The Sprint Cup Series and RCR Racing heads back across the USA to Auto Club Speedway
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Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history at Auto Club Speedway ... In 72 overall NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Auto Club Speedway, RCR Chevrolet teams have earned one win (Kevin Harvick - 2011)
After a shorter than usual off-season, due to January's Frozen Rush in Maine, defending Pro 4 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series champion, Carl Renezeder and his team buckled down to some intense work at the shop. The team is starting the new season with a brand new Pro-2 in the battle for the championships.
THERE WILL BE LIGHTS, ACTION AND CAMERAS GALORE WHEN WILD WEST MOTORSPORTS PARK PLAYS HOST TO THE LUCAS OIL OFF ROAD RACING SERIES
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Wild West Motorsports Park, the multi-use racing facility carved out of a hilly landfill in Sparks, Nevada, already is one of the most interesting and entertaining tracks in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series presented by GEICO.
GEICO/LUCAS OIL ROOKIE CRAMPTON DROPS FIRST-ROUND MATCH TO TEAMMATE
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The learning curve for GEICO/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster driver Richie Crampton hit a speed bump during the first round of the NHRA Gatornationals on Sunday at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville. Crampton, a rookie in Top Fuel, left a touch too soon in his matchup with Morgan Lucas Racing teammate Morgan Lucas, allowing his team owner and the man he replaced in the GEICO/Lucas Oil dragster to get the win.
The only way Lucas Oil/GEICO Top Fuel dragster driver Morgan Lucas would have enjoyed the NHRA Gatornationals Sunday at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville any more would have been if he ended up in victory lane. Lucas came up two rounds short of that, but he was all smiles after a semifinal appearance in his first race of 2014.
The NHRA Gatornationals this weekend at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville has been a case of good news, bad news for GEICO/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster driver Richie Crampton. First, the good news: The 33-year-old rookie snagged his best qualifying effort of his young career with a No. 3 spot after a pass of 3.816 seconds at 316.97 mph.
IN FIRST START OF 2014, LUCAS HAS TO RACE TEAMMATE AT GATORNATIONALS
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Lucas Oil/GEICO Top Fuel dragster driver Morgan Lucas sees the positive in having to face the man who replaced him in the first round of the NHRA Gatornationals this weekend at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville.
FORREST LUCAS ENSHRINED IN INTERNATIONAL DRAG RACING HALL OF FAME
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Lucas Oil co-founder Forrest Lucas joined a long list of drag racing greats with his induction into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame on Thursday night at the Paramount Plaza Hotel & Conference Center. Lucas was part of the 2014 class of Hall of Fame members that also included John Abbott, Al Bergler, Frank Hawley, Tom Hoover, and Warren Johnson. A banquet was held in their honor Thursday night.
LUCAS RETURNS TO NHRA COMPETITION IN LUCAS OIL/GEICO DRAGSTER
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Morgan Lucas will carry a different mind-set into this weekend's NHRA Gatornationals at Auto-Plus Raceway at Gainesville when he returns to drag racing behind the wheel of the Lucas Oil/GEICO Top Fuel dragster. The nine-time national event winner stepped away from full-time racing in 2014 to tend to his growing family and the family business, but Lucas, 30, is first and foremost a drag racing fan, and he'll race six or seven times this season to fulfill his passion.
GEICO/Lucas Oil's Crampton ready to get back to racing in Gainesville
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Richie Crampton has been a busy man since last making a pass in NHRA competition in the GEICO/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster.
After the race in Phoenix, the team had a successful test, and then Crampton headed to his home country of Australia for a week.
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Forrest Lucas to be inducted into drag racing hall of fame
Written byLucas Oil Products co-founder Forrest Lucas will be inducted into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2014 in a banquet on March 13 in Gainesville, Fla. The Lucas Oil Products International Drag Racing Hall of Fame Induction Banquet will take place at the Paramount Plaza Hotel & Suites on the Thursday before the NHRA Gatornationals at Auto-Plus Raceway in Gainesville.
2014 International Drag Racing Hall of Fame announces sponsors, inductee presenters
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Three of the largest corporate supporters of drag racing will again be supporting the 24th International Drag Racing Hall of Fame Induction Banquet, which will be held in Gainesville, Fla. at the Paramount Plaza Hotel & Suites on March 13, 2014. The banquet will again be hosted by Bob Frey as the Master of Ceremonies.
Crampton, GEICO/Lucas Oil team go for broke in first-round defeat
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GEICO/Lucas Oil Top Fuel driver Richie Crampton went down swinging in his matchup with 2012 champion Antron Brown at the Carquest Auto Parts NHRA Nationals on Sunday at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park.
Crampton and crew chief Aaron Brooks knew they'd need a quick pass to beat Brown, so they installed an aggressive setup in the Morgan Lucas Racing dragster.
GEICO/Lucas Oil racer Crampton to attend V8 Supercar race in Australia
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GEICO/Lucas Oil Top Fuel driver Richie Crampton is heading home this week. Crampton will fly to Adelaide, Australia, and will attend the V8 Supercar race in his hometown this weekend with Lucas Oil Vice President of Sales & Marketing Sam Dale.