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The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, also known as LOORRS, was a short course off-road racing series in the United States and Mexico. Following the bankruptcy of the CORR series in 2008, Lucas Oil founded LOORRS in 2009, featuring racing events in Arizona, California, Nevada, Missouri, as well as Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. In 2020, the series was discontinued due to uncertainty stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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. 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.
In December 2012, LOORRS announced that Ritchie Lewis would be taking over as the series' director. He announced the 2013 series schedule; it would continue racing at most of the same tracks. He also announced that Lucas would be building tracks at San Angelo, Texas and Lucas Oil Speedway to be used in 2014.
In December 2018, the series announced plans to create a historic and long-awaited short course unification race to take place in June 2019 at Lucas Oil Speedway. Regular LOORRS Racers competing against the Lucas Oil Midwest Short Course League Racers with drivers from each series would be able to win points for their respective championships. Unfortunately an untimely tornado wreaked havoc in the area and severely damaged the track forcing official to cancel the event.
In June 2020, LOORRS cancelled the Pro 4 series races for the 2020 season as team participation was anticipated to be low. Rockstar Energy Drink didn't renew their sponsorship of the series or for two top Pro 4 teams of Rob MacCachren and R.J. Anderson. Kyle LeDuc decided to participate only in the Midwestern series.
On November 12, 2020 Lucas Oil announced it would effectively fold the series due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and uncertainty of another shutdown the following year.
Classes
The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series had the following classes:
Pro 4 Unlimited: Full-sized 4-wheel-drive race truck, over 700 hp.
Pro 2 Unlimited: Full-sized 2-wheel-drive race truck, over 700 hp.
Pro Lite Unlimited: Mid-sized 2-wheel-drive race truck built on a standardized chassis, over 450 hp.
Pro Buggy: Open-wheel buggies with up to 2000 cc motors (dependent on design and manufacturer), 210 hp.
Production Turbo UTV: Stock 100 cc 2 seat UTV, 130-160 hp.
Production 1000 UTV: Stock 100 cc 2 seat UTV, 80-110 hp.
Modified Kart: Advanced kart class utilizing 250 cc or 450 cc 48 hp motorcycle motors; for kids ages 10–15.
Junior 2 Kart: Intermediate spec kart class utilizing the Honda GX390 390 cc 12 hp motor; for kids ages 8–15.
Junior 1 Kart: Beginner spec kart class utilizing the Subaru EX27 266 cc 9 hp motor; for kids ages 8–15.
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.
SuperLite: Spec 2-wheel-drive truck regulated by the SuperLite Championship Series.
Champions
= Pro 4
=2019 Kyle LeDuc
2018 RJ Anderson
2017 Kyle LeDuc
2016 Kyle LeDuc
2015 Kyle LeDuc
2014 Kyle LeDuc
2013 Carl Renezeder
2012 Kyle LeDuc
2011 Carl Renezeder
2010 Rick Huseman
2009 Carl Renezeder
= Pro 2
=2020 Jerett Brooks
2019 Jerett Brooks
2018 Rob MacCachren
2017 Jeremy McGrath
2016 Rob MacCachren
2015 Rob MacCachren
2014 Brian Deegan
2013 Rob MacCachren
2012 Brian Deegan
2011 Brian Deegan
2010 Rob MacCachren
2009 Carl Renezeder
= Pro Lite Unlimited
=2020 Brock Heger
2019 Ryan Beat
2018 Ryan Beat
2017 Jerett Brooks
2016 Jerett Brooks
2015 RJ Anderson
2014 Sheldon Creed
2013 Brian Deegan
2012 R.J. Anderson
2011 Brian Deegan
2010 Marty Hart
2009 Brian Deegan
= Pro Buggy
=2020 Eliott Watson
2019 Eliott Watson
2018 Darren Hardesty
2017 Darren Hardesty
2016 Darren Hardesty
2015 Garrett George
2014 Chad George
2013 Steven Greinke
2012 Steven Greinke
2011 Mike Porter
2010 Cameron Steele
2009 Chuck Cheek
= Modified Karts
=2020 Connor Barry
2019 Mason Prater - Mod Kids USA
2018 Brody Eggleston - Mod Kids USA
2017 Trey D. Gibbs - Mod Kids USA
2016 Hailie Deegan
2015 Christopher Polvoorde
2014 Brock Heger
2013 Myles Cheek
2012 Myles Cheek
2011 Mitchell DeJong
2010 Mitchell DeJong
2009 Sheldon Creed
= Junior 2 Karts
=2020 Brodie Martin
2019 Broedy Graham
2018 Connor Barry - Mod Kids USA
2017 Megan Mitchell
2015 Cole Keatts
2014 Dylan Plemons
2013 Hailie Deegan
2012 Dylan Winbury
2011 Myles Cheek
2010 Sheldon Creed
2009 Dustin Grabowski
= Junior 1 Karts
=2018 Jake Bollman
2015 Kali Kinsman
2014 Mason Prater
2013 Ricky Gutierrez
2012 Conner McMullen
2011 Broc Dickerson
2010 Brock Heger
2009 Sheldon Creed
= Production 1000 UTV
=2020 Myles Cheek
2019 Robert Stout
2018 Brock Heger
2017 Brock Heger
= Turbo UTV
=2020 Corry Weller
2019 Corry Weller
2018 Corry Weller
= RZR 170
=2020 TJ Siewers
2019 George Llamosas
= Unlimited UTV
=2011 RJ Anderson
2010 Chad George
2009 Chad George
= Super Lite
=2012 Sheldon Creed
2011 Chad George
2010 Jeremy Stenberg
2009 John Harrah
= Limited Buggy
=2012 John Fitzgerald
2011 Curt Geer
2010 Justin Smith
2009 Bruce Fraley
= SR1 UTV
=2011 Corry Weller
2010 Tyler Herzog
= Modified UTV
=2009 Dan Kelly
= Limited UTV
=2009 Hans Waage
Tracks
The series has hosted race weekends at the following tracks:
Wild Horse Motorsports Park - Chandler, Arizona (2010–2020)
Glen Helen Raceway - San Bernardino, California (2010–2020)
Lake Elsinore Motorsports Complex - Lake Elsinore, California (2009, 2012–2016)
Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Las Vegas, Nevada (2010–2015)
Miller Motorsports Park - Tooele, Utah (2010–2018)
Primm Valley Motorsports Complex - Primm, Nevada (2009)
Speedworld Off Road Park - Surprise, Arizona (2009–2012)
Wild West Motorsports Park - Sparks, Nevada (2012–2019)
Baja International Short Course at Estero Beach - Ensenada, Baja California (2015-2019)
Lucas Oil Speedway - Wheatland, Missouri (2017–2020)
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
External links
Official website
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