CASCAR - Delaware Mopar Parts 250 Results
CASCAR Super Series For immediate release / May 19, 2002 Robbie Thompson wins the Mopar Parts 250 CASCAR Super Series // Mopar Parts 250 // 250 Laps Delaware Speedway // Round #1 // May 19, 2002 // London, ON LONDON, ON - Robbie Thompson put all thoughts of a 'sophomore jinx' behind him on Sunday afternoon at Delaware Speedway. The Logel's Auto Parts Intrepid driver won the CASCAR Super Series season-opening Mopar Parts 250, in his first race since clinching the Rookie of the Year title, last September at the same half-mile Delaware oval. Thompson's car was missing more bodywork than it had left on it by the end of the 250-lap race, but miraculously, the cosmetic fibreglass damage didn't hurt his car's speed or handling. Over the closing laps, the Southampton, ON driver was concerned about the amount of fuel remaining in his gas tank, but the high number of cautions allowed him to stretch out his mileage, and make it to the end in the lead. As he did when he accepted his rookie award last fall, Thompson dedicated the achievement to his late mentor and friend, Don Biederman. The Canadian racing legend was recently posthumously inducted into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame. Second place went to Exide Pontiac driver Pete Vanderwyst. The St. Thomas, ON resident was able to drive underneath the NTN Taurus of Mark Dilley as they exited turn 4, on the last lap, to win a side-by-side race by inches. Three-time Super Series champion Dave Whitlock was fourth, in his Fast Lane Taurus, ahead of the A-DOR Construction Pontiac of London's Mike Alguire. The Mopar Parts 250 was a caution-filled affair. By the end of the race, the vast majority of vehicles carried battle scars. CASCAR NOTES: The next race on the CASCAR Super Series schedule takes place next Saturday, May 25, at the high-banked, 1/3-mile Peterborough Speedway... The third race of the CASCAR CARQUEST season was held at Delaware Speedway on Friday night. Jim Patrick broke Steve Robblee's two-race 2002 winning streak when he took the checkered flag in the 100-lap event... *** CASCAR Super Series Unofficial Race Results: Mopar Parts 250 Round #1 // May 19, 2002 // 250 Laps // Delaware Speedway // London, ON FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 8 9 Robbie Thompson (Southampton, ON) Logel's Auto Parts / Shear Metal Products Intrepid 250 2 3 99 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Exide Batteries Pontiac Grand Prix 250 3 7 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Ford Taurus 250 4 23 39 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON) Fast Lane / Ford Motor Company Ford Taurus 250 5 22 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) R A-DOR Pontiac Grand Prix 250 6 1 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol SYNTEC / Kleen Flo / Team Truck Intrepid 250 8 9 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 250 9 27 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks Pontiac G.P. 250 10 31 31 Kelly Williams (Inglewood, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 250 11 13 7 Sean Dupuis (LaSalle, ON) Remax / CANUSA / APC A.P. Chevy Monte Carlo 249 12 11 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) Ford Quality Care Ford Taurus 249 13 2 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 249 14 14 15 Robin Buck (Campbellville, ON) NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix 249 15 20 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 249 16 33 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Mr. Lube Chevrolet Monte Carlo 248 17 25 56 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) Autopro Mechanical Pontiac Grand Prix 247 18 10 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) UFCW Canada Ford Taurus 246 19 21 76 Al Turner (Barrie ON) Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Intrepid 246 20 6 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 245 21 34 0 Joe Plazek (Caistor Centre, ON) R Playstation2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 244 22 26 3 Bill Rowse Jr. (Uxbridge, ON) Snap-On.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo 243 23 19 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Mr. Lube Chevrolet Monte Carlo 239 24 32 82 Steve Munro (Carp, ON) Tide (Procter & Gamble) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 238 25 35 29 Kevin Trevellin (LaSalle, ON) Donato Ford Taurus 234 26 38 94 Mark Graham (Odessa, ON) Jumbo Video / Coca-Cola Chevrolet Monte Carlo 215 27 15 04 Andy Farr (Chesterfield, MI) Intrepid 214 28 36 41 John Tsoumaris (Toronto, ON) John's Unique / BAKA Chevrolet Monte Carlo 208 29 28 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Remax Preferred Realty Intrepid 183 30 5 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. / Mac's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 173 31 30 8 Teri MacDonald-Cadieux (Whitby, ON) Pennzoil Intrepid 129 32 4 28 Steve Robblee (Dorchester, ON) Grogan Ford Taurus 111 33 29 00 Billy Innes (Simcoe, ON Regional Auto Glass Chevrolet 93 34 18 52 Ron Sheridan (Strathroy, ON) Restoration Masters / United Carpet Pontiac G.P. 89 35 16 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Speedy Auto Service / Dynomax Perf. Exhaust Taurus 87 36 24 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) R Kubota Canada Chevrolet Monte Carlo 42 37 37 91 Doug Day (Kitchener, ON) Twin City Auto Parts Chevrolet Monte Carlo 30 38 12 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) Mopar Performance Parts / Mr. Sub / Exide Intrepid 14 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.314 seconds // TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 20 minutes and 12.217 seconds // AVERAGE SPEED: 53.494 mph // CAUTIONS: 16 for a total of 41 laps // CAUTIONS: 16 for a total of 92 laps // LAP LEADERS: #17 DJ Kennington (Pole - 13), #1 Peter Gibbons (14-21), #17 Kennington 922-116), #22 Scott Steckly (17-125), #32 Mike Alguire (126-140), #9 Robbie Thompson (141-153), #4 Don Thomson (154-190), #9 Thompson (191-250). Contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 or visit www.cascar.ca Prepared by Inside Track Communications. Contact: Greg MacPherson (416) 561-2320 (cell). 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