Superlites Fastest Driver Wins Round 5 of the Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Series

Rockstar hart and Huntington Premiere Motorsports Group driver Chad Leising, brought the team their second consecutive SuperLite victory. This is a huge victory for the season as it thins the Championship point’s margin between John Harrah and Chad Leising. Currently Harrah is ahead of Chad by a small lead.

The Rockstar Hart and Huntington PMG Team welcomed Lucas Oil as the title sponsor of Chad’s #17 SuperLite. For everyone involved with the program, it was important to put our best foot forward during the Lake Elsinore event and present Lucas Oil with positive results right on and off the track.

After an awesome first place qualifying session during Friday afternoon, Leising now held the fastest lap time of the SuperLite division going into Round 5 Racing. Starting from fourth position after the inversion, Chad would have to make moves throughout the 10 lap event to gain the lead position. On the opening lap, the young gun Joey Granatelli gets a little sideways and bangs into two other trucks as they were all going into Turn 1 three wide. Chad immediately capitalized and cruised up to 2nd position. The officials opt to restart the race because of the sloppy start. The field was restacked and the green flag waiving the SuperLites powered through the muddy track fighting for position. Chad comes out hauling in 3rd after getting around Granatelli once more. Keeping all the momentum he can muster Chad gains speed and makes a spectacular pass for 2nd over the huge backstretch table top. The action on the track was heating up and the body panels were peeling off several trucks due to the wheel to wheel brutality and contact between competitors. At some point Chad’s lost nearly all of his driver side skins.

The competition yellow was flagged to stack the SuperLites and prepare for an all out sprint to the finish. During the down time, the announcers from Totally Off Road Radio who were doing live commentating had nothing but positive comments about Chad, his consistent driving style and impressive career to date. The heat was intense but the fans seemed to be enjoying the days hot action.
With the green flag out, the spotters strongly encouraging each of their drivers, and loud whine of the Mazda Rotary spinning, The SuperLites powered through the Lake Elsinore Track which featured huge table tops, a rhythm section, 6 turns, and deep bowls making for a fast fun course. Chad chased John Harrah through the track during restart preparing to move in and steal the lead. Harrah spins his #13 SuperLite out in the last turn before the front straight away and Leising cruises into the lead. Chad immediately opens a huge gap over the second place. Harrah shows impressive resilience and closes the gap on the back stretch bringing the action side by side. Both drivers exchanged the lead back and forth bringing the filled to near capacity grandstands on their feet in anticipation. The white flag comes out with Chad in control of the race and running strong. The checkered flag drops with Chad flying through the front tabletop and earning an impressive 1st place victory.

Before the champagne celebration back in the PMG Pits, Chad was interviewed by the SPEED Production Team and then headed to the podium to thank Ryan Busnardo of Rockstar Hart and Huntington Premiere Motorsports Group and all the sponsors of the #17 Lucas Oil SuperLite including Forest Lucas, Bob Patison, and Tony Vanillo for all their hard work and dedication that has gone into the development of the Lucas Oil Off Road Series.

What makes this win even more impressive is during the start the alternator failed. This mechanical issue created a much more complicated scenario leaving Leising and a guest co-driver to fumble with the cars electronics the entire time on the course. Leising’s Crew Chief Craig Stevens determined the remaining battery power would be reserved for oil coolers, MSD box, and radio only. To preserve as much juice as possible they cut the power to the electrical fans for the radiator, cut the parker pumpers that provide fresh air, and switched off power steering down on the straight aways. It was concluded later there was likely only enough battery left for another lap.
The SuperLite FPO Spec Trucks all retain identical power plants creating an even playing field. Chad proved throughout the weekend that he is the most consistent and fastest driver in his division by flying his #17 Lucas Oil SuperLite at speeds just under 50 MPH and lap times that were consistently getting faster. Starting out with a 1:15.5 from Friday’s practice, and a qualifying lap time of 1:15.2, Chad was able to improve his time scoring a 1:12.9 during Sunday’s event. Only John Harrah placed a faster time than Chad with a 1:12.2, also during Sunday.

Chad would like to give a special thanks to Rockstar Hart and Huntington Premier Motorsports group, Lucas Oil, Stevens Motorsports and Ryan Busnardo, for all of their support with bringing in another the great win! We’d like to thank General Tire for all of their support; their company and personnel really stood up and made a positive influence in the races today.
“You’re only as good as your last race. Tomorrow is a new day we are going right back at it for the win!” -#17 Chad Leising

Chad Leising Lets Loose In A SuperLite at Lucas Oil Off Road Racing

Chad Leising, the reigning 2008 SuperLite Champion, publically announced his new programs direction for 2009 during the first round of the Lucas Oil Off Road Series. The development of the SuperLite Series is just what this division of racing needs. Combined with the LOORS venues and exposure opportunities means that it is time to step up the game. Premiere Motorsports Group spearheaded by Ryan Busnardo offered Chad just that chance after witnessing Leising pilot his So Cal SuperTrucks SuperLite during a preliminary test day at Primm Valley Motorsports Complex.

The first weekend of Lucas Oil Off Road Racing offered Chad the perfect opportunity to debut the newly wrapped SuperLite featuring the Rockstar Hart and Huntington PMG team graphics with a large SoCal Super Trucks Logo claiming the title sponsorship location. As a young independent racer, Chad funds his own program with support from a network of enterprising businesses. Basically any company that gets on board with Chad will immediately see the benefits and investment pay off.

This scenario began to pay out on Saturday’s practice and even more so during Round 1. Although a temperamental wind storm on Friday shut the track down and ended the chance of any extra seat time, Chad stepped up to the table and shook off terrible track conditions, qualifying 3rd. Chad described how his first initial run went, “It was really greasy out there. I saw many SuperLites spinning out due to the wet track. I had a good run despite a dying battery and the over watering but we’ve dealt with worse and will pull right through the mess.”

As Leising’s #17 SuperLite pulled out of the impressive Rockstar Hart and Huntington pit area and moved towards staging, PMG’s Leader Ryan shared his thoughts on the new addition to Premiere Motorsports Group.  “Chad is 21 years old and has a good head on his shoulders. I like him and truly believe we can help Chad win races.”

Round 1 of the SuperLite Series began with the typical short course action. After the Green Flag, the field of SuperLites sorted out and each driver jockeyed for position on the opening laps. Leising running cool and collected as usual, anticipated to strike and move the #17 forward to victory. Flying through the whoop section in sequence behind David Reyes, who had qualified 1st in the #77 truck, got all crossed up and ends up spinning off the track. Chad battling with Chuck Dempsey, laid down the throttle and attempted to take over the lost position. Reyes was not done fighting yet and somehow pulled back into the lane blocking Chad, allowing Dempsey to take over the lead.

Several laps later, the Competition Yellow collected the SuperLites back together. On the Restart, two entries jumped off the line early forcing the Lucas Oil Race Officials to call them back for another restart. The next time around all the SuperLites ran up to the green flag in formation. Chad raced up to the front to challenge Chuck, who was leading the field. The #77 of Reyes rolled coming out Turn 1 creating some carnage allowing the leaders to separate from the rest of the pack. Eventually Leising caught up to Dempsey who was forced to slow down to maneuver through a yellow flagged section. As soon as they passed through, Chad had Chuck’s #5 set up to pass and successfully made the exchange for 1st. The entire grandstands full of excited race fans were on their feet cheering for the last several laps as the race unfolded. Racing wheel to wheel for the remainder of the race, Chuck was able to steer for the inside line in a long sweeping corner, passing Chad just in time to cross the finish line in first.

The podium celebration was definitely full of colorful glamour and flare. Lucas Oil does it up the right way with confetti cannons and pyrotechnics. The reigning champion exclaimed “Its like a chess game out there. Every move I make is carefully processed and methodical. The endless help that the Hart and Huntington’s team provides is truly unreal and I couldn’t have asked for anything more. Our teams solo focus and goal is to bring more podium finishes to the Rockstar Hart and Huntington Team while working towards the 2009 championship.”

On Sunday, Chad laid down an impressive qualifying time of 1:05 and good enough for the 2nd fastest time. Round 2 proved to be just as exciting as Round 1, with Chad actually running away with 1st for the majority of the race. Unfortunately the #17 SuperLite suffered an electronic malfunction on the last lap placing the truck in 5th position for the day and an overall 3rd for the weekend.

Leising confirmed his short course skills and established to the SuperLite Series and Racers that he will be a force to be reckoned with throughout the rest of the season. Looking forward to Round 3 of LOORS, Chad has committed to bringing the PMG Team a consistent 2009 season full of highlights and podium finishes. Currently standing only 4 points out of the Series lead, the #17 SuperLite is prepped and ready for the next event at Speedworld Raceway Park located in Whittmann Arizona on May 2nd.

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2009 Off Road Racing Kick Off Party

Corona, CA  (March 5, 2009)

The 2009 off road, short course season kicks off in grand style on March 20th at the luxurious Ménage Hotel in Anaheim, CA. It has been a long off season and the anticipation of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series is tremendous. Just to get everyone a little more hyped up, a party to end all parties is being thrown. The pre-season kick off party, hosted by the new SuperLite Racing Championship presented by Bully Dog, will include a night full of: entertainment, food, drinks and the biggest names in off road racing rubbing elbows and doing a little bench racing before the season kicks off.

“It should be a lot of fun for sure. The first official pre-season test is just 2 days later on the 22nd in Primm. This will be the first time all the big drivers, teams and sponsors will be together since last year. I am sure they will all be talking a little smack about one another” stated Mike DeFord of Bully Dog Technologies.

A number of high profile television, print and web media companies will be attending the party and covering the festivities. They will also get an exciting first look at the new SuperLite trucks that promise to be a big hit this year. Super Lite offers drivers a number of options. Drivers can simply rent a truck through our all new Arrive and Drive program, or they can purchase a turn-key, race-ready truck at a minimal investment.
Dirt Sports magazine will be present bringing their own excitement to the party as the 2008 Dirt Sports Magazine Driver of the Year will be crowned.

The party will be open to the general public as well as members of the off road racing community.

For further information and to get your invite visit www.bullydoghideout.com