Conneaut, OH…Coming off their first win in 2008, Dunn-Olivieri Racing was looking to keep the momentum going. However, it seemed every time the team would make plans to visit a track, rain would force a cancellation. So three weeks later, it was off to the Lake Erie Region for a weekend of racing at Raceway 7 and Stateline Speedway

Raceway 7. July 25
A field of twenty four E-Mods were in the pits for an evening of racing. There would be three heat races with Dunn scheduled to start third in the third heat race. Early contact with the leader on lap two caused the tie rod to break and it was all Russ could do to hold on and finish fourth to make the pill redraw. Winning the feature on July 4th meant Russ would have to start 12th. The 20 lap feature would prove to be a handful as the car for some reason lacked forward bite and lap after lap was not able to improve on his position. As the checkers flew Dunn finished a disappointing 11th

Stateline Speedway July 26
Busti, NY….making their first visit of the year to Stateline for a $5000 to win special, Dunn-Olivieri Racing and 67 other race teams were on hand to see who would collect the big pay check. The winner this night would be mother nature as a thunderstorm soaked the track, forcing track officials to cancel the event until sometime in September.