DOUGANS RACING ENGINES

Dougans Racing Engines are the powerplant of many top SCORE Trophy Trucks currently racing in SCORE. Owner Ray Field is a five time SCORE Engine Builder Of The Year, and takes winning as seriously as the amount of detail he puts into building every engine. Dougans’ was founded by Terry Dougan and Field began working for and learning at the company at the age of 16. Field and his wife Stefanie managed the company when Dougan passed away in 1998, and they purchased the company in 2003. 

Dougan’s Racing Engines started in a small shop in Riverside, California, but as Ray Field continued to progress with making winning engines, they expanded to a 12,000 square-foot facility with all of the latest machining equipment, multiple dynos, and the Rancho Drivetrain transmission shop which is all a part of Dougan’s complete drivetrain package. 

The company creates some of the winningest engines in off-road racing and has adapted to the needs and changes in the sport. This includes All Wheel Drive (AWD), SCORE Trophy Trucks, which according to Field, place different demands on an engine and drivetrain. To stay on top, Field works closely with teams to create big block engine platforms that provide the necessary horsepower. 

Dougan’s is continually testing and updating their race engines to be competitive and to last a long-distance off-road race. “To stay competitive we constantly have to look at refining and developing absolutely everything,” says Field. “In doing so, we’re also learning as we move forward, and that helps us create more reliable and powerful engines for our customers. This is an exciting time to be in off-road racing at this level,” continues Field. “There’s more technology being introduced and not only is it helping us see what is going on with the engine and drivetrain, but we can also see what the driver is doing and it all makes these vehicles amazingly faster. 

We’re grateful for everything racing organizations like SCORE does for the sport, and for helping in the development of these advancements. SCORE Baja racing brings with it a level of difficulty like no other, and the challenges only help increase the level of our engines as well as the vehicles they power.”