With the 2011 Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Series season coming to a victorious end for the Metal Mulisha, there was just one race left on Sunday, the Lucas Oil Challenge Cup. Points aren’t on offer, but cash and bragging rights are and with this once-a-year Brian Deegan, Justin Bean Smith & Ryan Hagy where up for the last challenge and to make it up on the podium. The final race of the year would be the Pro 2 Unlimited vs. Pro 4 Unlimited cup race. The Pro 4’s and Pro 2’s will tangle up for $30,000 to the winner. $20,000 is on the line for the winner of the Pro Buggy vs. Pro Lite race. As the race kicked off Deegan sat behind Fortin but not for long! He fought his way threw the pack and on the final lap, Renezeder was moved to the back of the lead lap by officials for rough driving, which meant Deegan would take second and walk with $15,000! Congratulations for another solid victory along with his Pro 2 Championship and second consecutive Championship title in the Pro-Lite Class!
In the Pro Lite VS Pro Buggy race Deegan moved up to third and fourth on lap two, while Smith finally got by Currie and up to fifth. Teammates Deegan and Smith both got by Brandt on lap nine, with Smith then going inside of Deegan in turn three to move into third on lap ten Smith took the lead kept it from there, as he poured it on all the way to the $20,000 that awaited him at the finish line. Fortunately for Smith, his car survived, and his win capped a very successful first season in the Pro Buggy Unlimited ranks. Congrats Bean!
Racing fans gathered to spectate the final round of the Lucas Oil Offroad Racing held at Firebird Raceway in Chandler, Arizona. With the season coming to an end Metal Mulisha’s ‘General’, Brian Deegan has led the path to victory earning his first ever Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series Pro 2 Championship!
Deegan has become the first rookie Pro 2 driver ever to win a first season Championship in the series.
Deegan followed up his Pro 2 Championship with a career second consecutive Championship title in the Pro-Lite Class!
Deegan was on his game every race this whole season, focused, motivated, and determined to win. Last season in 2009 Brian was awarded the LOORRS Pro Lite Unlimited Champion and Driver of the Year. With the success of his LOORRS career continuing to expand, he truly has come into the sport and dominated! Congratulations to Brian Deegan and his team for a solid and well earned Championship title!
Keeping the momentum going for the Mulisha, Driver Justin Bean Smith won the Baja 500 & 1000 this year. Today Bean took the win for the Pro Buggy victory. Finishing off 2nd in the Championship! Congrats Bean!
Ryan Hagy is looking towards the future in his Off-Road Racing career. This year has proven to be a learning curve, however, closing out the season in his General Tire ‘Ox’ Super Lite truck, Hagy has shown significant improvement and its just a matter of time until he’s contending for the top spot on the podium. Congrats for a safe and successful season Hagy, Ox would be pumped!
Hailie Deegan, at her young age has been dedicated and determined to take the challenge of competing in the series and plans on committing to a full season next year taking his seat time and experience to the podium.
Tomorrow will be a full-blown battlefield during the Challenge Cup races. Pro 4 vs. Pro 2 and Pro Buggy vs. Pro Lite all going head to head for the big money! The Pro 4’s and Pro 2’s will go tangle up for $30,000 to the winner. $20,000 is on the line for the winner of the Pro Buggy vs. Pro Lite race. Lets hope Hagy can get his Ox Pro Lite up front and take the victory and the prize money!
Congratulations again to Brian Deegan and the rest of the Metal Mulisha LOORRS team! Our good friend and killer photographer Ryan Divel sent over a LOORRS photo gallery, so check it out! We will have a insane video update shortly. Check back with us, or follow us on our twitter or facebook for more updates! In the meantime visit our store and get fitted with Deegan’s signature Metal Mulisha Race tee and Race hat!
Metal Mulisha is heading out to Las Vegas for round 13 & 14 in the Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Series. With only two more race weekends left the “General” Brian Deegan is leading points in the Pro 2 class! This is Deegan first year of racing Pro 2 and he is determined to take home his first Pro 2 Championship setting a new record in the sport.
Deegan will also be racing in his LOORRS Pro Lite truck along side Metal Mulisha drivers Cameron Steele and Justin Bean Smith! In the SuperLite class we will have Ryan Hagy and Jimmy Fitzpatrick battling it out on the Las Vegas track for a shot at the podium.
Hailie “Dirt Princess” Deegan will be also racing in her Metal Mulisha Junior 2 Kart working her way for another podium finish! You can watch the race live right here on our website with SurfRat and the Live On Dirt Team this Saturday and Sunday. Don’t miss out and join in on a weekend of Metal Mulisha Domination!
Weekend Race Schedule:
Fri. Nov 4, 2011 at 12:00pm Lucas Oil Off Road – Qualifying Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, NV
Sat. Nov 5, 2011 at 12:00pm Lucas Oil Off Road – Round 13 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, NV
Sat. Nov 5, 2011 at 12:00pm Saturday – Family 4 Pack Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, NV
Sun. Nov 6, 2011 at 12:00pm Lucas Oil Off Road – Round 14 Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, NV
From The Strip:
Follow I-15 North to Exit 54 (Speedway Blvd.). Speedway is about 12 miles north of downtown Las Vegas. Alternate route is Las Vegas Boulevard North.
From Utah and areas North:
Follow I-15 South to Exit 54 (Speedway Blvd.)
RV Information: 20 foot R.V. spaces with a front row view of the race track are available at $200 each. Please contact Crystal Liby at crystal@lucasoiloffroad.com for more information and to make reservations.
We recently pack up our bags and flew the distance of 7,717 miles to Jackson Strong’s FMX compound in the small town of Lockhart, Australia.
Jacko’s property rest between the farm lands of Lockhart which sits on 20,000 acres of land filled with Kangaroos, Sheep, and ramps. Jacko had the course prepped and ready to go for the last section of Black Friday with Wes Agee, Jimmy Fitzpatrick, Todd Potter, Rob Adelberg & Truman Carroll. Check out some of the photos of our trip so far.
The Metal Mulisha geared up for Round 11 and 12 at the Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Series in Surprise, Arizona. Deegan took charge Saturday and Sunday racing in both Pro Lite and Pro 2. He held a steady position in the front of the pack finishing 1st place in Pro Lite both days! Brian also jumped straight to the front in the Pro 2 Unlimited race taking home a first place finish on Saturday. After an intense race on Sunday which including a flat tire, Deegan managed to finish off his weekend with a 3rd place podium finish in the Pro 2 class.
Justin Bean Smith finished 1st in the Pro Buggy Unlimited race on Saturday and picked up his third win of the season! Sundays race turned on Bean while he was caught up in the pack. Another Buggy smashed into Bean, which bent his carburetor over his roll cage and blew his motor, taking him out of the race.
Ryan Hagy and for the first time in a truck, Jimmy Fitzpatrick went head to head against competitors this weekend in the Super Lite class. Hagy in his Ox, Team GT/ Super Lite truck started off the race moving into fifth place on Saturday. Fitzpatrick was pushing his way threw the pack and gaining lots of speed as his throttle got jammed, taking him out of the race completely. Hagy finished up in 6th place!
Sunday both Hagy and Fitz held great positions on the track battling with each other for a few laps in the 5th and 6th positions until Fitzpatrick got held-up in turn five with a overturned truck. Hagy finished in 5th with Fitzpatrick finishing in 9th. Congrats to the Metal Mulisha team and make sure to check back with us for our video update coming soon!
Ryan Hagy has been racing the Jeff “Ox” Kargola SuperLite Truck taking on the challenge for the rest of this years Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Series. Check out this video from our good friends over at General Tire as Hagy talks about what it is like racing Ox’s truck.
The Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Series came to Glen Helen Raceway as the Metal Mulisha geared up and hit the track for thousands of fans at this live nighttime event. Hailie “Dirt Princess” Deegan kicked off the race schedule for the Metal Mulisha in her Junior 2 Kart. Saturday’s race Hailie started in the front of the pack taking the inside line, moving her way up front. She set a strong pace and jumped a good lead on the middle pack and finished third!
Sunday the “Dirt Princess” was more than ready to put Mulisha on the podium. As soon as the flag waved green, she held her position waiting for the perfect moment to move into second. Hailie was now closing in on the leader trying to take the first place position, having a full on battle in the dirt.
The “Dirt Princess” finished off her Sunday race with a solid second place finish to the podium. Congrats to Hailie and her great work, laying down another trophy for the Mulisha.
Justin “Bean” Smith hit the dirt in his Unlimited Buggy on Saturday night ready to smoke all the competitors on the track. Bean was running a solid race shooting from the third position, making his way up front.
The top four drivers were now running nose to tail in their buggy’s all fighting for the lead into turn three and four. Right as the white flagged was waived with only one more lap, Whelchel, Bean, and Fortin piled up in turn four! Bean lost several spots before even getting untangled out of the carnage. Sunday’s race was on! Bean was pissed off, ready to battle and not let anyone in his way.
Right into the start of the race, Bean was flying by drivers gunning for the lead, and skipping over the rhythm section out on the track. Whelchel was in the lead and lost a right rear wheel on the second lap, giving Bean a huge lead and leaving everyone else behind him the whole race all the way to the finish line for a first place finish! Congrats Bean! Way to lay it down for the Mulisha!
Brian Deegan & Cameron Steele took it to the track, both gunning for a shot at the podium Saturday night in the Pro Lite class. The lead started with Sisler, Brian Deegan, Ryan Beat and Cameron Steele. Beat’s truck had some mechanical issues dropping him out of the top five, and moving Steele to third as Deegan was fighting for the first place position. It didn’t take Deegan long to find the perfect line pushing a huge lead into first. Steele was also on the move, picking off Sisler and moved into second position.
At this point the race was sick, both Mulisha drivers gunning down the track at Glen Helen with the fans going nuts. Steele was going in on a corner and Ampudia made contact pushing, Steele several spots behind. Cameron caught up quick back into forth with Ampudia drawing a black flag for his part in the corner contact. In the end, Deegan finished first place and Cameron finished off in forth. Sunday’s race both Deegan and Steele where ready to earn a shot at the podium. Cameron Steele had the led, with Deegan trailing behind.
Deegan had some mechanical issues after the restart, leaving the running order of Steele to finish off Sundays race in first place! This is something that was so meaningful to Cameron after losing his close friend and Mulisha family member Jeff “Ox” Kargola. Congratulations, Cameron we are all so pumped for you!
Ryan Hagy stepped it up in the Super Lite’s over this weekend with only his second race weekend under his belt. Hagy in the #0X General Tire / Metal Mulisha truck was ready to take it to the dirt and make his move to the podium. Saturday held a 17-truck pack moving across the finish line to the start the race while Hagy held a nice position outside of the middle pack. With the carnage and battle of the Super Lite trucks Hagy pushed his way past the middle pack and held a nice position up front.
The running order was Dawson Kirchner, Kimbrell, George, Clark, and Ryan Hagy. On the restart lap, Duncombe then rolled in turn two, just ahead of the competition yellow, where the running order was Dawson Kirchner, Clark, Person, Dietrich and Hagy in the top five. These guys all held position on the restart, but a couple of laps later, Hagy was up to fourth after getting by Dietrich. On the last lap, George moved past both Dietrich and Hagy to grab fourth spot pushing Hagy into six place.
Sunday Hagy was at it again running a solid race keeping right in front of the middle pack moving his way up into the front. Hagy keep his speed fighting for the inside corner and rolled his truck pushing him back into the middle of the pack. With only two race weekends under his belt, Ryan has nothing but more that fire power to get back behind the wheel at the next race and put Mulisha on top of the podium for the Super Lite class.
The final race of the night was the Pro 2 Unlimited trucks. Saturdays race Deegan started in the six position and gunned it past the whole pack taking a clean pass into first place. Three laps later, is was Deegan starting to pull away with a nice lead while Woods being the only driver who could hang with the Generals pace.
Deegan seemed to have control of the race, but as the field approached the halfway point, Woods suddenly drove and dove deep into turn five shoving Deegan on the inside, and stealing the lead. Deegan finished the race with a third place podium finish. Sunday Deegan was hard charging for the lead! The order was Ampudia, Deegan, MacCachren, Woods, and Renezeder in the top five. On the restart lap, MacCachren got by Deegan for second going into and out of turn three.
On the restart lap, Deegan, who’d looked like he had a steering issue while rolling around under yellow, now grabbed the lead after muscling by Ampudia through turns three and four. On the final lap Deegan was flying, and held his position with no room for error. The General throttled pass the finish line and got the big win, his first in the Pro 2 class! Congrats Deegan, you put up one hell of a fight and definitely earned your solid first place podium finish!
Metal Mulisha is storming out to Vegas this October 15th & 16th to be apart of the world’s biggest rock ‘n’ roll party weekend, live from the Las Vegas strip. The 48 Hours Festival powered by Rockstar Energy Drink is the premier two day, mind blowing music festival that will straight up kick your ass!
The Rockstar Metal Mulisha FMX team which includes Derek Garland, Nixey Danielson & Wes Agee, will be hitting ramp to ramp with live performance sets by Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, Three Days Grace, Seether, Bullet For My Valentine, Hollywood Undead, Sick Puppies, Escape The Fate, Sevendust, Hatebreed, Adelitas Way, Rev Theory, 10 Years, Black Tide, Art of Dying, Eyes, Set to Kill, Butcher Babies, Valora, Hell or Highwater, and Orange Blossom Special. Don’t miss out on this event Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16 on the Luxor Festival Grounds!
VIP packages start at $99 this Saturday August 6. For more info visit www.48HoursFestival.com
