Conneaut, OH….the first Chris Clinger Memorial Race was held at Raceway 7 to honor Jim Clinger’s son Chris who was killed in an accident at the young age 29. The E- Mod division came out in numbers (39) strong to pay their respects to Chris and the entire Clinger family.
Time trials were used to set starting positions four the four 8 lap heat races. Russ Dunn driving one of the Clinger House Cars timed third fastest and would start fourth because the fastest four would invert to position four. Dunn was able to to work his way into the lead by lap four and lead the remaining laps to pick up his 5th heat race win of the year. Winning the heat would give Dunn a third place start in the ” Dash for Cash” six lap race. Dunn was able to advance one spot to finish second and giving him the outside pole for the 29 lap feature (the age of Chris Clinger at the time of death). Dunn would fall back to 3rd during early lap cautions and maintained the position through lap 9. A long green flag run of 11 laps saw the *222 begin to develop a push dropping Dunn to 4th on lap 21. The final six laps spelled trouble for Dunn as his tire began to loose traction dropping Dunn and the *222 to a respectable but a disappointing 6th place finish.
Friday August 27 will be the last night of racing at Raceway 7 in 2010. Dunn maintains a 66 point lead in the E-Mod Division and has to only start the heat race and the feature to give the * 222 and Deuces Wild Motor the 2010 championship.