Castrol Super Series - Trois Rivieres Results / Summary
Castrol Super Series For immediate release / August 4, 2001 GIBBONS WINS ON THE STREETS OF TROIS-RIVIÈRES Castrol Super Series // Round #8 // August 4, 2001 // Trois-Rivières, QC // 'Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières' TROIS-RIVIÈRES, QC - The Castrol Super Series made its inaugural appearance on the streets of Trois-Rivières, Quebec on Saturday afternoon. For all but one tour of the 42-lap Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, the race belonged to Don Thomson. But as the cliché goes, it's the last lap that counts. And for the second week in a row, it was Peter Gibbons who had the honour of leading the final lap. Transmission troubles slowed Thomson's Home Hardware Chevy on its final trip around the cement-walled street circuit, leaving the way clear for Gibbons' Canadian Tire Chevrolet to take the victory. In the process, Gibbons became the Castrol Super Series' first two-time winner of the season. In many ways, the race bore a striking resemblance to the one held just seven days earlier at Montreal's Autodrome St-Eustache. As was the case in Montreal, the final 'lap leaders' listing at Trois-Rivières contained only two names - those of Thomson and Gibbons. With four races remaining, the top two competitors for the 2000 Castrol Cup appear to have emerged, once again, as the prime candidates for victory in this year's late-season Super Series events. Another characteristic shared by both of this year's Quebec Super Series events was the presence of Castrol SYNTEC Intrepid driver DJ Kennington on the second step on the podium, following the race. The St. Thomas, ON resident has been incredibly consistent in almost every race held this summer and added another top result to his résumé, at Trois-Rivières. Ford Taurus driver Kerry Micks finished third in the race after fighting his way through the entire field. The Mt. Albert, ON driver stopped on the track prior to the initial green flag and was relegated to the rear of the 23-car CASCAR Late Model pack for the start of the race. Advancing 20 positions was a huge accomplishment for the former Castrol Super Series champion. Reversing their final finishing positions from St-Eustache were Dave Jacombs and Kelly Williams. At Trois-Rivières, Jacombs came home in fourth, while Williams was fifth. Rookie Teri MacDonald-Cadieux finished sixth to record her best ever Castrol Super Series result. CASCAR NOTES: The next event on the Castrol Super Series schedule is next weekend (Aug. 11) at Cayuga Speedway... Less than a week after becoming a father for the first time, Scott Steckly returned to action and finished seventh at Trois-Rivières... The 'Blue Streak presents the Mosport 250' road race from Mosport Int'l Raceway will air next Tuesday (Aug. 7) on Sportsnet. The race will be broadcast at 8 p.m. in the East and at 7:30 p.m. in Ontario. Those in the West and Pacific regions can see it on Monday night (Aug. 6) at 7 p.m. ... 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 #8 of 12 / Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières / Trois-Rivières, QC Results: August 4, 2001 Fin. Car# Driver (Hometown) Sponsor / Make Laps 1 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 42 2 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol SYNTEC / Kleen Flo / Team Intrepid 42 3 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Ford Taurus 42 4 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Speedy Auto Service / Dynomax Performance Exhaust Taurus 42 5 31 Kelly Williams (Inglewood, ON) Westburne Electric Supply / AOL Pontiac Grand Prix 42 6 8 Teri MacDonald-Cadieux (Whitby, ON) R The Weather Network Chevrolet Monte Carlo 42 7 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) AW Millwrights / ERB Group Pontiac Grand Prix 42 8 99 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Exide Batteries / Nat'l Fast Freight Pontiac Grand Prix 42 9 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) Ford Quality Care Taurus 42 10 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 41 11 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) Mopar Performance Parts / Mr. Sub / Exide Intrepid 41 12 98 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON) Motorcraft Quality Parts Ford Taurus 41 13 04 Andy Farr (Chesterfield, MI) DeWalt Intrepid 41 14 82 Dave Connelly (White Lake, ON) R Proctor & Gamble / Tide Chevrolet Monte Carlo 41 15 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Equipment Express Chevrolet Monte Carlo 41 16 66 Robin Buck (Oakville, ON) UAP/NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix 41 17 80 Donald Theetge (Boischatel, QC) Auto Frank & Michel Chevrolet Monte Carlo 39 18 9 Robbie Thompson (Southampton, ON) R Logel's Auto Parts / Shear Metal Products Intrepid 36 19 76 Al Turner (Barrie ON) Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Intrepid 32 20 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) R Chevrolet Monte Carlo 24 21 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. Chevrolet Monte Carlo 8 22 3 Chris Fowler (Stirling, ON) Snap On Tools / Canadian Forces Chevrolet Monte Carlo 5 23 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Ford Taurus 2 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. LAP LEADERS: #4 Don Thomson Jr. (1 - 41) and #1 Peter Gibbons (42). For more information, contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 or visit www.cascar.ca / Prepared by Inside Track Communications.