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Last Lap Problems Keep Dunn From Victory Lane at Mohawk Raceway; Rebounds From First Lap Crash at Canandaigua to Finish 11th By Craig Revelle - Finish Line Web Design - May 15, 2012
After
a fourth place finish in his heat race at Mohawk Raceway, Dunn had to
start the 40 lap main event from 14th place.
It didn’t take long to show that he was the fastest car on the
track as he positioned himself inside the top ten after just three laps.
By lap 16 he was in the top five, and continued to gain ground on
the leaders. With ten laps
remaining, he had caught the leader, and made what appeared to be the
winning pass with just seven laps to go. A caution came out on lap 36 setting up a four lap shootout
to the finish, and after surviving a strong battle for the top spot on
the restart, he pulled ahead slightly in the closing laps.
On the final lap of the race, he felt the car bobble in turn one
and two, but the car came to life on the backstretch again.
As they approached the final two corners, Dunn felt the car lose
power completely and was pushed to the finish by the second place car
who was an unfortunate victim of the unexpected loss of power.
Dunn finished the race with a disappointing second place finish. “That
is a tough one to take”, says Dunn after the race. “We had a great car and it looked like we had it won coming
to the checkered. “I feel
bad for Matt (Billings), he was right behind us, and had no place to go.
At least we were both able to finish the race”. The
next stop on the weekend was the usual visit to Canandaigua Motorsports
Park. Dunn started his heat
from the back of the pack and quickly moved through the field to finish
third. In the 35 lap main
event, problems occurred right at the drop of the green flag, collecting
Dunn and several others. He
was able to drive away with minimal damage, but would have to restart
from the rear of the field. Dunn
was able to work his way back to 11th at the checkered flag. “We
haven’t had much luck this weekend”, says Dunn. “Tonight we were in a crash on the very first lap, and we
had come from the back. We
managed to get back to 11th, but we really could have used a
couple of cautions toward the end”. Dunn
will be back at Canandaigua again this weekend, looking to return to the
winning form he had a couple weeks earlier.
He currently sits seventh in track points, just 19 points out of
the top five. Dunn
would like to thank Number One Speed, Pemco Contracting, SUNY Canton,
FastLube of Watertown, Frosty’s Ice Cream, American Traditions
Motorsports, Finger Lakes Auto Machine, Jiffy Dumpster and Bicknell
Racing Products for their continued support for the 2012 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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2012 RACE RESULTS:
________________________ LAST RACE:
SATURDAY, MAY 12TH - 11TH ________________________ UPCOMING RACE:
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In
this sport, nothing is a sure thing, as Billy Dunn found out on Friday
night.