Within the first five laps of the Komatsu 300, Dilley had made his way up to seventh and he maintained that position for the next 35 laps, after which he slipped back to tenth. The first 100 laps were caution free and with the leaders running times at par with qualifying, Dilley and several others went down a lap on the track. He was still running in tenth when the first caution came out on lap 105. At that time, Dilley made his way to pit road for fuel and came back in the next lap for left side tires. When he came in the second time he was boxed in his pit stall and had difficulty getting out and as such, Dilley would restart in 11th one lap down. After the restart there was another long green flag run and Dilley was trying to get himself into position to receive the lucky dog and get his lap back. However, just before the next caution, the leaders passed one more car and Dilley was no longer eligible to receive the free pass. When the next caution came out on lap 144, Dilley came to pit road for right side tires getting set to go the distance. On the ensuing restart, several cars checked up and with nowhere to go, Dilley ran into the car in front of him, buckling the hood. At this time NASCAR made the decision to bring the No. 9 Dodge Challenger to pit road under green to remove the hood for safety reasons, causing Dilley to lose another lap. After making his way back on the track Dilley was running times consistent with the leaders, but the event would stay green for the remainder of the race and Dilley was not able to gain any of his laps back. A tenth place finish was the final result. “Not the day that we were looking for,” said Dilley. “We should never have been in the position we were in and had to come in under green to remove the hood. I just hate it for my team, they worked so hard to make this car faster, but we will be running up front in Kawartha.” The Komatsu 300 presented will air on TSN on Saturday September 24th at 2:30 p.m. EST. Dilley has maintained sixth place in the NASCAR point standings and will be back on track September 24th Kawartha Speedway for the final event in the 2011 season. Farwell Racing and Mark Dilley are supported by: PartSource, Rheem Canada, Leland Industries, Exide Batteries, Sylvania and Castrol. For more information on the NASCAR Canadian Tire series please visit www.nascarlocalracing.com For more information on Mark Dilley please contact: Linda Jones Wide Open Motorsport Solutions (705) 730-4044 Email: ljones@wideopensolutions.ca | 
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