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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
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Taylor Racing - CORR Pomona Season
Opener Report
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 Belvidere,
IL (April 29, 2008) - Scott Taylor and his #8 Skyjacker Suspensions
BFGoodrich Tires Ford F-150 went to Pomona to begin his quest to regain
the CORR PRO-2 title. His competition was intense as twenty three of the
world’s best PRO-2 qualified for the weekend of racing.
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The man made track at The Fairplex in
Pomona,
 CA
was .74 mile long and consisted of jumps, whoops, banked corners, a
large table top, and a fairly long section of asphalt. The transition
from dirt to pavement and back to dirt really gave the tire
manufacturers fits. The BFGoodrich tires really seemed to work well
considering the extreme surface conditions.
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Saturday – Round One
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Practice went as planned. The truck
needed a bit more rebound in the rear, so the team quickly made the
change and sent the Skyjacker Ford out for qualifying. Scott Taylor
brought the #8 home seventh quickest in the twenty three truck field.
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The race itself was in one word, fast.
The fifteen lap affair did not have a single caution, other than the
mandatory yellow. The racing was door to door, with minimal contact. At
the flag, the Skyjacker #8 finished seventh.
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Afterwards Scott Taylor commented, “We
had a clean race, our suspension setup is still not right. The truck was
all over the place. Russ and I sat down discussed some spring and shock
changes for tomorrow. Also we’re changing the steering gear. With all
the test data we have, I’m confident we will get a Top 5 finish
tomorrow.”
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Sunday – Round Two
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The morning practice qualifying
sessions were combined. This gave the drivers five laps which were all
on the stop watch. The track official groomed and watered the track
giving the later qualifiers a better track to run on. The unseasonably
hot weather saw the track temperature at 132 degrees by 10am. Somehow
Scott was staged in the middle qualifying group. His qualifying time was
second best in his group, but ninth overall.
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The race started cleanly, but quickly
the race traffic put Scott at a disadvantage with the leaders.
Methodically Scott piloted the Skyjacker Ford towards the front. At the
flag Taylor Racing crossed the finish line in sixth position.
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“Qualifying was the name of the game today,” commented Scott Taylor.
“The truck handled much better today. Russ, Mike and the entire team
really came through with all the changes we made in the last 24 hours.
The truck still has some fine tuning left in it, but we’re really close.
Starting back in the pack really made it hard to get to the front. One
more lap I would have reached our goal of a Top 5 finish. We still have
some work to do, but we will be ready for Primm.”
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You can catch all the action from Round
Two on NBC Sports, May 25, at 1:30pm eastern.
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The next weekend of Championship
Off-Road Racing is May 17-18, at the Las Vegas International Off-Road
Raceway in Primm, Nevada.
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Taylor Racing thanks all their sponsors
including: Skyjacker Suspensions, BFGoodrich Tires, Ford Trucks, Russ
Wernimont Designs, Roush Performance, Automatic Transmission Designs,
Walker Evans Racing, Miller Electric, Justice Brothers, Phil’s Inc.,
Boatec, MSD CNC, K & N, Lancair, Autometer, and Ringers Gloves.
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Also a special thanks to
Sign Pros for
all the help on Friday.
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About Taylor Racing
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Scott Taylor began his racing career 32
years ago and has been successful at every level of motorsports
competition. His trail of victories includes wins throughout the United
States and Canada. Scott Taylor is considered as one of the premiere
off-road competitors of all time.
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In fact, Scott Taylor is the winningest
PRO-2 driver in CORR history. The six time PRO-2 champion has
accumulated 49 wins in CORR competition.
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In 2007 Scott Taylor won the inaugural
2008 World Series of Off-Road Racing. Scott took the win six times
during the thirteen round season.
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In 2008 Scott will be
back on the CORR championship trail, along with select WSORR events. -
For more information visit:
www.taylorsoffroadracing.com
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-Mike Reusche, marketing,
MTG,
mike@mt-graphics.com
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