World Series of Off-Road Racing

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2007 Pro 4x4 champion Johnny Greaves

The Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR) was an American off-road racing series. The series began in 2007 and it ended after the 2008 season.

Lucas Oil

Lucas Oil Products, Inc. is an American manufacturer and distributor of automotive oil, additives, and lubricants. It was founded by trucker Forrest Lucas and his wife Charlotte in 1989. The company is a medium size manufacturer of lubricants, including engine oils, greases, gear lubes, as well as problem-solving additives and car-care products. It produces and markets approximately 270 formulations in 40 countries. In the U.S., Lucas Oil is sold in more than 30,000 auto parts stores, displaying the most variety of shelf products of any oil company and at truck stops nationwide. Lucas Oil has two major plants in the United States. The original plant is located in Corona, California, which also houses Lucas Oil Corporate Headquarters, Lucas Oil Production Studios, Team Lucas, LucasOilRacingTV and the Lucas owned motorsports network, MAVTV. In 2003 it opened a new production plant in Corydon, Indiana and expanded with an additional, multimillion dollar, 350,000-square-foot facility in 2014.

Off-road racing format of racing

Off-road racing is a form of motorsports consisting of specially-modified vehicles racing in off-road environments.

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Classes

WSORR sanctioned classes from Trophy Trucks down to grassroots racers. [1] Feature classes included high performance, high power Trophy race trucks in 4x4, 2WD and compact pickup truck configurations. [1]

Compact car cars that are larger than a subcompact car but smaller than a mid-size car

Compact car is a vehicle size class— predominantly used in North America— that sits between subcompact cars and mid-size cars. The present-day definition is equivalent to the European C-segment or the British term "small family car". However, prior to the downsizing of the United States car industry in the 1970s and 1980s, larger vehicles with wheelbases up to 110 in (2.79 m) were considered "compact cars" in the United States.

Pickup truck light-duty truck with an enclosed cab and an open cargo area

A pickup truck is a light-duty truck having an enclosed cab and an open cargo area with low sides and tailgate. Once a work tool with few creature comforts, in the 1950s, consumers began purchasing pickups for lifestyle reasons, and by the 1990s, less than 15% of owners reported use in work as the pickup truck's primary purpose. Today in North America, the pickup is mostly used like a passenger car and accounts for about 18% of total vehicles sold in the United States.

Tracks

Crandon International Off-Road Raceway

The Crandon International Off-Road Raceway is a short course off road racing racetrack, located near Crandon, Wisconsin, United States on U.S. Route 8. The course hosts the World Championship Off-Road Races and the TORC: The Off Road Championship.

Champions

PRO 4x4

PRO 2WD

2007 Pro 2WD champion Scott Taylor, pictured in 2012 Scott Taylor 2012 Crandon Pro 2.jpg
2007 Pro 2WD champion Scott Taylor, pictured in 2012
Scott Taylor (racing driver) American racing driver

Scott Taylor is a retired American professional off-road racing driver from Belvidere, Illinois. His off-road racing career began in 1974 with buggies and his career peaked in the premiere two-wheel-drive truck class called Pro2. He retired from driving after the completion of the 2013 Traxxas TORC Series (TORC) Heavy Metal race at Crandon.

PRO Light

SRT Super Truck

PRO Super Buggy

SRT Stock Truck

SRT 1600 Buggy

SRT 1600 Light

SRT Formula 4x4

Grassroots Classix

Grassroots Enduro

Television

WSORR events were shown tape delayed on American television on Speed Channel and on Motors TV in Europe. [6] VERSUS broadcast some of the events. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "WSORR Oshkosh Races Garner More National TV". Motorsports Journal. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "2008 Official Schedule". WSORR official website. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "2007 Official Schedule". WSORR official website. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "2008 WSORR Year-End Award Winners". Who Won.com. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Hord, Greaves and Taylor Grab WSORR Championships at Lucas Oil Speedway". Speed Net Direct. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  6. ↑ "WSORR: WSORR names TV production team". Motorsport.com. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
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