezeder, who is the current defending Pro-4 and Pro-2 champion with 89 career wins. With a stellar second half of the season, the team has every opportunity to defend both championships.

“Our goals is to get back some positive momentum as we finish out the first half of the season this weekend,” explains Renezeder. “We’re hoping that the trucks roll out of the haulers with a bit of good luck attached to them, and we hope to roll them back in on Sunday night with some new hardware for the trophy case.”

The teams will have two practice sessions on Friday afternoon; qualifying will occur both Saturday and Sunday morning, with racing to follow on both afternoons.

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LAKE FOREST, CA (May 24, 2010) – It was a weekend of contrasts for Team Renezeder at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for rounds five and six of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series this past weekend, May 21-23. From the weather, to the work, to the results, nothing was predictable or simple. Luckily for driver, Carl Renezeder, and his crew, there were great results to balance out the not-so-great moments of the weekend, and he ultimately added win number 89 to his record book, and did it in the debut race of the team’s brand new Pro-4.

“I’ve honestly never had this much fun driving a truck,” offered Renezeder after the first win for the new truck. “It’s nimble, responsive, predictable and wicked fast. I’m so excited about this truck!”

The first win was not without its dramatic moments – most of which occurred off the track. An overheating and radiator problem surfaced in Friday’s qualifying session and didn’t get resolved until Sunday morning at 4:00 a.m. The most stressful moment for the team came after Saturday morning’s practice when they found an eight-hour project in front of them, with only three hours before the green flag was set to drop in round five. In true superhero fashion, the guys got the new radiators fitted in the Pro-4 just in time for Renezeder to drive straight from the pit and onto the track for the pace laps. On the final pace lap, the water temp was already too high, forcing Renezeder to dive into hot pit to make sure nothing obvious was wrong. He got the go-ahead from the crew and tagged the back of the field as the green flag flew. It was now his turn to prove his superhero status. And prove it he did. Renezeder worked his way through the field, was the recipient of a few lucky moments and found himself in the number one spot when the checkers flew.

After a quick moment of high-fives and congratulations, the guys jumped on the stack of work facing them, then headed back out to the track for the Pro-2 race. For all the great things that happened in the Pro-4 race, there seemed to be an equal and opposite bad thing that happened in the Pro-2 race. The only positive moment of the race was that it eventually ended, stopping any more damage from occurring. There was a lot to do before Sunday morning.

Call it a long night of work or a short night of sleep, either way it made for a tired and apprehensive crew. There was a motor change and a transmission change; fixes were made on the radiators, a-arms, sway bars, bumpers, body hangers and a steering rack, and all the general turn-around projects were done. Sunday morning qualifying validated their work, and you could hear a collective sigh of relief over the radios.

Sunday’s Pro-4 race was well on its way to being a repeat result for Renezeder until three laps to go when the carburetor started acting up. On the final lap, he set the truck in turn three and it died. Unfortunately, Adrian Cenni had nowhere to go and t-boned Renezeder. Rick Huseman took advantage of the tangle up and went on to win the race. Renezeder was able to get the truck to refire quickly and actually finished second. Cenni rounded out the podium in third.

Sadly, Sunday’s Pro-2 race started bad and ended worse. The truck had the same fuel problem as the Pro-4, but it started on the first lap and never let up. Renezeder didn’t race to a seventh place finish – he simply ended up there.

The weekend of contrasts was finally winding down. Wretched races were balanced by wickedly cool ones. A 96-degree set-up day was cooled off by 35 mph winds and a 55-degree tear-down day. And a sleep-deprived work weekend will eventually be remedied with a restful three-day holiday weekend in just a few days. That, my friends, is racing.

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Renezeder to Debut New Pro-4 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

LAKE FOREST, CA (May 17, 2010) – After a successful weekend of racing for Carl Renezeder at the last Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series event in Surprise, Arizona, Renezeder and the crew will head back to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend for the second of three visits this season. The team added four new pieces of hardware to the trophy case by putting their championship-winning Pro-2 and Pro-4 on the podium in rounds three and four, with hopes of doing the same thing in Vegas. However, a brand new Pro-4 will roll out of the trailer for Renezeder this weekend, and Mike Johnson will make the switch from the veteran Chevy to the more recent championship-winning Ford.

“It’s always nerve-wracking to bring a new truck out for its first race,” explained an apprehensive but excited Renezeder. “It takes some time in a new truck to find the same comfort level that I have in a truck I’ve been racing for a year or two. But I have all the confidence in the world in my crew chief, Mike Seat, and all the guys that have built this truck. It’s the best truck yet to roll out of our shop, and I’m excited to throw some dirt with it this weekend.”

This is the fourth short-course truck to be built from the ground up by Team Renezeder, and all of the builds have been led by Seat. After some functions testing and finding a good baseline for the suspension and basic set-up last week, the entire crew believes that this Ford will find its way to the front of the pack quickly.

The race weekend will follow the same format as the first two weekends of racing with practice and qualifying on Friday, racing on Saturday, and then another qualifying session on Sunday morning, followed by racing that afternoon. Gates open to the public at 9:00 a.m., and opening ceremonies are at 2:30 p.m. both days.

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SURPRISE, AZ (April 19, 2010) – The Team Renezeder haulers will be rolling west on Highway 10 today with four new pieces of hardware on board, ready for the trophy case. It was a weekend of hard work, long hours and great racing, and when all was said and done, driver Carl Renezeder posted career win number 88 during round three of the Pro-2 championship chase and backed that up with two runner-up finishes and a third.

“We were in the hunt all weekend in all three races, and that feels great,” commented Renezeder at the end of the day on Sunday. “The Pro-2 feels better than it ever has, and while we’re still working out some issues with the front-wheel-drive on the Pro-4, when the truck was right it was a lot of fun to drive.”

Renezeder started the weekend by gifting himself the pole in Pro-2 qualifying on his birthday. He took that result and made it even better on Saturday. The two-row invert put him outside second row to start the race and by the time the field crossed the start/finish line to record lap one Renezeder was the leader. He never looked back. Jeremy McGrath looked inside a couple of times and the two of them put on a great battle for the fans, but ultimately it was Renezeder’s day, leading 18 of 18 laps for the win.

While third and second place finishes in Pro-4 were great for the points race, the truck’s four-wheel-drive issues in both races kept him out of the hunt for the win in the closing laps.

“It’s just one of those gremlins we’ll have to dig into a little deeper and get resolved,” explained Renezeder. “The truck was flawless to drive when it was right. It’s just one of those small things that’s surfaced – we’ll get it figured out.”

In Sunday’s Pro-2 race, Renezeder and Rob MacCachren swapped leads for a few laps, but the track didn’t come around to Renezeder’s set up and he had to settle for runner up. And after a 22-hour day of work by the crew through Saturday night, while they wanted another victory, they were glad to see their truck on the podium.

If the racing both days is any indication of the year-long points battle, the teams and fans are in for an exciting season. CBS Sports, SPEED TV, MavTV, and Outdoor Channel were on hand all weekend covering the event, so fans that couldn’t make it to the event will get to see the weekend’s action in the coming weeks. Check your local listings and www.lucasoiloffroad.com for airtimes.

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Showdown in the Desert for Team Renezeder this Weekend

LAKE FOREST, CA (April 14, 2010) – It’s back to warm weather racing for Team Renezeder as Carl and the crew head out to sunny Arizona, just thirty minutes north of Phoenix, for rounds three and four of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series this weekend.

“We’ve got some catching up to do,” commented Renezeder, with a bit of fire in his voice. “Fortunately, I like being the hunter.”

Seventeenth- and fifth-place finishes in the opening rounds will require the team to spend the remainder of the season chipping away at the top of the leader board race by race in order to keep a Pro-2 championship on the 2010 to-do list. The team is much better positioned in Pro-4 with two third-place finishes in rounds one and two, putting Renezeder third in points.

“We’ll stay focused race by race, fighting for a win each round,” explained Renezeder. “If we do that, the points will fall into place. We’re a big-picture team but not to the degree that it takes away from the moment. When I climb in my race truck and pull the belts tight, I’m thinking about how I’m going to get around the guy in front of me and then the guy in front of him. And this weekend in Surprise, we’ll have a great time chasing four more wins.”

The teams will qualify on Friday afternoon for Saturday afternoon’s racing, and then they’ll qualify again on Sunday morning for racing later that day. Gates open at 9:00 a.m. both days, with opening ceremonies scheduled for 2:30 p.m. and racing to follow the national anthem.

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LAKE FOREST, CA (March 10, 2009) – The neon glow of The Strip in Las Vegas paled in comparison to the star power that graced the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series’ 2010 opening rounds this past weekend at the brand new facility at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Defending Unlimited 2 and Unlimited 4 champion Carl Renezeder headlined a group of drivers that included familiar faces from the 2009 season as well as new drivers to the series, but veterans in off-road. Both fields were deep in talent, experience and desire to win, which magnified Renezeder’s run of bad luck throughout the weekend.

Both trucks practiced well on Friday morning, so the crew made a few small tweaks to go after the pole in both classes that afternoon. Unfortunately, the changes were the wrong direction, confirmed by a self-berating crew chief, Mike Seat, over the radio: “well, we dialed those trucks right out.” The team quickly went to work to dial the trucks back in for racing on Saturday, knowing they had to work themselves out of ninth and sixth place starting positions in U2 and U4, respectively.

The U4 race was first up on Saturday afternoon, which started out well for Renezeder. Then just after the mandatory caution flag at the halfway point, he got spun out in turn three and had to gather it up and work his way back forward from eighth place. He managed to salvage a decent third-place finish and some valuable points. Things went downhill from there.

In the U2 race, the entire goal for Renezeder at the drop of the green flag was to avoid the predicted melee that would result from the majority of the field trying to win the championship in turn one, on lap one. No such luck. A chain of events behind him had him turned around before he could even set the truck into the first turn. He got turned back in the right direction, but that wouldn’t last long. He and several other trucks got knocked off the track as they landed off the tabletop jump coming out of turn one. He then raced his way forward for eight laps before getting taken out for good on lap nine. A broken left front upright and a-arm finished his day in 17th position.

The team was looking forward to improving their performance during Sunday morning qualifying, but Mother Nature had other plans. Rain forced the cancellation of practice and qualifying, so the teams had to line up according to points. A 17th-place starting position wasn’t an ideal draw in U2, but at least Renezeder would get to start from the third position in U4.

There were a lot of great battles on the track in the U4 race, and Renezeder finished the race exactly where he started, giving him a pair of podium finished for the start of the season. He had his work cut out for him in U2 with 16 quick trucks ahead of him and only 14 laps of racing. The weekend ended on a good note as Renezeder methodically worked his way through the field to finish fifth; a much better result than Saturday.

The team’s next race is the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series event in Surprise, Arizona the weekend of April 17-18. Check local listings or the series website (www.lucasoiloffroad.com) for television dates and times.

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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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