last weekend in Bark River, Mich. Meanwhile, another AMSOIL sponsored driver, Jeremy McGrath, took home career win number one.In the Pro 4x4 class, the late season title push is getting physical. While clean racing has highlighted the 2010 TORC season to date, Bark River brought out a rougher style of driving. Douglas, who led at times during both Saturday and Sunday's races, was able to get a third and fourth place finish out of the weekend t
o stay within reach of class championship."It’s a shame that almost every pass today was made on heavy contact," said Douglas. "The hood and fenders have been on this truck for the past five races, we don’t drive that way. These trucks are $250,000 pieces of art and they are out here driving like we are in demolition derby cars.”
In the AMSOIL Pro 2wd class, Mike Oberg found a pair of top five finishes in his AMSOIL/BFG truck, moving him back into the top
five overall and just a few points out of third. The story of the weekend was the first career win by Monster Energy/AMSOIL driver Jeremy McGrath. McGrath has been on the podium numerous times during is TORC career, and was excited on his first win.“I gotta say thanks to the whole Greaves team," said McGrath. "I mean, all you guys have put in a lot of work for me and have been patient and I appreciate that. This is a weekend I’ve been waiting on for a long time, so what better place to have it than Bark River!”
Jeff Kincaid also picked up a win for Team AMSOIL in the Pro 2wd class on Sunday. Chad Hord was running in a podium spot on Saturday before getting tangled up with Ricky Johnson.
In Pro Lite, Andrew Caddell pushed his Traxxas/AMSOIL truck
back into the winners cirlce. One of the best runs of the weekend came from AMSOIL Super Team member Brad Lovell. The rookie and champion rock racer has been learning the ropes in TORC this summer and finished with a pair of fourths in Bark River.Up next on the TORC schedule is a mid-week showdown at Chicagoland Speedway. NASCAR star Kyle Busch will be strapped into an 850 h.p. Traxxas/AMSOIL Pro 2wd as he makes his TORC debut next week, August 25-26.
Until then, we'll see you at the races.
Team AMSOIL
