SALEM, Ind. – Carson Lucas Racing has announced that the team will compete with the Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late Models next year.

Eleven-year-old Carson Lucas, from Proctorville, Ohio, will chase both series rookie-of-the-year honors and the season championship.

The Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late Models debuted in 2019 to focus on a youth movement for short track stock car racing designed for 10 to 15-year-old drivers to compete among themselves for both experience and recognition in full-size late models, with an economical drive train and suspension alternatives.

Lucas has been racing dirt oval karts since the age of four. He has competed on a local, regional and national level; competing in two karting series (NKA and AKRA) and two tire series (Burris and Maxxis) across the Midwest and Southeast.

His career stats have him with more than 60 wins and four championships.

In 2019, Lucas brought home a Midwest championship with 10 poles, eight feature wins, 26 top five finishes and nine additional top-10 finishes, at 18 different tracks against the best Junior Kart drivers and teams in the country.

For 2020, Lucas will compete for the first time in a late model with the Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late Models and will still compete in an AKRA Dirt Oval Kart across the breadth of the Midwest when not racing with CRA.

Lucas Oil Products will be Carson’s primary sponsor on both his Junior Late Model and for his Kart racing.

Carson Lucas Racing is excited for this new opportunity for their driver and the team.

“I’m ready to feel how a big car handles in the turns and use what I have learned in my go kart and simulator,” said Lucas. “I have already met so many drivers and everyone has been really awesome. I hope to learn as much as I can and be able to maybe have a Mountain Dew celebration or two this season!”