New Smyrna Beach, FL – 16 year old rookie dirt late model driver Dillon Wood will join wily veterans like Scott Bloomquist and Randle Chupp as well as red hot super stars Chris Madden and Jimmy Owens for the 33rd running of the National 100 slated for November 1-4, 2007 at the East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, Alabama. Wood will enter the late season classic, which pays a whopping $30,000 to the winner, for the first time in his very young career.

“We are looking forward to getting back on the race track. We have been following the O’Reilly Southern All Star Tour for the last few months and they have been off for a couple of weeks now, so we haven’t been anywhere. But we looked around at the different schedules and decided we wanted to go and try East Alabama. It will be my first time there but we have some good information about the race track and we have heard some good things so I think we can be competitive.” Wood said.

“My dad (and crew chief Todd Wood) found some things wrong with our car this week so this will be a good test for what we changed. Plus to have a chance to race in such prestigious event against that level of competition will be a real thrill. When you look at the names that have won that race, it is kind of a who’s who in dirt late model racing. So we are really looking forward to getting up there and giving it a shot.” said Wood from his New Smyrna Beach race shops.

Wood is fresh off of a set of events at Golden Isles Speedway two weeks ago. Wood qualified on the outside pole of the first segment of the Friday night October 12th Southern All Stars East event but handling issues sidelined him early relegating him to a twenty-third place finish. Wood rallied from the tail of the second twenty lapper to finish in the twelfth spot. In Saturday O’Reilly Southern All Stars action Wood again came away with a top fifteen finish in fourteenth against some of the toughest competition in the south.

Wood will soon be re-launching his website which is located at www.dillonwood.com on the World Wide Web. Dillon and the Dillon Wood Racing Team appreciate the support of their fans, family and fine sponsors. The 2007 sponsor line-up includes: Bearden Oil Company, RaceSource, Marion Homes, Dough Boy Signs, Rocket Chassis, Wa-Don Bert, Stealth Carburetors, Hoosier Race Tires, Vickery's Speedshop, KELCAR Motorsports Media, DixieDirtTV.com, Ohlins Shocks, Hypercoils, Sunoco Race Fuels, Carlson Race Photos and Clements Race Engines.

Dillon Wood Racing Upcoming Events:

November 1-4, 2007 – National 100 – East Alabama Motor Speedway ~ Phenix City, AL
November 11, 2007 – Blue-Gray 100 – Cherokee Speedway ~ Gaffney, SC
December 6, 7 and 8, 2007 – PRI Show – Orange County Convention Center ~ Orlando, FL
January 4, 5 and 6, 2008 – Ice Bowl – Talladega Short Track ~ Eastaboga, AL