Douglas Motorsports Races Hard, Ends Weekend Early

El Cajon, CA (June 25, 2008) - Douglas Motorsports came to Crandon to compete in the fifteenth edition of the Chairman’s Cup Race. Before that epic event takes place, Scott Douglas and the team must compete in the two rounds of door-to-door racing WSORR-style.

The race conditions were typical early summer Northwoods weather. The mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 70’s helped keep the moisture in the track creating ideal racing conditions. Bill Smith determined this would be the ideal conditions to try a new brake setup on the truck, so some last minute changes were made Saturday morning.

Saturday Round 3
The land rush start saw Scott Douglas and the #7 AMSOIL Kumho Tire Sycuan Casino Ford F-150 start from the second row. As the group headed out of Turn One, Scott moved into third place. About four laps into the race, Scott really put pressure on the second place Brasho. The two trucks battled for several laps, until the #7 AMSOIL Kumho Ford made a clean pass for the position. At the finish, Scott proudly stepped on the podium in second place.

“We came back here, on our own, to be a part of the tradition that is Crandon,” noted Scott Douglas. “The fans, the competition, everyone here is a part of something special. Today were raced clean, and came home second. Tonight we will fine tune our setup and look for two more strong finishes.”

Sunday – Round 4
The PRO-4x4 race quickly became a two truck race between the #7 AMSOIL Kumho Tire Sycuan Casino Ford F-150 and #4 Greaves. Scott quickly grabbed the lead with Greaves trailing. During the race Greaves got around Scott twice only to have the #7 AMSOIL Kumho Ford get the lead right back. Then on the final lap, as Scott headed down the front straightaway, his engine locked up, ending his day, a half mile from victory.

Without the time to replace the engine for the Chairman’s Cup Showdown, the weekend was over for Douglas Motorsports.

As the team was loaded up the hauler for the trip back to California, Scott Douglas commented: “It was great to come back here to race at Crandon. The atmosphere is like no other, the people who live here, the fans that come to watch, all the competitors that come year after year, the track, it’s a joy to come here and compete. We didn’t quite have the results we wanted, but we will be back Labor Day weekend for the BorgWarner. It would be cool to become the first three-time winner of the race….The new brake setup worked great. Now we will open up that motor to see what caused the problem.”

Douglas Motorsports’ next race; July 26-27, CORR at the QUARRY, Chula Vista, California.

Douglas Motorsports is attending the 35th Anniversary AMSOIL Convention in Superior, Wisconsin, July 16-18, 2008.

Douglas Motorsports would like to thank all their supporters:
AMSOIL, Kumho Tires, Ford Trucks, Sycuan Resort & Casino, Alloy USA, Precision Gear, KC Hilities, Fox Racing Shox , BorgWarner, Miller Electric, Raceline Oil Pumps, Mastercraft Seats, Stewart Warner, J & H Transmissions, Ringers Gloves, Hawk Performance, Howe Performance, Phil’s Inc., Pro Power Racing Engines, and McKenzie’s.