After starting fourth in his qualifying heat race at Mohawk Raceway, Dunn moved forward at the drop of the green flag and battled to a second place finish, earning a spot in the redraw for a top 12 starting spot for the 50 lap Memorial Cup/Frenchie’s “Chevy Runs Deep” 358 Modified Series main event. The random dry was held, and Dunn picked the 12th starting spot and lined up on the outside of the sixth row to start the main event. The first caution of the race came on lap six, and Dunn had moved up to sixth place, and was inside the top five once the race resumed. After two laps of green flag racing the caution was back out once again, and by now Billy was in the fourth position. When the race resumed, Dunn found him self in a great battle for the top spot with three other cars, and took over the top spot as they completed lap 15. Just three laps later the final caution of the night was out, and Dunn was at the top of the leader board. The final 32 laps of the race went caution free, and Dunn pulled out to an enormous lead over the rest of the field, lapping up to the fifth place car and had more than a half-track advantage over the second place car.
“I always enjoy racing here at Mohawk Raceway, and I can’t thank Laurent Ladouceur and his team enough for hiring me to drive their cars”, says Dunn from Victory Lane. “This car was strong all night, and the car just took off on that last restart and we were able to get a good lead”.
Canandaigua Motorsports Park was up next on Saturday night, and Dunn started the night off with a win in his qualifying heat race after starting from the fifth position. After a few minor adjustments to the car to keep up with the changing track conditions, Dunn was ready for the 35 lap main event. He started from the 13th position and climbed inside the top ten after just four laps. It wasn’t much longer and Dunn was battling for a top five position, and secured that spot before they had completed the 10th lap of the race. Dunn continued to move forward, and finished the race in third place. The finish marks Dunn’s seventh consecutive top ten finish of the season at the track, and fifth top five and moves him up to second in the track point standings.
This coming week Dunn will be at Rolling Wheels Raceway on Wednesday night for the Big Block Modified Super DIRTcar Series. The Modifieds have the night off from Mohawk Raceway on Friday night, so the team will return to action on Saturday night back at Canandaigua.
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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