RACING

AMSOIL has signed a three-year agreement with the Traxxas Off-Road Championship (TORC) series to become the Presenting Sponsor and Exclusive Official Oil of the premier off-road short course racing series in North America. The newly formed series will now be referred to as the Traxxas TORC Series Presented by AMSOIL. As Presenting Sponsor and Exclusive Official Oil of TORC, AMSOIL will help push the excitement and passion of off-road racing to the forefront.

AMSOIL will also take on the title role of TORC’s PRO 2WD class starting in 2009. AMSOIL will continue its history of supporting racers, including major sponsorships this season with AMSOIL Super Team members Scott Douglas, Mike Oberg and Chad Hord, along with several teams that the company has supported in past seasons.

TORC brings together the best of Midwest short course off-road racing with exciting new West Coast venues. TORC has exclusive rights for premier events at legendary tracks such as Crandon International Off-Road Raceway and Bark River International Raceway. The season kicks off May 15, 2009. For more information on TORC, go to www.torcseries.com.

Terry Rinker #10 
Leading the competition to the first turn in the inaugural Formula One event in 1995, Terry Rinker grabbed the attention of his competitors and fans alike. Competing in every Formula One/Champ Boat event to date, Terryhas driven the BLACKHAWK/RINKER Racing #10 to a victory in:

• Washington, N.C. in 1997 
• Bay City River Roar in 1998 
• Saskatoon, Canada in 2002 
• Bay City River Roar and St. Louis, MO in 2003 
• New Roads, LA, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, and Pittsburgh, PA in 2005 
• 2006 Bay City River Roar, Grand Prix of Cincinnati, Grand Prix of Minneapolis 

Ever-consistent finishes have earned the team a finish in the top five in the series point standings each year to date, and the championship in 2003, 2005 and 2006! Terry has also scored ten national championships, and set five records for speed in other classes of powerboat racing.

The BLACKHAWK/RINKER team was formed in 1994, combining the driving efforts of Terry Rinker, with crew chief James Chambers. The Rinker Boat Company and AMSOIL sponsored team will be working toward another championship in the 2007 season, and is certain to be Makin' Waves.

Randy Rinker #41
I grew up with boating and boat racing in the Rinker family. I raced motocross for 10 years before coming back to boats in 1996. From there I started in the SST60 class. In 1999 I stepped up to the SST120/Formula 2. Consistency in my racing has given me I was the 1996 SST60 series Rookie of the year and I gained numerous overall top 3 finishes in SST60 and SST120 series racing. 2005 was highlighted by a 3rd place finish in the UIM World Championships SST120 class and a 3rd place finish at the APBA OPC National Championships in the SST120 class. My wife Lisa has been at my side during all my boat racing as my crew chief, manager and radio communications. She loves boat racing as much as I do and will always be by my side. In 2007 Terry and I plan on teaming up to make a winning ChampBoat racing team.

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Chip Yates to Race in AMA Daytona SportBike for SWIGZ.COM

ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA , February 2, 2009  -- Chip Yates (AMA #89) will contest his first AMA pro season on a pair of SWIGZ.COM GSX-R600s with backing from major sponsors SWIGZ.COM and Dainese.

Yates’ 19-month rise from WERA club racing novice to licensed AMA professional road racer is notable in that he had never raced a motorcycle of any kind prior to April, 2007 and didn’t regularly ride on the street.

Chip’s roadracing career began in 2007 when he purchased a 9-year-old GSX-R750 for $2,500 at his wife Julie’s suggestion. Known in WERA and AFM circles as “the new guy with the old school GSX-R”, Yates finished 4^th in the 2007 WERA West A-Superstock novice championship before the racebike was stolen along with his tow vehicle, trailer and tools following the 2007 WERA Las Vegas round.

For his 2008 expert season, Yates hired crew chief Jimmy Summers and the two rebuilt the team from scratch to campaign a 2007 GSX-R600 in WERA and AFM competition at tracks including Infineon Raceway, Miller Motorsports Park, California Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Buttonwillow Raceway Park. Chip notched top 5 finishes and ended the year 4^th in the 2008 WERA West A-Superbike expert championship.

Chip Yates: “Obviously we’re on a steep learning curve and competing with the best riders in America on tracks and tires that are new to us, but I feel like we’re at the right place at the right time to grow our program along with the new direction of AMA Pro Road Racing.”

Jimmy Summers: “We are looking forward to a great year under the new AMA Daytona SportBike rules. I want to thank Josh Hanrahan of Aim Sports LLC for supporting our recent California Speedway data acquisition system tests on the GSX-R600, as well as our other equipment sponsors M4 Performance Exhaust, Woodcraft and Armour Bodies.”

About SWIGZ.COM: SWIGZ^® is the world’s first dual hydration sports bottle allowing athletes to carry two drinks of their choice during workouts. More details of the SWIGZ.COM Pro Racing team are at www.chipyates.com and www.youtube.com/chipyates.

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