Gear Vendors, Inc. join Championship Off Road Racing
as an Associate Sponsor in the 2005 CORR Lucas Oil Series

El Cajon, CA (January 21, 2005) -- Gear Vendors, Inc., manufacturers of the popular UNDER/OVERDRIVE brand of auxiliary transmissions have announced associate sponsorship of the CORR Championship Off Road Racing series. Gear Vendors 6-speed and 8-speed products are popular in Drag Racing, Muscle Cars, High Performance Street Cars, Trucks, and RV’s.

The 25 year old California based manufacturer has been competing in off road racing in Europe with GM and Ford ProTrucks and has accumulated impressive Championships in the grueling endurance events (Tunisian Rally, Master Rally, Qatar Rally, and 24hrs of France).

“We are very excited to be participating in CORR,” said Rick Johnson, President of Gear Vendors, Inc. “Nothing in off-road compares with the television coverage of CORR on Speed Channel. We have won some great off-road events in Europe and Africa, but none of our employees and few of our customers get to witness the racing. With CORR, it will be in the family room every weekend. That is very exciting.”

Gear Vendors expects to improve performance and transmission reliability in CORR’s 850hp Pro Classes and also give the Sportsman Class twice as many gears to take on the obstacles and the competition.

“From a promotional standpoint we are excited about CORR’s ability to demonstrate Gear Vendors high horsepower handling and performance,” noted Johnson. “We have a couple world records in drag racing, but that quarter-mile run does not show the endurance of our product. CORR will visually demonstrate that endurance to our customers who are putting us into their high horsepower street machine or truck.”

The UNDER/OVERDRIVE is a 2-speed planetary gearbox that bolts to the vehicles existing transmission allowing the driver a direct drive (1:1) or overdrive (1:1.286) option in any gear at any moment. For the automatics the additional ratio means twice as many gears with ½ the distance (close ratio) between each. For the manual transmission the additional gear means choices of clutchless overdrive shifts and the ability to go 28% deeper (higher numerical) rear end gearing without a loss of top speed.

“Gear Vendors is the first to open the door in this market within our series, and we are more than excited to have them come on board,” said Jamie Devney, Director of Marketing with CORR.

As a spectator, Gear Vendors expects you will hear the close ratio performance on the track and on Speed Channel during coverage of the Lucas Oil CORR events. 6, 7, or 8 speed transmissions are not just in Formula 1 any longer, Gear Vendors is ripping the dirt in the off road racing.

“Gear Vendor product warranties are unlimited in horsepower and abuse,” explained Johnson. “What better way to show that than in a 850hp CORR truck launching off a dirt jump and ripping a corner?”

Gear Vendors, Inc
1717N Magnolia Ave, El Cajon, CA 92020
Ph 619-562-0060 www.gearvendors.com