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"Super Team" Gets New Look

Ten Time World Champion Joins Team AMSOIL

AMSOIL made a major splash in the world of off-road truck racing in 2005 with the introduction of the AMSOIL “Super Team” in the prestigious Championship Off-Road Racing (C.O.R.R.) Series. This year AMSOIL added even more horsepower by joining fan favorites Mike Oberg and Dan Vanden Heuvel with yet another off-road legend.

Scott Douglas has been added to Team AMSOIL as the company’s new Pro-4 driver. Douglas, who also races Best In The Desert (BITD), will race alongside Oberg and Vanden Heuvel in the Pro-2 class (Oberg is making the jump up from the Sportsman class this year). AMSOIL will be the title sponsor for Douglas in Pro-4 and will be an associate sponsor in Pro-2. Douglas will keep Rancho as the main sponsor in Pro-2. Both companies will share sponsorship on the BITD truck, which Douglas began racing in early February. Douglas will also be running the same tire company as Oberg and Vanden Heuvel, Kumho, thus making him an official member of the AMSOIL/Rancho/Kumho Super Team.

“I’m really excited because I feel that both Dan and Mike are very skilled and successful drivers,” said Douglas. “I’m proud of the fact that over the years I’ve been able to help them out in some of their successes. I’m thrilled to be their teammate as well.”

Douglas, who drives for Ford Motor Company, has 61 career truck wins, 98 podiums and has brought home 10 championships, including his 2004 BITD Class Championship and two C.O.R.R. titles (1996, 1997). He took home five podiums in C.O.R.R. in 2005, leading to a fourth place overall finish in the Pro-2 class. He switched over to the Pro-2 class last summer because of budget restraints, but will be fielding a truck in both classes this year.

“I really enjoy running in Pro-2,” said Douglas. “The two-wheel drive class has great competition, but the big dogs run in Pro-4 and that class is the ultimate adrenaline rush. We’re running both classes because we still have a lot to accomplish in Pro-2, but we wanted to return to Pro-4 as well.”

Douglas started racing 32 years ago. But instead of his Ford F-150, with a 410 cubic inch V-8 that creates 870 horsepower, he was seated on two wheels. He spent seven years desert racing on the back of a dirt bike. It was 25 years ago that he switched to the more powerful trucks, but it would take almost 20 years until he added short course racing to his yearly schedule.

“I love racing in both the desert and in C.O.R.R.,” said Douglas. “In C.O.R.R., the short track is pure adrenaline because it is so aggressive. And I love the longer races in Best In The Desert because you have to use strategy as much as speed to win the race. I race both disciplines for one simple reason: to get the most seat time I possibly can. Whatever the track, I love to adapt to it.”

Douglas ran his first race under the AMSOIL banner the first weekend in February. A broken ball joint and snapped tie-rod made it unable for him to finish the race, even though he was just a few seconds off the lead when the problems occurred.

“When racing in the desert there are no pits to pull the truck into, so another racer needs to bring you your parts,” explained Douglas. “We tried twice to get parts out to us, but both trucks broke down. By the time we got it fixed, time had run out with just 60 miles to go to the finish line.”

His determination will lead him to the finish line more times than not in 2006. His career record and resolve will power him past the competition at every race.

“What motivates me is winning,” said Douglas. “There’s nothing like it when the team, truck and driver come together. I want to win as many races as I can and focus our strategy on championships.”

The AMSOIL Super Team will begin racing in the C.O.R.R. series starting in May. A complete schedule and team information can be found in the racing links at www.amsoil.com.

Races are televised on the SPEED Channel.

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