When
Billy Dunn teamed up with Laurent Ladouceur earlier this year, nobody knew what
to expect. The goal was to help improve
the Ladouceur team, and also to give Billy some more seat time, which is a huge
benefit to any racer. The success was immediate, and has lasted throughout the
entire 2012 season at Mohawk Raceway, where Dunn won the 2012
championship. The almost magical
combination was back together one last time for the season this past weekend at
Brockville Ontario Speedway for their Mr. DIRTcar 358 Modified Series race. Dunn also planned to race his own Big Block
Modifieds in the Super DIRTcar Series race scheduled for Sunday.
Dunn
was fast right from the beginning of the day on Saturday, setting fast time in
his time trial group, and leading every lap of his heat race. He made the redraw for a top 10 starting
spot, and drew position number seven for the 100 lap main event, placing him on
the inside of row four. At the drop of
the green flag, Dunn slid back just a bit, running in ninth after the opening
20 laps. Just after halfway, he
starting moving forward after conserving his tires, and was now inside the top
five. With 25 laps remaining he was up
to third place, and began to mount a serious challenge for second. With 81 laps complete, Dunn had moved into
second, and began to set his sights on the race leader and with the flagman
giving the indication for five laps remaining Billy was looking to take over
the top spot. After a valiant effort
where Dunn was able to briefly pull even with the race leader coming out of
turn four with four laps remaining, he grudgingly settled back into second
place and remained there to close out the race. In four events in the Mr. DIRTcar Series for the 358 Modifieds
this season, Dunn finished with a pair of wins at Mohawk International Raceway
and a second place finish at Syracuse and Brockville.
“We
had a great car again today. I have to
thank Laurent Ladouceur and his team for the opportunity to race for him one
last time in 2012”, says Dunn. “We had
a great run, but I couldn’t quite make the pass at the end for the win. The right rear tire was worn out, and just
didn’t have enough grip at the end of the race”.
Dunn
was scheduled to race his own Big Block car at Brockville on Sunday afternoon
for their Super DIRTcar Series race, but a steady rain that developed late
Saturday evening lasted overnight and throughout the day on Sunday, forcing
track and series officials to cancel the event.
Billy
will be back in action at Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, New York
this weekend for the annual Eastern States Weekend. The 2012 season will conclude in Charlotte, North Carolina on
November 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the Peak Motor
Oil World Finals at the Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Dunn
would like to thank Number One Speed, FastLube of Watertown, SUNY Canton,
Frosty’s Ice Cream, American Traditions Motorsports, Finger Lakes Auto Machine,
Jiffy Dumpster and Bicknell Racing Products for their continued support for the
2012 racing season.
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