Friday, March 06, 2009

AMSOIL Signs AMA American Superbike Rider Larry Pegram

AMSOIL has signed a two-year agreement with Larry Pegram and the Foremost Insurance/Ducati racing program to compete in the 2009 AMA American Superbike class.

Larry Pegram has been racing professionally in the road racing ranks since 1988 spent the past two seasons competing in the AMA Formula Xtreme class. The Ohio native finished with three podium finishes in 2008 and finished fourth overall in the modified class. Pegram opened the 2009 season up by leading for the first three laps at the AMA American Superbike race at Daytona International Speedway on March 5 before an electrical problem pushed him back to fourth.

AMSOIL also announced this week that the synthetic lubricant company has agreed to terms with AMA Pro Road Racing to become the series Official Oil and the Presenting Sponsor of the Daytona SportBike class.

“AMSOIL is extremely proud to become the Official Oil of AMA Pro Road Racing and help them accomplish their goals of bringing road racing back to the forefront of American motorsports,” said Jeremy Meyer, AMSOIL Race Program Manager. “The addition of a true professional like Ducati’s Larry Pegram will be a valuable asset to Team AMSOIL. He gives AMSOIL a great voice in the road racing market.”

“AMSOIL’s involvement is going to be great for our program the next two years,” said Larry Pegram. “The offer the best the market has to offer and we are already seeing benefits on the track.”