Salem, IN (July 25, 2003) –Lucas Oil Products, the “Official Lubricant” of the Sunoco Super Series, will be the Presenting Sponsor of the Stapleton Automotive 150, the Sunoco Super Series event at Shady Bowl Speedway this Saturday, July 26, 2003. This marks the second year in a row that Lucas Oil Products has been a Presenting Sponsor of a Sunoco Super Series event at the challenging 3/10’s mile banked oval located in DeGraff, Ohio. Lucas Oil Products was set to be the Presenting Sponsor of the Sunoco Super Series event at Shady Bowl Speedway scheduled for May 31, but that event was canceled because of rain and high water at the track.

Last season Knightstown, Indiana’s Jeff Lane recorded his second career Sunoco Super Series victory at the series spring event at Shady Bowl Speedway in one of the series most exciting races of the 2002 season. Lane passed J.R. Roahrig on lapped 134 and held off a late charge by Scott Hantz to record the victory. In the summer event Bull Baker scored his first Sunoco Super Series victory outside the state of Indiana, after several different leaders got spun out early in the race. 

Headquartered in Corona, California, Lucas Oil Products offers a premium line of oils, greases, lubricants and additives for the agricultural, marine, industrial and commercial trucking industries as well as the consumer automotive industry. Lucas Oil Products has now developed a line of high-performance racing engine and gear oils for the many Motorsports Associations Lucas Oil Products supports including the Sunoco Super Series. For more information on Lucas Oil Products and their Motorsports involvement, go to www.lucasoil.com.