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Dills Earns Top Five at Cottage Grove to Garner Second Straight Championship

Inside Line Promotions – COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. (Aug. 30, 2016) – Patrick Dills secured his second straight Cottage Grove Speedway track championship following a top-five finish during the Extreme Sprints season finale last Saturday.

Dills finished the season tied for the division lead in wins (two), top fives (eight) and top 10s (10), but his strong qualifying and heat race performances was the difference maker.

“It means a lot to win back-to-back championships,” he said. “That was a big goal of ours and to accomplish it after a grueling season means a lot to myself, my family, the team and our sponsors. All the hard work paid off.”

Dills kicked off last Saturday’s event by qualifying ninth quickest. He then advanced from fifth to fourth place in a heat race.

“We just missed the setup in qualifying and we had a RaceSaver tire on,” he said. “The track changed drastically and we didn’t catch it. Plus, I ran the top in qualifying and I should have ran the bottom. I didn’t make two good laps. That closed the gap from 19 points to nine going into the heat races.”

Dills gained points in the heat race and secured the title by advancing from ninth to fifth place in the main event.

“In the feature I was up to fourth at one point and I blew the cushion in turns one and two,” he said. “I fell back to sixth or seventh and picked off another car or two after that.”

Dills also ranks fifth in the Triple Crown standings following the first of three events. The next round is Saturday at Coos Bay Speedway in Coos Bay, Ore. The final race is Sept. 10 at Southern Oregon Speedway in White City, Ore., although Dills currently plans on competing in a 360ci race at Cottage Grove Speedway that night.

QUICK RESULTS –

Aug. 27 – Cottage Grove Speedway in Cottage Grove, Ore. – Qualifying: 9; Heat race: 4 (5); Feature: 5 (9).

SEASON STATS –

20 races, 2 wins, 8 top fives, 12 top 10s, 15 top 15s, 19 top 20s

UP NEXT –

Saturday at Coos Bay Speedway in Coos Bay, 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

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“The business is owned by our attorney, Jacob Daniels,” Dills said. “He wants to see us succeed and has supported us for two years. Jacob has also helped us out a lot in getting other sponsors involved with the team.”

Dills would also like to thank Jerry Dills Trucking, Jacob Daniels Attorney at Law, BC Motorsports, Cedric Ross Hayden Oregon State Representative, Faye Stewart for U.S. Senate, 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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