After taking most of the
summer off from racing, Dillon Sallows has regrouped, and is looking to tackle
the fast confines of the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York for
next week’s Super DIRT Week XLI. This
will be Sallows second attempt at qualifying for the prestigious Syracuse
event. Last year, he didn’t make the
show after suffering motor issues before the end of the first practice session.
Sallows immediately took a
liking to the “Moody Mile”, posting the seventh fastest speed in opening
practice out of 62 other competitors.
Optimism was high in the Sallows camp leading into the next round of
practice, but motor problems developed that ended up plaguing the team for the
rest of the weekend. They continued to
try and rectify the issues, and ran the Futures race, and last change
qualifiers to no avail, and the team was unable to make the race.
This year, Sallows will
return, hoping that they can build on their early success from Super DIRT Week
2011, and earn a top 24 starting spot during time trials on Friday
afternoon. Sallows will have practice
during the day on Thursday, and will run time trials for the Futures race and
will return on Friday for the Futures race and regular time trials. Saturday will be the 30 lap Sportsman
Championship event.
“I had a great time last
year at Syracuse and I can’t wait to get back there next week and see what we
can do”, says Sallows. “Being at
Syracuse is very exciting and the speeds are pretty incredible. We had a pretty tough year and had to take
some time off, but now we are ready to get back to business”.
Sallows, who operates his
race team with his parents, Dallas and Kim Sallows races under the banner on
DKD Racing, the initials of each family member. Sallows has sponsorship in 2012 from Unity Savings, Pat Roger’s
Towing, Alex McCoy Plumbing and Heating, Gananoque Chev Olds, Hollingsworth
Supply Services, Len Corcoran Excavating Ltd., Finish Line Web Design, and
Megaly’s General Store.
