CASCAR - N#8 - Mosport SS Oval Summary & Results
CASCAR Super Series
Summary & Results: Mosport Speedway 200
August 6, 2005
DJ Kennington wins his third CASCAR Super Series race in a row with a
late-race pass on Don Thomson in Saturday night’s Mosport Speedway 200
BOWMANVILLE, ON - DJ Kennington extended his CASCAR Super Series winning
streak to three feature events on Saturday night when he passed Don Thomson
on lap 198 of the Mosport Speedway 200. Thomson had started on the pole and
led the virtually the entire race in dominant fashion, but a late caution
flag set up a battle between he and Kennington for the final 11 laps.
Following the lap 189 restart, Kennington dogged Thomson’s Home
Hardware Chevy for several tours around Mosport Speedway’s half-mile oval.
And after a handful of failed attempts to go underneath Thomson as the pair
exited turn 2, the Castrol Dodge driver changed strategy and powered to the
outside of the four-time National champion just prior to the start of the
final lap.
From there, Kennington moved in front of Thomson and beat him to
the checkered flag by just over a third of a second. The victory by the St.
Thomas, ON racer mirrored his July 30 win at Vernon, BC’s Sun Valley
Speedway when he passed Brad Graham just before the end of the race.
“Our car wasn’t the best one on the track for most of the race,
but it was the best one when it counted,” said Kennington. “All that
matters is that we led the last lap. I wanted to save the tires and the
brakes for the end. I knew Donnie was going to run away with the race
because he’s awesome here. That caution at the end made all the difference
because he was so far ahead before that, that he was in a different area
code. Our car is set up to come on at the end and that’s what happened
again tonight.”
Thomson, who has won at Mosport many times in the past, was
understandably frustrated to see the win slip away after holding commanding
leads for the majority of the 200 laps. According to the Hamilton, ON
racer, the set of right-side tires that went on the car during the lap 100
pit stop didn’t perform as well as the set that started the race, and that
made the difference at the end.
The final podium spot at Mosport Speedway went to Ron Beauchamp
Jr., driver of the MOPAR Parts / Exide / Mobil 1 Dodge Charger. The
Windsor, ON racer started second in the field of 20 and overcame handling
problems with 50 laps to go to take third-place in the eighth of 12 Super
Series events in ’05.
The next CASCAR Super Series event takes place August 14 at Cayuga
2000 Speedway, south of Hamilton, Ontario.
CASCAR ON TV: For information regarding initial airings and replays of
Super Series races on SPORTSNET, please check your local listings or visit
http://www.cascar.ca/schedule/tv_schedule.html.
PHOTO: DJ Kennington celebrated his third straight CASCAR Super Series
feature win following the Mosport Speedway 200 on Saturday night. (CREDIT:
G. MacPherson / Inside Track)
POINT STANDINGS: After 8 events. Unofficial Top 15 as of August 6, 2005: 1.
#4 Don Thomson Jr. (1582 pts.); 2. #1 Peter Gibbons (1493); 3. #17 DJ
Kennington (1474); 4. #9 Mark Dilley (1443); 5. 39 Dave Whitlock (1412); 6.
#02 Kerry Micks (1405); 7. #19 Brad Graham (1401); 8. #84 J.R. Fitzpatrick
(1390); 9. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (1382); 10. #88 Dave Jacombs (1296); 11.
#22 Scott Steckly (1260); 12. #10 Doug Brown (1238); 13. #37 Tara MacLeod ®
(1216); 14. #11 Ron VanEs (1206); 15. #3 Stu Robinson Jr. (1168).
® Denotes Rookie of the Year.
CASCAR Super Series
RESULTS: Mosport Speedway 200
Round 8 of 12 // August 6, 2005 // Mosport Speedway
Bowmanville, Ontario // 200 Laps // ½-mile oval
FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR(S) / MAKE LAPS
1 8 17 DJ Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol Canada
Dodge 200
2 1 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware
Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
3 2 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Parts / Exide
/ Mobil 1 Dodge Charger 200
4 4 9 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) Exide / Dodge /
PowerWater / Mobil 1 Dodge Charger 200
5 19 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire
Corporation Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
6 15 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor
Frt. / Logel’s Dodge Charger 200
7 6 77 Derek Lynch (Warkworth, ON) R Berms R Us Dodge
Charger 200
8 9 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) NAPA / Autopro
Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
9 3 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) Avenue Motor Works
/ NMT Dodge Charger 200
10 5 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging
Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
11 20 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) Metro Toronto / ERB
Group Pontiac Grand Prix 200
12 12 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Lou’s BBQ Ford
Taurus 200
13 16 11 Ron VanEs (Smithville, ON) Star Van Systems /
All Cover Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
14 7 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Fastline / EMCEA
Transport / Tim Hortons Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199
15 11 71 Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough, ON) Meyers
Transport / Peterborough Homes Dodge 198
16 14 3 Stu Robinson Jr. (Holland Landing, ON) Snap-On
Tools Dodge 198
17 17 37 Tara MacLeod (Innisfil, ON) R Central Merchant
Services Ford Taurus 196
18 18 18 Chad McGlynn (Petersburg, ON) R Awesome Racewear /
Ultimate Garage Ford Taurus 74
19 10 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) PowerWater Ford
Taurus 39
20 13 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) G.P.S. Automotive
Refinishes Ltd. Chevrolet Monte Carlo 29
R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.
POLESITTER: #4 Don Thomson Jr. (21.999 seconds) // TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 36
minutes and 22.419 seconds // AVERAGE SPEED: 68.483 mph // MARGIN OF
VICTORY: 0.339 seconds // CAUTIONS: 6 for a total of 31 laps // LAP
LEADERS: #4 Don Thomson Jr. (1-102), #19 Brad Graham (103-109), #9 Mark
Dilley (110-123), #4 Don Thomson Jr. (124-198), #17 Kennington (199-200) //
GOODYEAR BELTS & HOSES FASTEST LAP: #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (22.174 on lap 5)
