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CASCAR: CASCAR Castrol Super Series East title to be decided in New Brunswick finale

9 September 1999

KOMOKA, ON - The CASCAR Castrol Super Series East will crown its new
champion this weekend at New Brunswick Int'l Speedway. This year's CARQUEST
200, at the Fredericton-area oval, will be the third annual visit of
Canada's top stock car series to one of the Maritimes' top racing
facilities. Heading into the ninth and final Eastern Series race of the
season, Don Thomson Jr. of Hamilton, ON holds a 22 point lead over Pete
Vanderwyst in the championship chase.

	Thomson's Home Hardware Chevrolet has gathered three Eastern series
checkered flags so far in '98 (plus one National win) but has encountered a
few problems in the most recent events, which have caused his once
seemingly insurmountable lead to diminish considerably.

	"We got close on the National, but that's the way it goes," said Thomson,
following the CARQUEST 300 at Delaware. He ended up second in the National
rankings - to Peter Gibbons - and has more than enough motivation to put in
a good performance in Fredericton. "We're going to do it at New Brunswick."

	Vanderwyst, on the other hand, got off to a relatively rough start this
past spring and has put together several consistent finishes to narrow the
gap. "We've had a really good season and reached a bunch of our goals so
far. We've sat on the pole and won a race, so now the thing is to win a
CASCAR title and we're going to do everything in our power to be ready.
That would mean a lot."

	Time trials for the CARQUEST 200 commence Saturday (Sept. 11) at 2:00
p.m., with CASCAR's heat races scheduled for 4:00. Also on the Saturday
card are Street Stock and Sportsman races. The CASCAR autograph session
starts Sunday morning (Sept. 12) at noon. The CARQUEST 200 will take the
green flag at 2:00 p.m.
Fraser returns

	A definite highlight of this weekend's CARQUEST 200 will be the second
annual appearance of Maritime racing star Scott Fraser. The Shubenacadie,
NS racer currently leads the Int'l Pro Stock Challenge (IPSC) point
standings and will surely electrify the crowd again this year behind the
wheel of a Whitlock Motorsports Ford Taurus.

	Last year, the young charger started deep in the CASCAR pack at New
Brunswick Int'l Speedway and climbed as high as eighth in the field before
mechanical problems knocked him out of contention.

CARQUEST 200 Notes: Last year's CARQUEST 200 at New Brunswick Int'l
Speedway (NBIS) was the site of several 'firsts'. Ron Beauchamp of Windsor,
ON posted a sixth place finish in the final Eastern race of the season and
captured his first-ever CASCAR title (East) by 50 points over Dave
Whitlock, who had won his third National title the week before at Delaware
Speedway Park... Beauchamp's Eastern title was the first Super Series
championship for longtime series participant and supporter Daimler
Chrysler... The '98 CARQUEST 200 was also memorable for being the last
CASCAR Castrol Super Series event for Canadian racing legend Earl Ross. The
Ailsa Craig, ON resident quietly announced, prior to the green flag, that
he would be hanging up his helmet - for the last time - following the
event. Ross was at the CARQUEST 300 at Delaware last weekend and is excited
about going to Martinsville Speedway at the end of this month for the
Winston Cup race. It was 25 years ago this fall that Ross earned the
distinction of becoming the only non-American to win a race in NASCAR's
elite division; a record that stands to this day... An indication of the
competitive nature of the CASCAR Castrol Super Series is evidenced by where
the '98 champions stand in the '99 rankings. Last year's National champion,
Dave Whitlock, ended up seventh this year. Beauchamp is ninth in the
Eastern standings with one race remaining, and defending Western champ,
Wade Lee, is 13th with only one race to go - at Race City Motorsport Park -
on Sept. 18... Last year's CARQUEST 200 winner, Alex Nagy, finished fourth
in last weekend's CARQUEST 300 at Delaware but will not be making the trip
to New Brunswick to defend his race victory... The Sept. 12 race at NBIS
will decide the winner of the Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products 'CARQUEST
Bounty'; a $10,000 points fund 'mini-series' that will see $4,500 go to the
top points gathering team in the three CARQEST-backed Eastern races (Ste.
Croix, QC - June 5 // Delaware, ON - Sept. 5 // Fredericton, NB - Sept. 12)... 

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Eastern Point Standings after Round #8 of 9 / As of September 7, 1999: 1.
#4 Don Thomson (Hamilton, ON / 1242 points / Chevrolet); 2. #77 Pete
Vanderwyst (St Thomas, ON / 1220 / Chevrolet); 3. #02 Kerry Micks (Mt
Albert, ON / 1176 / Ford); 4. #33 Neil Fair  (Ancaster, ON / 1168 /
Chevrolet); 5. #17 DJ Kennington (St Thomas, ON / 1146 / Dodge); 6. #1
Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON / 1138 / Chevrolet); 7. #98 Dave Whitlock
(Petrolia, ON / 1096 / Ford); 8. #31 Kelly WIlliams (Inglewood, ON / 1082 /
Ford); 9. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr (Windsor, ON / 1074 / Dodge); 10. #64 Mark
Dilley (Barrie, ON / 1066 / Ford); 11. #14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON / 1056
/ Chevrolet); 12. #67 Derrick Tiemersma (Newmarket, ON / 1040 / Pontiac);
13. #51 Al Long (Woodlawn, ON / 1016 / Chevrolet); 14. #76 Al Turner
(Barrie, ON / 996 / Dodge); 15. #66 Robin Buck  (Oakville, ON / 980 /
Pontiac); 16. #8 Ted McIntyre (Windsor, ON / 960 / Dodge); 17. #O4 Andy
Farr (Chesterfield, MI / 954 / Dodge); 18. #22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON
/ 936 / Pontiac); 19. #5 Nik Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON / 926 / Chevrolet);
20. #25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON / 904 / Ford); 21. #99 Scott Watkins
(Milton, ON / 846 / Pontiac); 22. #90 Brad Jacques (Mt Brydges, ON / 834 /
Dodge); 23. #97 Rob Neely (Milton, ON / 832 / Dodge); 24. #94 Mark Graham
(Odessa, ON / 824 / Chevrolet); 25. #52 Bill Rowse Jr. (Corunna, ON / 800 /
Chevrolet)

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