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BAJA1000-YOLO Race Team on Podium

nitrolube — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 01:20:22 +0000

Congratulation to the YOLO Racing Team on their successful 2nd place finish in the grueling

BAJA-1000 road race.

NitroLube is proud to be associated with this fantastic team and will continue to support them in future races.

All the final results can be viewed for Class 5/1600 (1600cc VW Bugs).
http://www.score-international.com/488/news/Race_Results_From_Baja_1000.aspx

Total starters:

292 Teams participated
197 (68%) Finished race
37 States, 19 Countries

Congratulation to all the teams.

View on board race video:

Click here to view the embedded video.

BAJA 1000-2010

nitrolube — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:43:06 +0000

BAJA1000 – Canadian Team -Good Luck to the Canadian YOLO Racing Team on their quest to finish first in the 1070miles/1700+km BAJA1000 this year.

The team left Vancouver, B.C. for Ensenada, México on November 12th with their famous VW Baja Bug in tow ready to take on the rough roads, hot weather and crazy fans.

The Baja Bug was prepped with all NitroLube Lubricants, from the Nitro Oil, to the Fuel Conditioner, to Nitro Red grease and NitroSeal in the tires which were all on board for this 1070mile trip.

Erich Reisen and Ross Burden the two principal drivers with co-drivers Grant Baylis & Randy Thompson were excited to test the Bug on the course which starts in Ensenada, México and finishes in La Paz, Mexico, (the tip of the Baja (1070miles = 1700+km) on November 18th.

The team will be driving for 20+ hours during the race. Erich stated, ”We finished 3rd last year and we are confident we will do better this year with our past experience and our great Nitrolube’d VW Baja Bug.”

The Team is raising DRIVE-A-THON money for their two charities: http://yoloracing.com/driveathon.html

Firefighters without Borders

and

Vancouver Firefighters Charitable Society

The team can be followed by GPS at:

http://irctracking.com/2010/Baja1000/North/

Click on Class 5- Car 554

also more information on the Teams Website. www.yoloracing.com

‘Go CANADA Go’

19TH Annual Great Canadian VW Car Show

nitrolube — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:27:02 +0000

NitroLube was honored to be involved and invited to participate with the Canadian BAJA1000 YOLO Racing Team as they attended the 19TH Annual Great Canadian VW Car Show, in Coquitlam, B.C. this past weekend.

Some of the best looking and extreme VW’s vehicles were on exhibit. Some amazing work by some dedicated car enthusiastic made the show very exciting with trophies going to some well deserved participants. NitroLube along with the YOLO Racing Team were bringing awareness to the Firefighters charities Drive-a-Thon and raising money for a very good cause.

To help out you can donate for the 2010 BAJA1000 here…. http://yoloracing.com/driveathon.html

YOLO Racing Team Finish BAJA1000

nitrolube — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:00:23 +0000

Congratulations go out to the Canadian “YOLO Racing Team” on their spectacular accomplishment in finishing the “BAJA1000″ this year. Only 185 teams finished out of 328 competitors. The YOLO team endured a very hot and rough course and after 1000 miles and 27hrs – 52 Minutes of hard driving they accomplished what no Canadian Team has ever done, they came in 3rd Place this year. Drivers Erich Reisen and Ross Burden and Team “stated we are very proud to represent Canada, with our Canadian flag Logo on our car which ran just fantastic. We had no issues with the motor or the overheating problem that many other racers had.

NitroLube played a big part in the endurance of our Race Car. We also used NitroLube 15w40 in all our support vehicles and had great success.”
NitroLube wants to thank the Team for their efforts in raising funds for two charities Vancouver Firefighters Charitable Society and the Firefighters Without Borders Charity in their Drive-a-thon quest this year. Donations are still accepted at www.yoloracing.com

Yolo press release Dec-09

BAJA1000 on NBC Saturday December 19th at 11:AM

YOLO Racing Team at 2009 BAJA 1000

nitrolube — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:50:00 +0000

NitroLube would like to wish the YOLO ( You Only Live Once) Racing Team all the best on their journey competing in the 2009 BAJA 1000. The most demanding, wild and exciting off road race in the world.
The Canadian Team will have NitroLube on board to help make the fantastic 1970 VW BUG rock across the desert.

GO… YOLO CANADA….GO.
To show your support and track the team progress during the race go to Yolo Racing.

BAJA1000 Press Release

YOLO in BAJA 1000

nitrolube — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:34:40 +0000

NitroLube is proud to sponsor the Canadian YOLO Racing Team on their Quest to competing in the BAJA 1000 Road Race in Baja California/Mexico next month.

NitroLube wishes the Team of Erich, Ross, Glynn, Pete and the support team, a successful 3 days, 1000 mile journey.

Nitrolube would like to thank Yolo for letting us be involved with the CANADIAN winning team.