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PR by Reid VanEck - August 20, 2011

Throw some ingredients in a blender and you'll have the equivalent of putting 900 horsepower sprint cars on a lightning fast track known as River Cities Speedway in North Dakota.  On Friday, Craig Dollansky and the Big Game Treestands #7 team opened up the 'Great Northern Tour' by returned to the 3/10-mile oval where they tasted victory twice on June 17 & 18 earlier this year.

Another strong field of 35 drivers assembled for action at the high-banked track located in Grand Forks with Dollansky piloting the Aggressive Hydraulics backed sprinter to the 7th fastest time in qualifying.  With the top sixteen inverted in four heat races, 'The Crowd Pleaser' started third in heat three and raced closely with Kraig Kinser for a spot in the dash but came up just short and finished 3rd in the 10-lap event.

In the 40-lap A-Main the Karavan Trailers #7 started outside of row seven in the fourteenth position.  After three cars got together on the initial start, the field would go green on the second attempt as Dollansky ran just outside of the top ten.  Another caution on laps 29 and 31 would see 'The Crowd Pleaser' break into the top ten as he lined up eighth for the restart with just 9 laps to go.  The final caution of the night would come with 5 laps to go as Dollansky lined up behind teammate Sammy Swindell in the Big Game Treestands #1.  The final five circuits would see the Eaton's Aeroquip Performance Products #7 charge past two cars and cross the finish line in 6th position.

The Big Game Treestands #7 team is back on the gas tonight as they travel down Interstate-29 to Huset's Speedway in Brandon, South Dakota.

Quick stats: 
FIELD: 35 CARS
QUALIFYING: 7th
HEAT RACE 3: 3rd, start (3)
A-MAIN: 6th, start (14)