EVENT STATS:
Race – Good Sam Roadside Assistance 75

Series – UARA-STARS Series

Driver – Dillon Bassett

Car – No. 44 Roof Shampoo Ford Fusion

Date – Saturday, April 14th

Track – Rockingham Speedway (Rockingham, NC)

Size – One mile Tri-Oval

Winston-Salem, NC(April 11, 2012) — With his best career Late Model Stock Car and UARA-STARS Series finish under his belt on Saturday night, April 7th at Dillon Motor Speedway, young Dillon Bassett is ready to tame the 1-mile Rockingham Speedway this weekend.

At just 14 years-old, Dillon will be one of the youngest competitors to compete on the high banked one-mile tri-oval in Rockingham, NC as he enters the third of 16 UARA-STARS Series races this weekend. While Dillon is no stranger to the short tracks like Dillon Motor Speedway, where he finished second on Saturday night, the young driver has never been on a track as big as Rockingham.

“I’ve been there the last two or three times that Ronnie(Bassett, Jr., his brother and teammate) has raced there,” said Dillon. “The place looks a little intimidating, but for me it’s just like any other race track. We’ll go out there and practice and get used to the track and by the time we qualify and get ready to race, it’ll be just like going to Hickory or Ace.”

His second place effort at Dillon last Saturday coupled with Ronnie, Jr.’s two wins in a row to start the season has the entire Bassett Racing team riding a wave of momentum as they head into Rockingham.

“Dillon was great,” continued the young driver. “But, the way we look at it is that Dillon is over and we’ve got to be prepared for Rockingham and prepared to run up front. We have to work even harder to stay up front, going to tracks that I’ve never raced at.”

Despite his lack of experience at Rockingham, Dillon is expected to be among the challengers this weekend in the third leg of the UARA-STARS Series season. Dillon has two top tens so far this season, with a sixth at Hickory and the second place finish at Dillon and Rockingham will be his biggest challenge yet, but the young driver thinks he is up to the task.

“I’m ready to go to Rockingham,” concluded Dillon. “I don’t take for granted that we’ll be up front by no means, but I know that with Kenyon(Davidson) leading this team and all these guys working hard this week, we’ll be good there.”

For more information on this weekends 75-lap UARA-STARS Series race, be sure to visit www.uara-stars.com and for more information about tickets for Rockingham Speedway, check out the track’s website at www.rockinghamracewaypark.com. If you can’t make it to the track be sure to check out the links below for the Bassett Racing twitter and Facebook pages, to stay up to date on how Dillon runs this weekend.

Also if you’re looking for your chance to meet and greet with some of the UARA-STARS Series drivers including, Dillon Bassett and other NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers, Friday evening will be your best shot. ThunderFest is a celebration of the race weekend put on by the City of Rockingham, NC and drivers will participate in an autograph session starting at 7pm in downtown Rockingham. Come on out and meet Dillon and many of the stars of the UARA-STARS Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Dillon Bassett and Bassett Racing are supported by Bassett Gutters & More, Roof Shampoo, Rex Younger Galleries, G-Force South, WP Racing Shocks, Performancenter Racing Warehouse, Ford Racing, Kerry Lawrence Exhaust, Bulldog Rearends, Hank Thomas Performance and RACE22.com.

Want to keep up with Bassett Racing? Check out these links …
Website: http://www.BassettRacers.com/
FaceBook: “Bassett Racing”
Twitter: @BassettRacers
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/BassettRacers

Want more information on Dillon Bassett? Check out these links …
Website: http://www.dillonbassett.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DillonBassett44
Twitter: @Dillon_Bassett
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/DillonBassett44