Checking out a Pro-Lite short course 

race truck at SEMA 2017

 

On display at the Airaid booth at 2017 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show in Las Vegas was the #12 Toyota Tacoma Pro-Lite race truck driven by 17-year old Brock Heger in the Lucas Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) presented by Geico.

 

 

 

A LOORRS Pro-lite truck is a 2-wheel drive mid-size race truck with a fiberglass composite body over a 1-3/4 inch 4130 chromoly steel 122-inch wheelbase chassis. The nearly mid-mounted V-8 engine pumps out an estimated 300 horsepower, and coupled with the12-inch front wheel and 14-inch rear travel limits allows the truck to accelerate over the jumps during the short course races. Due to the high level of contact during a race, the six-piece truck bodies are considered sacrificial as a new complete body kit costs less than $2000.

 

 

Brock a 17-year old racer from El Centro California drove for Jeremy McGrath’s JM2 racing team during the 12-race 2017 LOORRS season and won six races with two second place and two third place finishes. Unfortunately Brock suffered mechanical failures and failed to finish in the other two races, and wound up finishing second in the 2017 LOORS Pro-Lite championship behind Jarrett Brooks. Competing in a second division, Heger and his Yamaha YXZ won the inaugural LOORRS Production 1000 CC UTV (Utility Vehicle) class championship and was voted the LOORRS 2017 Driver of the Year.

 

Yes, that's an Airaid intake filter

 

Heger’s major sponsor on the #12 Pro-Lite truck is ICON Vehicle Dynamics an off-road performance suspension manufacturer with associate sponsorship from Airaid the manufacturer of performance air intakes and filters.  

 

 

You can view the 2018 LOORRS schedule at http://www.lucasoiloffroad.com/events/2018-series-schedule

 

All photos by the author