Kicking off the 2010 season, rounds 1& 2 of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series will be held on a brand new, mile long, purpose built track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway featuring the highest banked turn on the Lucas Oil Off Road circuit. With its ten turns and giant table top, this technical track brings the high flying door to door exhilaration of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series to Las Vegas for the first time ever.

With back-to-back races to kick off the 2010 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season, race teams have a chance to redeem themselves if they turned in a less-than-desired performance at the season-opening Winternationals at Pomona last weekend. Such is the case with Funny Car veteran Paul Lee and the Jim Dunn Racing team as they prepare for this weekend’s 26th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals at Firebird International Raceway just south of Phoenix. Despite missing the 16-car field at Pomona, Lee, a first-year driver of the CANIDAE Pet Foods/Lucas Oil/WileyX Chevy, is confident the team can shake off the cobwebs and turn in a solid performance at Firebird.

His semifinal run in the Pro Stock class of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series behind the wheel of his brand new Lucas Oil Ford Mustang has fans of the blue oval, employees at Lucas Oil, and the folks at Ford Motor Company absolutely buzzing with excitement. "Jamie Allison (director of Ford North America) is so excited he's coming to Phoenix," Morgan said. "It was about the best start I could have had. Just very, very good for everyone involved, from Lucas Oil to Ford to my guys at the track and back at the shop.

When the gate dropped for the main event, it was Wil who crossed the chalk line ahead of the field to capture his first Spike Holeshot Award of the year. He held the lead for a couple of laps while dueling with the likes of Weimer, Tickle and eventually winner Trey Canard. Fifteen laps later, Wil crossed the line in third place collecting his third podium finish of the season.

In Sunday’s opening round of eliminations, driver Brandon Bernstein faced off against Thomas Nataas, a second generation drag racer from Norway. The Copart/Lucas Oil dragster made a straight, trouble-free run right down the groove and Bernstein won the round with a 3.887/312.64.

Top Fuel driver Morgan Lucas completed a 3.823-second pass at a career-best 316.90 mph Friday to move from out of the field to the No. 3 position at the 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals. Lucas' impressive run in his GEICO Powersports/Lucas Oil dragster was the second quickest of the day.

Even though Keller took the LCQ win, the quickest moving crawler on the track was the Lucas Oil powered rig piloted by Les Figueroa. Making short work of the most technical section of the track, Les easily maneuvered to and thru the "Back Door" with the best time.

The driver of the GEICO Powersports/Lucas Oil dragster, who begins his sixth full season as a professional this Thursday-Sunday at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, remains in awe of the drivers that came before him, many of whom will be on hand for the Winternationals. As is his practice, he'll make a point of seeking out as many quarter-mile pioneers as possible to speak with them in person.

Morgan is reporting to this week's 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona with a brand new Ford Mustang body and a handful of unknowns. But with three decades of racing experience, he's not too concerned. The new car recently spent some time in Lockheed Martin's wind tunnel in Marietta, Ga., but because of stormy weather during much of the last month, it's seen very little track time.

“We are very excited to see Brandon Bernstein in the Copart dragster this year!” said Copart President Jay Adair. “The Bernsteins are known champions, and at Copart we know winning is awesome, so together I’m confident we will be able to make a strong run at the NHRA Top Fuel championship this year.”