Conneaut, OH…..at the start of the 2010 racing season the driver of the * 222 Russ Dunn told car owner Jim Clinger that he would like to run for a points championship, both Dunn and Clinger agreed Raceway 7 would be a good test of both car owner and driver skills. The agreement between the two men became a reality as the two stood together on the front straight away crowned 2010 Raceway 7 E-Mod Point Champions.
Dunn and the Triple Deuces Motorsports team were a model of consistency over a long season. Dunn’s lone win came on July 16th, but in between saw Dunn amass four runner up finishes, two fourth place and three fifth place finishes and no finishes worse than seventh. Dunn along the way picked up six heat race wins. One statistic the team can be proud of is Dunn was able to complete every lap run in both the heat races and feature events.
Heading into the evening racing at Raceway 7. Dunn had a 66 point leader over Joel Watson and with maximum of 75 points that could be scored in one evening all Dunn needed to do was finish 4th or better in the heat race or 18th or better in the feature. The out come of the point championship was over quickly as Dunn finished second in the heat race to clinch the title. All that was left was to finish the season off with a win. Starting fourth in the 20 lap feature, Russ by lap five was now in second place when the events first caution came on lap 9. Four more cautions would slow the field, but each time race leader Rich Michael was able to hold off a hard charging Dunn to a 2nd place finish.The two combatants met with a hand shake in Victory Lane Michael as the race winner and one as the point champion.
During a short interview with track announcer Jim Balentine Dunn thanked car owner Jim Clinger and his family for all of their support during the season, Track promoters Dan and Percy McDonald. and last but not the least Dunn thanked the fans for their support for him and the race team but also for the support of track.