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OPTIMA® Batteries ChumpCar World Series and Fastrucks, Inc. Partner to Form ChumpTruck



Announcing the all-new ChumpTruck World Series for the upcoming
2014 North American racing season







(Morgan Hill, Calif. - March 21, 2013) - Fastrucks, Inc. (Santa Clarita, CA), a company that develops specialized big-rig trucks for hill-climb racing and motion picture work, and ChumpCar International LLC, owner of the ChumpCar World Series®, one of the fastest-growing segments in North American motorsports, announced today the formation of the ChumpTruck World Series, a road racing series for big-rig trucks. Each company is a 50% partner in the new entity. The announcement was made public at the 2013 Mid-America Trucking Show (Louisville, KY).



Modeled as a cross-section between FIA European Truck Racing and the ChumpCar World Series, ChumpTruck draws from both organizations to create a grassroots, low-cost truck racing series that will compete on some of North America's most famous race tracks - Daytona International Speedway, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Road Atlanta, Texas Motor Speedway, Portland International Raceway, Road America and others across the United States and Canada.



Co-founder and Fastrucks CEO, Mike Ryan, stated, "Trucks competing in the Euro Series are a huge fan favorite; however, each truck can cost upwards of $250,000 to develop. Cars competing in the ChumpCar World Series cost about $2,500 to develop and go endurance racing for up to 36 hours! That low-cost and the tremendous race program they have are part of what has made ChumpCar the fastest growing and hottest ticket in car racing today. It was easy to see that if we could combine the excitement of big-rig road racing with the low-cost, no-hassle approach that ChumpCar uses, we'd have a winning product."



OPTIMA Batteries, a division of Johnson Controls Inc. based in Milwaukee, is the series sponsor for the ChumpCar World Series. Fastrucks is sponsored by Freightliner Trucks, Inc., headquartered in Portland, Oregon.



"Mike and I have been working on this program for about a year," reports ChumpCar's CEO, John Condren. "We are both huge fans of the Euro Truck Series but we also felt that this needed to be opened-up and made available to anyone... not just guys who can spend $250,000. Our target race truck will be 1975-1995 trucks that have seen their last over-the-road trip but still want to show that they're not ready to retire. Mike and I feel that a truck, valued at less than $5,000, and about $5,000 - $10,000 in modifications and safety gear should provide one great ride. ChumpTruck is grassroots road racing - real racing, real tracks... and really big trucks!"



The ChumpTruck World Series plans eight events in 2014, with six (6) 50-mile sprint races per event. Races will be held on Saturday and Sunday and may involve night road racing. Rules and race schedule will be posted on the company's new website, www.chumptruck.com. The series is open to amateur, semi-pro and professional race teams in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.




Contacts

John Condren
ChumpCar International LLC
408-824-8818
john@chumptruck.com
john@chumpcar.com



Mike Ryan

Fastrucks, Inc.

661-295-7711

mike@chumptruck.com
mikeryan@fastrucks.com



About Fastrucks, Inc.


Fastrucks Inc. is heavily involved in the motion picture industry, including vehicle and stunt work on feature films such as Herbie Fully Loaded, After the Sunset, The Italian Job, Training Day, Swordfish and Terminator II. With over 500 feature films, television shows and commercials to his credit, Fastrucks' CEO Mike Ryan is probably best known for his work with semi-trucks. In 1997, Fastrucks built a Mercedes Benz-powered Freightliner Century Class S/T Super Truck and started competing in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, held annually near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The race is the second-oldest motorsports event in the United States after the Indianapolis 500. Fastrucks set their ninth Pikes Peak record in 2012. For additional information, visit www.picturevehicles.com.


About the ChumpCar World Series

ChumpCar International LLC is the owner of the ChumpTruck and ChumpCar World Series. The ChumpCar World Series is an endurance road racing series that is open to anyone and everyone... with a $500 car. A throw-back to an era when racing was fun, competitive and cheap... when Bondo beat carbon-fiber; when a crescent wrench was the most valuable tool in your box; when home-made engineering made everyone sit up and take notice; and when adding a little theme or personality to your car didn't get you laughed off of pit lane. ChumpCar endurance racing events are held at world-class tracks and facilities throughout North America and range from 7-hours to 36-hours in length. In 2013, the series will hold 66 race events. For the full ChumpCar series schedule and information on how to join in the fun, visit www.chumpcar.com
 
Hey guys with less than 2 months from the ST-EUSTACHE event, only 5 teams were reported registered.

If you plan to be there- but have been lazy in getting registered, please make your intentions known with Sal, so he knows what to expect.

Please email him here- salvatores@chumpcar.com
 
Autodrome Sainte-Eustache

St.-Eustache Quebec

May 25, 2013





Optima Batteries/ChumpCar World Series Presents Its FIRST EVENT IN QUEBEC



AND WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT



May is almost here and this event is in danger of being cancelled!



To date we only have 5 teams that have registered.



We will need at least 15 more teams to sign up and register for this event on or before May 8th or it will be cancelled.



Verbal commitments do not count toward our 20 car minimum. You must register your car, your drivers and pay the $250 deposit before May 8th!!!



This track is a tight and technical track. You will not be disappointed.



Come out for 12 hours of good times, good friends and great RACING!!!!

















Our Northern Team:

Sal Sanfilippo - Regional Director- sals@chumpcar.com
 
It aint cancelled yet- need people to just sign up as they said they would. $250 deposit is all you need.
 
So by now you may have heard that CC pulled the plug on ASE 2013... kind really sucks...

anyways looking forward- we are planning the Spokane 36-36-36 race... yeah thats right, 36 hours to drive there ( from TO)- a 36 hours world record long race- and 36 hours back home.

We are opening the team to potential drivers for this event.

It should run you $1000 all expenses in, for 4 hours of racing in Spokane washington.

The car is the very fast MOPAR 4 LIFE neon that we used to finish 2nd in Road America.

anyone seriously interested to join us, call me for details.

Oh yeah we need crew too- all expenses paid....
 
OK so new plans make Shannonville the next stop.

Who is planning on going?

AISA WRINGERS should finally be able to debut the CRX.

anyone else?
 
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