FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 4th, 2010

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Road to Wheatland Program and Race for Gas Program Sponsored by Sunoco Again in 2010

CORONA, CA (March 4, 2010) - Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series officials are excited to announce that Sunoco Race Fuels will again sponsor the Sunoco Road to Wheatland Program and the Sunoco Race For Gas Program in 2010. The Sunoco Road to Wheatland program is for competitors that participate with the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series headed to the Diamond of Dirt Tracks, Lucas Oil Speedway, for the $30,000 to win 18th Annual DART Show-Me 100 on May 28-29th.

The "Sunoco Road to Wheatland" bonus program will reward participants that follow the Series to each Lucas Oil Championship Points event, beginning at East Bay Raceway in Tampa, FL through the May 28-29th DART Show-Me 100 event at Lucas Oil Speedway in Wheatland, MO. Sunoco Race Fuels will award an additional $2,000 cash award to the winner, if that driver has perfect attendance on the series leading up to the DART Show-Me 100 and used Sunoco Race Fuels to win the event.

"We are very pleased to continue our relationship with the premier national touring dirt late model series in the country, not only as the "Official Fuel" of the Series, but as the title sponsor of the Road to Wheatland Program again in 2010. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series continues to grow and provides great professionally run events for both racers and promoters alike", stated Rob Marro, Sunoco's General Manager of Performance Products and Automotive Events.

The "Sunoco Road to Wheatland" program will continue in 2010 through the US, with competition already held at East Bay Raceway Park during the DART Winternationals. The series will next compete March 6 and 7th at two different venues. On March 6th the series will visit Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap TN. Then the series will travel to Gaffney, SC on Sunday March 7th and compete at the Cherokee Speedway. The series will head back to Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, IN for the "Ice Breaker" on March 27th.

The "Sunoco Road To Wheatland then takes drivers and fans to Bedford Speedway and Hagerstown Speedway on April 24th and 25th. On May 1st, the series heads to Paducah, KY; then on to Beckley Motor Speedway in WV on May 14th, Wythe raceway in VA on May 15th, 34 Raceway in IA on May 21st, LaSalle Speedway in IL on May 22nd. The Sunoco Race Fuels Road to Wheatland comes to its culmination at Lucas Oil Speedway for the DART Show-Me 100 on May 28th and 29th.

The terms for the 2010 "Sunoco Road to Wheatland" Winners Circle Program have been announced. The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Winners Circle program will pay the top ten drivers in the final 2009 Lucas Oil Championship Points Standings who maintain perfect attendance during the 2010 "Road to Wheatland" $700. Also receiving winners circle money, will be the top ten highest drivers in 2010 Lucas Oil Championship Points with perfect attendance; these drivers will also receive the $700 in "Sunoco Race Fuels Road to Wheatland" Winners Circle money after the DART Winternationals.

The program begins at the next sanctioned event, Volunteer Speedway in TN on March 6th and will continue to earn "Sunoco Road to Wheatland" money as long as the driver maintains perfect attendance at each of the "Sunoco Road to Wheatland" events. Only drivers that have perfect attendance on the Series schedule through the DART Show-Me 100 on May 28-29th event at Wheatland, MO will be eligible for this bonus money.

In addition to the Sunoco Race Fuels $2,000 cash bonus at the DART Show-Me 100, the series and Sunoco have put together a separate Sunoco point's fund category to award points to drivers using Sunoco Race Fuels at each event. At the end of the year, the driver earning the most Sunoco Race for Gas Points will be awarded a $3,000 cash award and the runner up will receive $1,000 cash award at the Championship Awards Banquet. "Sunoco continues to support and reward the racers that use our products, especially racers that follow the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. We are excited to be a part of the "Race for Gas Program" again in 2010 and look forward to honoring the driver that earns the most Sunoco Race For Gas points in 2010 at the Series' Awards Banquet", stated Russ Bradford of Bazell Race Fuels.

For more information about the "Sunoco Road to Wheatland" Program and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, visit the official series website at www.lucasdirt.com or contact the Series' Office at (951) 532-2503.