(Photo courtesy of Zac Taylor Racing)
Inside Line Promotions – FORT MORGAN, Colo. (June 6, 2016) – Zac Taylor is excited about his first opportunity to race a 360ci sprint car in front of his family and friends this weekend.
“Kaden Taylor is letting us use a 360 engine and we will be racing at Sweetwater County Speedway, which is in Rock Springs, Wyo., about 10 miles from my house,” he said. “I’ll have a lot of family and friends there. My girlfriend’s family is coming and like five of my teachers from the first through sixth grades are coming.”
The races on Friday and Saturday will mark Taylor’s first trip to the track this season.
Taylor is a “hands-on” driver as he spent Sunday and Monday working with his dad to swap engines.
“The 360 engine is a tight fit … we have to do some modifications to get it to work,” said Taylor, who is coming off a second straight podium finish.
Taylor advanced from fifth to third place in a heat race before he maneuvered from seventh to third place during the feature last Saturday at I-76 Speedway.
“In the heat the track was really tacky … no one had ever seen the track like that,” he said. “But by feature time it slicked off big time. We haven’t finished out of the top 10 all year so I’m pretty happy with how the season is going so far.”
QUICK RESULTS –
June 4 – I-76 Speedway in Fort Morgan, Colo. – Heat 3 (5); Feature: 3 (7).
SEASON STATS –
8 races, 2 wins, 5 top fives, 7 top 10s, 7 top 15s, 7 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Saturday and Sunday at Sweetwater County Speedway in Rock Springs, Wyo.
MEDIA LINKS –
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Zac-Taylor-Racing/176561235888527
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zac86taylor
Website: http://www.zactaylorracing.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA1su-PDXOb8wWUoLAw_POQ/videos
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – USA Performance Engines
USA Performance Engines is the power behind many local, regional and national racers. Our centralized location in Denver, Colo., allows us to serve anyone in the USA. Rick and Cindy Lowery started USA Performance Engines in 2002 with the help of local and national sprint car driver and master engine builder John Gerloff. Master machinist Jeff Taylor started along with cylinder head specialist Mike Rowles that same year. All three men are still at USA Performance today and strive to develop and build the very best engine for your race car, hot rod, boat, motorcycle or daily street car.
“Rick (Lowery) and his son came out and helped us this past weekend,” Taylor said. “He’s really good at helping us set the car up. And he’s been a huge help in getting the 360 engine in.”
Taylor would also like to thank H&H Resurfacing, Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil, the Kaiser Family, Pro Shocks, Triple X Racing Company, USA Performance Engines and Hoosier Racing Tires.
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- Shawn Miller on Jun 06, 2016
- Article Date: 6/6/2016 by Inside Line Promotions