|
Dirt Inc.
Chassis - Maxim
Engines -
Driver - Chad
Hillier
Return
to Chad Hillier Stories
Return to
Richard Day's Stories
Return to SprintCar
PR
Go to Chad Hillier Racing
Hillier Runs
12th in ‘B’ at Martin Memorial
SARVER , PA (July 18) – What a difference 24
hours can make. The #5C DIRT Inc. Maxim was the fastest car in Tuesday’s
third hot-lap session at the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup at Lernerville Speedway, but rain forced the World of
Outlaws to postpone the event to Wednesday.
DIRT Inc.
driver Chad Hillier was the 34th-fastest qualifier in the 46-car field
Wednesday. Although he won a spirited, six-lap battle with 1995 Rookie of
the Year Randy Hannagan, Hillier finished eighth
in the Second Heat Race. He finished behind Jeremy Campbell and ahead of
Tony Bruce Jr. in the heat race as well as the “B” Feature. His 12th-place
finish in the “B” kept him from qualifying for the main event.
“We couldn’t
build much speed no matter what we did,” the World of Outlaws Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year contender said. “I think we
were a little off on our fuel. We were trying to compensate with gear
early, and I think if we had been better with our fuel curve we would have
been a lot better. It was frustrating, but we learned from it. We learned
from our mistakes and found out what we were doing wrong, so we’ll be able
to use what we learned at other places.
“You have to
have everything right just to run decent and you have be exceptionally good
to have a shot at winning.”
Tyler Swank,
the team’s crew chief for the first half of the season, left DIRT Inc. to
accept a similar position with World of Outlaws driver Terry McCarl earlier in the week.
“We wish Tyler the best in his
new venture,” Hillier said. “We hope he’s successful. We appreciate his
hard work. There are no hard feelings; we all left on good terms. That’s
the way we wanted it. He wasn’t fired and he didn’t quit; this is just a
good opportunity for him.
“We brought
in Travis Van Dam as our new crew member. Pete Stephens will our crew chief
now. Pete has done a good job of taking over and making sure Curtis (Bye)
and Travis do the right things. I think we’ll all
work well together. The tough thing about it is that none of us have been
to these tracks if we haven’t raced them this year. I think if we can
communicate well, we’ll be fine.”
Hillier and
DIRT Inc. will be back in action Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the
Cleveland Brothers Summer Nationals at Williams Grove Speedway.
DeWitt
Industries Racing Team Incorporated invites racing fans to visit its
website at www.dirt-inc.com
for news, results, sponsorship information and photographs. The team is
sponsored by Jansma
Construction, H.B. Jaeger, Fast Wings, Maxim Chassis, Pro Shocks and Weld
Racing.
Ideas, suggestions, questions or comments can
be sent to: SprintCar PR.
NOTICE TO BULK EMAILERS:
Pursuant to US Code, TItle 47, Chapter 5,
Subchapter II, p. 227, any and all unsolicited commercial E-Mail sent to
this address is subject to a download and archival fee in the amount of
$500 US. Anyone who sends unsolicited commercial email to this account will
be charged a $500 proofreading fee. Consider this official notification.
Failure to abide by this will result in legalaction.
|