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SKYJACKER JOINS WITH WSORR & CRANDON RACEWAY IN 2008 WEST MONROE, La. (May 25, 2008) Skyjacker Suspensions has announced sponsorship of the Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing’s (WSORR) upcoming “Tour 2008” season. The sponsorship includes the position as “Official Shock and Suspension ” of Crandon International Off-Road Racing – the “Indy 500” of off-road racing tracks – now in its 39th season. Skyjacker is a long-time sponsor of short course off-road racing and fields a trio of championship drivers. In addition, the popular Skyjacker “Shock of the Race”, a special segment on every WSORR TV episode on SPEED Channel, continues this coming season. Widely known as "The Bear of Suspensions", Skyjacker manufacturers a full line of the highest quality suspension products. Skyjacker offers a huge range of lift heights and levels of performance for most Chevrolet\GMC, Dodge, Ford, Jeep and Toyota vehicles. Skyjacker markets its products under trade names such as Rock Ready®, Softride®, Flex Series® and Hydro & Nitro Shocks. The company has achieved a level of excellence that is unmatched in motor sports winning Championships in many forms of off-road racing. “"The off-road audience is obviously a key market for us and the exposure we receive through both the outstanding SPEED TV coverage and at World Series venues like Crandon Raceway allows us to continue to prosper as a company,” said Lee McGuire, marketing director, Skyjacker Suspensions. “We have found it is the real deal at Crandon and WSORR and that is why we are active with this explosive Series,” she said. Off-road races fans nationwide are already familiar with the red and white Skyjacker PRO championship race trucks of Scott Taylor, Belvidere, Ill., (PRO 2WD and 2007 WSORR Series Champion) and Ross Hoek, Holland, Mich., (PRO 2WD). This season, Skyjacker added yet another champion racer to its stable with Carl Renezeder, (Newport Beach, Calif.) sporting Skyjacker colors. Renezeder and Taylor are multiple winners of WSORR Cup races held at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway each year such as the BorgWarner Shootout and the Forest County Potawatomi Chairman’s Cup. Taylor is also the reigning PRO 2WD “World Champion”. “Skyjacker is without question one of the major players in professional off-road racing and we are very proud to have their name associated with both the Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Road Racing and Crandon Raceway,” said Doug Davis, general manager, WSORR. “Our Series features a blend of wide open, very high speed tracks and also technical courses. Wide open, teeth-rattling tracks like Crandon Raceway let fans see the real durability and reliability of Skyjacker shock absorbers and suspensions. They meet and exceed the test at Crandon year after year,” he said. Skyjacker Suspensions has headquarters in West Monroe, La. The company's famous "Rock Ready Tour Team" display is a regular and popular fixture annually in the Crandon Raceway exhibit area. The Skyjacker website can be reached at www.skyjacker.com. The wide open, high-speed World Series of Off-Road Racing features a $100,000 race purse at every 2008 event. The Series includes several race classes ranging from high performance, high horsepower pickup trucks to entry level 1600cc buggies racing on the country's fastest off-road race tracks. Professional off-road race pickups toss, tumble and bang in the dirt reaching speeds in excess of 120 MPH. Official sponsors for WSORR include Lucas Oil Products, Forest County Potawatomi, United Trailers and Sunoco Race Fuels. General Tire serves as "Official Tire" of WSORR. In addition to Skyjacker, sponsors include E3 Spark Plugs, BorgWarner and Super Clean Degreaser. Nationwide coverage of World Series events airs on SPEED TV. For more information visit WSORR.com. |
