Billy Dunn Gets Second Place Finish at Canandaigua Motorsports Park

It had been a tough couple weeks for Billy Dunn and his Number One Speed race team. After a couple of disappointing finishes on the Super DIRTcar Series due to mechanical failures, Dunn made the decision to opt out of the full series. They also had some motor issues as of late, and were working hard to get things back on track. Mohawk Raceway had a rare Friday night off, but Dunn did have a Thursday night event planned at the all new Weedsport Speedway as well as the usual Saturday night visit to Canandaigua.

Dunn qualified fastest in time trials in his group at Weedsport and backed that up with a heat race victory. He redraw position number 11 in the redraw and fired from the inside of row six. With 40 laps complete, Dunn was up to seventh and was just outside the top five when the race was slowed for a caution on lap 63. With 75 laps on the board, Dunn was now in the top five, but fell back to sixth in the closing laps.

“The car wasn’t too bad here, we just needed to be a bit better”, says Dunn. “I really have to commend everyone for a great job here at Weedsport, they did some great work here and I look forward to coming back next year”.

On Saturday night at Canandaigua, Dunn regrouped after a couple weeks of bad luck and scored a 2nd place finish. He currently sits 3rd overall in the points standings with just 3 events remaining. He is just 27 points back of the leader and only 2 points separating him from second place.

This coming weekend Dunn will return to Mohawk International Raceway on Friday night in the Laurent Ladouceur owned ride and will be back in his own Big Block Modified on Saturday at Canandaigu.

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 2014 racing season. He would also like to thank Laurent Ladouceur and the Mr. Radiator Race team for the opportunity to race their 358 Modified at Mohawk Raceway on Friday nights again this season.

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