- Taylor Rolls into 5th
Place at Crandon
Belvidere, IL (June 21, 2011) - Scott Taylor was
looking forward to getting back to one of his
all-time favorite tracks, the “Big House,” Crandon
International Off-Road Raceway. It is safe to say,
Taylor has more wins at this facility than any other
competitor in its history. The high speed, high
flying layout has always fit the seven-time
champion’s driving style best. The question was
could the new teams make the change from the tight
and technical RED BUD layout to the Super Speedway
of Crandon?
Friday afternoon saw the PRO teams take to the 1.75
mile layout for a practice session and a couple of
hours later, the three lap qualifying session. After
practice, Taylor made a gear change and a quick
tweak of the rear suspension. The word around the
paddock was that the track had gained some speed
over the winter as the trucks were approaching
110mph heading into Potawatomi Turn One. The #8
Miller Welders AMSOIL BFGoodrich Tires Ford F-150
PRO-2WD truck stopped the timers third quickest.
The next morning a light drizzle blanketed the
track, only lasting about an hour, making incredible
racing conditions all day long.
Saturday – Round 3. The PRO-2WD land rush start had
Scott coming out of Turn One in fourth place. Early
on in the eight lap race, the top six trucks seemed
to be running nose to tail, like a freight train
running across. Then on Lap 3, Taylor grabbed the
third spot as the field headed for the halfway
mandatory caution lap.
On the restart the pressure from Kincaid and Hord
was very intense. With a lap and half to go, the
blue Scott caught a rut the wrong way and rolled the
truck. Fortunately it landed right on its BFGoodrich
Tires, but was now in fifth place. The final lap saw
the #8 blue Ford looking for a way around Hord, but
ran out of laps. The Miller Welders Ford officially
finished in fifth place.
 “Today
I slipped up and it bit me,” remarked Scott Taylor.
“The top six trucks in PRO-2WD are all capable of
winning.
There’s just no room for error. This place is
getting faster or maybe our trucks are just that
much faster. All I know my RoushYates engine was
really working my BFGoodrich Tires, and neither
missed a beat.”
Sunday– Round 4 – Cancelled. For the first time in
Crandon’s history, an entire day of racing was
cancelled due to flooding on the race course. A
torrential downpour of rain lasted most of the night
caused Parson’s Pond to overflow onto the race
course. TORC officials will reschedule the round at
a later date.
With only two rounds of racing in the record books,
Scott Taylor stands in third place in PRO-2WD
championship standings.
Next Race: July 22-23, The Dirt Track @ Charlotte
Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina.
Taylor Racing thanks all their supporters including:
Miller Electric - Mastercraft Safety - BFGoodrich
Tires - Automatic Transmission Designs – AMSOIL
RoushYates Engines, Ford Trucks, Russ Wernimont
Designs, King Shocks, Walker Evans Racing, MSD
Ignition, Autometer, K & N Filters, Justice
Brothers, Boatec, and Phil's Inc.
Taylor Racing has marketing opportunities available
for the 2011 TORC season. To contact Taylor Racing
please email:
stitchesbytaylor@comcast.net
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