Hammett, Pa …..June 12th would become the season debut for the #47 Crate Late Model and Eriez Speedway would see the Dunn-Olivieri entry get its first laps of the year. Starting 5th in the first of three heat 8 lap heat races, Dunn would come home with a 5th place finish in the heat.Stating 12th in the 20 lap feature Dunn was able to work his way into the top ten after several early cautions. Getting more familiar with the car Dunn was now into the top five at lap fifteen. Dunn was able to make one more pass over the next five laps to finish 4th in his 2011 Fast Track Debut.
Hartford, OH……June 18th would be the teams first visit to Sharon Speedway for weekly Fast Track Racing. Starting on the outside pole for heat race one, Dunn would rocket into the lead at the drop of the green leading all 8 laps in route to his first Fast track Heat race win of the year. The redraw would have Dunn starting 12th, Russ was slowly making forward progress and was up to fifth on lap 11. The next caution was one Russ did want to see as on lap 15 another cat made contact with Russ and sent the # 47 for a spin dropping him back to 17th. Luck would be on his side a a huge wreck took out the front runners and over the remaining four laps he was able to come home with a 8th place finish.
Hartford, OH June 25th once again would visit Sharon Speedway, however this time it was a FASTRAK Regional Show. Starting third in his heat race Dunn took the from the start and picked up his second heat race win of the year. The redraw had Dunn starting 9th in the 25lap feature and had Dunn battling just outside the top 5 for most of the race. With a slick track and little side bit the # 47 came home a respectable 6th in its first regional race.
Conneaut, OH….July1 had the team traveling to Raceway 7 for another regional show and made for a busy night for Dunn. Starting last in in the fourth heat race, Dunn had moved in to fourth and a transfer spot with 3 lap left , but a right rear flat sent him to the pits now having to run a B-Main to make the show. The B-Main was only taking the top 2 cars to the feature, Dunn would move to second by lap 5 and hold the spot to transfer into the feature . Starting 24th in the feature.Dunn worked his way around the slower cars and brought the car home with a some what satisfying 10th place finish.
Hartford, OH. July 9th it was a Saturday visit to Sharon Speedway and as in the two previous visits Dunn won his 8 lap heat race , giving him three heat race wins in row.
The pill redraw had Dunn starting 6th, but a slick track and a tight race car would handcuff Dunn all night seeing Russ go backward for the first time all year and at the end of 20 laps Russ would finish 9th .