Scott Taylor (racing driver)
| Scott Taylor | |
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Taylor in 2010 at Crandon
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| Nationality | American |
| Born |
September 15, 1955 Belvidere, Illinois |
| Retired | 2013 |
| Traxxas TORC Series | |
| Years active | 2009 - 2013 |
| Teams | Taylor Racing |
| Best finish | 4th in 2009 |
| Previous series | |
| 2007-2008 1998-2008 1989-1998 1993 |
WSORR CORR SODA ESPN Pro Series |
| Championship titles | |
| WSORR Pro-2 (2007) CORR PRO-2 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) SODA Class 8 (1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997) SODA Class 7s (1989, 1990, 1992, 1993) ESPN Pro Series Class 8 (1993) ESPN Pro Series Class 7s (1993) |
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| Awards | |
| 1994 SODA Sportsman of the Year 1993 SODA Driver of the Year & Best Pit Appearance 1992 Ford/SODA Hard Charging Award |
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Scott Taylor (born September 15, 1955) is a retired American professional off-road racing driver from Belvidere, Illinois. His off-road racing career began in 1974 with buggies and his career peaked in the premiere two-wheel-drive truck class called Pro2 . He retired from driving after the completion of the 2013 Traxxas TORC Series (TORC) Heavy Metal race at Crandon.
Taylor won championships during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s in the series that sanctioned off-road racing in the Midwestern United States. He racked up championships in Short-course Off-road Drivers Association (SODA), SCORE International, ESPN PRO Series, Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) and World Series of Off-Road Racing (WSORR). Taylor won six consecutive Pro 2 championships in CORR between 1999 and 2004. He was the first two-wheel-drive truck winner of the Heavy Metal Challenge (now AMSOIL Cup) world championship race at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway in 2002; he repeated the win in 2008.
Taylor raced with Ford Motor Company vehicles for much of his professional career and he joined the "Ford Rough Riders" group near the end of their five-year promotion in 1995. While a professional driver, he used Roush Racing engines (later Roush-Yates engines).
Taylor began his involvement with motorsports as a child. In a 2012 interview with the Rockford Register Star, he said "I was hopping up my dad’s lawn mower to make it mow faster when I was 6 years old." He began racing off-road Volkswagen buggies in 1972, one year before he graduated from high school. Taylor began his off-road racing career in 1974 at the Indian Summer Sprints at the Lake Geneva Raceway near his hometown Belvidere. In 1979, he won th 4x4 Unlimited Memorial Day Challenge of Champions Showdown. Taylor won the 1980 Florida 400 Challenge of Champions Showdown. In 1981 he won the Montreal Olympic Stadium four-wheel championship and he repeated the win in 1982. Taylor changed to unlimited buggy for 1983 and he won the SCORE International Riverside International Raceway Class 2 championships in 1983 and 1984. He also started racing off-road trucks in 1984. Taylor ended the decade by winning the 1989 SODA Class 7s championship for the mini-pickup trucks.
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