| Category | Off-road racing |
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| Inaugural season | 2009 |
| Official website | www.lucasoiloffroad.com |
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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 replaced the CORR and WSORR series.
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There were two large sanctioning bodies in short course off-road racing for 2008: CORR and WSORR.[1] CORR had been sanctioning events on the West Coast and WSORR had sanctioned Midwestern events.[1] CORR closed before the end of the 2008 season and canceled its final two racing weekends.[1] LOORRS took over the sanctioning of some of the West Coast events.[1] The series was founded for the 2009 season by Lucas Oil and its head Forrest Lucas.[2]
Carl Renezeder made short course off-road racing history in 2009 when he won the Unlimited 2 and Unlimited 4 class to became the first driver to win seven national championships.[3]
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 Unlimited: Open wheel buggies with 1650 cc to 2400 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 1000cc engines; Sr1 UTV: Heavily modified Yamaha Rhino or Kawasaki Teryx spec class utilizing the Yamaha R1 or Kawasaki ZX-10 1000cc street bike motor; Modified Kart: Advanced kart class for kids ages 10–15 utilizing 250cc or 450cc motorcycle or quad motors; Junior 2 Kart: Intermediate spec kart class for kids ages 8–15 utilizing the Honda GX390 390cc motor; Junior 1 Kart: Beginning spec kart class for kids ages 8–15 utilizing the Subaru EX27 266cc motor 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.
The series hosted race weekends at following tracks:
For the 2011 season, the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series will air on several different networks with 8 Confirmed One Hour Episodes in HD on CBS, 30 Confirmed HD Episodes on SPEED, 16 Confirmed HD Episodes on Versus and 16 Confirmed HD Episodes on MavTV.
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