Round 3, Saturday, June 23, 2007
Mike Oberg, Scott Douglas and Dan Vanden Heuvel proved their off-road superiority at the famed Crandon International Raceway today. It marked the third round of racing for the WSORR and the first time that Douglas and Vanden Heuvel would line up on the same course as teammate Mike Oberg. (Oberg is running a full WSORR schedule while Douglas and Vanden Heuvel are running the CORR series and select WSORR events).In the Pro-2 race it was AMSOIL wire-to-wire. Oberg shot out of the land rush start and led the field through turn one. Shortly behind him was Vanden Heuvel in third. Vanden Heuvel quickly made it into second and two-thirds of the AMSOIL Super Team were running first and second. With eight-time off-road champion Scott Taylor on Vanden Heuvel's bumper, the field of Oberg, Vanden Heuvel and Taylor ran tight for most of the nine lap race. Oberg never gave up his leading position and took the win. Vanden Heuvel kept Taylor at bay until the second to last turn when Taylor made a move to get by the Flying Dutchman. Vanden Heuvel wasn't ready to give up the spot as both trucks dipped hard into the final turn. The trucks hooked into each other and it was a matter of centimeters on who took second place. After review, WSORR officials gave second to Taylor and third to Vanden Heuvel.
In the Pro 4 race, Douglas and many of top pro's lined up in the back row after they missed the first two rounds due to conflicting dates with the NBC-televised CORR. Douglas shot out of the gates and came into turn one in second, despite giving up nearly 30' of starting position to the race leader. Douglas bumped and battled for the first three laps with the race leader before getting his turn at the lead. From there the defending BorgWarner champion held the lead for the remaining six laps despite heavy pressure from defending series champion Johnny Greaves.AMSOIL driver Dave Waldvogel also took home a win in the Super Truck class, his first victory of his rookie season in that class.
AMSOIL will be looking for more wins on Sunday as the entire field will race round four of the WSORR. The Pro-2's and Pro-4's will also face off against one another in the annual Chairmain's Cup race.
Until then, we'll see you at the races,
Jeremy Meyer
AMSOIL Racing Coordinator
