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Dills Endures Rough Luck while Racing for the Lead at Cottage Grove

(Photo by Ray Hull Photography)

Inside Line Promotions – COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (April 20, 2016) – A broken weld around a header may have cost Patrick Dills a win in the Clark Printing Extreme Sprints at Cottage Grove Speedway last Saturday.

Dills, the defending track champion in the division, started the night by setting fast time during qualifications around the high-banked, quarter-mile track. He followed with a runner-up finish in the dash and with a heat race victory.

“The car popped out of gear coming to the checkers in the heat so we had some work to do,” Dills said.

Dills rolled off eighth in the feature following an eight-car feature inversion.
“I was up to second in the first six laps and was going for the lead and a weld broke around the header and I knew I had to pull off … boy I didn’t want to,” he said.

Dills was credited with a 10th-place result.

He will be back in action at Cottage Grove Speedway this Saturday with the 360 sprint division, which will be sanctioned by the Interstate Sprint Car Series. The ISCS hasn’t held an event since 2013 and the last time they visited Cottage Grove Speedway was in 2011.

Dills posted an eighth-place finish with the 360 sprint division at Cottage Grove on April 9.

“Our team worked hard over the offseason,” he said. “Our goal is to win in the 360s and after the opening week, I have the confidence we can get that done.”

QUICK RESULTS –

April 16 – Cottage Grove Speedway in Cottage Grove, Ore. – Qualifying: 1; Dash: 2 (1); Heat race: 1 (1); Feature: 10 (8).

SEASON STATS –

2 races, 0 wins, 0 top fives, 2 top 10s, 2 top 15s, 2 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, Jacob Daniels Attorney at Law, Faye Stewart for U.S. Senate, 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.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS –

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