6/25/2015
Western Sprint Tour
Patrick Dills Makes Speedweek Northwest Debut
Patrick Dills Makes Speedweek Northwest Debut
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Dirt Monkey Productions)
One of the rising stars at the local Cottage Grove level will take his first crack at regional competition outside of his hometrack. His name is Patrick Dills and the Cottage Grove driver is in his second year participating in Sprint Cars. He pilots the Jacob Daniels Attorney at Law/Oregon State Representitive Cedric Ross Hayden/All Seasons Equipment/LaChance Kofoid Enterprises/Devine Continuous Gutters/Dirt Monkey Productions/Jerry Dills Trucking/BC Motorsports/Keith Whitaker Trucking/Rocket Designs/Double R Powdercoating/Weeman's Small Engine Repair #5D KPC. This will be his first time racing during a Speedweek Northwest.
“I've been to a lot of the Speedweeks in the past before while growing up,” said Dills, “while growing up I've always wanted to take part in it. I'm really excited to see all these new tracks and go against some different drivers.”
Dills has been pretty busy running locally at CGS in both the 360 Sprints and the Clark Printing Extreme Sprints. His best finish of the season was a second in the 360's on June 13th. He will look to build off of that successful run this Sunday June 28th at Siskiyou Motor Speedway in Yreka, California.
“I just think just getting more seat time has helped our program out,” continued Dills, “there have been a couple of 360 races where I should have done better then what we finished but I'm getting more comfortable and confident as a driver.”
The Western Sprint Tour sanctioned Speedweek Northwest begins at Yreka, California's Siskiyou Motor Speedway on Sunday June 28th and will conclude with the $5000.00 to win finale at Cottage Grove Speedway on Saturday July 4th. The best 360 Sprint drivers in the Western United States will race six events in seven nights at some of the best tracks in the country.
In the seventeen years Speedweek Northwest there have been ten different champions. Steve Kent and Roger Crockett are tied with four apiece while Brent Kaeding has two. Seven drivers have won the entire kit and caboodle just once which is a very impressive list of winners. That list includes Brad Furr, Jesse Hockett, Bud Kaeding, Kyle Larson, Shane Stewart, Mitch Olson, and in 2014 Kyle Hirst.
The Western Sprint Tour is the Pacific Northwest region's most premier touring 360 Sprint car series. Visiting some of the nation's best facilities it is a series that offers some of the best racing you can find anywhere around. For the latest news and information log on to sprints.nwextremeseries.com. Also check out the WST Facebook page and be sure to “Like” it.
Additional Information:
2015 Western Sprint Tour Schedule
April 24th Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR Trey Starks
April 25th Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR Rained Out
May 23rd Southern Oregon Speedway White City, OR Roger Crockett
May 24th Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR Roger Crockett
June 28th Siskiyou Motor Speedway Yreka, CA (Speedweek Northwest)
June 29th Southern Oregon Speedway White City, OR (Speedweek Northwest)
June 30th Coos Bay Speedway Coos Bay, OR (Speedweek Northwest)
July 1st Travel Day
July 2nd Willamette Speedway Lebanon, OR (Speedweek Northwest)
July 3rd Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR (Speedweek Northwest)
July 4th Cottage Grove Speedway Cottage Grove, OR (Speedweek Northwest)
August 14th Siskiyou Motor Speedway Yreka, CA
August 15th Southern Oregon Speedway White City, OR
September 25th State Fair Raceway Yakima, WA
September 26th State Fair Raceway Yakima, WA
Past Speedweek Northwest Champions:
2013- Roger Crockett
2012- Mitch Olson
2011- Kyle Larson
2010- Roger Crockett
2009- Jesse Hockett
2008- Roger Crockett
2007- Shane Stewart
2006- Steve Kent
2005- Brent Kaeding
2004- Brent Kaeding
2003- Roger Crockett
2002- Steve Kent
2001- Steve Kent
2000- Steve Kent
1999- Brad Furr
1998- Bud Kaeding
Submitted By: Ben Deatherage
