New Smyrna Beach, FL – Dillon Wood and his DWR Team returned to the O'Reilly Southern All Star Racing Series title chase action in the state of Georgia this past weekend. Dillon picked up where he had left off the previous weekend by turning in a stellar qualifying effort and scoring his first OSAS top ten of the season. Dillon did a yeoman's job the previous weekend at the three Georgia Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, qualifying for all three events against some of the nation's best dirt racers.

Dillon started the evening out at Toccoa Speedway by tripping the clock at 12.751 seconds which was good enough to put him fourth fast overall of the twenty-six drivers who took time. Only Brent Dixon, eventual winner Benji Cole and Stacy Holmes bested Dillon's lap. By virtue of his qualifying effort and the OSAS format which locks the top ten qualifiers in to the feature, Dillon and his team were able to spend their time concentrating on the tire choice and adjustments for the feature.

The extra time spent preparing was readily apparent when the green flag fell. Dillon had a very quick car and was able to immediately begin to challenge Holmes to his inside. But Holmes was also working to the inside of Dixon. Holmes was able to make the pass a few laps in but Dillon got hung up behind Dixon. "I could get to his inside quarter on the straightaway but he was able to close the door entering the corner. And by the time we figured out the outside had come in we had lost several spots to the guys who found the top." said Wood.

Wood eventually bypassed Dixon but he had fell back to eighth. Wood was able to make up one more spot and crossed the line in the seventh position. "We had a lot of fun tonight. I have to admit I wasn't too impressed when we first got here but Toccoa is a neat little place and it's pretty racy. We had a good car here too. My dad (Todd) and Alex (Vickers) gave me a really balanced car. We were quick right out of the trailer and this is our best finish of the year so I am happy. I wish we could have got by Brent a little quicker and we may have had a top five."

Dillon will take this weekend off and then return to the O'Reilly Southern All Stars tour the following weekend when the series makes it's first stop of the year at the Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. "That is (Sprint) Cup weekend and there are always a lot of fans and lots of NASCAR people there. We want to run well there because you never know who might be watching.  We may have a little surprise in the works for that race too. I hope we can announce that later next week." said Wood.

Dillon and his team would like to recognize their 2008 sponsors which include: Bearden Oil Company, Screven Motor Speedway and Savannah River Dragway, RaceSource, KELCAR Motorsports Media, Clements Race Engines, Rocket Chassis, Dixie Dirt TV, Carlson Race Photos, Koury Race Engines, Vickery's Speedshop, Coleman Outdoors, Ohlins, Hypercoils, PPM Racing Products, Wa-Don Bert, Sunoco Race Fuels, Hoosier Tire South, Stealth Carburetors, Beyea Headers, Simpson Race Products, Racing Optics, Ultra Shield Products, Duralite Wheels, Phase II Sign Supply and Arizona Sport Shirts.

For more information about Dillon Wood and his Dillon Wood Racing Team visit their home on the World Wide Web at www.dillonwood.com

Dillon Wood Racing Upcoming Events:

April 26 – Talladega Short Track - $5000 OSAS

May 9 – North Alabama Speedway - $5000 OSAS

May 10 – Columbus Speedway - $5000 OSAS