Castrol Super Series - Delaware Sprint Race Results
Castrol Super Series For immediate release / September 28, 2001 KENNINGTON AND GIBBONS WIN QUALIFYING SPRINTS AT DELAWARE Castrol Super Series // Round #12 // Qualifying Sprint Races // September 28, 2001 The Great Canadian Race Weekend // Delaware Speedway // London, ON LONDON, ON - Following time trials to set the top two positions for Sunday's 'Great Canadian Race', a pair of 100 lap qualifying sprint races were held at Delaware Speedway on Friday night. In all, 26 Castrol Super Series competitors were locked into the starting field for Sunday afternoon's season finale. Dave Whitlock, who has a pair of Super Series wins to his credit this season, secured the pole for the 300 lap main event. Lining up alongside of Whitlock's Motorcraft Ford Taurus will be two-time and defending Castrol Cup champion Peter Gibbons. Gibbons, of Stouffville, ON won the second 100 lap sprint race, after leading every lap in his Canadian Tire Chevy. Finishing second to Gibbons in the second heat was series points leader Don Thomson Jr., who will enter Sunday's 'Great Canadian Race' with a 74-point lead over Kerry Micks. Al Turner, who is 14 points back of Micks, was third in Sprint #2. The first sprint race was a wild affair, which featured several lead changes. DJ Kennington, driving the Castrol SYNTEC Intrepid with an engine borrowed from Turner, emerged victorious after taking the lead from Mark Dilley on lap 91. Dilley went on to finish second, ahead of Ron Beauchamp Jr. Saturday afternoon at Delaware Speedway, the remainder of the starting field for Sunday's race will be determined following the 'Final Qualifiers' race. RACE NOTES: CASCAR veteran Kelly Williams was involved in a scary incident during time trials when the throttle on her Westburne Electric / AOL Pontiac stuck open, sending her into the outside wall in turn 1. Williams emerged unhurt from the crash and promptly returned home to Inglewood, ON to begin to transform her road racing car over to an oval configuration for Sunday's race. Castrol Super Series 100 Lap Qualifying Sprint Race #1 // The Great Canadian Race Weekend Round #12 // September 28, 2001 // Delaware Speedway // London, ON FIN. ST. CAR# DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol SYNTEC / Kleen Flo / Team Intrepid 100 2 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Ford Taurus 100 3 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) Mopar Performance Parts / Mr. Sub / Exide Intrepid 100 4 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Mart Ford Taurus 100 5 97 Rob Neely (Milton, ON) QEW/427 Thomson Mech. / Collision World Chrysler Intrepid 100 6 99 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Exide Batteries / Nat'l Fast Freight Pontiac Grand Prix 100 7 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) AW Millwrights / ERB Group Pontiac Grand Prix 100 8 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Freight / Volvo Trucks Pontiac Grand Prix 100 9 29 Steve Robblee (Dorchester, ON) Grogan Ford / CANUSA Ford Taurus 100 10 61 Mike Ling (Mt. Brydges, ON) R Provincial Trailer Rental Intrepid 100 11 98 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON) Motorcraft Quality Parts Ford Taurus 100 12 8 Teri MacDonald-Cadieux (Whitby, ON) R The Weather Network Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 13 04 Andy Farr (Chesterfield, MI) DeWalt Power Tools Intrepid 100 14 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Equipment Express Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 15 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) R A-Dor Construction Pontiac Grand Prix 100 16 41 John Tsoumaris (Toronto, ON) John's Unique / BAKA Chevrolet Monte Carlo 98 17 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. Chevrolet Monte Carlo 74 18 80 Donald Theetge (Boischatel, QC) Auto Frank & Michel Chevrolet Monte Carlo 70 19 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON) R Labour Ready / Rockton Berry Farm Ford Taurus 40 20 96 Jesse Kennedy (Southwold, ON) Tubby's Pontiac Grand Prix 33 21 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Remax Preferred Realty Dodge 3 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.854 seconds // TIME OF RACE: 45 minutes and 17.22 seconds // CAUTIONS: 3 for a total of 11 laps // LAP LEADERS: #64 Mark Dilley (1), #98 Dave Whitlock (2), #64 Dilley (3 - 82), #17 DJ Kennington (83), #64 Dilley (84 - 90) and #17 Kennington (91 - 100). 100 Lap Qualifying Sprint Race #2 // The Great Canadian Race Weekend Round #12 // September 28, 2001 // Delaware Speedway // London, ON FIN. ST. CAR# DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 2 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 3 76 Al Turner (Barrie ON) Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Intrepid 100 4 20 Scott Lindsay (St. Marys, ON) FRAM Honeywell Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 5 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) R Kubota Canada Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 6 57 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Sam the Record Man Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 7 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Speedy Auto Service / Dynomax Performance Exhaust Taurus 100 8 08 Ted McIntyre (Windsor, ON) Mopar Accessories / Pro-Airbrush Intrepid 100 9 75 Kevin O'Hara (Hamilton, ON) Holmar Plumbing Supplies Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 10 91 Doug Day (Kitchener, ON) Twin City / Scotiabank Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 11 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) Autopro Pontiac Grand Prix 100 12 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) R Mr. Lube Chevrolet Monte Carlo 99 13 44 Marv Wilder (Toronto, ON) R Longbow Freight Systems Ford Taurus 97 14 29 Kevin Trevellin (LaSalle, ON) Contact Freight Systems Ford Taurus 97 15 9 Robbie Thompson (Southampton, ON) R Logel's Auto Parts / Shear Metal Products Intrepid 88 16 94 Mark Graham (Odessa, ON) Jumbo Video / Coca-Cola Chevrolet Monte Carlo 84 17 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) Ford Quality Care Taurus 81 18 23 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) R Mr. Lube Chevrolet Monte Carlo 79 19 3 Chris Fowler (Stirling, ON) Snap On Tools / Canadian Forces Chevrolet Monte Carlo 23 20 81 Wheeler Boys (Calgary, AB) Lordco Ford Taurus 15 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.791 seconds // TIME OF RACE: 50 minutes and 08.31 seconds // CAUTIONS: 5 for a total of 25 laps // LAP LEADERS: #1 Peter Gibbons (1 - 100). 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.