Poway, Calif. (February 26, 2014) – BILSTEIN Shock Absorbers is thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership with three-time off-road champion, Casey Currie, and his Monster Energy Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series team. Currie has experienced continued success across all motorsports he’s been involved with from a young age, including short course off-road, motocross, supermoto, desert racing and King of the Hammers.
The BILSTEIN/Currie partnership is a perfect match that will ignite great competition between various off road teams. BILSTEIN will provide Currie with custom-built and tuned triple bypass race shocks. BILSTEIN will also provide on-site race support for Currie and all competitors competing on BILSTEIN.
“BILSTEIN is thrilled to partner with one of the most exciting and competitive drivers in the short course and off-road world,” says Scott MacDonald, BILSTEIN Director of Motorsports – North America. “This partnership demonstrates the outstanding performance and engineering of our BILSTEIN products at the highest, and most rigorous, level of competitive off-road racing.”
Closely associated with high-tech suspension design, driving comfort and safety, BILSTEIN combines its rich German heritage and its expertise and technology to support racers like Currie through its new motorsports program. BILSTEIN plans to support even more racers in the future.
A seasoned professional at a young age, the off-road star’s accolades include an overall JeepSpeed class win in the MDR Series and multiple podium finishes in SCORE-International Baja racing. Casey Currie enters his third season in the Lucas Off-Road Racing Series Pro Lites on the back of two impressive fourth place overall finishes, including multiple race podiums. With BILSTEIN’s support, he looks to make the 2014 season one to remember.
“I can’t wait to grow my program with BILSTEIN over the next couple of years,” says Casey Currie. “I am excited for a change. The testing results have been unbelievable; the shocks have been performing even better than expected and the team behind the product is amazing.”
Motorsports fans can expect Currie to make his 2014 BILSTEIN-sponsored debut at the upcoming events:
March 22 – 23 Wild Horse Motorsports Park, Chandler, AZ
April 25 – 26 Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park, Lake Elsinore, CA
May 30 – 31 Wild West Motorsports Park, Sparks, NV
June 21 – 22 Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, UT
August 1 – 2 Glen Helen Raceway, Devore, CA
August 22 – 23 Wild West Motorsports Park, Sparks, NV
September 19 – 20* Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
October 24 – 25 Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park, Lake Elsinore, CA
To learn more about BILSTEIN and its products, visit www.bilsteinus.com. To stay connected for more Casey Curie news, visit http://race.caseycurrie.com/.