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Hillier Hits Wall, Loses Top-10 in Oil City
Finale
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA (August 19) – World
of Outlaws Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year
contender Chad Hillier was running 10th in Sunday’s Oil City Cup finale at Castrol Raceway when the #5C DIRT Inc. Maxim hit the
wall and turned over.
Hillier, who finished
11th on opening night, raced back into 17th place in
the “A” Feature following the incident to maintain the 19th
position in the World of Outlaws point standings.
An excellent qualifying
run gave Hillier the luxury of racing in the Crane Cams Dash – and starting
in the first five rows in the main event – for the second straight race.
“We had a good
qualifying run,” Chad
said of his 103.006-MPH lap. “A lot of times when we’ve only run one lap,
we struggled … but not this time. We were pleased to run in the dash two
nights in a row. The guys (Pete Stevens, Curtis Bye and Travis Van Dam) had
the car more powerful than it had been lately. Qualifying got us into the
dash this time. We were sixth-quick, and we were able to get into the dash
because some guys didn’t make it out (qualify for the feature in their heat
races).
“We had a good night
going until I jumped the cushion and got into the wall. It wasn’t a real
nasty cushion, but it was slick up to it. I just got in there a little
wrong and got the right front (tire) up over it and couldn’t get it pulled
back out of the cushion before it got into the wall. The car bounced a
little bit and tipped over on its side.”
Hillier, who started
outside the fifth row, battled Tim Shaffer, fellow rookie Sam Hafertepe Jr. and Justin Henderson in the top 10 before
clipping the wall during the 19th lap.
“We were running well
before we hit the wall,” Chad
said. “We were mixing it up with Tim, Hafertepe
and the D1 early. It was a pretty racy track; we were running better on the cushion than we were on the bottom. It was
really slick and everybody was trying to get into the two grooves in the
corners. It was some really good racing; it was just unfortunate that we
got into the wall like that.”
Hillier and DIRT Inc.
are looking forward to racing close to their Washington homes when the
World of Outlaws runs a double-feature event at Skagit Speedway Friday and
Saturday.
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.
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