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Dills Drives to Eighth-Place Finish at Cottage Grove during Season Opener

Inside Line Promotions – COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (April 14, 2016) – Patrick Dills put together a strong season debut last Saturday at Cottage Grove Speedway, where he registered a top-10 finish in the 360ci sprint car class.

The night began with Dills qualifying 10th quickest around the high-banked, quarter-mile oval, where approximately two dozen racers competed.

“The track was super technical,” he said. “Experience was needed. We took all the advice we could get. The groove was around the top. I probably could have been a little higher on the track to go a little faster, but we were pleased with my qualifying.”

That lined Dills up on the pole for a heat race.

“I had Garen Linder outside of me with Roger Crockett behind me and Henry Van Dam next to Roger,” he said. “We were all neck and neck the whole time. There was one time we were four wide and I had the lead, but we got pinched and lost a couple of spots. We were still happy because I was hanging there with those guys.”

Dills placed fourth in the heat to lock into the 10th starting position for the main event.

“The track was super, super technical,” he said. “You had to be on the very top or the complete bottom. I was searching for anything to learn. I was up to seventh at one point, but there was a restart and I lost a spot. My goal was a top five, but we were happy with eighth.”

Dills ran in the top 10 throughout the main event before posting an eighth-place result. He will return to action this Saturday at Cottage Grove Speedway for the Extreme Sprints season opener.

“We have lots of confidence,” he said. “We’re going to try to pick up where we left off in the Extreme Sprints.”

Dills claimed three Extreme Sprints feature wins at Cottage Grove Speedway last season, including the season finale, en route to his first track championship.

QUICK RESULTS –

April 9 – Cottage Grove Speedway in Cottage Grove, Ore. – Qualifying: 10; Heat race: 4 (1); Feature: 8 (10).

SEASON STATS –

1 race, 0 wins, 0 top fives, 1 top 10, 1 top 15, 1 top 20

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.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS –

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations and media management for motor sports drivers, teams, sponsors, tracks, series, events, organizations and manufacturers. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and the return on investment for your sponsors.

To meet the media relations needs of your program by joining Team ILP, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or Shawn@InsideLinePromotions.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit http://www.InsideLinePromotions.com.

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