6/26/2018
Inside Line Promotions
Hill Gains Valuable Experience During First Dirt Cup
(Photo by Malcolm White Photography)
Inside Line Promotions – ALGER, Wash. (June 26, 2018) – Alex Hill had a satisfying performance and she gained valuable experience during her first visit to Skagit Speedway, which hosted the 47th annual Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup last weekend.
“I enjoyed it,” she said. “It was a pretty good weekend. There was a lot of tough competition and it was my first time at the track. But I was pretty happy with the results we had even though we didn’t make the A Main.”
Hill began the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com event on Thursday with a solid run in her heat race, charging from ninth to fifth place. She followed that with sixth place finishes in her qualifier and B Main after starting on the front row in each race.
“It was just a lot of tough competition,” she said. “I didn’t find the right line to run until late in the race in both the qualifier and the B Main.”
Hill placed fourth in a heat race and ninth in a qualifier on Friday. She lined up fourth and finished third in her B Main, missing the transfer to the A Main by only one spot.
“There was a restart with two laps to go and we were pretty fast,” she said. “I felt like I could pass the car in front of me and get the transfer, but I just drove too hard.”
Hill started on the pole of a B Main on Saturday before finishing seventh.
“I kind of had the same issue as I did on Thursday,” she said. “I dropped back a ways before I found the fast line to run. Then I started gaining on the other cars toward the end of the race, but it was too late.”
Hill is spending the week in Washington before competing in this weekend’s Fred Brownfield Classic at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash., on Friday and Saturday.
“I’m looking forward to racing at another new track,” she said. “I’m also looking forward to getting my other car back this week. We had built it special for me just before Speedweek, but it was bent in a crash at Creek County.”
QUICK RESULTS –
June 21 – Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. – Heat race: 5 (9); Qualifier: 6 (1); B Main: 6 (2).
June 22 – Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. – Heat race: 4 (5); Qualifier: 9 (8); B Main: 3 (4).
June 23 – Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. – B Main: 7 (1).
SEASON STATS –
25 races, 0 wins, 0 top fives, 1 top 10, 4 top 15s, 12 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Friday and Saturday at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Wash., for the Fred Brownfield Classic with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour presented by SawBlade.com
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.HillsRacingTeam.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HillsRacingTeam
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hillsracing/
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“Strodes BBQ and Deli has catered events for our race team and has done a tremendous job,” Hill said. “We’re excited to have them as supporters of our team.”
Hill would also like to thank Townline Variety, BearPaw Gas and Convenience, Tony Stewart Racing, Ackland Insurance, Cool Chassis, Creative Edge Signs & Graphics, Lettrage Pixel, Slade Shock Technologies, XYZ Machining, Fisher Racing Engines, Gaerte/TOPP Performance Race Products, Allstar Performance, PPM Racing Products, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, PAC Racing Springs, Wilwood, DMI, MicroBlue, Vortex Racing Product, Saldana Racing Products, Kinsler Fuel Injection, KSE Racing Products and Brown & Miller Racing Solutions for their continued support.
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Submitted By: Shawn Miller
