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June 15, 2007 Edition |
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CORR driver finds podiums in Southern California
Team
AMSOIL off-road truck drivers Dan Vanden Heuvel and Scott Douglas are quickly
getting in the mix of Championship Off-Road Racing’s season point’s race. The
third weekend of racing brought two more rounds of action to southern
California, this time at the new Chula Vista Raceway, just south of San Diego.
In the Pro-4 class, Scott Douglas was looking to regain the speed and handling in his four-wheeled drive, Ford F-150 that made him a World Champion and series points contender in 2006. Douglas pushed his AMSOIL/Kumho truck into an early lead at the start of round five and was nearly unstoppable for much of the race. Dougals battled with Adrian Cenni for the lead, and then fell back to second before the mandatory yellow-flag bunched the field up. After the restart, Douglas regained the lead for two more laps before Cenni and eventual race winner Carl Renezeder got by. Douglas finished with a podium finish of third.
On
Sunday, Douglas again looked like the truck to beat in round six of the CORR
series. Douglas found a narrow hole early in the race and pushed his Ford to the
front of the pack. After a safety caution slowed the field, Douglas returned to
the lead once the green flag came out on ten. Douglas sustained a flat tire that
eventually slowed him down enough allowing Renezeder to take first with two laps
to go. On the final lap Douglas lost one more spot to Travis Coyne in turn
seven. Despite the flat tire, Douglas held on for his second third of the
weekend.
It was a short race for Douglas in the NBC televised Jason Baldwin Memorial Cup
qualifier. Douglas crashed coming out of the first turn on lap four. His truck
caught on fire taking him out of the race.
“A rock came up and got lodged in the air filter,” said Douglas. “The whole cab of the truck was engulfed in flames. Let’s just say that I wanted to get out of there in a hurry. We had some wiring damage, but for the most part the truck is fine and we have it ready to go for Crandon.”
In the Pro-2 Baldwin Cup qualifier, Dan Vanden Heuvel was looking for another pair of podium finishes after his two second place finishes in Pomona, Calif. Vanden Heuvel started on the pole for Saturday’s race and came out of the first turn in second. The Flying Dutchman would get pushed back to fourth after he slowed to avoid danger after another truck crashed on lap three, which eventually led to his getting passed. CORR deemed the pass legal and Vanden Heuvel had to try and get his spot back. Vanden Heuvel battled for third the rest of the race, eventually coming across the finish line in fourth.
In
Round five of the Pro-2 point’s battle, Vanden Heuvel again started on the
pole. He came out of turn one with the lead. He held the this position until
the second lap when he hit a rut. He remained above fourth until the mandatory
yellow came out at the half-way mark of the race. Then, while Vanden Heuvel was
making a bid for third over one of the big jumps, he almost landed on the third
place truck. Slamming on his breaks, Vanden Heuvel slid sideways and allowed
the fifth place truck to get by him. During this maneuvering, he was pushed
into pit lane and had to rejoin the field by driving through the pit area.
Vanden Heuvel would eventually have to return to pit lane after CORR penalized
him for speeding the first time through. When he was able to rejoin the race,
Vanden Heuvel finished tenth.
In Sunday’s round six race Vanden Heuvel started deep in the field and began working through traffic. On the second lap, a rookie driver rammed Vanden Heuvel’s tuck heading into the second turn. The hard hit broke many parts of his truck including a trailing arm and both rear shocks, and also caused major damage to the axle house. The damage forced Vanden Heuvel out of the race.
For the season, Douglas sits third overall in the Pro-4 class with 55 points. Vanden Heuvel is seventh overall in the Pro-2 class with 46 points.
Douglas and Vanden Heuvel will be joined by their Super Team member, Mike Oberg, for the first time on June 23-24 as all three drivers will take part in the World Series of Off-Road Racing at the famed Crandon International Raceway.
AMSOIL Looks For Two in
a Row
Grant, Windham in Top Ten at Southwick
Coming
off his first overall AMA Outdoor National win of the 2007 season, Team AMSOIL
rider Josh Grant was looking for continued success at the fabled Moto-X 338
venue in Southwick, Mass. on June 3.
Grant battled the talented Lites class in both moto's, finishing fourth on the first circuit and fifth in the second. His two top five finishes gave the young Californian a fifth overall for the day. Teammate Jake Wiemer missed the top ten for the first time this year, but Team AMSOIL rider Billy Laninovich finished 8th in moto 1 and 10th in the second race for an 8th overall. Grant is fourth overall in the Lites class this year while Wiemer sits in ninth.
Kevin Windham struggled in his first moto in the motocross class, finishing 16th. He rebounded nicely in the second race with a sixth place finish, giving him his fourth top ten of the season with an overall tenth. K-Dub is seventh in the AMA standings with 79 points this season.
The AMSOIL/Factory Connection team will be riding at Budds Creek Motocross Park in Mechanicsville, Md. June 15-16. The AMA airs all of its races on SPEED. AMSOIL is also the Exclusive Official Oil of the AMA Outdoor Nationals.
Dubé Strong in Latest Round of CMRC
Marco
Dubé had his sights set on returning to championship form in 2007, and the
Quebec motocrosser is close to achieving his goal.
Dubé continued his strong riding at the latest round of the Canadian Motorsport Racing Club (CMRC) motocross series in Courtland, Ontario on June 3. Dubé started the weekend off on a strong note finishing sixth in the first moto. Dubé faired even better in Moto 2 by finishing fourth. His 6-4 was good enough for third overall at Gopher Dunes. For the season, Dubé sits fourth overall with 59 points.
The CMRC Canadian Nationals will continue its series at Morden-Shadow Valley Raceway in Morden, Manitoba this weekend.
Smith ‘Dream’ Includes
Top Ten
AMSOIL driver resilient at Eldora
Team AMSOIL Late Model driver Brady Smith invaded the famed Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio on June 8-9 for the 13th Annual 'Dream 100.' Smith timed in 17th fastest of the 146 entrants in qualifying on Friday night, which placed him in one of the six competitive heat races on Saturday evening. The Solon Springs, Wis. native then led most of his heat race before ultimately finishing second to heat winner Clint Smith.
The Deuce rolled off from the inside of the sixth row for this $100,000 to win feature event, and sported a very competitive car throughout the A-Main. After 100 green-flag racing laps around the 1/2-mile, high-banked oval, Smith was credited with a strong seventh place finish behind winner Steve Casebolt.
On Wednesday, June 13, Smith kicked off a five-race World Dirt Racing League swing through the state of Wisconsin on Wednesday night at the Red Cedar Speedway in Menomonie.
Smith was the fastest car during group qualifying and later finished third in his heat race. The Solon Springs, Wis. native then ran seventh in the pole dash, which put his AMSOIL Monte Carlo starting from the inside of the fourth row for the $5,000 to win feature event. After 50 green-flag racing laps, Smith had moved up four positions to grab a third place finish behind winner Jimmy Mars and runner-up Ashley Anderson.
The second straight night of WDRL racing brought Smith to the Superior Speedway on Thursday night. The Deuce was the fourth fastest driver in group qualifying. He went on to a second place finish in his heat race. In the main, Smith stayed in the top five for much of the 50 lap feature before piloting his AMSOIL Monte Carlo into third.
Smith will be in New Richmond, Wis. at the Cedar Lake Speedway on Friday and Saturday for two WDRL sanctioned events. AMSOIL is the Official Oil of the WDRL as well as Cedar Lake Speedway.
AMSOIL Late Model
Series Returns
Former series champion dominates with sweep
Thunder Bay Ontario's Joel
Cryderman served notice that he wants to take his second AMSOIL Late Model
Series championship with a dominating performance on the 3/8ths mile Hibbing
Raceway Tuesday June 5th. Cryderman lined up in the first heat on the inside of
row three and wasted little time racing to the front to take the win.
The realignment system played into Cryderman's hands as he started the 35 lap
feature on the pole flanked by John Massingill. The 2005 champ and defending
series champion Pat Doar was positioned directly behind Cryderman poised to make
a run for the win
After the traditional
four-wide pace lap salute to the fans, the 25-car field was set to get down to
business. At the green flag, Cryderman quickly grabbed a three car length lead
with Jeff Provinzino and Massingill moving past Doar to second and third. The
first of only two caution flags would appear when a mob of cars all tried to
enter turn one at the same time which squeezed Jeff Lien off the track. At the
restart, Cryderman again pulled away from Provinzino while Tom Waseleski, Sr was
on the move from his sixth starting slot. He would eventually get by Massingill
and Doar to the third spot.
Cryderman soon began eying the back of the field as he would quickly begin to
lap cars. It appeared that Cryderman had hit the setup perfectly, as he was able
to put the number 51 anywhere he wanted and pass lapped traffic with ease.
Cryderman was dominant throughout the race, leading all 35 circuits for the win
and an early AMSOIL Series point lead. Waseleski Sr., Provinzino, Tom Nesbitt
and Darrell Nelson finished in the top five.
"I had a really good starting spot, which really helped" Cryderman said in the
AMSOIL Victory Circle interview. "It went perfectly".
The next AMSOIL race is scheduled for Friday, July 27 at the ABC Raceway in
Ashland, Wis.
Schwenkbeck Gets
Straight A’s
Elite Series angler shows off for students
Written by ESPN.com
After
school programs typically send their participants outside to play organized
sports or indoors to let their creative juices flow through art projects and
other mind-soothing activities.
Bassmaster Elite Series pros Paul Hirosky and Darrin Schwenkbeck put a new spin on that curriculum at a Pennsylvania school system when they introduced their sport and careers to the students.
On a recent Friday, the two pros spent their downtime sharing that experience and more at DuBois Middle School, located in the rolling hills northeast of Pittsburgh.
"I knew a teacher at the school and we thought it'd be a great way of sharing fishing with the kids there," said Schwenkbeck.
"It was an awesome experience," added Hirosky. "The program was opened up to other students and adults."
The connection between the anglers and students came from Project S.U.C.C.E.S.S., a grant program from the Pennsylvania Department of Education rolled out to school districts and agencies, including Cen-Clear Child Services.
The program provides academic, artistic and cultural enrichment opportunities to help students achieve their potential. To do that, the program coordinates special events and activities such as the event supported by the pros.
More than 200 students
from schools throughout the DuBois district were bused to the middle school's
football stadium, where Hirosky and Schwenkbeck took the stage from their
personal wrapped boats used in the Elite Series competition. About 60 adults
joined the group to learn more about the anglers' careers and fishing in
general.
BASS provided materials for the participants to introduce them to the sport.
"The kids were really interested in what we do for a living," said Hirosky. "We went through our entire day on the water, from sunup to sundown and then after hours on the shoreline. We showed them how we prepare for each day, wrap each day and prepare for the next."
"The adults were really surprised who much time we spend in an average week," added Schwenkbeck. "They really had no idea that we drive across the country, from California to New York, to do this for a living."
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