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Kelley Carlton
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (January 13) - Dillon Wood and his Dillon Wood Race Team attacked the high banks of Talladega Short Track last weekend in the 17th Annual Ice Bowl. After two successful days of practice, Wood timed in thirty-third fast out of the seventy-six cars on hand. Wood finished fifth in his heat which relegated him to one of the B-Mains. Wood pushed his Rocket Chassis to the limit in the twelve lap event and came up just one position short of transferring to the feature. "We changed so much on the car and we made the car better every time. So we learned a lot but we could have learned more another fifty laps" said Wood.
Wood also had Ohlins Shock Specialist Jason Young on hand for the weekend as a part of his crew. "Having Jason in the pits was good for us. We changed shock settings and springs quite a bit and having Jason's expertise and support was a huge help. It allowed us to really learn a lot of information about our shock program and how our car responds to the changes we made. I wish we could have him with us every week." said Wood.
Dillon and his father Todd continue their preseason preparations for their run at the 2008 O'Reilly Southern All Stars Championship and Rookie of the Year titles. The team took delivery of a brand new Rocket Chassis Race Car in the days leading up to the Ice Bowl and is now working feverishly to complete the car for their next event at Golden Isles Speedway. "The car was about 75% complete when we picked it up so we just need to finish up the plumbing and put our new Clements Race Engine in and it will be ready." said the elder Wood.
Dillon and team hope to have both of their Rocket Chassis ready for the O'Reilly Southern All Stars portion of Super Bowl of Racing IV at the Golden Isles Speedway on January 30th, 31st and February 1st. DWR would like to thank their 2008 sponsors for their support. "We want to arrive at GIS set and ready to go after the OSAS titles. We think we have a good shot. We saw a lot of the race tracks last year and that should really be a big plus for us this year when we go back to those same places." Said Wood.
The sponsors include: Bearden Oil Company, Screven Motor Speedway and Savannah River Dragway, RaceSource, KELCAR Motorsports, Clements Race Engines, Rocket Chassis, Dixie Dirt, Carlson Race Photos, Koury Race Engines, Dough Boy Signs, Vickery's Speedshop, Coleman Outdoors, Ohlins, Hypercoils, PPM Racing Products, Wa-Don Bert, Sunoco Race Fuels, Stealth Carburetors, Beyea Headers, Simpson, Racing Optics, Five Star Bodies and Hoosier Tire South.
Up Coming DWR Events:
January 30 - Golden Isles Speedway - OSAS - $10,000
January 31 - Golden Isles Speedway - OSAS - $10,000
February 1 - Golden Isles Speedway - OSAS - $10,000
March 8 - North Georgia Speedway - OSAS - $5000
March 15 - Cleveland Speedway - OSAS - $7500
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