July 18, 2008 9:17 PM
John Mason Sweeps Bark River – Continues Podium Streak and Now Leads Super Buggy Championship
Mason Motorsports
Plymouth, WI (July 18, 2008)
The battle for the 2008 WSORR PRO Super Buggy Championship continues to be incredibly close. John Mason and his #912 Mendeola Transaxles Goodyear Tire Honda powered Super Buggy have been in a tight points battle with the #902 of Tim Lemons. Both drivers have finished on the podium every time out and the WSORR Bark River event would be no different.
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July 9, 2008 9:01 PM
TRAXXAS® Brings Radio Controlled Racing to WSORR
World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR)
CRANDON, Wisc., (July 9, 2008)
Traxxas® has been named the “Official Radio Controlled Car” of the Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR) for the 2008 season. Based in Plano, Texas, Traxxas manufactures award-winning radio-controlled cars, trucks, and boats and is the leading brand in the radio-controlled car industry. “We’re excited to be part of WSORR. Our radio-controlled trucks are all about the speed, power, and excitement of off-road racing,” says Traxxas president Mike Jenkins. The agreement is a multi-faceted sponsorship package providing Traxxas with high-visibility coverage on the World Series SPEED television programs, among others, and at all WSORR events including a “Traxxas Try-Me-Track” that allows fans to get behind the wheel of Traxxas Slash radio controlled trucks for a taste of short course racing -- World Series style.
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June 16, 2008 9:06 PM
WSORR VISITS OFF-ROAD RACING’S “BIG HOUSE” FOR ROUNDS III & IV
Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR)
CRANDON, Wisc., June 16, 2008
The Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR) pays its first visit of Tour 2008 to famed Crandon International Off-Road Raceway for the Forest County Potawatomi Brush Run Races June 21-22. The big weekend also features the 15th annual FCP Chairman’s Cup Challenge, the longest running big money off-road Cup race in the country. Top off-road racers nationwide will descend on the small Wisconsin community with the big track and another record-setting crowd is expected to be on hand to watch the battles in 11 truck, SUV and buggy classes.
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June 12, 2008 8:46 PM
WSORR GOES “HIGH-DEF” AND ADDS TV TALENT FOR 2008 SEASON ON SPEED
WSORR
TINLEY PARK, Ill., June 12, 2008
Race fans will get even a “better” look at Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR) action in 2008 as the entire season will be broadcast on high definition television on the home of motorsports, the SPEED Channel. NeWave Television Productions has announced the 2008 show format and broadcast team, which again includes NASCAR star Brendan Gaughan, following a very successful initial television campaign that resulted in the top-rated off-road short course race shows aired on SPEED.
Photo courtesy BrendanGaughan.com @ VPS MotorImages
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April 21, 2008 8:58 PM
HUMMER Scores a Hat Trick AT TERRIBLE's 250
Team HUMMER sweeps production classes with 2008 H2 SUT, H3 Alpha and H3
Emily Miller earns second place in Safari Class in debut race
DETROIT
Team HUMMER earned first place in every production class in Saturday’s Best in the Desert Racing Series Terrible’s 250 at Primm, marking the first time the team has earned three victories in a race. In addition to the stock class wins, Emily Miller earned a Safari Pre-Runner class second place finish in her inaugural race, driving the Team HUMMER H2 SUV.
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April 16, 2008 8:30 PM
HUMMER Racing Set To Compete On Two Continents This Weekend
Team Dakar USA to enter two HUMMER H3 race trucks in Central Europe Rally
Team HUMMER to enter four stock class HUMMER race trucks in Terrible’s 250
DETROIT
HUMMER off-road racing teams are making final preparations to demonstrate their off-road prowess on opposite sides of the globe this weekend. The competition begins with Team HUMMER’s entry in Best in the Desert Racing Series Terrible’s 250 at Primm, April 19, and concludes with Robby Gordon Motorsport’s Team Dakar USA’s HUMMER H3 race trucks competing in the inaugural Dakar Series Central Europe Rally, April 20-26.
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January 28, 2008 9:18 PM
Super Buggy Promoted to WSORR PRO Class for 2008, Ultra 4x4 Class Prepares for Launch
CRANDON, Wisc.
The Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR) has announced the elevation of one of its race classes to PRO designation and the on-going development of a new PRO class.
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August 13, 2007 9:34 PM
Team Toyo™ Off-Road Drivers Continue Strong Performances at Bark River
During Rounds VII, VIII & IX of the Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing
BARK RIVER, MICHIGAN
Competing on Toyo® Open Country M/T® (mud terrain) tires, Team Toyo™ Off-Road drivers scored podium finishes during Rounds VII, VIII and IX of the Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing this past weekend at the WSORR Boss Snowplows Off-Road Challenge at the challenging 1.5-mile Bark River International Raceway.
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March 25, 2007 9:21 PM
Tons of Horsepower, National TV Set for WSORR Owatonna Off-Road Opener
OWATONNA, MN
Professional off-road racing makes history May 19-20, 2007 when the Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR) brings its national circuit to the Steele County Fairgrounds in Owatonna, MN. It will be the first time the State has hosted a national short-course, off-road racing event.
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March 18, 2007 8:35 PM
TRIO OF CHAMPIONS APPOINTED BY WSORR
Douglas, Hord, Taylor Join PRO Off-Road Race Council
Chad Hord, reigning PRO Light Pickup off-road champion. Hord races a Lucas Oil Boss Plow Kumho Tire Nissan Frontier
CRANDON, WI
The Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing has announced the formation of a PRO Driver’s Advisory Council (P-DAC). The Council will provide racer consultation to the World Series in the areas of safety, rules, marketing, track design, scheduling, sponsors and more.
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March 11, 2007 9:03 PM
World Series Contingency Tops $1 Million
CRANDON, WI
The Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR) has announced its 2007 Racer Contingency Program has topped $1,000,000.
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March 7, 2007 8:11 PM
KC HILITES JOINS WSORR SPONSOR LINE-UP
WILLIAMS, AZ
KC HiLites, manufacturer of the country's most well-known auxiliary lighting systems for both on- and off-road applications, has announced sponsorship of the Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR).
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February 20, 2007 9:21 PM
Phil's Inc. Posts Contingency - WSORR & MAORA
Since 1958 Phil's Inc. has been serving the automotive community with quality automotive parts at competitive prices. In the mid 60's, Phil's Inc. began offering parts and components for the fiberglass dune buggy craze. Quickly this led into supplying off-road racing components.
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February 12, 2007 9:56 PM
2007 WSORR National Membership Applications Available
Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing
CRANDON, WI
Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR) National Membership Applications are available for the 2007 season. WSORR features three divisions and 11 classes and is the largest short course off-road racing sanctioning body in the nation. WSORR races 14 rounds of racing at various tracks across the Midwest this coming season. For information on joining, see the web site at www.wsorr.com or contact talk2us@wsorr.com.
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January 2, 2007 8:17 PM
Petersen/White Lightning Launches Euromilhoes Dakar 2007 Effort
Two-Time Le Mans Champs to Open Rally with Inspection and First Stages This Week
LISBON, Portugal January 2, 2007
Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing will ring in the New Year with a new challenge: the Euromilhoes Dakar 2007. The world famous rally charts its course from Lisbon, Portugal to Dakar, Senegal beginning on January 6. It will conclude 15 days later, January 21, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. In the interim, driver/owner Michael Petersen (Las Vegas, Nev., USA) and his co-driver Matthew Stevenson (Ipswich, England) will pilot the primary race vehicle, No. 351, on nearly every race surface imaginable; asphalt, gravel, dirt and hundreds of miles of sand dunes. Prior to departing on the world’s most extreme motorsports event, the Petersen/White Lightning entry will undergo scrutineering/technical inspection. They will then complete the first two stages on the European continent before arriving in Africa where they will run the remainder of the 15- stage race. The team, having celebrated the holidays with family in the United States arrived in Europe today. Technical inspection, known as scrutineering, for the No. 351 MMPIE/PAWS/?.com/BF Goodrich entry takes place in Lisbon on January 4 at 11 AM (local time). Upon clearing inspection, No. 351 will be impounded until the start of the first stage on Saturday.
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