Mike Oberg Enters the AutoWeek America Adventure Rally

Eagle River, WI (October 23, 2012) - Mike Oberg and Jaime Pooch have teamed up, thanks to support from AMSOIL, General Tire, and King Shocks, as the #80 AMSOIL M-80 team to compete in the seven day AutoWeek America Adventure Rally. The event will have over thirty teams compete the rally where the winner will take home a brand new Chrysler 300 SRT, but more importantly the rally will bring awareness and funding for the Graham Rahal Foundation. The foundation picks up where the late Paul Newman left off - supporting children with medical conditions. Proceeds donated to the Graham Rahal Foundation are split equally between two upstanding organizations: Alex's Lemonade Stand and the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps. - more

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Oberg Finishes TORC Season Strong
Exits Early in Huseman Cup

Eagle River, WI (October 5, 2012) - Mike Oberg arrived at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds expecting strong results for the General Tire AMSOIL Chevy, as the team looked to secure the sixth position in the season championship. The Oberg Motorsports team accomplished their first goal, but a first corner incident in the Huseman Cup prevented the all the fans in attendance and those watching online the opportunity to watch the champion driver from Northern Wisconsin attempt to win his second big money cup race. - more

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Oberg Wins @ Crandon - General Tire First TORC PRO-2WD Victory
Celebrates AMSOIL 50th annual Eagle River Snowmobile Derby

Eagle River, WI (September 10, 2012) - After battling various issues all year long, Mike Oberg and his #80 PRO-2WD AMSOIL General Tire Chevy had its best performance of the year winning the Friday evening round of racing at Labor Day Weekend, World Championship event at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway. The victory was the first for General Tire in the PRO-2WD category and helps keep the veteran racer inside the top five of the TORC Championship standings. more / video

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Oberg TORC Bark River Race Report

Eagle River, WI (August 14, 2012) - The Oberg Motorsports team was coming off a solid run at Chicagoland where the #80 AMSOIL General Tire PRO-2WD truck just missed finishing on the podium and coming to Bark River looked like the right place for grabbing a spot “on the box.” Unfortunately the team fought through drive train issues throughout the weekend which prevented a more typical Mike Oberg performance. - more

Oberg Finds Fourth Place @ TORC Chicagoland
Nitro Circus 3D Movie Takes a Wild Ride

Eagle River, WI (July 25, 2012) - The Traxxas TORC Series presented by AMSOIL has some of the toughest PRO-2WD competitors in the country and Mike Oberg continues to show why you should never count out the veteran off-road racer from the Wisconsin Northwoods. The Friday night PRO-2 event saw more than its share of bumping and grinding, but Oberg made a late race charge and narrowly missed the final spot on the podium.

The track layout that was built within the confines of Chicagoland Speedway's half-mile banked dirt oval. After two years of the same design, the TORC track builders came up with a more technical layout that included more turns and more jumps, which gave the racer's additional opportunities to pass and more reasons for fans to stay on the edge of their seat. - more

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Oberg Motorsports Spring Crandon Race Report

Eagle River, WI (June 21, 2012) - After two weekends of the 2012 Traxxas TORC Series presented by AMSOIL, Oberg Motorsports has shown his competition that the AMSOIL General Tire Chevy is fast and can be a podium contender during every race. Unfortunately the quickness of the driver and truck has yet to pay dividends for Mike Oberg.

The weekend began with Friday afternoon practice and the qualifying session for Saturday's starting position. Mike Oberg and his team have the General Tires really working well with the King Shock suspension package. The black #80 Chevy qualified third fastest in the eleven truck field. His lap time of 1:22.489 around the 1.75 mile track was just .6 seconds of the quick lap time of the PRO-2WD session. - more

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Oberg Overcomes Adversity to take 5^th in Round 4

 

Eagle River, WI (May 30, 2012) - Mike Oberg came to Red Bud MX looking to build momentum  for his #80 AMSOIL/General Tire  Chevy Silverado as the TORC race season makes it run through the Midwest. The first stop was the Red Bud Motocross facility in southwestern Michigan. The Oberg Motorsports team ran into to some bad luck early in the weekend, but the team never gave up and recorded a strong finish in the Sunday afternoon race. - more

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Oberg Shows Speed in Round Two in Charlotte

Eagle River, WI (April 25, 2012) - Mike Oberg headed to the first race of the 2012 Traxxas TORC Series presented by AMSOIL with a new look for the #80 PRO-2WD Chevrolet Silverado. The off-season saw AMSOIL extend its support of Oberg Motorsports for another year and the addition of a new partnership with tire manufacturer General Tire. With marketing partners in place, the team was looking to a stronger 2012 race season.  - more