The 2010 SuperLite Championship made for an amazing race season. If you were there fist pumping in the grandstands or amid the millions who jumped headway into the chat of our live interactive web stream, then you were able to get a glimpse and even grasp at the mud-slinging excitement behind the wheel of SuperLite's Arrive & Drive off-road race program. But for those who weren't, there was a void.
Known for his professional feats of orchestrated mayhem behind the handlebars, Jeff "Ox" Kargola jumped behind the wheel of the General Tire / Lost Enterprises SuperLite Championship Arrive & Drive truck midway through the 2010 Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series season and immediately staked his claim upon the podium in the first four-wheel off-road race of his life, earning him a third during his debut at Glen Helen Raceway. The iconic Metal Mulisha freestyle motocross maven is relentless in his pursuit of victory. And during a formidable fight to finish first during the recent LOORRS Round 14 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Ox spun out just over the blind side of a jump and was struck by another truck, taking him out of the race.
It's tough to find anyone from the Road & Track Magazine staff looking to get dirty. And sure, behind the wheel of some of the fastest cars on the planet, one might say they're accustomed to flying. But in reality, it wasn't until ace journalist Jonathan Elfalan strapped into the seat of a SuperLite Championship truck, that the figure of speech truly earned its wings and dirt became the right of passage to the thrill fest of airborne adrenaline junkies.