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September 7, 2007 Edition |
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Oberg Podiums, Douglas Crashes at Crandon
Team AMSOIL Super Team member Mike Oberg left the World Championship weekend with a podium while teammate Scott Douglas left with a few bruises and some twisted steel.
Oberg, who drives the AMSOIL/Kumho Chevy in the Pro 2wd class, followed up a fourth place finish in Saturday's World Championship race with a second in Sunday's class race. Oberg led the field for the first few laps before overall point's leader Scotty Taylor took over the top spot. In the cup race, Oberg again grabbed a hole shot, and was the second Pro-2wd to finish, but with a full field of Pro-4x4 chasing him down, he was credited with a fifth place finish.
"We had to change our gearing on Saturday night to get some more bite," said Oberg. "We had some great starts this weekend, but Taylor was unbelievably fast in all three races. We feel confident that we can make up the final 13 points at Wheatland to take home the Pro 2wd championship."
In the Pro 4x4 class, Douglas was the show on Saturday. Unfortunately, it was for a monstrous crash in the first turn of the race. Douglas, who was holding the leading heading off the start, was slammed by Adrian Cenni, pushing the AMSOIL/Kumho Ford F-150 into the bank and starting a spinning, free-wheeling flip that send the truck over the k-rail. Douglas was able to walk away from the crash buy was not allowed to use his back-up truck on the restart. Click Here to see a frame-by-frame photo gallery of the crash. (Flash Player Required)
"Adrian didn't see me, is what I figure," said a bruised Douglas following the race. "I had the line and he just scooted up into me and sent me spinning. Luckily we are one of the few teams with a back up truck as there is no way we'll get this one ready to go for Sunday. I'm a little sore in the neck area and have a couple of bruised cheeks, but we'll be ready to go tomorrow."
Douglas put his back-up truck on the line for Sunday and found a great start come off the land-rush starting line. Douglas was poised to grab the hole shot, but he got side-ways on one of the jumps and broke his forward drive. The move made his truck drive like a 2wd, thus losing valuable seconds in each tight corner. Douglas did finish fourth in the class race and followed that up with a fourth place finish in the BorgWarner Cup race, the event he won in 2006.
AMSOIL did receive a World Championship effort over the weekend. Dave Waldvogel took home the honors in the Super Stock truck class. Super Stock truck driver Dan Baudoux also ran well at Crandon, being the top running Super Stock truck in the BorgWarner Cup race. Overall Results
The WSORR will continue with the
final two rounds of racing being held in Wheatland, Mo. on September 22-23. Douglas
and Dan Vanden Heuvel will be representing the AMSOIL/Kumho Super Team at the NBC-aired
CORR race on September 13-14 in Antelope Valley, Calif.
Rinker Roars To Second In Colorado
Defending ChampBoat Series champion
Terry Rinker headed to the Roar on the Rockies in fourth place and was able to leave
Colorado one spot closer to his third straight championship.
Rinker was positioned in the third spot on the starting dock after finishing second
in both of his heat races. That put him in great position to gain ground on pole
sitter and point's leader Tim Seebold. In the final, Rinker kept his third position
after Shaun Torrente pushed to a large lead over Seebold. After a restart on the
17th lap, Torrente again moved into the lead ahead of Seebold and Rinker. On the
41st lap, however, a spark plug wire shook loose and sidelined the Miami driver.
Seebold moved into the lead, but Rinker pushed his AMSOIL boat next to Seebold for
some side-by-side racing. The two raced into the sharp, 135-degree turn four when
Rinker skated wide and was never able to get close to Seebold for the remainder
of the race. Rinker finished second but moved into third in the overall point's
standings.
"We just couldn't get by that Bud Light boat today," said Rinker. "This AMSOIL team is gunning for its third straight championship and we were able to pick up some valuable points today. Two races left and we'll have to sweep both weekends for a shot at three straight."
Terry's brother Randy Rinker also ran a solid race, finishing sixth. He gained enough points this weekend to move into sixth overall in the standings. The next round of the 2007 F1-ChampBoat Grand Prix Series heads off to Phoenix, Arizona and Firebird Lake for the weekend of September 29-30 with four drivers still having a chance to capture the title.
Smith Wins WDRL Event
Brady Smith and his AMSOIL #2 team collected their second win of the 2007 racing season last weekend at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn. Smith was eighth quickest in World Dirt Racing League (WDRL) Series group qualifying and later ran second in his heat race. After a third place finish in the pole dash, the Solon Springs, Wisc. native rolled off third for the $5,000 to win A-Main. Smith moved up to second shortly following the drop of the green flag and set his sights on race leader Justin Fegers. Smith then moved past Fegers for the point in heavy lapped traffic and never looked back. At the conclusion of the 50-lapper, Smith had earned the big payday ahead of Denny Eckrich, Eric Pember, and Adam Hensel.
One night earlier, Smith found himself at the Farmer City Raceway in Farmer City, Illinois for the 'Farmer City 50.' Smith finished third in his competitive heat race to earn the eleventh starting spot for the $5,000 to win feature. During the course of the A-Main, which was shortened to only 40 laps, Smith was able to pass seven cars en route to a fourth place performance behind winner Dennis Erb, Wes Steidinger, and Billy Moyer.
Smith will be at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio for the World 100 on Friday and Saturday.
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