The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, also known as LOORRS, was a

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series in the United States and also in Mexico beginning in 2015. The series featured events in Arizona, California, Nevada, Missouri and hosted a weekend of racing in Ensenada, Mexico at Baja International Short Course near Estero Beach. The title sponsor for the series was

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Products, whom also owned, sanctioned, and operated the series. It effectively replaced the CORR series starting in 2009.

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

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and WSORR had sanctioned

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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

and its head Forrest Lucas.

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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

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and

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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

. 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.

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didn't renew their sponsorship of the series or for two top Pro 4 teams of

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and R.J. Anderson.

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decided to participate only in the Midwestern series. On Thursday November 12, 2020 Lucas Oil announced it would effectively fold the series due to the ongoing

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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

Brian Deegan TORC Pro Light World Champion Reaction

Stadium Super Trucks Sheldon Creed waiting for second place interview

Pro 4

* 2019

* 2018 RJ Anderson * 2017

* 2016

* 2015

* 2014

* 2013

* 2012

* 2011

* 2010

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* 2009

Pro 2

* 2020 Jerett Brooks * 2019 Jerett Brooks * 2018

* 2017

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* 2016

* 2015

* 2014 Brian Deegan * 2013

* 2012 Brian Deegan * 2011 Brian Deegan * 2010

* 2009

Pro Lite Unlimited

* 2020 Brock Heger * 2019 Ryan Beat * 2018 Ryan Beat * 2017 Jerett Brooks * 2016 Jerett Brooks * 2015 RJ Anderson * 2014

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* 2013 Brian Deegan * 2012

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* 2011 Brian Deegan * 2010

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* 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 -

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* 2018 Brody Eggleston -

* 2017 Trey D. Gibbs -

* 2016

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* 2015 Christopher Polvoorde * 2014 Brock Heger * 2013 Myles Cheek * 2012 Myles Cheek * 2011 Mitchell dejong * 1st 2011 round 6

2010 Mitchell dejong * 2009

Junior 2 Karts

* 2020 Brodie Martin * 2019 Broedy Graham * 2018 Connor Barry -

* 2017 Megan Mitchell * 2015 Cole Keatts * 2014 Dylan Plemons * 2013

* 2012 Dylan Winbury * 2011 Myles Cheek * 2010

* 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

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

* 2011 Chad George * 2010

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* 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: *

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(2010–2020) *

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(2010–2020) *

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(2009, 2012–2016) *

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(2010–2015) *

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(2010–2018) *

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(2009) * Speedworld Off Road Park -

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(2009–2012) * Wild West Motorsports Park -

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(2012–2019) *

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at Estero Beach -

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(2015-2019) *

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(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

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and 32 confirmed HD episodes on both

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and MavTV.

References

External links

Official website
{{Lucas Oil Off-road racing series Recurring events established in 2009 Off Road Racing Series Defunct auto racing series Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2020