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February 20, 2012 at
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Long Day Yields Volusia Victory #2!
Back in the saddle after battling through unforeseen challenges the previous
night, Craig Dollansky and the Big Game Treestands #7 team wrapped up
the sprint car portion of the 41st Annual UNOH DIRTcar Nationals in 'The
Sunshine State' on Sunday with a little luck on their side instead.
With
two complete programs scheduled due to Friday's rainout, racing got
underway in the early afternoon as 32 cars took the green flag for
qualifying with Dollansky timing in 8th quick. In the fourth heat the
Aggressive Hydraulics Maxim started third and finished 4th to transfer
into the main event.
In the 20-lap A-Main the MobileStar backed
sprinter started inside of row eight with track conditions continuing to
deteriorate as expected for a day race due to the sun, heat, and wind.
Action in the feature wouldn't stay green very long as three cars
brought out the caution on the first lap. Now restarting in the ninth
spot, 'The Crowd Pleaser' muscled his way up to the 4th until two laps
to go when the caution flag waved for flat tires on two cars. With tire
wear an increasing concern for much of the field, Dollansky lost one
spot in the remaining laps but nursed the #7 to the finish where the
right-rear went flat shortly after taking the checkered flag.
After
recording his 8th top-five and 11th top-ten finish in World of Outlaws
competition at Volusia Speedway Park, Dollansky and the Big Game
Treestands #7 team of DJ, Luke, Pete, and Brian prepared for the Sunday
night-cap. Once the big half-mile track was reworked and ready for a
whole new program qualifying got underway where 'The Crowd Pleaser'
stopping the clock at 14.617 seconds, good enough for 9th fastest.
Making
the 16-car heat inversion meant the Elk River, Minnesota native would
start outside of row one in the first heat where he maintained the
position to earn a spot in the dash. An inversion of eight for the dash
saw the Eaton's Aeroquip Performance Products Maxim line up outside of
row two and motor up to second at the completion of the 6-lap event to
earn a front row starting spot for the A-Main.
When the green
flag waved on the 25-lap main event Dollansky raced wheel-to-wheel with
Donny Schatz into turn one and claimed the lead down the backstretch.
Setting a fast pace, 'The Crowd Pleaser' held a second lead by the third
lap and began to encounter lapped traffic a few circuits later. As the
laps wound down Schatz continued his pursuit of the Aggressive
Hydraulics Maxim and stole the lead at the exit of turn two with five to
go. Not to be outdone, Dollansky fought back to reclaim the point out
of turn four and didn't look back taking the checkered flag to record
his 5th career triumph at Volusia Speedway Park and 2nd of the weekend.
"This
Big Game Treestands team is a great race team," commented Dollansky in
victory lane. "It's a total team effort like I always say. It was a
fun race and a heck of race with the track changing. It's great to come
home with a victory with the support of Big Game Treestands, Aggressive
Hydraulics, and everyone behind this race team including my crew of DJ,
my son Luke, Pete, and Brian, its fun winning with those guys. To end
up with two victories this weekend is not easily done with this stout
field of cars."
The Big Game Treestands #7 team will now travel
back to the shop in Princeton, Minnesota and prepare for the World of
Outlaws early season West Coast swing that commences March 8th at The
Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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