(Photo by Ray Hull Photography)
Inside Line Promotions – COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (Aug. 1, 2016) – Patrick Dills registered his fifth straight top-five finish during Extreme Sprints competition at Cottage Grove Speedway last Saturday.
“Consistency is one of the most important things,” he said. “You can win a championship and never win a race if you’re consistent. I feel like that’s one of our strong points.”
Dills opened the night by setting quick time during qualifying.
“I went out sixth to qualify,” he said. “The top of turn four was so dry people were hanging off the top. The first lap I went to the top and had to get out of the gas. On my second lap I came around and hit the top of turn three and rolled down the track and came off the bottom of turn four and that was quickest.”
Dills then advanced from fourth to third place in the dash before ending fourth in a heat race. The feature inversion lined him up seventh.
“On the start of the main event I fell back to eighth or ninth and then I found something through the middle,” he said. “I started working that middle groove. There were a couple of yellows and I was able to get a couple of cars through the middle. Then I could smell the rubber and found it first in the middle. I passed a couple of cars to get to fourth and then everyone else found it.”
Dills scored a fourth-place finish, which was his seventh top five in nine Extreme Sprints races this season.
He is slated to return to Cottage Grove Speedway this Saturday.
QUICK RESULTS –
July 30 – Cottage Grove Speedway in Cottage Grove, Ore. – Qualifying: 1; Dash: 3 (4); Heat race: 4 (4); Feature: 4 (7).
SEASON STATS –
19 races, 2 wins, 7 top fives, 11 top 10s, 14 top 15s, 18 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Saturday at Cottage Grove Speedway in Cottage Grove, Ore.
MEDIA LINKS –
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Patrick-Dills-Racing/236840896439816?ref=br_tf
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PatrickDills90
Website: http://www.PatrickDillsRacing.com
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Jacob Daniels Attorney at Law
Jacob Daniels, Attorney at Law, became a sponsor of Patrick Dills at the beginning of the 2015 season. Daniels, who was born in Cottage Grove, Ore., and calls nearby Creswell home, practices law throughout Oregon. He is the son of longtime Cottage Grove Speedway flagman Rick Daniels and has always been an avid racing fan. For more about his law practice, visit http://www.EndeavorAdvocacy.com.
“Jacob Daniels has been a huge supporter of me,” Dills said. “He’s not just a sponsor, he’s out there at the track almost every weekend to help with the car. He gives me support, pushes me and believes in me.”
Dills would also like to thank Jerry Dills Trucking, Weeman’s Small Engine Repair, BC Motorsports, Faye Stewart for U.S. Senate, Cedric Ross Hayden Oregon State Representative, Oregon Research Consultants, API, Bonnichsen Repair, Devine Continuous Gutters, M.D. Yearous Logging, Inc., Lynn Mulligan Trucking, Rocket Designs, Dirt Monkey Productions and Inside Line Promotions for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Aug 01, 2016
- Article Date: 8/1/2016 by Inside Line Promotions