5-25-2010 Probst Team - Battles early in Round 5, 6th in Round 6
The #9 E3 Spark Plugs / Lucas Oil / Goodyear Unlimited Pro 2
team arrived in Vegas Wednesday to ready for the weekend
events in Vegas for the 5th and 6th rounds of racing in the
Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series presented by Geico
Powersports. The weather was cool all weekend with spotty rain
and unusually high winds. Overall, t-shirt and shorts weather
for the Illinois based team. Practice and qualify Friday, Race
round 5 Saturday, Round 6 Qualify/Race Sunday.
With the #9 Pro 2 passing technical inspections and ready to
practice, Thursday was just a setup and prep day for the team
members. Zep, Pops, Rick and Derry and new addition Brian all
arrived in the morning to set up the pit area and get the
truck ready to go through the tech inspections. The inspection
is usually basic, but in this round, the chassis of all pro 2
trucks were checked closely for proper sizing and
construction.
The Friday morning practice showed Kevin with the 7th quick
time. Qualify was next in the afternoon. Kevin was moving the
truck around well and during what was to be the final push to
chase a good time, the torque converter let go and the #9 lit
up like a candle. Using the on board flame out system, Kevin
quickly extiquished the fire and climbed out of the truck
unharmed. The qualify run was only good for 10th due to the
performance of the converter, but a clean start to the
weekend.
Round 5 The #9 was on the grid in the 5th row outside on the 20
truck grid. Kevin had a good start only to have a bonehead
move from another driver in turn 1 take him out from contact.
" I cleared into 8th position starting my exit from turn one
when I was t-boned by another truck. The contact blew the
steering hose off and the day ended 2 laps later! " said Kevin
after the race, "it is a shame, the E3 Spark Plugs Lucas Oil
Goodyear #9 was fast in practice and the changes we made to
get quicker never saw the light of day!"
Round 6
Kevin had an issue in qualifying in the morning practice that
was also due to the round 5 contact. No qualify lap. The #9
will take the rear spot. At the start of round 6, Kevin
decided to get through turn one without making any moves to
let the carnage start and settle out. The first 4 to 5 laps,
Kevin just adjusted the brakes and kept out of trouble until
the mid race mandatory caution. At the caution, Kevin was up
to 10th. After the green the #9 really started to move
forward. - more
5-21-2010
PROBST MOTORSPORTS TEAMS
WITH X-FACTORY RC AND BC1 GRAPHICS
Continuing
their tradition of partnering with innovative companies like
E3 Spark Plugs and Lucas Oil, Probst Motorsports is proud to
announce two new partnerships: X-Factory RC Cars and BC1
Graphics.
The newly formed partnerships will provide cross promotional
marketing exposure for all parties involved. Probst
Motorsports driver Kevin Probst will have an X-Factory SCX-60
mid-motor short course truck, with an exact replica body of
the #9 E3 Spark Plugs Pro-2 Unlimited, at all races for
display as well as use during the Pro Driver RC races. -
more
5-20-2010 PROBST MOTORSPORTS HEADS TO VEGAS FOR ROUNDS 5&6 AFTER
IMPERSONATING A PINBALL IN ROUNDS 3&4!
The #9 E3 Spark Plugs Unlimited Pro 2
team of Kevin Probst heads to Las Vegas Motor
Speedway for the 5th and 6th rounds in the
Geico Powersports Lucas Oil Off Road Racing
Series this weekend. The
team is looking to re-group after the last
weekend of racing in Arizona. The
team came away from rounds 3&4 in Surprise, AZ.
with a bad taste after some bad luck had the
team struggling all weekend with issues and
contact that never let the
team get on a strong footing.
Kevin had some things to say concerning the past weekend. "When
you have a weekend like this in racing, it is very difficult to
come up with a good press release on the teams activities. We
just had a horrible weekend. The truck was fast, but not fast
enough. We made changes, some worked, some did not. In this
season, the competition has stepped up, and we have also. We
built a new truck to better compete in the challenging Lucas Oil
Off Road Racing series presented by
Geico Powersports. We had great intentions on
running each and every race with the leaders, and being, in fact
one of them! Our great sponsors, E3 Spark Plugs, and Lucas Oil,
as well as Goodyear and all the others listed below on this
release, have given me opportunity to race at this high level
and I feel that I have let them all down in some respects. -
more
PROBST NEW TRUCK
SHOWS SPEED
New Lennox, IL (March 9, 2010) -
The 2010 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing series officially started
with Rounds 1 and 2 in Las Vegas over the weekend. The track was
fantastic and the crowd was thrilled by the action on the
motocross style track. The jumps were big air and the speeds
were fast. -
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