May
Douglas
Motorsports, Races into Second Place, in the Baldwin Cup Standings
El Cajon, CA
(September 20, 2007) – 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.
For more information, or to schedule an interview, please contact
Jackie Douglas -
DMSpro4@aol.com -
www.douglasmotorsports.com
-Mike Reusche, Marketing -
MTG
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2007 Race Schedule
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April 21-22, 2007
Antelope Valley
Fairgds
Lancaster, CA |
May 19-20, 2007
LA County
Fairplex
Pomona, CA |
June 9-10, 2007
Chula Vista
Raceway
Chula Vista, CA |
Sept. 15-16, 2007
Antelope Valley
Fairgrds.
Lancaster, CA, |
Sept. 29-30, 2007
Chula Vista
Raceway
Chula Vista, CA |
Oct. 19-20, 2007
Texas Motor
Speedway
Dallas, TX |
Nov. 3-4, 2007
Las Vegas Motor
Speed
Las Vegas, NV |

2007 Race Schedule
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May 19-20
Steele County
Fairgrounds
Owatonna, MN |
June 23-24
Crandon Raceway
Crandon, WI |
July 14-15
U.P. 100 Raceway
Bark River, MI
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Aug 11-12
U.P. 100 Raceway
Bark River, MI |
Aug 31-Sept 2
Crandon Raceway
Crandon, WI |
Sept 22-23
Lucas Oil Speedway
Wheatland, MO
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