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Sunday, June 3, 2012
44th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 Results
Congratulations go out to the YOLO Racing Team for coming in 3rd 15 minutes behind 2nd place completing the 44th Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500.

Round 4 of five-race 2012 SCORE Desert Series
Held on June 2-3—at Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

The race was 450 miles/750km  with Total Starters at 259: Total Finishers: 182 From (34 U.S. States, 15 from other countries)

CLASS 5-1600 (1600cc VW Baja Bugs)—1. Clyde Stacy, Bristol, Va./Thomas Fernandez/Ramon Fernandez, Ensenada, Mexico, 15:37:04 (28.81 mph); 2. Gustavo Avina, Ensenada, Mexico/Falsas Diaz, San Diego, 16:14:43; ….3. Erich Reisen/Ross Burden, Canada, 16:29:05

SERIES CHAMPIONS get NITRO LUBE 2011 Trophy. At this years Sports Car Club of B.C. annual dinner on November 5th trophies were handed out to the 2011 Winners. Congratulations goes to all the winners in the P1 to P4 Classes. Special Kudos goes to Steve Hocaluk and Al Harvey on their outstanding racing year as Series Champions and winners of the Annual Championship Nitro Lube Trophy. Driving their 2010 Mazda to the winners circle many times this year.
Congratulations to Coach Kyle Oberndorf who still holds the track record in his NitroLube powered Stohr set on July13,2008 @1:06:444 Lap time. Second place Lap record goes to Mark Belling – (Ralph Firman Racing) in his Van Dieman Car @1:06:845.
For more info go to: http://www.sccbc.net/

GERALD PATZER – Record Breaking Season in Sport Compact/Sportsman Class for NitroLube Team member.

Driving his 2003 Pontiac Grand Am GT, Patzer has extended his Points Cup lead every month in the Pacific Northwest racing circuit this year with some fantastic finishes.

Gerald placed 1st six times in taking on the 2010 Pacific Raceways Champion Casey Reed in the National Open Event and winning by 9 thousands of a second.
In the second round was paired up against last years national open champion and former division and world champion Don ’the worm’ Elgin, and won that round by 2 thousandths of a second.
In the third round was paired up against the current points leader at Bremerton, Washington and former division champion Jerry Gossett.

Gerald mention “I definitely give credit to NitroLube’s great products in keeping my car running in top shape”

NitroLube wishes Gerald, Mission Raceway top driver, success in the coming months.

Congratulation to the Champions of the 6th Annual 4 Hour Enduro, April 10th,2011 held at Pacific Raceways – Kent, Washington.

There were 19 teams from the northwest and our Canadian Team.

The Nixon Pro sports – Race Team members consisted of Glenn Nixon, Norm Olnyk, Robert Styan and Gerald Paetz. – captured their first title with some awesome driving. The Team drove their #731, a 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix on the 2.25 mile track at some record breaking speeds to take the final trophy.

Robbie Dickson is doing it for you….Do you like adventure…..Do you want excitement and pleasure and the Canadian scenery with an exhilarating ride included…Then you need to do this…..Rally in the Rockies…….Canada’s First Bull Run….from Vancouver – Jasper – Lake Louise – Calgary – Kelowna – Whistler…Register for August 2011…. http://www.canadianbullrun.com/

The 2011 Canadian Bullrun Rally is expected to run 23rd to 30th July 2011. The winner of the rally will receive ten-thousand dollars worth of prizes.

NitroLube wants to congratulate the Canadian, “Team Chinook”, in the #385 Chevy Pick/up entered in the Car Class next month in the Dakar Rally,  January 1 to 16th. 2011

Team Chinook have chosen NitroLube products as their Lubricant of choice for this grueling 13 stages, 9000 km / 16 day journey across Argentina and Chile.
This demanding race puts the drivers and their vehicles through the ultimate test.

The Canadian Team Chinook will be raising funds to support Prostate Cancer Foundation of Canada.

Team Chinook is the only Canadian Team in the Dakar Rally. There will be 156 competitors in their class and over 400 total competitors from all over the world. They are the only Chevy truck.

More information can be found at: http://teamchinook.com/

All  Classes-http://www.dakar.com/2011/DAK/presentation/us/r3_8-engages.html

The Route- http://www.dakar.com/2011/DAK/presentation/docs/parcours_carte.pdf

Our Class-http://www.dakar.com/2011/DAK/presentation/docs/DAK11-LISTE_ENGAGES_AUTOS.pdf

NitroLube would like to congratulate all the class winners and especially NitroLube Team member…Gerald Patzer, for his Championship year as #1 in the Sport Compact Division and becoming a member of the prestige “Team on a Mission 2010”

Another successful year and a special thank you to all the race teams that supported NitroLube. We look forward to the 2011 Season.

This Years 1st Place Class Winners

SUPER PRO -Jim Behnke
PRO – Dave Jung
SPORTSMAN – Phillip Marvetz
SPORT COMPACT – Gerald Patzer
BIKE/SLED – Brett Payne
HOT ROD – Henry Zacharias
JR LIGHTNING – Tyler Smith
JR THUNDER – Miriah Conway
HIGH SCHOOL – Ryan Ross

Congratulation to the YOLO Racing Team on their successful 2nd place finish in the grueling

BAJA-1000 road race.

NitroLube is proud to be associated with this fantastic team and will continue to support them in future races.

All the final results can be viewed for Class 5/1600 (1600cc VW Bugs).
http://www.score-international.com/488/news/Race_Results_From_Baja_1000.aspx

Total starters:

292 Teams participated
197 (68%) Finished race
37 States, 19 Countries

Congratulation to all the teams.

View on board race video:

BAJA1000 – Canadian Team -Good Luck to the Canadian YOLO Racing Team on their quest to finish first in the 1070miles/1700+km BAJA1000 this year.

The team left Vancouver, B.C. for Ensenada, México on November 12th with their famous VW Baja Bug in tow ready to take on the rough roads, hot weather and crazy fans.

The Baja Bug was prepped with all NitroLube Lubricants, from the Nitro Oil, to the Fuel Conditioner, to Nitro Red grease and NitroSeal in the tires which were all on board for this 1070mile trip.

Erich Reisen and Ross Burden the two principal drivers with co-drivers Grant Baylis & Randy Thompson were excited to test the Bug on the course which starts in Ensenada, México and finishes in La Paz, Mexico, (the tip of the Baja (1070miles = 1700+km) on November 18th.

The team will be driving for 20+ hours during the race. Erich stated, ”We finished 3rd last year and we are confident we will do better this year with our past experience and our great Nitrolube’d VW Baja Bug.”

The Team is raising DRIVE-A-THON money for their two charities: http://yoloracing.com/driveathon.html

Firefighters without Borders

and

Vancouver Firefighters Charitable Society

The team can be followed by GPS at:

http://irctracking.com/2010/Baja1000/North/

Click on Class 5- Car 554

also more information on the Teams Website. www.yoloracing.com

‘Go CANADA Go’