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May 21, 2006
For immediate release
Chula Vista, CA
Taylor Off-Road Racing CORR Rounds 1 & 2 Race Report
After a tough time during
Friday’s qualifying, Scott Taylor and his
PRO-2
#8
Skyjacker BFGoodrich Tires Ford F-150 has something to prove.
Friday night
the team solved the fuel starvation
problem, but would not know for sure until the
Saturday morning practice.
Saturday – Round 1
Saturday’s practice session saw the recently completed truck
really come to life. The truck ran lap times 2.5 seconds
faster than in the previous day’s qualifying session.
At the start, the Roush Performance really hooked up with the
BFGoodrich Tires. Scott found himself in second place heading
into Turn 2. On lap 4 Probst bobbled and Scott took the lead.
The Skyjacker engineered suspension really handled the new
whoop section as Scott held the lead at the competition
caution period.
After the restart on lap 12, Scott held the lead. Then
disaster struck. As Scott was coming out of a caution flag
area, the nut holding the right front hub together failed
causing the truck to roll and ending his day.
“ Wow the truck was really working great. Earlier we were
still trying different suspension setups. Then the fuel
problem happened. My team never gave up. When it came time to
race, everything came together. It’s just unfortunate the hub
failure occurred. We’ll get the hub replaced ,and double check
everything to make sure nothing else was hurt during the
rollover. We will be ready for Sunday.” – commented Scott
Taylor.
Sunday – Round 2
Immediately after Saturday’s DNF due to a front hub failure,
Taylor Racing went to work. The team replaced the hub and
prepped the truck for Sunday. The #8 Skyjacker Suspension, BF
Goodrich Tires, Ford F-150 was ready just as the team dinner
arrived.
Due to the DNF in round 1, Scott found himself starting from
the second row. At the start the BFGoodrich Tires and the
Roush powerplant worked perfectly as Scott took the lead
coming out of Turn One. Unfortunately the truck spun getting
out of Turn 4. This enabled the entire field to get by,
putting the #8 in 22nd place. This did not deter Scott. As the
laps went on, be began picking off trucks one by one. At the
lap 9 competition yellow, Scott was up to seventh place.
When the green flag dropped for the final five laps, Scott
continued to move up. At the finish Scott came home in 4th
place. Congratulations the podium finishers, 1st – Evan Evans,
2nd Carl Renezeder, & 3rd Todd LeDuc.
“Getting the holeshot was awesome. I just came into Turn 4
little too hot and spun. The truck has come along way since we
arrived here. I knew if I could stay clean, we could salvage a
decent finish. All things considered we are very happy with
the 4th place finish. We will do some more fine tuning at the
non-points race in Antigo to get ready for the Spring Crandon
run.” – commented Scott Taylor.
Thanks to all our supporters including:
Skyjacker Suspension – Jesus Rocks,
BFGoodrich Tires,
Ford Trucks,
Roush Performance,
ATD,
Russ Wernimont Designs,
Justice Brothers,
Miller Electric,
Royal Purple, MSD Ignition, Phil's Inc., Precision Gear, Auto
Meter, Boatec, CNC,
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K&N Engineering, Mastercraft and Ringer Gloves.
-Mike Reusche, marketing
MTG.
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July 8-9 Bark River, MI
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