Winning races is nothing new to Billy Dobson. Last year alone he won 290 times. Though his wins are plentiful, rarely does he win five on a single program like he did at Monticello Raceway yesterday afternoon.
Dobson started the day slowly. He didn’t visit the winners circle until he won the fifth race with Art Green’s, Julias Girl ($3.30) in a time of 2:00:3.
Starting in the seventh race, Dobson proceeded to string together four wins in a row. He copped the seventh with Mary Abbott’s Fox Valley Valhala ($10.60) in 2:00:1, and won Race 8 with Jack and Rose Deluca’s Radical Reaction ($6.30) in 1:58:2.
Dobson wasted no time returning to the winners circle when he won Race 9 with Jack and Rose Deluca’s Merles Boy N ($6.30) in 2:00:1.
Dobson capped his winning spree in Race 10, as he drove Howard and Joshua Kaufman’s SJs Leo ($66.00) to a 2:02.4 triumph.
“It’s funny how things work out. When everything’s right, everything’s right. And everything went my way today,” said Dobson, who went on to add “it’s been a long time coming.”
Dobson, who made the 'Mighty M' his first stop after coming in from the Midwest two years ago, says he plans on racing regularly at Monticello this year and is giving fair warning to all others.
“I’m going to try to win the driving title at Monticello this season,” he said.
(With files from Monticello)