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Lucas Oil Off Road
Racing & DragonFire Racing Bring UTV Racing to
LOORRS
Corona, California (April 16, 2009) - The
exciting, side by side, door banging action of
UTV racing will make its Lucas Oil Off Road
Racing Series debut in Surprise, Arizona on May
2nd and 3rd. Through an agreement
finalized this week, the UTV Classes will be
presented by UTV aftermarket industry leader
Dragonfire Racing. This agreement will allow Pro
UTV Racers to race for an attractive purse each
weekend while contending for the Dragonfire UTV
World Cup Trophy and year-end Championship
Purse. "I'm excited to see UTVs in the huge
arena of short course racing," stated President
and Founder of Dragonfire Racing, Todd Romano.
"This gives us a great opportunity to work with
the teams that race while also reaching out to
the UTV community that utilizes our products.
The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series provides a
large venue to feature these vehicles. We're
thrilled to be a part of it."
While their products are known and
distributed globally, Dragonfire, based in Mesa,
Arizona, looks to a be strong local marketing
partner as the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series
makes its first appearance in Arizona. Said
Lucas Oil's Bob Patison,"We're pleased to have
UTV Racing in the series and to be working with
Todd Romano and his team. There seems to be no
limit to the growth in the UTV market and
through this partnership we will be able to
bring UTV racing to our event program."
Regarding the possibility of television coverage
for the UTV class, Patison continued, "These are
closely matched vehicles with tight racing so
there is a great opportunity to provide some
fantastic exposure for UTV racing."
The UTV Classes, while on the track running
simultaneously will compete in three distinct
classes:
- Unlimited UTV - Heavily Modified UTV up
to 800cc in displacement.
This class will compete for race purse as
well as the Dragonfire World Cup
- Limited UTV - Limited Class utilizing
stock unmodified UTV frame and bolt on
aftermarket parts. Prize package and
merchandise presented by Dragonfire Racing
- Modified UTV - Developmental Modified
Class Utilizing up to 1000cc displacement.
Prize package and merchandise presented by
Dragonfire Racing.
For driver and class racing information
please contact Lee Perfect at
Lee@LucasOilOffRoadRacing.com
The Lucas Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) is
the evolution of the long standing support of
short course racing by Forrest Lucas and Lucas
Oil. Steeped in the Midwest tradition of short
course off road racing infused with a West Coast
influence, LOORRS 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
www.LucasOilOffRoad.com
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