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Top-Ten in First Stop at Williams Grove

PR by Reid VanEck - May 18, 2013

The first of six stops on the 2013 STP World of Outlaws schedule at Williams Grove Speedway took center stage on Friday for the Eyecon Trail Cameras #7 team as driver Craig Dollansky prepared for his 63rd appearance at the historic paperclip half-mile located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania against the always tough local ‘PA Posse’ contingent.

After posting the fastest lap in hotlap session two, ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ continued the strong start to the racing program by timing 13th among the 46 cars in qualifying.  Earning the pole position for heat one, Dollansky took the lead when the green flag waved and powered the Aggressive Hydraulics Maxim to the heat victory.  An inversion draw of six for the dash just missed the Elk River, Minnesota native as he started seventh and lost one spot in the 6-lap race.

Following final preparations by DJ Lindsey, Sean Michael, Luke Dollansky, and Chevy Corn, the MobileStar backed sprinter lined up outside row four for the 25-lap A-Main.  Advancing one spot on the opening circuit, Dollansky then closed on Joey Saldana before executing a slide-job on the #71M in turn 1 & 2 on lap 5.  Following a caution six laps later, the Eaton’s Aeroquip Performance Products #7 lost one spot on the double-file restart and ran seventh until Kraig Kinser snuck by on the final lap as Dollansky finished with a solid top-ten in 8th.

Quick stats: 
FIELD: 46 CARS
QUALIFYING: 16.966 - 13th
HEAT RACE 1: 1st, start (1)
DASH: 8th, start (7)
A-MAIN: 8th, start (8)

Tough Going in Gettysburg Clash at Lincoln

PR by Reid VanEck - May 17, 2013

The Eyecon Trail Cameras #7 team recorded a pair of podium finishes last weekend in the Upper Midwest and then headed East for Abbottstown, Pennsylvania.  After Mother Nature overtook the Lincoln Speedway during hotlaps on Wednesday, the race program was moved to Thursday as the STP World of Outlaws kicked off five events spanning just six days.

With a strong field of 42 drivers signed into the pit area, Dollansky made the most of a late draw for qualifying with a lap of 13.959 seconds that initially hit the sixteen car inversion but two other competitors dropped the Aggressive Hydraulics #7 to 17th by the completion of time trials.  In heat one Dollansky used a great start from inside row three to claim 3rd in the 8-lap event and transfer into the main event.

In the 35-lap A-Main the MobileStar Maxim lined up outside row eight on the starting grid.  Following the first caution flag on lap 6, Dollansky ran fifteenth and then one position better before a red flag three circuits later.  A long stretch of green flag action endured as much of the field ran the bottom side of the speedway as Dollansky battled with Cody Darrah until lap 26 when a tricky cushion in turns 1 & 2 caught the Big Game Treestands #7 and spun.  With just 9 laps remaining the Elk River, Minnesota native was able to restart but ended up taking the checkered flag in 23rd.

Quick stats: 
FIELD: 42 CARS
QUALIFYING: 13.959 - 17th
HEAT RACE 1: 3rd, start (5)
A-MAIN: 23rd, start (16)

Runner-Up in Mediacom Shootout at Knoxville

PR by Reid VanEck - May 12, 2013

For the first time since recording a podium finish at the 52nd Annual Knoxville Nationals last August, the Eyecon Trail Cameras #7 team returned to Knoxville Raceway on Saturday for their first stop of the season at the historic half-mile as part of the Mediacom Shootout.

Set to go in the Sprint Car Capital of the World, a stout field of 51 drivers signed into the pit area as the racing program got underway in qualifying where Dollansky powered the Aggressive Hydraulics Maxim to the 5th fastest lap at 14.890 seconds.  Starting outside row two for heat five, ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ took third at the green flag and tracked down Rager Phillips in the waning laps to claim 2nd and secure a spot in the dash.  A six car inversion draw based off qualifying times then put Dollansky third on the grid for the dash where the Eaton’s Aeroquip Performance Products sponsored sprinter finished 4th.

With only the 25-lap main event remaining, the MobileStar #7 started outside row two and motored past Cody Darrah and Tim Kaeding in the opening laps to run second before a caution on lap 5.  When the feature resumed Dollansky worked the middle in turns 1 & 2 and low in 3 & 4 narrowing the gap on Brian Brown until the Eyecon Trail Cameras backed sprinter took the top spot in turn 4 to lead lap 9.  ‘The Crowd Pleaser’ then opened up a bit of a lead and began encountering lapped traffic until Donny Schatz worked past Dollansky just prior to a red flag on lap 18.  Another accident on the ensuing restart then prompted a single-file restart and with just seven circuits remaining, Dollansky did his best to track down the #15 but took the checkered flag with a solid runner-up performance.

Quick stats: 
FIELD: 51 CARS
QUALIFYING: 14.890 - 5th
HEAT RACE 5: 2nd, start (4)
DASH: 4th, start (3)
A-MAIN: 2nd, start (4)

DateTrackLocationFinish
Feb. 15Volusia Speedway ParkBarberville, FL6th
Feb. 16Volusia Speedway ParkBarberville, FL7th
Feb. 17Volusia Speedway ParkBarberville, FL23rd DNF
Mar. 6The Dirt Track at Las VegasLas Vegas, NV15th
Mar. 7The Dirt Track at Las VegasLas Vegas, NV12th
Mar. 9Tucson International RacewayTucson, AZ13th
Mar. 15Thunderbowl RacewayTulare, CA7th
Mar. 16Thunderbowl RacewayTulare, CA1st
Mar. 22Stockton 99 Dirt TrackStockton, CA16th
Mar. 23Silver Dollar SpeedwayChico, CA20th DNF
Mar. 29Merced SpeedwayMerced, CA18th
Apr. 5Antioch SpeedwayAntioch, CA17th
Apr. 6Calistoga SpeedwayCalistoga, CARAIN
Apr. 12Kings SpeedwayHanford, CA7th
Apr. 13Perris Auto SpeedwayPerris, CA9th
Apr. 16El Paso Speedway ParkEl Paso, TX3rd
Apr. 19Paducah International RacewayPaducah, KYPPD
Apr. 20Tri-State SpeedwayHaubstadt, IN9th
Apr. 27Salina Highbanks (PPD from 4/26)Salina, OK1st
Apr. 27Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55Pevely, MORAIN
May 3Eldora SpeedwayRossburg, OH2nd
May 4Eldora SpeedwayRossburg, OH11th
May 10Elko SpeedwayElko, MN3rd
May 11Knoxville RacewayKnoxville, IA2nd
May 16Lincoln Speedway (PPD from 5/15)Abbottstown, PA23rd
May 17Williams Grove SpeedwayMechanicsburg, PA8th
May 18Williams Grove SpeedwayMechanicsburg, PA 
May 19Orange County Fair SpeedwayMiddletown, NY 
May 21New Egypt SpeedwayNew Egypt, NJ 
May 24The Dirt Track at CharlotteConcord, NC 
May 27Lawrenceburg SpeedwayLawrenceburg, IN 
May 31Attica Raceway ParkAttica, OH 
Jun. 1I-96 RacewayLake Odessa, MI 
Jun. 5Kokomo SpeedwayKokomo, IN 
Jun. 734 RacewayBurlington, IA 
Jun. 8Lakeside SpeedwayKansas City, KS 
Jun, 9I-80 SpeedwayGreenwood, NE 
Jun. 14Jackson SpeedwayJackson, MN 
Jun. 15Knoxville RacewayKnoxville, IA 
Jun. 21River Cities SpeedwayGrand Forks, ND 
Jun. 22I-94 SpeedwayFergus Falls, MN 
Jun. 28LaSalle SpeedwayLaSalle, IL 
Jun. 29Beaver Dam RacewayBeaver Dam, WI 
Jun. 30Cedar Lake SpeedwayNew Richmond, WI 
Jul. 3Huset's SpeedwayBrandon, SD 
Jul. 5Dodge City Raceway ParkDodge City, KS 
Jul. 6Dodge City Raceway ParkDodge City, KS 
Jul. 10Limaland Motorsports ParkLima, OH 
Jul. 12Eldora SpeedwayRossburg, OH 
Jul. 13Eldora SpeedwayRossburg, OH 
Jul. 16Lernerville SpeedwaySarver, PA 
Jul. 19Williams Grove SpeedwayMechanicsburg, PA 
Jul. 20Williams Grove SpeedwayMechanicsburg, PA 
Jul. 21Lebanon Valley SpeedwayWest Lebanon, NY 
Jul. 23Rolling Wheels Raceway ParkElbridge, NY 
Jul. 27Autodrome DrummondDrummondville, QUE, Canada 
Jul. 28Cornwall Motor SpeedwayCornwall, ONT, Canada 
Jul. 30Ohsweken SpeedwayOhsweken, ONT, Canada 
Aug. 2Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55Pevely, MO 
Aug. 3Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55Pevely, MO 
Aug. 7Knoxville RacewayKnoxville, IA 
Aug. 8Knoxville RacewayKnoxville, IA 
Aug. 9Knoxville RacewayKnoxville, IA 
Aug. 10Knoxville RacewayKnoxville, IA 
Aug. 13Junction Motor SpeedwayMcCool Juntion, NE 
Aug. 16River Cities SpeedwayGrand Forks, ND 
Aug. 18Nodak SpeedwayMinot, ND 
Aug. 23Castrol RacewayEdmonton, ALB, Canada 
Aug. 24Castrol RacewayEdmonton, ALB, Canada 
Aug. 30Skagit SpeedwayAlger, WA 
Aug. 31Skagit SpeedwayAlger, WA 
Sept. 2Grays Harbor RacewayElma, WA 
Sept. 3Willamette SpeedwayLebanon, OR 
Sept. 4Cottage Grove SpeedwayCottage Grove, OR 
Sept. 5Southern Oregon SpeedwayMedford, OR 
Sept. 6Silver Dollar SpeedwayChico, CA 
Sept. 7Silver Dollar SpeedwayChico, CA 
Sept. 8Antioch SpeedwayAntioch, CA 
Sept. 13Clay County Fair SpeedwaySpencer, IA 
Sept. 14Deer Creek SpeedwayDeer Creek, MN 
Sept. 20Eldora SpeedwayRossburg, OH 
Sept. 21Lernerville SpeedwaySarver, PA 
Sept. 27Fremont SpeedwayFremont, OH 
Oct. 4Williams Grove SpeedwayMechanicsburg, PA 
Oct. 5Williams Grove SpeedwayMechanicsburg, PA 
Oct. 12Rolling Wheels Raceway ParkElbridge, NY 
Nov. 7The Dirt Track at Charlotte (qualifying)Concord, NC 
Nov. 8The Dirt Track at CharlotteConcord, NC 
Nov. 9The Dirt Track at CharlotteConcord, NC