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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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Taylor Battles Chassis Setup at Chula Vista
Belvidere, IL (July 30, 2008) - Taylor Racing has been struggling, much
of the year, with the chassis setup on his newly built #8 Skyjacker
Suspensions BFGoodrich Tires Ford F-150 PRO-2. The team was looking
forward to racing back at “The Quarry” in Chula Vista, as a familiar
track would, hopefully, get Scott Taylor and his Ford F-150 back on
track.
The track at “The Quarry” was identical to the layout from last year,
with one exception, a high flying table top jump, on the front straight
away; this replaced the choppy rhythm section from the original layout.
This brought the high flying action closer to the fans, and lowered the
lap times around the .75 mile “Chunk of Baja.”
Friday evening qualifying saw Scott Taylor stop the clocks eighth
fastest, in the twenty three truck PRO-2 field. Scott and his Chief
Engineer, Russ Wernimont, were hoping for a better lap time, as the
truck is still having chassis issues.
Saturday – Round 7
The PRO-2 race saw the SPEED Channel cameras all set to go, as the
network would be broadcast the event, live, for the second time this
year.
Scott Taylor and his #8 Skyjacker Suspensions BFGoodrich Tires Ford
F-150 PRO-2 were looking to keep a good pace the first half of the race
and then make the move, to the front, in the final seven laps.
When the green flag dropped, Scott realized he didn’t have the forward
bite needed to really run up front. Nevertheless, the Skyjacker Ford
soldiered on, without any mechanical issues, to finish in seventh place.
As the crew went to work with the usual between round maintenance, Scott
and Russ continued to discuss their chassis setup. The changes made
between qualifying and the race helped, but more improvement is needed.
Sunday morning qualifying put Scott in a familiar position, eighth
quickest.
Sunday – Round 8
The Sunday PRO racers had NBC Sports, on hand, with Bill Weber and Wally
Dallenbach, for a live broadcast on network television.
Once again, when the green flag dropped on the rolling start, Scott
wasn’t getting hooked up to the ground like he needed. Then on lap six,
the distributor broke, ending the day for the #8 Skyjacker Suspensions
BFGoodrich Tires Ford F-150. Officially Scott Taylor finished twentieth.
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“We had our new engine in the truck this weekend,” commented Scott
Taylor. “But we just could not get any bite coming out of the corners.
The truck handles the bumps and jumps well, the BFGoodrich tires are
not wearing out, in fact there’s very little wear. the balance of the
truck isn’t where it needs to be. The Roush Yates engine is awesome,
we just had a spot weld break, inside the distributor. I’ve never seen
that happen before. Russ and I will keep putting our heads together to
get “this ship righted.” Hopefully, third time’s a charm in Pomona.”
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After eight rounds of racing, Scott Taylor is eighth in the 2008 CORR
PRO-2 Championship.
Next Race: August 16-17, 2008, at the LA County Fairgrounds in Pomona,
California.
Taylor Racing thanks all their sponsors including:
Skyjacker Suspensions, BFGoodrich Tires, Ford Trucks, Russ Wernimont
Designs, Roush Yates, Automatic Transmission Designs, Walker Evans
Racing, Miller Electric, Justice Brothers, Phil’s Inc., Boatec, MSD CNC,
K & N, Lancair, Autometer, and Ringers Gloves.
For more information please visit: www.taylorsoffroadracing.com
-Mike Reusche, marketing, MTG – mike@mt-graphics.com
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