SCORE Journal - The Official Publication of SCORE Off-Road Racing
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NEWS SCORE JOURNAL 14 Clyde Stacy - As the co-founder of RPM Off-Road Racing, he has blended his assertive management style with a passion for being behind the wheel. During his tenure, Stacy has piloted everything from Class 5-1600 buggies and Full Stock to Class 2, 4, and 8 platforms, claiming numerous wins and championships along the way. Stepping up to the SCORE Trophy Truck class in 2013, he took home the Rod Hall Milestone Award six out of the following seven years. Whether it is a SCORE, NORRA, HDRA, or Best in the Desert event, we can usually find Stacy and the RPM team in the pits preparing for the green flag. Embracing the Baja culture, over the years, he has worked with and supported various orphanages and struggling families, focusing on providing opportunities to aspiring local drivers and bringing them on his race team, where they might otherwise be sidelined. High on Clyde's bucket list has been to have an RPM driver achieve a victory in every SCORE class. But along the way, he has also invested heavily in assisting event promoters, as well as innovated race technology such as the Geiser twin- engine all-wheel drive SCORE Trophy Truck. Lonnie McCurry Sr. While spending weekends with friends "mud digging" in the Louisiana backcountry, McCurry Sr. realized the only way to win was with larger, taller tires and began designing suspension products. In 1971, he and his wife Nell built a small cinderblock garage behind their house, and it was here that Lonnie McCurry's 4Wheel Drive Center was born. In 1973, they opened their first brick-and-mortar storefront and created Skyjacker Suspensions. From these humble origins, the duo developed a company and brand name that became permanently embedded in the lexicon of the off-road industry, pioneering innovative industry firsts, including products for Fords, Chevys, mini truck conversions, Jeeps, and Scouts, as well as building custom suspensions for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.