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Matt Billings 2011 Season in Review; A Pair of Home Track Wins Tops Season Highlights and Finishes Third in BOS Point Standings Craig Revelle – Finish Line Web Design - October 29, 2011
Billings started 2011 by
graduating from the Race 101 Program in North Carolina in January.
Matt was able to apply a lot of what he learned at the Race 101 program
in marketing and communications, and soon bolstered the team’s sponsorship for
2011. He brought in companies like
Carquest and Hansler Smith Limited to the team, and excitement was high going
into the new season. On the track, the season got
started at Merrittville Speedway in late April. This was Matt’s first ever appearance at the track, and he
scored a 15th place finish. More
importantly, he gained some valuable experience, as he would be back there once
again for a Mr. DIRTcar 358 Modified Series race. Billings raced the first month of the season at Chapman’s
Can Am Motorsports Park, and posted three top ten finishes in the first four
races, including a second place run. In May, Billings continued to
race at Can Am, and also raced at Brockville Ontario Speedway.
At Brockville, Billings got off to a great start, posting top ten
finishes throughout the first two months of the season.
In fact, his worst finish through mid July was a sixth.
In that stretch, Billings also posted his first win of the year at
Brockville on July 9th. Billings
had still been racing Can Am weekly up to mid July, but with a lack of cars in
the pits, Billings and his team made the difficult decision to stop going to Can
Am, and they decided to travel to Mohawk Raceway on Friday nights for the rest
of the season. Billings continued to run
well at Brockville, and posted another win on the final points night of the
season on September 3rd. He
also won on a return visit to Can Am that same weekend.
Later in the month, Billings ran a Sprint Car at Can Am with the Empire
Super Sprint, and while he qualified into the show, a hard crash down the
backstretch resulted in heavy damage to the sprint after a violent rollover. At the end of September, the
team’s focus shifted from the weekly short track, as the team prepared for
Syracuse. Billings finished in the
top 10 in 2010 in the 358 Modified Nationwide 150, coming off a win in 2009
while running in the Sportsman division. This
year, Billings was able to improve on his 10th place finish from last
year, and ended the race in 9th.
He ended the 2011 season with an eighth place finish in the season finale
at Brockville in the DIRTcar Northeast Fall Nationals Mr DIRTcar 358 Modified
Series race. Matt Billings is a proud
supporter of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, taking part in a fundraiser
earlier this year. He also
participated in a fundraiser for Alzheimer’s Society of Canada. For more information on the Heart and Stroke
Foundation, please visit www.heartandstroke.ca
or for the Alzheimer’s Society, please visit www.alzheimer.ca.
Billings Motorsports would
like to thank all of their sponsors for their support during the 2011 season.
Billings Automotive, Carquest, Stealth Racewear, Pastime Motors, Hansler
Smith Limited, Enders Racing Engines, Brockville Physiotherapy, Babe
Design, Finish Line Web Design, and Enders Racing are an integral part of the
team’s success, and we thank you all for your support this season. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2011 NEWS ARCHIVES Matt Billings 2011 Season in Review - October 29, 2011 Matt Billings Gets 12th Place Finish in Mr. DIRTcar Series Event at MIR - September 20, 2011 Matt Billings Dominating Weekend Thwarted Only by Mother Nature - September 6, 2011 Billings Gets Seventh Place Finish at Mohawk Raceway on Friday Night - August 22, 2011 Billings Gets Third Place Finishes at Both Mohawk Raceway and Brockville Speedway - August 9, 2011 Mixed Results For Matt Billings in DIRTcar 358 Modified Series Races This Weekend - August 3, 2011 Stellar Weekend of Racing for Matt Billings with Hometown BOS Victory and Third Place at Can Am Motorsports Park - July 12, 2011 Matt Billings Scores Runner Up Finish at Brockville; Top Five Again at Brockville - July 6, 2011 Matt Billings Adds Another Top Five to His Season Totals With Fifth Place Finish at Brockville Speedway - June 28, 2011 Billings Survives Brockville Marathon and Finishes Third; Rough Conditions at MIR Forces Billings out Early - May 31, 2011 Billings Top Five Run at Can Am Spoiled By Late Race Handling Issues - May 4, 2011 Billing Motorsports Ready for a Big Season in 2011; First Green Flag Coming Up Fast - April 7, 2011 Billings Graduates Race 101 Program in North Carolina; Focus is on 2011 - January 20, 2011
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The
sophomore season for Matt Billings in the 358 Modified division was a good one
for the 18 year old Brockville, Ontario racer.