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Dillon Scores 7th Top-10 Finish For TDR Racing At Mansfield 08/24/2008 Mansfield, OH (August 24, 2008): Mansfield Motorsports Park is notoriously hard to pass at, and drivers often will move each other out of the way. A key to a good finish there is a good qualifying run and staying out of trouble. Austin Dillon, who started the NASCAR Camping World Series East’s Mansfield 150 from the 12th position, posted a sixth place finish and earned his seventh top-10 of the season by doing just that. Dillon’s consistency has enabled the 18-year-old driver to close in to six markers on second place in the points as the series heads into the final three races of the year. “I’m happy with our sixth place finish,” said Dillon. “I wish we could have gotten a few more spots, but I think we had a sixth place car. It was tough out there, but we have a top-10 and the Garage Equipment Supply Chevrolet is in one piece.” Dillon’s qualifying effort wasn’t exactly what the team expected. His lap of 16.784 seconds (107.245 mph) earned him a mid-pack starting position of 12th place. “Our mock qualifying run didn’t help us much. I ran four laps instead of two. Because of that, in qualifying I kind of misjudged what we were going to have,” Dillon admitted. “During the race the car really hooked up. It was free’r than most of the cars out there and that really helped.” From the get-go, it was a fierce competition for each spot. There was plenty of three wide action and Dillon played it smart. By lap 30, the Garage Equipment Supply Chevrolet was eighth and by lap 50 he was fifth. Dillon fell back to seventh after the halfway mark, but made it back into the top-five by lap 125, where he remained until final lap of the race. On that last lap, Dillon got caught up in a three-wide battle that relegated him to sixth for the checkers.  “Toward the end everybody got a little aggressive. That’s racing. It’s hard to pass here and you’ve got to go. That’s what everybody was doing and luckily we were able to come out in the middle of it and get a decent finish.”