After a rough time at the BorgWarner Off-Road World Championships, Scott Douglas and his crew were looking for some California sunshine to change their luck. The team headed cross country for the second CORR event, held at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds in Lancaster, California. Before the team could head west, Bill Smith and his crew went to work, reconstructing the ?06? primary AMSOIL Kumho Tire race truck to its championship form.
During the Labor Day weekend event, Scott survived a horrific Turn One crash, that basically destroyed much of the front and the rear of his ?06? primary race truck. In four short days, Douglas Motorsports had the ?06? truck loaded in the transporter, ready to take on the top PRO-4 drivers in the country.
Friday Scott?s qualifying run for CORR Round 6 saw the #7 AMSOIL Kumho Tire Sycuan Resort & Casino KC Hilites American Racing Miller Electric Raceline Ford F-150, stop the clocks third fastest. This put the Ford F-150 inside of the second row, just behind the pole winner.
Saturday ? CORR Round 6 The rolling start saw the top five trucks run closely together. Just before the midway mandatory caution lap, Scott had worked his way into third place. When racing resumed, the top three trucks, Greaves, Huseman, and Scott Douglas, began to pull away from the rest of the field. The racing was close, but nobody was able to make a pass for position. Then with three laps to go, Greaves crashed out of the race. This put Huseman in the lead, with the #7 AMSOIL Kumho Tire Ford-F-150 in second place. At finish, it was Rick Huseman-1st, Scott Douglas-2nd, and Steve Barlow-3rd.
?This was good clean racing,? commented Scott Douglas. ?I was really having fun trying to get around Rick. The brake compound, Hawk Performance gives us, works awesome. It allowed me to dive into the corners deeper than I had ever before.?
The second place finish moved Douglas Motorsports into second place in the CORR PRO-4 Championship Points standings.
Sunday ? Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup Qualifier Sunday morning saw Scott take to the freshly watered track, first, for qualifying. Unfortunately, the muddy track made the conditions less than ideal to run a fast lap. The time posted for his run was eighth quickest in the session.
Starting towards the back of the field, Scott knew he had his work cut out for him. The start of the fifteen lap event, saw the #7 AMSOIL Kumho Tire Sycuan Resort & Casino KC Hilites American Racing Miller Electric Raceline Ford F-150, move up well through the traffic. By lap five, Scott was in fourth place, looking to move into podium contention. Then on the next lap, the #7 AMSOIL Kumho Tire truck broke a right rear wheel, as it landed coming off of the jump, after Turn 6. The force of the landing, broke the right rear wheel, flattened the tire, and then caused the rear axle housing to tear away from the right side trailing arm. Officially, Scott Douglas was credited with an eighth place finish.
?Today, I thought we could get through traffic and be in contention by the mandatory yellow,? stated Scott Douglas. ?The truck was working great. The Kumho Tires really gave us a great bite. The AMSOIL kept our ProPower engine and J & H transmission performing great. That jump has been really hard on the truck. Unfortunately, it bit us today.?
Douglas Motorsports has a hectic schedule in front of them. This weekend, the team will be in Wheatland, Missouri for the final WSORR weekend of racing. Then the following weekend, the team will be in Chula Vista, California for the next CORR round of racing.
Douglas Motorsports would like to thank all their supporters: AMSOIL, Kumho Tires, Ford Trucks, Precision Gear, Sycuan Resort & Casino, Alloy USA, KC Hilities, American Racing, BorgWarner, Miller Electric, Raceline Oil Pumps, Mastercraft Seats, Stewart Warner, J & H Transmissions, Fox Shox, Ringers Gloves, Hawk Performance, Howe Performance, Phil?s Inc., Pro Power Racing Engines, Scott USA, and McKenzie?s.
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