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Hillier Collides with ‘Haud,’
Runs 20th in Topeka
TOPEKA, KS (September 14) – Kevin Gobrecht
Rookie of the Year contender Chad Hillier raced past five cars during the
first five laps of Friday’s World of Outlaws “A” Feature at Heartland Park.
Unfortunately, a collision with Jac Haudenschild one lap later severely damaged the #5c
DIRT Inc. Maxim and led to a 20th-place finish.
“We had a good racecar
and got off to a good start in the feature, but I slipped up off the bottom
a little bit and ‘Haud’ came in there a little
too hot and drove up into the side and got up over the front of us,” Chad
said. “It flattened our right front tire, broke the Pittman arm and bent
the drag link, so we had to make a couple of trips to the work area to get
it all fixed. It was tough to get going after that.
“We were a little off
earlier, but we changed the gear and a few other things for the feature. It
was frustrating we weren’t able to race with it that way for more than six
laps. I’d like to see how much farther we would have gotten, but that’s the
way it goes sometimes. He (Haudenschild) was
starting there in the back with us and he was trying to make a charge to
the front. He just got in there a little too hot.”
Hillier’s 12.113-second
qualifying lap was the 19th-fastest in the 25-car field, .563
seconds off Jason Meyers’ pace.
“We were just a little
off in qualifying,” Chad
said. “We wanted to make the inversion, but it was 12 when we ran just
three heat races. If we could find those tenths (of a second in
qualifying), it would be easier.”
Hillier, his DIRT Inc.
teammates and the rest of the World of Outlaws will travel 593 miles for
Sunday’s race at Charter Raceway Park in Beaver Dam, WI. Chad appeared to be on his way
to the first top-five finish of his World of Outlaws career in the August 3rd
race at the 1/3-mile oval, when he crashed into Terry McCarl
during a 19th-lap restart and eventually finished in 18th
place.
“We had a really good
racecar that night, but I just misjudged where Terry was going,” Chad said.
“He checked up a little bit and I got in there a little too fast and got
into the back of him. We were pretty good there all night – in the heat
race and in the feature – so we’ll have a good baseline to start with
there. The weather will be cooler, so it will be a little different, but
expect to have a good run.”
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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