Castrol Super Series - Vancouver Indy Results & Points
Castrol Super Series For immediate release / September 1, 2001 TURNER WINS IN VANCOUVER Castrol Super Series // Round #11 // Molson Indy Vancouver September 1, 2001 // Concord Pacific Place // Vancouver, BC VANCOUVER, BC - Castrol Super Series veteran Al Turner started on the pole and won today's 29-lap race at the Molson Indy Vancouver, in front of a crowd of 51,243 racing fans. At the initial green flag, Kevin Dowler - who started on the outside of the front row in his Ford Quality Care Taurus - jumped to the lead and showed the way for the first eight laps of the inaugural Vancouver outing for the CASCAR Late Models. Turner stayed close to the Edmonton, AB racer, and as they entered the first turn on lap 9, Turner grabbed the inside line - under braking - and was able to put his Blue Streak Intrepid into the lead. The Barrie, ON driver survived several attempts by Dowler to recover the lead and took the checkered flag, under the third race caution of the afternoon, to win his second race of the Castrol Super Series season and his second career series road course victory. Turner also won the inaugural Edmonton CASCAR event, in the mid-'90s. Finishing third, behind Turner and Dowler, was former Super Series champion Kerry Micks, of Mt. Albert, ON. Driving the TIM-BR Mart Ford Taurus, Micks advanced from sixth at the start and closed on series' points leader Don Thomson in the chase for the Castrol Cup. Thomson's Home Hardware Chevy was involved in an incident on the opening lap, which sent him to the back of the pack. The Hamilton, ON driver recovered to seventh at the finish, in the 30-car field. With one Castrol Super Series race remaining, at the end of September at Delaware Speedway, Thomson has 1794 points, to Micks' 1728. Vancouver race winner Turner sits third with 1708. UNOFFICIAL POINT STANDINGS (After 11 of 12 Events): 1. #4 Don Thomson Jr. (Chevrolet / 1794); 2. #02 Kerry Micks (Ford / 1728); 3. #76 Al Turner (Intrepid / 1708); 4. #17 DJ Kennington (Intrepid / 1613); 5. #35 Kevin Dowler (Ford / 1600); 6. #88 Dave Jacombs (Ford / 1596); 7. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Intrepid / 1556); 8. #64 Mark Dilley (Ford / 1554); 9. #99 Pete Vanderwyst (Pontiac / 1553); 10. #33 Neil Fair (Chevrolet / 1548); 11. #14 John Fitzpatrick (Chevrolet / 1526); 12. #31 Kelly Williams (Pontiac / 1522); 13. #8 Teri MacDonald-Cadieux (Chevrolet / 1490); 14. #9 Robbie Thompson (Intrepid / 1486); 15. #04 Andy Farr (Intrepid / 1468); 16. #1 Peter Gibbons (Chevrolet / 1464); 17. #98 David Whitlock (Ford / 1443); 18. #3 Chris Fowler (Chevrolet / 1362); 19. #22 Scott Steckly (Chevrolet / 1073); 20. #19 Brad Graham (Chevrolet / 924); 20. #80 Donald Theetge (Chevrolet / 924); 22. #57 Joe Goncalves (Chevrolet / 858); 23. #25 Jim Lapcevich (Chevrolet / 680); 24. #00 Bill Innes (Ford / 640); 25. #23 Jeff Lapcevich (Chevrolet / 572). Castrol Super Series Results: Molson Indy Vancouver // Round #11 of 12 September 1, 2001 // Concord Pacific Place // Vancouver, BC FIN. ST. CAR# DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 1 76 Al Turner (Barrie ON) Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Intrepid 29 2 2 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) Ford Quality Care Taurus 29 3 6 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) TIM-BR Mart Ford Taurus 29 4 8 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Mr. Lube Chevrolet Monte Carlo 29 5 3 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 29 6 7 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Ford Taurus 29 7 12 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 29 8 10 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol SYNTEC / Kleen Flo / Team Intrepid 29 9 9 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Equipment Express Chevrolet Monte Carlo 29 10 16 31 Kelly Williams (Inglewood, ON) Westburne Electric Supply / AOL Pontiac Grand Prix 29 11 15 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. Chevrolet Monte Carlo 29 12 18 09 Trevor Seibert (Williams Lake, BC) EMCO Ltd. Ford Taurus 29 13 30 66 Robin Buck (Oakville, ON) UAP / NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix 29 14 19 2 Carl Harr (Edmonton, AB) GM Goodwrench Chevrolet Monte Carlo 29 15 21 99 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Exide Batteries / Nat'l Fast Freight Pontiac Grand Prix 29 16 24 71 Daryl Harr (Edmonton, AB) Bombardier Recreation Products Chevrolet Monte Carlo 29 17 22 04 Andy Farr (Chesterfield, MI) DeWalt Power Tools Intrepid 29 18 25 38 Don Sales (Quesnel, BC) Skoal Inc. Pontiac Grand Prix 29 19 23 8 Teri MacDonald-Cadieux (Whitby, ON) R The Weather Network Chevrolet Monte Carlo 29 20 27 18 James Van Domselaar (Ft. Sask., SK) Pontiac Grand Prix 28 21 11 98 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON) Motorcraft Quality Parts Ford Taurus 28 22 5 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Mr. Lube Chevrolet Monte Carlo 26 23 20 9 Robbie Thompson (Southampton, ON) R Logel's Auto Parts / Shear Metal Products Intrepid 25 24 26 6 Todd Nichol (St. Albert, AB) Pennzoil / Quaker State Chevrolet Monte Carlo 23 25 17 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Speedy Auto Service / Dynomax Perf. Exhaust Taurus 22 26 14 3 Chris Fowler (Stirling, ON) Snap On Tools / Canadian Forces Chevrolet Monte Carlo 20 27 13 21 Wade Lee (Calgary, AB) Western Canadian Ford Dealers Ford Taurus 19 28 4 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) Mopar Performance Parts / Mr. Sub / Exide Intrepid 9 29 29 12 Ron Larson (Quesnel, BC) Stabco Industries Chevrolet Monte Carlo 8 30 28 81 Wheeler Boys (Calgary, AB) R H&S Machine / Lordco Ford Taurus 2 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under Caution // TIME OF RACE: 51 minutes and 48.09 seconds // CAUTIONS: 3 for a total of 6 laps // LAP LEADERS: #35 Kevin Dowler (1 - 8) and #76 Al Turner (9 - 29). 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.