Off-Road Racing: A Sellout Success – Glen Helen Lucas race
Past weekend, the Lucas Off Road Racing series arrived in Glen Helen and it was greeted with a sellout standing room only crowd. as the Lucas Off Road drivers put on spectacular shows on both nights, they were not disappointed.
On Saturday night, the Pro 2 Unlimited action was more of the same for Rob MacCachren as he got the jump on the start from the third position and jetted around pole sitter Craig Adler without much effort. Rob MacCachren left the rest of the field in his wake and from there he stayed true to form.
As fast qualifier, Carl Renezeder clipped Adler in mid air sending Adler on his head, back in the pack there was some controversy. Renezeder was sent to the back as a penalty and he was black-flagged.
On the first lap, Round 10 of the Pro 2 Unlimited started with a spectacular flip, bringing out the red flag and sending Robbie Pierce to the hospital with a concussion. It was all Rob MacCachren again, once the red flag was lifted, as he led flag to flag to sweep the class for the weekend.
All weekend, Pro 4 Unlimited was the Rick Huseman show, as Huseman started Saturday night at the tail end and raced his way through the field. Kyle LeDuc getting on his head was the highlight of the race and then coming back to almost win until he bicycled it late in the race to hand the win to Huseman.
Pro 4 Unlimited Huseman started in the back once more and he had tire trouble, although this time, he was caught up in a melee early. Huseman was swept by the pile up and it allowed LeDuc and Renezeder to run away from the field. After Renezeder flipped while running second, Leduc was held on tow win.
David Knight Signs with KTM for 2011 & 2012
David “The Knighter” Knight, as a KTM-supported rider, returns to race Orange in 2011 and 2012 as a full factory rider. He had rejoined the Maxxis Enduro World Championship competition this season riding for KTM Farioli. Team officials have confirmed that the Manx- born rider was in Mattighofen, Austria at KTM’s headquarters this week to put his signature on the new contract.
With 30 points ahead of Christophe Nambotin, David Knight currently leads the E3 World Championship standings.
With KTM’s R&D experts, David has been working hand-in-hand and his contribution in the development of the next generation of KTM’s Enduro machines will ensure that KTM can provide the racing fraternity with true state-of-the-art racing machines.
David has never been off the podium in the competition’s first five rounds and he is enjoying an excellent current season. There are still 150 points up for grabs in the Rounds scheduled for Greece, Turkey and France; he has netted six wins, two seconds and two third places.
The first ever British Enduro Sprint Championship was claimed by David in May this year. With yet another double victory in Saints Well, Mid Wales in May, he wrapped up the title. He has also won the World Enduro Champion (2005/6), GBXC champion 2008, GNCC champions XC 2007/8, AMA Endurocross champion 2007 and overall ISDE winner in 2005, twice won the Erzberg Extreme and the U.S. Red Bull Last Man Standing.
In the World Championships, David previously raced Orange and in the USA and his return to the factory, team underlines the KTM company philosophy of always being “Ready to Race” with the best and brightest in the world’s top competitions.
Don’t forget to check your favorite online sports betting site to see if they offer any odsd or props for this event and if they don’t then bloody well make a request.
Lucas Oil Off-Road series heads into San Bernardino
Glen Helen Regional Park, August 7th and 8th will host the Lucas Oil Off-Road series into San Bernardino, California, one of the toughest off-road courses in the country. As motorcycle stars turned off-road racers, stars of the Lucas Oil Off-Road series, of the Lucas Oil Off-Road series, Carey Hart and Brian Deegan, under the blazing San Bernardino sun, will be vying for the victory in the intense heat of August.
At Glen Helen, the best driver on the track may be the most anonymous driver, when the Lucas Oil Off-Road series rolls in. in the past in the series, Carl Renezeder has dominated multiple classes but Rob MacCachren challenges him in the Pro 2 series and Rick Huseman in the Pro 4 series. For the Pro Lite Unlimited series, Brian Deegan and Chris Brandt are in a battle, separated by only 16 points after the first eight races.
The fifth stop will be the Glen Helen event and the ninth and tenth races in the 16 race series. The drivers’ toughest test of the year could be the Lucas Oil Off-Road series weekend, with temperatures expected to hit the century mark for the early August race.
The best chance to bring home a victory will be for the driver and team that are best suited for a dry and dusty track. The track will be kept watered down by the track personnel, even though the water will get evaporated by the dry heat within minutes, creating a bumpy track that will be tough to drive.
Off-road race winners a “family affair”: Baja 500
Recently, the 42nd Tecate SCORE Baja 500 off-road race took place. As Mclillin managed to win big at the race, the crew made it a family affair.
Of the four-wheel title, Andy and Scott McMillin were the overall winners, racing in a Ford F-150. Spanning more than 400 miles, the course is a rigorous one. The race began in Ensenada and finished 9 hours and 15 minutes later back in Ensenada for the McMillin team. The McMillin family was the winners of the Baja 1000 that took place last November and they are making these types of victories a habit. This win also marks the second victory for the father and son combination at the Baja 500. Throughout the race, their average speed was just over 47 miles per hour.
Behind the online betting favorite, McMillin, the second place team finished a distant 7 minutes. The runner up in the race was sports betting star, Gus Vildosola Jr.
Including motorcycles and ATV’s, there are a few different divisions of this race. In the development of this race, there was a lot of encouragement. This race produced the fourth-highest percentage of finishers that the race has ever seen. Of the 289 total starters, 192 managed to finish the race. That comes out to about 66.4 percent of all racers.
The father and son combination hopes to continue to be a winning team as time goes on and will continue to race. They feel like they are the team to beat in the future, having several victories under their belt.
Dirt Track Racing – American Made
Back in the 1920’s automobiles were all the rage. It not only was a newer and quicker mode of transportation is was also viewed as entertainment for the masses. It’s here that folks started racing their cars on dirt tracks in the Midwest and South.
The dirt tracks that were built for racing were all a mile in length or less. Some racers built their own open-wheel cars that were used only for racing. In the South, locals raced the cars they owned that were bought right out of the dealers showrooms, these were the first stock cars.
Dirt track racing today is the most popular form of car racing in America. There are almost 1500 dirt tracks in operation today,and most offer weekly dirt track racing events. Dirt tracks started out being mostly flat, but due to increasing speeds these cars now race on banked tracks. Adding banking to the tracks has made the tracks safer and the racing more even.
Many of the top drivers today like Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson got their start running on dirt tracks in youth events like Go Kart and Midget cars.
Today professional series’ like the World of Outlaws and the Lucas Oil Late Model Series compete on the dirt. Dirt track racing has become popular all over the world. Tracks have been built in Canada, Australia, and the U.K. and other nations in the Middle East are also taking to the great sport of dirt track racing.
Matt Kenseth – NASCAR Star
A former Sprint Cup Champion is Matt Kenseth and the potential to be one of the top drivers in the league is with him, but it’s been a while since Kenseth has been there at the top of the series. Since Kenseth has found himself in the top driver spot, there have been 6 full seasons that have passed. The last time he led the league in points standing was at the end of the 2003 season.
The most favorite sports betting icon, Kenseth is starting off better than expected this season. This NASCAR betting star was predicted to be at best a top 10 driver this season by many people, but he has been beating the critics so far, sitting in the 3rd place spot in the cup standings, just 2 points behind 2nd place Greg Biffle and 16 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson.
Posting 5 top ten finishes and 3 of those were in the top five finishers, Kenseth has been towards the front end of almost every race this season so far. A race has not yet been won by him, and only 9 laps have been led on the entire season, but a good chance at a victory is given by yourself any time you race near the front.
The quality of cars that his crew is able to put out will be the key to Kenseth’s success. A great racer is Kenseth and it has been known to have strong finishes by him with poor cars, but to pass up the likes of Jimmie Johnson will not be possible for him with just an average car. He will need to have one of the top cars if he hopes to win this thing.
As the season goes on, Sprint Cup betting celebrity Kenseth will just need to continue to race towards the front and try to grab a few wins. As a racer who takes a lot of wins he has never been known, but rather a top 10 finisher. If he hopes to change that he will need to start posting some big victories.
How “Sprint Car” Racing Came Into Existence!
In 1933, Sprint cars probably came into existence. Sprint racing referred more to short distance racing than to a specific type of race car up until then. In fact, other than the engine the cars that raced in sprint races were very much like the cars racing at Indianapolis and on the AAA championship circuit.
The AAA, the sanctioning organization of that era, made a ruling on engine displacement limits for cars competing in short track racing on the Pacific Coast which separated them from cars racing at Indy in 1933. The existence of a specific type of car known as the “sprint car” thus brought about with this differentiating factor. These cars already had shortened wheel bases to improve handling on shorter tracks.
The term “sprint car” surfaced in the 1950’s when as an aid to the media in discussing cars that had smaller engines than the Indy cars and raced in shorter races on 1/2 mile tracks. The AAA first used the term sprint in 1951. In their 1951 annual, they stated: “Non-championship is the term applied to sprint racing; the class between midget and championship speedway cars.”
The sprint cars are today, with their open cockpit and open wheels racing on oval tracks in short distance events could be identified around that point of time.
These sprint cars have continued to evolve. With wings being added, roll bars have transformed into roll cages, and engine displacement limits have progressed.
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