Conneaut, Oh (June 6th)…Friday night was the second visit of the year and Dunn-Olivieri Racing was looking to bounce back from it motor woes. The team made a motor change and install a new body on the car and was hoping to have an impressive run.
A field of 24 E-Mods were pit side divided into three eight lap heat races. Starting last in the third heat, Dunn had worked his way into a transfer spot when he was hit in the right rear putting Russ to the rear, and with only two laps was unable to make it into the transfer spot finishing 5th.
Starting fifteenth in the 20 lap feature, Dunn was on the move to the front and was up to seventh on lap thirteen when several cars when several cars spun collecting and damaging the right side of the car, The damage was mostly to the sheet metal and Russ was able to stay in the race. The remaining laps russ did the best he could finishing with a disappointing 11th place finish.
Hartford, Oh (June 7th)….Saturday was to be a night of redemption from the previous night at Raceway 7 as all of Saturday morning and afternoon was used to repair the car A field of eighteen E-Mod were on hand with drivers from Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Starting fifth in the second eight lap heat, Dunn was able to transfer to the pill redraw by finishing third. The redraw had Russ starting fifth in the 15 lap feature. The first of four cautions came out on lap 3. and by lap 8 when the caution flew Russ was up to 4th. The car was not to Dunn’s liking and trying to find a better grove dropped two spots to finish sixth .
The team plans to reevaluate the chassis set and plans to venture to a few different tracks over the next few weeks. A visit to PPMS in Imperial, Pa 250 Speedway in Caditz Oh, and Muskigum County Speedway are planned for June 17th, 20th ,21st.