Dunn-Olivieri Racing

Hartford, OH……Dunn-Olivieri had a strange thing happen on Saturday night,it marked the first time in 2008 that the team made consecutive visits to track and the track would be Sharon Speedway. Looking to improve on last weeks third place finish the team was able to finish one spot higher this week with a second place finish.

A total of twenty-two E-Mods were on hand with two eleven car eight lap heat races to set the field for the feature . Starting seventh in the first heat race, Russ finished third making him eligible for the redraw.The redraw was an invert four giving Dunn the fourth starting position for the 15 lap feature.Two caution on the first lap slowed the place, with Dunn advancing one spot to third. A caution on lap five had Dunn falling back to fifth but he was back to third on a caution on lap eight. Seven lap of green flag saw Dunn using the higgh side to move into second and set his sights on the leader. Cutting into the lead lap after lap Dunn was able to close to four car lengths as the white flag was displayed. A caution came out for a spinning car and set up a one lap dash to the finish. With his tires cooling off Dunn tried on the restart, but as the checkers flew it was a second place.

It will be three visits in a row as Dunn-Olivieri will once again make the tow over to the Sharon power plant for Tuesday’s August 12th NASCAR Night Duel in the Dirt II as the E-Mod driver will take on Dave & Dale Blaney and NASCAR stars Kevin Harvick and Ken Schrader.

Hartford,OH…. Making only their fourth appearance of the year at the Hartford power plant, Dunn-Olivieri Racing was looking for a quality run after a disappointing 6th place finish on their last visit. The team has been doing some traveling this year with visits to nine different with the only multiple visits to Raceway 7 and to Sharon .

A total of twenty two E-Mod took place in three heat races with Dunn racing in the first of the three heat races. No running for points Russ settled for a fourth place finish in the heat making him eligible for the fan redraw.The redraw gave Russ the outside pole for the 15 lap feature, and at the drop of the green flag he set sail until a eight car pile up on lap one took out a third of the field. On the restart Dunn once again was out front and pulling away from the field. Around lap six the left rear shock broke causing the car to slam down hard entering the corners, he was able to maintain his lead until lap 10. On the restart ,Russ had his hands full with an ill handling race car. and was forced to let off causing him to loose the lead and drop back two spots to third and that is where he finished as the checkers flew.

Tentative plans are to visit Sharon twice in a few days span for regular racing on August 9th and then again on August 12th as part of NASCAR Night II when drivers Kevin Harvick, Ken Schrader and track owner Dave Blaney will take part in this special E-Mod race.

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.