Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series

Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series
Category Off-road racing
Inaugural season 2009
Official website www.lucasoiloffroad.com

The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series is a short course off-road racing series in the United States. The series features events on the West Coast of the United States. The title sponsor for the series is Lucas Oil. It effectively replaced the CORR series.

History

There were two large sanctioning bodies in short course off-road racing for 2008: CORR and WSORR. CORR had been sanctioning events on the West Coast and WSORR had sanctioned Midwestern events. CORR closed before the end of the 2008 season and canceled its final two racing weekends. LOORRS took over the sanctioning of most of the West Coast events; and TORC, The Off Road Championship, took over most of the Midwestern events.

The LOORRS series was founded for the 2009 season by Lucas Oil and its head Forrest Lucas.[1] Carl Renezeder made short course off-road racing history in 2009 when he won the Unlimited 2 and Unlimited 4 class to become the first driver to win seven national championships.[2]

In December 2012, LOORRS announced that Ritchie Lewis would be taking over as the series' director.[3] He announced the 2013 series schedule; it would continue racing at most of the same tracks.[3] He also announced that Lucas would be building tracks at San Angelo, Texas and Lucas Oil Speedway to be used in 2014.[3]

Classes

The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series has 11 classes:

  • Pro 4 Unlimited: Full-sized 4-wheel-drive race truck;
  • Pro 2 Unlimited: Full-sized 2-wheel-drive race truck;
  • Pro Lite Unlimited: Mid-sized 2-wheel-drive race truck built on a standardized chassis;
  • Pro Buggy: Open-wheel buggies with up to 2000 cc motors (dependent on design and manufacturer);
  • SuperLite: Spec 2-wheel-drive truck regulated by the SuperLite Championship Series;
  • Limited Buggy: Open-wheel buggies with Type 1 1600 cc VW engines;
  • Unlimited UTV: Heavily modified UTV utilizing up to 1000 cc engines;
  • SR1 UTV: Heavily modified Yamaha Rhino or Kawasaki Teryx spec class utilizing the Yamaha R1 or Kawasaki ZX-10 1000 cc street bike motor;
  • Modified Kart: Advanced kart class for kids ages 10–15 utilizing 250 cc or 450 cc motorcycle motors;
  • Junior 2 Kart: Intermediate spec kart class for kids ages 8–15 utilizing the Honda GX390 390 cc motor;
  • Junior 1 Kart: Beginning spec kart class for kids ages 8–15 utilizing the Subaru EX27 266 cc motor
  • Production 1000 UTV: Stock 100 cc 2 sear UTV

The premier classes are the Unlimited 4 (4-wheel-drive) and Unlimited 2 (2-wheel-drive) trophy truck The Unlimited Lites class has compact to mid-sized 2-wheel-drive trucks with 4 cylinder engines.

Champions

2012, 2014, and 2015 Pro 4 champion Kyle Leduc
2014 Pro 2 champion Brian Deegan
Sheldon Creed

Pro 4

Pro 2

Pro Lite Unlimited

Pro Buggy

  • 2017 Darren Hardesty
  • 2016 Darren Hardesty
  • 2015 Garrett George[14]
  • 2014 Chad George[15]
  • 2013 Steven Greinke[6]
  • 2012 Steven Greinke
  • 2011 Mike Porter
  • 2010 Cameron Steele
  • 2009 Chuck Cheek

Junior 1 Karts

  • 2015 Kali Kinsman[16]
  • 2014 Mason Prater[17]
  • 2013 Ricky Gutierrez[6]
  • 2012 Conner McMullen
  • 2011 Broc Dickerson
  • 2010 Brock Heger
  • 2009 Sheldon Creed

Junior 2 Karts

Modified Karts

  • 2017 Trey D. Gibbs
  • 2016 Hailie Deegan
  • 2015 Christopher Polvoorde[20]
  • 2014 Brock Heger[21]
  • 2013 Myles Cheek[6]
  • 2012 Myles Cheek
  • 2011 Mitchell Dejong
  • 2010 Mitchell Dejong
  • 2009 Sheldon Creed

Super Lite

Limited Buggy

  • 2012 John Fitzgerald
  • 2011 Curt Geer
  • 2010 Justin Smith
  • 2009 Bruce Fraley

Production 1000 UTV

  • 2017 Brock Heger

Limited UTV

  • 2009 Hans Waage

Unlimited UTV

  • 2011 RJ Anderson
  • 2010 Chad George
  • 2009 Chad George

Modified UTV

  • 2009 Dan Kelly

SR1 UTV

  • 2011 Corry Weller
  • 2010 Tyler Herzog

Tracks

The series has hosted race weekends at the following tracks:

Television coverage

For the 2015 season, the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series was aired on several different networks with 8 confirmed one-hour episodes in HD on CBS and 32 confirmed HD episodes on both CBS Sports Network and MavTV.

References

  1. ↑ "Leduc Brothers Dominate at Rockstar Energy Drink's Lucas Oil Off Road Race in Lake Elsinore". Racing West. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  2. ↑ "Team General Tire's Carl Renezeder Makes History With U2 and U4 Championships". The Auto Channel. November 16, 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 "Lucas Oil Announces New Schedule, New Tracks, and New Management for Lucas Off Road Racing Series". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ "2015 Pro 4 official points standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ "2014 Pro 4 official points standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Neth, Scott. "Champions crowned at Lake Elsinore". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Pro 4 Unlimited 2011". LOORRS. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  8. ↑ "2015 Pro 2 official points standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  9. ↑ "2014 Pro 2 official points standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Pro 2 Unlimited 2011". LOORRS Pro 2 Unl. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  11. ↑ "2015 Pro Lite official points standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  12. ↑ "2014 Pro Lite official points standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  13. ↑ "2011 Pro Lite Unlimited points". LOORRS. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  14. ↑ "2015 Pro Buggy official points standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  15. ↑ "2014 Pro Buggy official points standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  16. ↑ "2015 Junior 1 Karts official points standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  17. ↑ "2014 Junior 1 Karts official points standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  18. ↑ "2015 Junior 2 Karts official points standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  19. ↑ "2014 Junior 2 Karts official points standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  20. ↑ "2015 Modified Karts official points standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  21. ↑ "2014 Modified Karts official points standings". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
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