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Taylor
Takes Round 6 at the “Big House”
The Skyjacker Ford Third in TORC PRO-2WD Standings
Belvidere,
IL (June 23, 2009) - After two weekends of TORC racing in Texas and
California, Scott Taylor and the Skyjacker Ford were looking forward
to racing at the track he considers home, “The Big House” in Crandon,
Wisconsin. Since the creation of this permanent facility in 1983,
nobody has completed more laps or has more wins, than Scott Taylor.
His reputation as one of the favorites at the track continues as the
Illinois native took home the top prize in Round 6 of the Traxxas TORC
Series presented by AMSOIL.
 After
Friday’s practice session, Scott knew changes were needed to keep the
#8 Skyjacker Suspensions ATD BFGoodrich Ford F-150 at the front of the
pack. After a discussion with Crew Chief, Mike Kasch, and Car Chief
Kevin Pence, a change was made and the team saw Scott’s lap time
improve during the early Saturday morning
practice session.
Round 5
As the seventeen truck field lined up for the land rush start, USAC
officials checked the tire pressure of each competitor. After some
confusion, the tire pressure on the #8 Ford was .4 lb. under the
minimum of 12 lbs. Suddenly, over the radio the announcement was made
to move Scott Taylor to the back of the starting field. Now Scott
really had his work cut out for him.
When the green flag fell the field headed for the fastest turn in
off-road racing, Potawatomi Turn One. Early on dust began spreading
throughout the track. At times visibility was poor as best. The poor
starting position and the loose characteristics of the track made
advancing through the field almost impossible. Amid all the pushing
and sliding Scott brought the Skyjacker Ford as crossed the finish
line, missing some fiberglass in sixth place.
Quickly, Justin Pence and the crew went to work remounting body
panels, as finer tuning went into the King Shocks.
Round 6
This time Scott was starting the front row and the red, white and blue
#8 got a good jump off the start line thanks to all the Roush Yates
horsepower in his Ford truck powerplant. This time around it was a
drag race between Scott and Ricky Johnson for the top spot heading out
of Turn One. As the two headed down the Ford Trucks straightaway, RJ
grabbed the top spot with Jeremy McGrath just behind Scott. The order
stayed that way until the restart after the mandatory yellow. McGrath
got around Scott briefly at the restart, but within a lap he regained
the second spot with a pass in the Argonne Loop.
Scott continued to stalk RJ lap after lap. Then with only a lap and
half to go, Scott drove the #8 Ford underneath the leader as the two
came through Turn One. The BFGoodrich Tires kept the Skyjacker Ford on
the inside line, and as the two headed down the front stretch, Scott
Taylor was in lead. The Skyjacker Suspensions ATD BFGoodrich Ford
F-150 crossed the finish line in first place, the second time this
season. Scott Taylor was also awarded the Oakley Bomb, for the
quickest lap of the race. This was also his second Oakley award of the
year as well.
Now the Taylor Racing crew went to work prepping the Ford F-150 for
the sixteenth annual Chairman’s Cup race. As a previous winner of the
event, Scott and his team know it takes a well prepared race truck and
a little bit of luck to win one of the most prestigious short course
races in the world. Unfortunately, luck wasn’t on their side, on lap
one, a driveshaft u-joint broke ending the weekend for Taylor Racing.
“My crew really worked their butts off this weekend,” remarked Scott
Taylor. “Friday afternoon I wasn’t real comfortable with the truck,
but we never gave up. My guys kept working on the setup and by Sunday
we really had a great hot rod. The win really keeps us in the chase
for the championship and that’s our ultimate goal. The changes TORC
made with the track, some worked and some didn’t. For some reason the
track got really rutted up and it changed quite a bit from lap to lap.
Our King Shocks really kept our BFGoodrich tires on the ground so our
ATD transmission could really put all that Roush Yates power in
motion. I can’t wait to see the broadcast of PRO-2WD race on ESPN2
next weekend.”
After the Round 6 win, Scott Taylor is now third overall in the 2009
TORC PRO-2WD Championship standings.
You can watch all the exciting TORC PRO racing action on ESPN2, this
Sunday, June 28, 12:30pm eastern time.
Next Race, June 11-12, Bark River, Michigan.
Taylor Racing thanks all their supporters including:
Skyjacker Suspensions – BFGoodrich Tires – Automatic Transmission
Designs
Ford Trucks, Roush-Yates Engines, Russ Wernimont Designs, Miller
Electric, King Shocks, Walker Evans Racing, Justice Brothers, AMSOlL,
Ringers Gloves, MSD Ignition, Autometer, K & N Filters, Northern,
Fiberwerx, and Phil’s Inc.
Taylor Racing still has marketing opportunities available for the rest
of the 2009 TORC season.
For more information, please visit:
www.taylorsoffroadracing.com or email
scott800@t6b.com
- J & L Photography, photos
- Mike Reusche, MTG
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Race &
Television Schedule - ESPN2 and ABC Sports |
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Date |
Track / Location |
Air Date |
Time Slot |
Network |
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May 15-16 |
Texas
Motor Speedway - Ft. Worth, TX |
May 24 |
11:00 AM
- 12:00 PM |
ESPN 2 |
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May 29-30 |
Perris
Auto Speedway - Perris, CA |
June 7 |
5:00 PM -
6:00 PM |
ABC |
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June
20-21 |
Crandon
Intl Raceway - Crandon, WI |
June 28 |
12:30 PM
- 1:30 PM |
ESPN 2 |
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July
11-12 |
Bark
River Intl Raceway - Bark River, MI |
July 19 |
11:30 AM
- 12:30 PM |
ESPN 2 |
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August
8-9 |
Bark
River Intl Raceway, Bark River, MI |
Aug 16 |
11:30 AM
- 1:00 PM |
ESPN 2 |
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Sept 4-6 |
Crandon
Intl Raceway, Crandon, WI |
Sep 6 |
5:00 PM -
6:00 PM |
ABC-Live |
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Sept
26-27 |
TBD-Southern CA |
Oct 4 |
1:30 PM -
3:00 PM |
ESPN 2 |
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Oct
31-Nov 1 |
Las
Vegas, NV |
Nov 8 |
1:30 PM -
2:30 PM |
ABC |
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