Starting deep in the pack for the final Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series race of the 2010 season and trading paint with drivers who were waging all they had to earn the SuperLite Championship Series crown, but Kyle LeDuc managed to muscle his SoCal SuperTrucks / Rockwell Time truck through the mayhem, foisting his way toward the front. And shortly after the competition yellow unleashed the army of MazdaSpeed Rotary Renesis 13B machines, LeDuc launched into the lead and landed atop the podium.

That's the man behind the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. What's Tony Vanillo up to? Well, we were wondering the very same thing. And we were shocked, honored and sincerely grateful to hear the latest addition to the LOORRS hardware stockpile and the thoughtfulness behind it. Tony commissioned a highly sophisticated podium to be built. Equipped with a wheel chair friendly ramp and hydraulic lifts for each of the three positions, LOORRS custom-built this one-of-a-kind podium with SoCal SuperTrucks SuperLite driver Ricky James in mind, who is no stranger to victory.

SuperLite Championship drivers Ricky James and Chad George are taking their high stakes SuperLite Championship game to this evening's SoCal SuperTrucks 1st Annual Open House in San Bernardino, California. The event, which will serve as the pre-party for this weekend's Lucas Oil Off Road Race Series (LOORRS) short course off-road race at Glen Helen Motorsports Park, will feature a multitude of giveaways and special guests, including a live broadcast of the Totally Off Road Radio Show (TORR Show), featuring the latest addition to the SuperLite Championship Arrive & Drive program and special cohost, Jeff Ox Karola.

Perseverance. And you couldn't get away with saying Ricky James is all heart. Because amid a myriad of accolades, he boasts enormous talent in whatever he takes on. He's a natural. He's Ricky James. Back in 2005, while riding for the notorious Honda of Houston, James was 17 and at the top of his game, quickly becoming the next amateur motocross champion. But during the MX national at Lake Whitney, Texas, James suffered a crash that broke his back and left him paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. That didn't stop him. His career continues, heavily engaged in motorsports as well as endurance sports, mixing up NASCAR with his career strategy in the SuperLite Championship.

Ricky James jumped into the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) Round 5 and Round 6 weekend by earning the top slot in Friday's practice at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Charging hard to rival the competition by over two seconds in qualifying time, James piloted his SoCal Super Trucks machine to fast lap in lap three, touting an average speed of 51.064 miles per hour and a time of 1 minute, 17 seconds upon the 1.1 mile off-road race course.

The stage was set this weekend for Ricky Jamesto make his off-season claims a reality by piloting his SoCal SuperTrucks SuperLite towards a winning sweep, but that was not to be at Rounds 1 and 2 of the Lucas Oil Off Road Race Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Rob Naughton powered his truck to a SuperLite Championship victory during the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Round 13 race at the 1-mile Lake Elsinore Motorsports Complex in Lake Elsinore, California on December 12, 2009. Naughton earned the race's fast lap during lap 10 with an elapsed time of 1 minute and 8.479 seconds and speed of 52.571 miles per hour. Behind the wheel of his Monster Energy / Kawasaki SuperLite truck, Chad George charged into second place. Dawson Kirchner piloted his Speed Technologies truck to a third.

Ricky James piloted his SoCal SuperTrucks machine to a SuperLite Championship victory during the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Round 12 race at the .99-mile Primm Valley Motorsports Complex in Primm, Nevada on November 15, 2009. Having won five races of his six-race SuperLite career, James tallied another second-consecutive race fast lap, doing the deed in lap seven with an elapsed time of 1 minute and 4.970 seconds with a speed of 54.856. Chad Leising charged ahead to a second place finish, followed by Dawson Kirchner in his Speed Technologies truck for third.

Ricky James powered his SoCal SuperTrucks machine to a SuperLite Championship victory during the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Round 9 race at the .99-mile Primm Valley Motorsports Complex in Primm, Nevada on November 14, 2009. Winning a total of four races in his five-race SuperLite career, James racked up the fast lap of the race, the third of his SuperLite career, with an elapsed time of 1 minute and 3.912 seconds and speed of 55.764 miles per hour in the lap eight performance. John Harrah drove his Speed Technologies truck to second, while teammate Dawson Kirchner earned third on his day in the dirt.

Chad Leising racked up a SuperLite Championship victory during the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Round 9 race at the .99-mile Speedworld Off Road Park in Surprise, Arizona on October 18, 2009. With his win, Leising ended the two-race win streak of Ricky James, who finished second, piloting the SoCal SuperTrucks machine. Dawson Kirchner drove his Speed Technologies truck to a third, while teammate Chuck Dempsey earned the fast lap of the race with an elapsed time of 54.485 seconds and speed of 65.412 miles per hour, finishing fourth for his race day in the dirt.

Ricky James, on a three-race win streak in as many race as he's entered in his SuperLite career, raced the SoCal SuperTrucks machine to a SuperLite Championship victory during the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Round 9 race at the .99-mile Speedworld Off Road Park in Surprise, Arizona on October 17, 2009. Once again, James earned the fast lap of the race for the second time in a row with an elapsed time of 1 minute, 00.776 seconds and speed of 58.642 miles per hour. James dominated the race, delivering the win with over an 11-second gap over the competition. Dawson Kirchner captured second in his Speed Technologies race truck. Speed Technologies teammate and Baja 1000 champion, Chuck Dempsey, landed onto the third slot for his podium performance.

Ricky James once again raced the SoCal SuperTrucks machine to a SuperLite Championship victory during the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Round 8 race at the 1-mile Lake Elsinore Motorsports Complex in Lake Elsinore, California on July 25, 2009. James drove to his second consecutive win in as many SuperLite career races, earning the fast lap of the race with an elapsed time of 1 minute, 14.128 seconds and speed of 48.565 miles per hour. John Harrah piloted his Speed Technologies truck to second. Chad Leising charged into third place to make to earn his place upon the podium.

Ricky James raced the SoCal SuperTrucks machine to a SuperLite Championship victory during the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series Round 7 race at the 1-mile Lake Elsinore Motorsports Complex in Lake Elsinore, California on July 25, 2009. Dawson Kirchner delivered his Speed Technologies truck to second. Andrew Comrie-Picard (ACP), the famed Formula DRIFT drifting champion, North American Rally champion and ESPN television host, took a third after his performance in the dirt. Chad Leising laid down the fast lap during his lap 7 performance with a speed of 51.543 miles per hour and elapsed time of 1 minute and 9.845 seconds on the Southern California race track.