Castrol Super Series - Toronto Indy Results
Castrol Super Series For immediate release / July 14, 2001 BUCK WINS AT THE TORONTO MOLSON INDY Castrol Super Series // Round #6 // July 14, 2001 // Exhibition Place // Toronto, ON TORONTO, ON - Robin Buck, the road racing specialist who won the inaugural Castrol Super Series event at the Toronto Molson Indy in '99, returned to victory lane on Saturday afternoon at the Exhibition Place track. The UAP/NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix driver started on the pole for the 31-lap race and led all but two circuits en route to his second career Super Series win. A large, sun-drenched crowd cheered Buck to the victory. Finishing second to the Oakville, ON resident was the Home Hardware Chevrolet of Don Thomson Jr. The Hamilton, ON racer was involved in a multi-car crash during qualifying on Saturday morning and was relived that the repairs that he and his team made during the day were effective. Following the race, Thomson said he "didn't have enough car left" to challenge Buck for the win. The third podium position went to Barrie, ON driver Al Turner, who started fifth in his Blue Streak Intrepid. Turner was pushing hard late in the race and grazed the wall on the entrance to the front straightaway. According to Turner, when he first hit the wall, he was convinced that he'd ruined his chances of even finishing the race. Fortunately for him, though, he was able to soldier on to a third place finish and even threatened Thomson for second in the final laps. The race was the final event of the Saturday schedule at the Toronto Molson Indy and marked the halfway point of the Castrol Super Series season. With six races remaining, the chase for the Castrol Cup is incredibly tight. With his second place finish, Al Turner grabbed the points lead by a single point over Don Thomson (864 to 863). Just one point back (with 862) is Kerry Micks, who held the lead since winning the season opener at Delaware Speedway in May. Micks was involved in a pair of incidents in turn 3 at the end of the Lakeshore Blvd. straight and finished 11th. The second half of the Castrol Super Series season commences in two weeks at Montreal's Autodrome St-Eustache. Contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 or visit www.cascar.ca Prepared by Inside Track Communications. Contact: Greg MacPherson (416) 561-2320 (cell). If you know of someone else who would like to receive these releases, please send a note to: greg@insidetracknews.com If you wish to be removed from this release list, please send a note to the same address. Thank you. CASTROL SUPER SERIES Round #6 of 12 / Toronto Molson Indy / Exhibition Place / Toronto, ON RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2001 Fin. St. Car# Driver (Hometown) Sponsor / Make Laps 1 1 66 Robin Buck (Oakville, ON) UAP/NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix 31 2 2 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 31 3 5 76 Al Turner (Barrie ON) Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Intrepid 31 4 13 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 31 5 10 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) Mopar Performance Parts / Mr. Sub / Exide Intrepid 31 6 14 3 Chris Fowler (Stirling, ON) Snap On Tools / Canadian Forces Chevrolet Monte Carlo 31 7 8 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol SYNTEC / Kleen Flo / Team Intrepid 31 8 6 80 Donald Theetge (Boischatel, QC) Auto Frank & Michel Chevrolet Monte Carlo 31 9 15 99 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Exide Batteries / Nat'l Fast Freight Pontiac Grand Prix 31 10 11 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 31 11 4 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) TIM-BR Mart / Hasiuk Trailers Ford Taurus 31 12 22 2 Carl Harr (Edmonton, AB) GM Goodwrench Chevrolet Monte Carlo 31 13 27 31 Kelly Williams (Inglewood, ON) Westburne Electric Supply / AOL Pontiac Grand Prix 31 14 12 9 Robbie Thompson (Southampton, ON) R Cybiko / Logel's Auto Parts / Shear Metal Products Intrepid 31 15 25 04 Andy Farr (Chesterfield, MI) DeWalt Power Tools Intrepid 31 16 24 57 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Sam the Record Man Chevrolet Monte Carlo 31 17 31 01 Damon Sharpe (Stouffville, ON) R Razor Magazine / Gibbons Motorsports Chevy Monte Carlo 31 18 28 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Equipment Express Chevrolet Monte Carlo 31 19 18 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) Ford Quality Care Taurus 31 20 19 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Speedy Auto Service / Dynomax Performance Exhaust Taurus 31 21 26 8 Teri MacDonald-Cadieux (Whitby, ON) R The Weather Network Chevrolet Monte Carlo 31 22 7 98 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON) Motorcraft Quality Parts Ford Taurus 31 23 32 28 Steve Robblee (Dorchester, ON) PPS / Grogan Lincoln Ford Taurus 31 24 20 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Ford Taurus 30 25 38 75 Kevin O'Hara (Hamilton, ON) Holmar Plumbing Supplies Chevrolet Monte Carlo 30 26 21 71 Daryl Harr (Edmonton, AB) Bombardier Rec. Products Chevrolet Monte Carlo 29 27 36 94 Mark Graham (Odessa, ON) Jumbo Video / Coca-Cola Chevrolet Monte Carlo 29 28 33 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Freight / Volvo Trucks Pontiac Grand Prix 28 29 37 44 Marv Wilder (Toronto, ON) R Longbow Freight Systems Ford Taurus 27 30 34 00 Billy Innes (Simcoe ON) Sungard / Regional Auto Glass Ford Taurus 27 31 17 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) AW Millwrights / ERB Group Pontiac Grand Prix 25 32 29 20 Scott Lindsay (St. Marys, ON) FRAM / Honeywell Chevrolet Monte Carlo 18 33 23 97 Rob Neely (Milton, ON) QEW/427 Dodge / Thompson Mech. Intrepid 16 34 30 41 John Tsoumaris (Toronto, ON) John's Unique Auto Chevrolet Monte Carlo 9 35 9 56 Howie Scannell Jr. (Milton, ON) Trailers by Jim Bray Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1 36 16 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1 37 35 29 Kevin Trevellin (LaSalle, ON) Ford Taurus 1 38 3 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo DNS R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.125 seconds // TIME OF RACE: 50 minutes and 53.66 seconds // CAUTIONS: 2 for a total of 6 laps // LAP LEADERS: #4 Don Thomson Jr. (1), #66 Robin Buck (2 - 21), #4 Thomson (22) and #66 Buck (23 - 31). For more information, contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 or visit www.cascar.ca / Prepared by Inside Track Communications.