(Photo by Dirt Monkey Productions)
Inside Line Promotions – COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (Aug. 9, 2016) – Patrick Dills is closing in on his second straight Extreme Sprints championship at Cottage Grove Speedway.
Dills scored his 11th top 10 of the season last Saturday to give himself a 19-point lead in the championship standings with only one race in the class remaining.
The night began with Dills qualifying second quickest around the quarter-mile oval. He then finished where he started – third – in a heat race to lock into the feature inversion.
“We always are really strong at the beginning of the night and then we stay consistent through the rest of the night,” he said.
Unfortunately, the No. 10 was drawn for the feature inversion so Dills lined up on the outside of the fourth row for the main event.
“We fell back to ninth on the start,” he said. “The race went green to checkered. We could have used a yellow. We were really strong. I was running the top pretty hard all the way around. Other cars were trying to run the middle and the bottom. I was up to fifth and I blew the cushion in turns one and two and dropped back a spot. The car was really good. I just made an error toward the end and tried to enter the corner different.”
Dills settled for a sixth-place finish.
He will return to Cottage Grove Speedway this Saturday in the 360ci division. Dills enters this weekend ranked sixth in the standings – only seven points out of fourth place and 25 points behind third.
“We’re excited to get back to 360s,” he said. “We’re going to try to stay consistent all night and move up the points ladder. I need to qualify good and make sure I’m consistent. I’ve got to hit the track running, stay focused and have the confidence that I’m capable of winning.”
QUICK RESULTS –
Aug. 6 – Cottage Grove Speedway in Cottage Grove, Ore. – Qualifying: 2; Heat race: 3 (3); Feature: 6 (8).
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 – Cedric Ross Hayden Oregon State Representative
Cedric Ross Hayden is a dentist, heavy equipment operator, cattleman, pilot and forest firefighter. Cedric and his wife run a dental charity that provides free dental work to those in need in Lane and Douglas Counties, as well as internationally. In 2014 Cedric Ross Hayden was elected to the Oregon State Legislature, representing Oregon’s House District 7, which includes Patrick’s hometown of Cottage Grove, Ore. To learn more, visit http://www.HaydenForOregon.com.
“We are extremely happy to have Cedric on the car,” Dills said. “We gained a lot of momentum after Cedric joined the team halfway through the 2015 season. We really appreciate his support.”
Dills would also like to thank Jerry Dills Trucking, Weeman’s Small Engine Repair, BC Motorsports, Faye Stewart for U.S. Senate, Jacob Daniels Attorney at Law, 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 09, 2016
- Article Date: 8/9/2016 by Inside Line Promotions