Billy Dunn Grabs Sixth Place Finish at Canandaigua on Saturday Night; Rare Sprint Car Start Ends Early at Can Am With Engine Troubles

After back to back rainouts, it was almost like opening night all over again for Billy Dunn and his Number One Speed race team as they traveled back to Canandaigua Motorsports Park for the second race of the 2013 season. Dunn had a strong fifth place finish on opening night earlier this month, and was hoping to put together another strong run to close out the month of April.

After a second place finish in his qualifying heat race, Dunn was ready for the 35 lap main event. He rolled off the starting grid from outside of row four in the eighth position, and patiently bided his time through the opening laps of the race. As the dust settled, Dunn crossed the finish line in sixth place, and after 2 events he is currently fifth in track points, only 17 points behind the leader.

“We have started off the season pretty well”, says Dunn. “It is still really early in the season, but we have been able to get a couple solid runs to start the season and hopefully we can build on that and get back to victory lane real soon”.

Dunn was back behind the wheel of a Sprint Car on Saturday night at Can Am Motorsports Park with the Empire Super Sprints. It was the first time in over a year that he was back in sprint car. His night ended prematurely with a blown motor. Dunn hopes to compete in a handful of Sprint Car events this season.

This coming weekend, Billy will be back in action at Canandaigua Motorsports Park once again on Saturday night looking for the first win of the season and continue his strong start to the 2013 season. Dunn’s first race in the 358 car will be at Mohawk Raceway on Friday, May 17th in the Laurent Ladouceur owned car. The first Big Block Modified Super DIRTcar Series event is Wednesday, June 5th at Rolling Wheels Raceway Park.

Billy Dunn would like to thank Number One Speed, FastLube of Watertown, Finger Lakes Auto Machine, Glen A. Gould Estate Construction, Frosty’s Ice Cream, and Bicknell Racing Products for their continued support for the 2013 racing season.

For more information on Billy Dunn and the Number One Speed race team, please check out our website, www.billydunn49.com.