Top Fuel drivers Morgan Lucas, Shawn Langdon, Spencer Massey, and Cory McClenathan, along with Pro Stock racer Erica Enders, will spend eight days this off-season visiting U.S. troops overseas as part of a morale-boosting USO tour.

The visit will receive corporate support from GEICO Powersports, Lucas Oil, Toyota, and Mach 1 Global Services.

"We're very excited to have this opportunity to visit our troops," Lucas said. "I consider this a huge honor, and I can't wait to get over there and meet all the soldiers, Marines, and Air Force personnel that have dedicated their lives to protecting our country and preserving the American way of life."

The Randall Shughart Chapter of the Army Special Forces Association, based in Carlisle, Pa., will again serve as host for the NHRA tour, which has been conducted for the last four years with support from General Motors. Retired Sgt. 1st Class Howard W. Reed Jr. and retired Maj. Dieter H. B. Protsch will lead the contingent when they arrive in country.

"They've done a great job in the past, and we're proud to take the torch from them and move forward," Lucas said. "I've talked to many of the drivers that have been over there, and they tell me it's a life-changing experience. I know they plan to keep us real busy so we can visit as many people as possible, so we'll hit the ground running."

The NHRA group will visit Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the Wounded Warrior Center, the 1st Battalion of the 10th Special Forces Group in Stuttgart, the 435th Security Forces Squadron, Kaiserslautern Military Community Center, the Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Armored Division, the 86th Services Squadron in Weisbaden, the 435th Contingency Response Group, the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility, the 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron, the 21st Operations Weather Squadron, and the Ramstein PAX Terminal.

At each stop, goody bags filled with NHRA items will be distributed to service personnel. Lucas is requesting donations from his fellow drivers and team owners to help fill the bags.

"We're looking for T-shirts, stickers, autographed hero cards, small diecasts, key chains, really anything that's race-related that we can fit into a regular-sized souvenir bag," Lucas said. "The racing community always comes up big in situations like this, and I'm asking everyone to support this cause. It's all for the troops."

Interested parties should ship donations to:

Morgan Lucas Racing
Attn: USO Tour
481 Southpoint Circle
Brownsburg, IN 46112-2205