Billy Dunn Continues to Lead the Way at Mohawk International Raceway With 50 Lap Frenchie’s Series Feature Win; 7th Place Finish at Canandaigua

After getting rained out last week at both Mohawk Raceway and Cornwall Speedway, Dunn was ready to return to the regular weekly program this past week. Mohawk International Raceway was the plan for Friday night in the Laurent Ladouceur owned car, while Saturday night was a return to Canandaigua Motorsports Park with his own Number One Speed Big Block Modified.

Friday night’s race was a 50 lap Frenchie’s “Chevy Runs Deep” Series race. Dunn is the defending series champion and also one the first round of the series last month. He started the night with a third place finish in his qualifying heat race, and made the redraw for a top 12 starting spot for the main event. The redraw took place in front of the main grandstand during intermission, and by luck of the draw, Dunn selected the number one position. At the drop of the green flag, Dunn checked out on the field and had built up a half track lead before by lap 15. Dunn continued his big lead through lap 24 as he diced his way around the heavy lapped traffic. The caution came out just prior to the halfway point of the race, and the field regrouped for the restart. When the race went back to green, Dunn lost the lead on the restart, and continued in second place until they reached lapped traffic 10 laps later and Dunn made a great move to get the lead back. Dunn continued to lead the final laps of the race to claim his second Frenchie’s Series win of the season and third overall at Mohawk Raceway.

“We really had to work hard for this one”, says Dunn in victory lane. “We got that big lead early, but after the restart the car wasn’t quite as strong. We battled back though and got the lead back in lapped traffic”.

Dunn made the usual visit to Canandaigua Motorsports Park on Saturday night in his own Number One Speed sponsored car. He finished second in his qualifying heat race, and optimism was high going into the 35 lap main event. When the dust settled at the end of the night, Dunn was in seventh place. He remains in second place in track points and sits just 22 points out of the lead in the battle for the coveted Canandaigua Motorsports Park Big Block Modified track championship.

Dunn will be back in action tomorrow evening for the next round of the Big Block Modified Super DIRTcar Series at Albany-Saratoga Speedway in Malta, New York. He will be return to Mohawk International Raceway on Friday night in the Laurent Ladouceur owned car and Canandaigua Motorsports Park on Saturday night.

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.