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Championship Off Road Racing
270 Newport Center Drive, Suite 100
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(949) 467-2397
(949) 467-2399 fax
1-866-501-CORR
www.corracing.com
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 Saturday,
April 21, 2007
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Douglas Flips,
MacCachren Wins
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The opening round of the CORR season expected to be a physical one
between the drivers, especially with the new, tighter track coming into
play at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds in Lancaster, California.
AMSOIL Super Team member Scott Douglas experienced the highs and lows of
racing in the sports premier class on Saturday. Douglas, who started
third after gaining the spot in Friday's qualifying, got off to a great
start. He pushed his Ford F-150 into third and battled for second for
much of the race. After the half-way point, Douglas found himself
battling for the lead with Johnny Greaves. He briefly took the lead
going over a rhythm section. Douglas was on the inside with Greaves
taking the high side heading into one of the high banked turns. With
Douglas in mid-air, Greaves made a move towards the inside, in turn
running into Douglas and sending the AMSOIL driver on his side a
flipping him multiple times in a horrendous crash that sent him off the
track. Douglas was knocked out of the race and he confronted Greaves as
Greaves was heading towards the winners circle. Douglas finished 11th
after everything was tabulated.
Douglas also raced in the Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup qualifying race
with his back-up truck on Saturday afternoon. The Cup race will air on
NBC next Saturday afternoon. Douglas was running in third for much of
the race and briefly held the number two spot when he broke his front
differential coming over a rough rhythm section. He finished ninth in
the cup race. AMSOIL sponsored driver Steve Barlow also debuted his Red
Bull Pro-4 on Saturday, taking 10th in the first round and sixth in the
Cup race.
Super Team member Dan Vanden Heuvel's day never really got started in
the Pro 2 class. Starting sixth, Vanden Heuvel was battling with the
from heading around the first turn when he got tangled with another
driver, breaking his trailing arm and pushing him out of the race.
Another AMSOIL sponsored driver, Rob MacCachren who made his return to
short course racing a successful one. MacCachren is driving for the
Barlow Motorsports team this season and set the fastest qualifying time
on Friday. That speed filtered over to Saturday's race as MacCachren
showed his great driving instincts and brought home the first win of the
year.
On Sunday, Douglas will be back on the track for round two of the Pro 4
class along with Steve Barlow. Vanden Heuvel and MacCachren will be
racing twice on Sunday, one being the second round of the CORR series
and the second being the Pro-2 edition of the Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup
race.
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Sunday, April 22, 2007
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AMSOIL Finishes Strong In Antelope Valley
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Pro-2 proved to be a strong class to race in this
past weekend during the CORR season opener at the Antelope Valley
Fairgrounds in Lancaster, Calif. AMSOIL Super Team member Dan Vanden
Heuvel started eighth in the Le Man's style start, but a quick trigger
moved him into the top five early on. The Flying Dutchman battled at
mid-pack for much of the race and was able move into fourth when the
final flag dropped. Vanden Heuvel also grabbed a sixth place finish in
the Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup race, despite getting spun out heading
into one of the table top jumps. Also flying the AMSOIL logo was Red
Bull driver Rob MacCachren. The former series champion grabbed his
second podium of the weekend with a second in the Pro-2 points race. He
was only able to finish seven laps in the cup race, finishing seventh.
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In Pro-4, Scott Douglas was looking for a safe
finish after flipping miraculously on Saturday. Douglas was able to miss
a pile-up in turn one that took out defending champion Johnny Greaves.
Douglas did have to pit before the restart to change a right rear tire.
That meant Douglas started last, but a quick start reaction on the start
and some strong driving pushed the AMSOIL Ford F-150 into the mix after
just a few laps. Douglas battled in fourth before handling issues pushed
him back a spot to his finishing position of fifth.
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CORR will have a month off before returning to
California for the third and fourth rounds of racing in Pomona. CORR
will air 90 minutes of excellent race coverage on NBC next Saturday
afternoon, on April 28. The CORR point races will air starting in
September on SPEED.Until then, see you at the races.
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Jeremy Meyer - AMSOIL Racing Coordinator
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