It
was a cold weekend at Canandaigua Motorsports Park, but that didn’t stop Billy
Dunn and the rest of the Big Block Modified competitors from putting on a
fantastic show to start off the 2013 season.
Dunn traveled to Canandaigua on Friday for some practice laps, before
starting the season on Saturday for the 3rd annual Jan Corcoran
Memorial.
Dunn
was 11th fastest out of 22 cars in the first practice session on
Friday night and improved to fourth place overall in the second session. He started his qualifying heat from 7th
place on Saturday, and battled his way up to fourth, qualifying into the 64 lap
main event. Dunn would roll off the
starting grid from the 17th position and patiently moved through the
field in the opening laps. Dunn made
his way into the top ten just prior to the halfway point of the race, and
continued to work his way forward, using the outside lane around the fast
Canandaigua half-mile. By lap 40, Dunn
had made his way into the top five, and maintained that fifth place position
throughout the final 24 circuits.
“It
was a solid top five finish for us, and a good way to start the season”, says
Dunn after the race. “It was great to
get back to the track, and get the season underway, and I am looking forward to
coming back here next week and seeing if we can get just a little better”.
Dunn
will return to Canandaigua once again this coming week, looking for his first
win of the 2013 season. He will race at
Canandaigua weekly, and follow the Big Block Modified Super DIRTcar
Series. He will also race on Friday
night’s in the Laurent Ladouceur owned Small Block at Mohawk International
Raceway.
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.
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