             NEWS FONTAINE TAKES 5TH AT VOLUSIA IN FIRST DIRT RACE OF 2010 Chris Fontaine finished the 15-lap Thunder Stock feature event in fifth place Sunday, January 24 at Volusia Speedway Park's January Jump Start event.
He started the race on the outside pole after finishing the heat race in second on the half mile dirt track. When the third place car spun in turn two on the first lap, it brought out the caution and a complete restart.
On the restart, Fontaine in the 47 took the lead in turn two, until the 1 car got by him on the inside in turn 3. By the caution on lap 5, Fontaine was running third.
On the restart, he was running three-wide for the lead with the 44 and 24.
On lap seven, he took the lead from the 44 coming out of turn 4.
On lap eight, the 44 got into Fontaine on the backstretch, spinning him in turn three. Fontaine had to restart in the twelfth position, but worked his way up to eighth by the next caution on lap 11. After two more cautions, Fontaine was up to the fifth spot where he finished the race.
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