CASCAR - Delaware - Mopar 250 - Qualifying & Grid
CASCAR Super Series For immediate release / May 18, 2002 Kennington earns pole for Sunday's season opening Mopar Parts 250 CASCAR Super Series // Mopar Parts 250 // 250 Laps Delaware Speedway // Round #1 // May 19, 2002 // London, ON LONDON, ON - DJ Kennington won the pole for the Mopar Parts 250, the first race of the 2002 CASCAR Super Series season, on Saturday afternoon at Delaware Speedway. The Castrol SYNTEC Intrepid racer was the fastest of 41 drivers who participated in time trials, lapping the half-mile oval in 19.618 seconds, which translated into a speed of 91.752 miles per hour. Kennington finished fourth in the final 2001 Super Series point standings. The St. Thomas, ON racer went on a tear after a technical infraction in the Delaware opener last year, posting consistent finishes throughout the remainder of the season. Sunday's pole position will be Kennington's first since he was fastest in qualifying for the Peterborough Speedway race, early last season. Starting alongside of Kennington will be the Canadian Tire Chevy of Peter Gibbons, who won 'The Great Canadian Race' at Delaware Speedway last September. Both front row drivers have traditionally been very strong at Delaware and have to be counted among the contenders to win the Mopar Parts 250. The second row will see Pete Vanderwyst and Steve Robblee start side-by-side. Vanderwyst is hoping to bounce back after a frustrating 2001 season, while Robblee is a two-time Super Series champion, who currently competes full-time in the CASCAR CARQUEST Series. The top 20 starting positions for Sunday's Mopar Parts 250 were set by the time trial results. The remainder of the field was determined via Saturday night's 25-lap Final Qualifiers' race, which was won by Al Turner, and by time trial results and provisional positions based on last year's final points. Twenty competitors took part in the Final Qualifiers' race. MOPAR PARTS 250 NOTES: Kerry Micks is the defending winner of the Mopar Parts 250. The Mt. Albert, ON racer used his quick start at Delaw...re Speedway to propel him to second place in the final 2001 CASCAR Super Series point standings... Three-time CASCAR National champion Dave Whitlock sat on the pole for both Delaware Speedway races in 2001. He spun on the first lap of his two timed laps on Saturday afternoon and will start 23rd in the 250, three spots behind defending Super Series champ Don Thomson Jr. ... Dave Jacombs holds the track record for CASCAR Super Series qualifying at Delaware Speedway. He circled the half-mile oval in 19.343 seconds on May 19, 2000... SUNDAY SCHEDULE: Delaware will open its spectator gates at 11 a.m. on Sunday morning. The driver autograph session will start at 11:15, and will be followed by the driver introductions at 1:30 p.m. The green flag to start both the Mopar Parts 250 and the CASCAR Super Series season is scheduled to fly at 2 p.m. CASCAR Super Series Starting Grid & Qualifying Results: Mopar Parts 250 Round #1 // 250 Laps // May 18, 2002 // Delaware Speedway // London, ON POS. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE TIME / SPEED 1 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol SYNTEC / Kleen Flo / Team Truck Intrepid 19.618 / 91.752 2 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 19.668 / 91.519 3 99 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Exide Batteries Pontiac Grand Prix 19.710 / 91.324 4 28 Steve Robblee (Dorchester, ON) Grogan Ford Taurus 19.749 / 91.144 5 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. / Mac's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 19.752 / 91.130 6 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 19.780 / 91.001 7 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Ford Taurus 19.824 / 90.799 8 9 Robbie Thompson (Southampton, ON) Logel's Auto Parts / Shear Metal Products Intrepid 19.847 / 90.694 9 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 19.856 / 90.653 10 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) UFCW Canada Ford Taurus 19.879 / 90.548 11 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) Ford Quality Care Ford Taurus 19.888 / 90.507 12 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) Mopar Performance Parts / Mr. Sub / Exide Intrepid 19.923 / 90.348 13 7 Sean Dupuis (LaSalle, ON) Remax / CANUSA / APC A.P. Chevy Monte Carlo 19.956 / 90.198 14 15 Robin Buck (Campbellville, ON) NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix 19.963 / 90.167 15 04 Andy Farr (Chesterfield, MI) Intrepid 19.985 / 90.068 16 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Speedy Auto Service / Dynomax Perf. Exhaust Taurus 19.998 / 90.009 17 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) AW Millwrights / ERB / CPL Sys. Pontiac Grand Prix 20.017 / 89.924 18 52 Ron Sheridan (Strathroy, ON) Restoration Masters / United Carpet Pontiac G.P. 20.066 / 89.704 19 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Mr. Lube Chevrolet Monte Carlo 20.126 / 89.437 20 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 20.143 / 89.361 21 76 Al Turner (Barrie ON) Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Intrepid 20.278 / 88.766 22 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) R A-DOR Pontiac Grand Prix 20.301 / 88.666 23 39 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON) Fast Lane / Ford Motor Company Ford Taurus 20.264 / 88.827 24 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) R Kubota Canada Chevrolet Monte Carlo 20.204 / 89.091 25 56 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) Autopro Mechanical Pontiac Grand Prix 20.176 / 89.215 26 3 Bill Rowse Jr. (Uxbridge, ON) Snap-On.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo 20.500 / 87.805 27 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks Pontiac G.P. 20.438 / 88.071 28 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Remax Preferred Realty Intrepid 20.447 / 88.032 29 97 Rob Neely (Milton, ON) Holmar Plumbing / QEW & 427 Intrepid 20.197 / 89.122 30 00 Billy Innes (Simcoe, ON Regional Auto Glass Chevrolet 20.311 / 88.622 31 8 Teri MacDonald-Cadieux (Whitby, ON) Pennzoil Intrepid 20.521 / 87.715 32 31 Kelly Williams (Inglewood, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 20.544 / 87.617 33 82 Steve Munro (Carp, ON) Tide (Procter & Gamble) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 20.732 / 86.822 34 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Mr. Lube Chevrolet Monte Carlo 20.377 / 88.335 35 0 Joe Plazek (Caistor Centre, ON) R Playstation2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 20.452 / 88.011 36 29 Kevin Trevellin (LaSalle, ON) Donato Ford Taurus 20.420 / 88.149 37 41 John Tsoumaris (Toronto, ON) John's Unique / BAKA Chevrolet Monte Carlo 20.933 / 85.989 38 91 Doug Day (Kitchener, ON) Twin City Auto Parts Chevrolet Monte Carlo 20.793 / 86.568 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. 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