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Hillier Races Past Eight Cars at I-55 Raceway
PEVELY, MO (July 7) – Kevin Gobrecht
Rookie of the Year contender Chad Hillier drove the #5C DIRT Inc. Maxim
into 13th place from inside the 11th row in
Saturday’s Harris 40 at I-55 Raceway.
Hillier moved past
World of Outlaws veterans Craig Dollansky, Dion Hindi, Justin Henderson and Jason Sides during the
opening lap and passed fellow rookies Jason Martin and Sam Hafertepe Jr. later en route to his 17th
top-15 finish of the season.
“We didn’t qualify all that great, but we caught a break in the heat race
when something happened to (Terry) McCarl and we
moved up to the third row,” Hillier said. “We got into the first corner
there and got into third (passing veterans Chad Kemenah
and Justin Henderson) and just maintained it from there. That got us into the
feature.”
Hillier’s 107.155 MPH
qualifying lap was the 24th-fastest in the 30-car field. The
only driver to win all three sprint car championships at Skagit Speedway
finished third in the Third Heat Race.
“It took us a while to
get going in the feature, but we dodged a few things and stayed out of
trouble and managed to finish in the top 15,” Hillier said. “We weren’t
great, but we were good. It was nice to get out of the heat race and not
have to run the ‘B.’ It was a pretty good night. We ran a different car
than we ran at Huset’s, and it worked a lot
better. It was more like the one we had earlier in the year. It was a lot
more comfortable right from the start.”
Hillier’s strong run
pushed him to within two points of Jeremy Campbell in their battle for 18th
place in the World of Outlaws point standings.
Hillier is looking
forward to Wednesday’s Brad Doty Classic at Limaland Motorsports Park and this weekend’s Knight
Before the Kings Royal and Kings Royal races at historic Eldora Speedway.
Saturday’s $50,000-to-win Kings Royal will be telecast Sunday at noon EDT
on ESPN2.
“Now we go to Limaland and the Kings Royal, which is usually
exciting,” Hillier said. “I’ve never been to Limaland
before, so we’ll see how that goes. Brad Doty is very good for the sport,
so it will be good to honor him at the Limaland
race. We’ve been to Eldora twice this year. Any time you go to a track, you
want to learn from your mistakes and run better than the time before.
Hopefully, we’ll be better this time.”
Hillier ran 10th
in the “B” Feature at Eldora Speedway April 13th, then raced
past eight cars on his way to a 17th-place finish in the main
event at “The World’s Fastest Half-Mile” June 2nd.
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photographs. The team is sponsored by Jansma Construction,
H.B. Jaeger, Fast Wings, Maxim Chassis, Pro Shocks and Weld Racing.
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