Round 4 - Sunday
Crandon International Raceway
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After a day of picking up three class wins and a controversial third place, the AMSOIL Super Team was back on the the throttle for Round 4 of the World Series of Off-Road Racing in Crandon, Wis.
Scott Douglas was looking for his second win of the weekend in the Pro 4x4 class. Douglas came out of the first turn in a tight group of five drivers. As the pack headed into the infamous Gravel Pit (turn 3) Douglas made a move and pushed his AMSOIL/Kumho Ford F-150 into third. The next few laps featured nose-to-tail racing with Douglas being able to get by Curt LeDuc for second. On the back stretch, LeDuc got into the left rear tire of Douglas, causing a flat and a loss of positions. After trying to run with the back, Douglas opted to change the tire. When he returned he would battle for the third position but he ran out of time and crossed the finish line in fourth by less than one truck-length.
In the Pro 2wd race, AMSOIL drivers Mike Oberg and Dan Vanden Heuvel were looking to pair up on the podium for the second straight day. (Oberg won Saturday's race with Vanden Heuvel getting credit with a third despite some video replays showing he might have actually taken second by mere inches.)
In the Pro 2wd race, Oberg shot out of the land rush start and found himself in third behind Kevin Probst and Scott Taylor. With Taylor and Probst switching spots on the first lap, the top three would run in order until the sixth when Taylor pulled off the track. Now in second, Oberg was trailed by the Flying Dutchman, Dan Vanden Heuvel. Vanden Heuvel would find some contact heading into Calamity Corner just before the finish line with Carl Renezeder. While Vanden Heuvel held his position, Renezeder received the black flag and had to pit. The running order stayed the same for the final two laps with Oberg taking home a second and Vanden Heuvel finishing in third.The end of the weekend meant it was time to line up the Pro 2wd, Super Stock's and the Pro
4x4's for the Chariman's Cup. The cup race pits all of the trucks against one another on the same track, with he Pro 2wd and the Super Stocks getting more than a full straightaway head start.Oberg started on the pole and took the early lead. Vanden Heuvel was bunched up on the LeMan's start but was in the top five and moving towards the front. Meanwhile, Douglas roared from through the first turn as the first Pro 4x4.
On the first lap, Oberg dropped back a position as Probst got around him. By then the Pro 4x4's had started picking off the Super Stocks and the rear of the Pro2 trucks. Oberg was able to get around Probst and Douglas quickly had his Ford F-150 into second. Vanden Heuvel was then able to push pat the Super Stock truck of BEn Wandahsega for third, giving the AMSOIL Super Team the first three positions.
The top running wouldn't last long after Douglas was slammed by Even Evans, bending his A-arm and causing another flat tire. With Douglas slowing, Vanden Heuvel was battling to keep the 4x4 of Renezeder behind him. The duo found their way around Douglas, who eventually pulled into the pits and called it a day.On the last lap, Oberg fought hard at keeping his Pro 2wd in front of the on-coming 4wd, but with a half a lap remaining, Oberg couldn't keep Renezeder behind him. Vanden Heuvel also gave way to Kent Bracho for third. Oberg finished second and took the honors as the first Pro 2wd to finish. Only two Pro 2wd drivers, Oberg and Taylor, have ever one a Cup race against the Pro 4x4's.
In WSORR action this season, AMSOIL sponsored drivers have taken 14 podium's, including six wins. Oberg and Douglas will be racing at the next round of WSORR July 14-15 in Bark River, Mich. Vanden Heuvel will be racing again in September as the WSORR comes back to Crandon and then returns to racing in CORR.
Until then, we'll see you at the races,
Jeremy Meyer
AMSOIL Racing Coordinator
