As the final group of trucks pulled out of the pits for the Lucas Oil Off Road Truck Championship at Glen Helen Raceway, a sold-out crowd were on their feet for the start of the very popular Pro 2 Unlimited class. Round 10 saw the MasterCraft/Rockstar Ford of Robbie Pierce starting on the front row alongside the E3 Spark Plugs Racing truck of multi-time champion Kevin Probst. This was the best starting position of the season for the #9 Chevrolet of Probst who has been plagued with gremlins and mechanical woes throughout 2010.
E3 Spark Plug's Kevin Probst put his #9 Chevrolet truck on the front row for Round 10 of the Lucas Oil Off Road championship series event at Glen Helen Raceway outside San Bernardino, CA. Photo courtesy of Lucas Oil Racing http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucasoil.
Robbie Pierce would grab an early lead but lots of lap-one action and a very rough track would leave the MasterCraft/Rockstar Ford on its roof in the track’s rhythm section bringing out a red flag. Emergency workers attended to Pierce who was visibly shaken after his spectacular flip and was taken to a local hospital for precaution. The Canidae Chevrolet of Jeff Geiser grabbed the lead on the restart but points leader Rob MacCachren wasted no time in working past Geiser. When the mandatory competition yellow flew, it was MacCachren, Ricky Johnson, Bryce Menzies, Carl Renezeder, and Geiser in first through fifth.
The #7 Bully Dog Ford truck of Menzies got by Johnson on the restart when the former AMA motocross champion pulled his Traxxas/Red Bull Ford off track with a mechanical failure. Johnson’s retirement would be the sign of things to come as trucks were crashing and breaking all the way around the rough San Bernardino track. In fact, Menzies would pull off just before the white flag leaving only six trucks to finish the full 20-lap race distance. Renezeder took second behind MacCrachren, with Greg Adler in third and Rogero Ampudia in fourth.
The E3 Spark Plugs racing team has a few weeks off to regroup before heading to the Speed World Off Road Park in Surprise, Arizona, for Rounds 11 and 12 of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing series on September 25-26. There are only five championship rounds remaining before drivers compete for the 2010 Lucas Oil Off Road Challenge Cup scheduled for December 12 at Firebird Raceway in Phoenix, AZ. If you are looking for championship performance from your truck, insist on E3 Truck Spark Plugs. Our patented DiamondFire technology delivers the Energy, Efficiency and Ecology both on and off road.
2010 LUCAS OIL OFF ROAD TRUCK CHAMPIONSHIP
Pro 2 Unlimited – Round 10 Glen Helen Raceway
1) #21 ROB MACCACHREN
2) #7 BRYCE MENZIES
3) #36 RODRIGO AMPUDIA
4) #17 CARL RENEZEDER
5) #48 RICKY JOHNSON
6) #54 ROB NAUGHTON
7) #8 TODD LEDUC
8) #31 MICHAEL JOHNSON
9) #10 GREG ADLER
10) #3 JEFF WARD
11) #99 ROBBY WOODS
12) #9 KEVIN PROBST
13) #44 JEFF GEISER
14) #91 NICK TYREE
15) #30 ROBBIE PIERCE
16) #46 CAREY HART
17) #11 DALE DONDEL
18) #50 CHUCK DEMPSEY
19) #15 JEREMY MCGRATH
20) #27 SCOTT MARTENSON
21) #13 JOHN HARRAH
22) #95 JEFF SEIFERT
23) #5 EVAN EVANS
24) #4 JEFF KINCAID
25) #77 DAN VANDENHEUVEL
