CASCAR - Peterborough Results
CASCAR Super Series May 26, 2002 Kennington wins at Peterborough PETERBOROUGH, ON - DJ Kennington settled a score with Peterborough Speedway on Sunday afternoon. In 2001, the Castrol Intrepid racer led almost the entire race at the high-banked, 1/3-mile speedway, but a miscue in traffic - late in the race - cost him the lead and the win. This year, however, the St. Thomas, ON racer wasn't to be denied. Kennington started third in the field of 29 CASCAR Super Series racers who competed in the 'Logel Auto Parts 200, presented by Pennzoil' at Peterborough, and took the lead on lap 137 of the 200 lap event. Despite the best efforts of Milverton's Scott Steckly, Kennington was a man on a mission and held off the AW Millwrights / ERB Pontiac driver to post his first Super Series win since the Mosport road course event, last summer. For the second week in a row, NTN Taurus racer Mark Dilley finished third. Originally scheduled for Saturday night, the race was postponed by rain and took place under sunny skies on Sunday afternoon. The Logel Auto Parts 200 was slowed nine times for a total of 45 laps. Following two CASCAR Super Series events, Kennington leads the unofficial point standings with a slim 7-point gap (319 points to 312) over sophomore racer Robbie Thompson, the winner of last week's season opener, at Delaware Speedway. Dilley's podium finishes in consecutive races have earned him 304 points; he's third after two rounds. CASCAR NOTES: The next CASCAR Super Series race takes place next weekend (Saturday, June 1) at Montreal's Autodrome St-Eustache... The race at Peterborough marked the return of longtime CASCAR announcer Ron St. Clair behind the Super Series microphone. St. Clair, who now lives in Vernon, BC, flew in from the west coast to work his first CASCAR race, in Ontario, since the fall of 2000. Unofficial Results: 'Logel Auto Parts 200, presented by Pennzoil' Round #2 // May 26, 2002 // 200 Laps // Peterborough Speedway // Peterborough, ON FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 3 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol SYNTEC / Kleen Flo / Team Truck Intrepid 200 2 7 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) AW Millwrights / ERB / CPL Sys. Pontiac Grand Prix 200 3 4 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Ford Taurus 200 4 16 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) UFCW Canada Ford Taurus 200 5 13 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200 6 20 3 Bill Rowse Jr. (Uxbridge, ON) Snap-On.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200 7 1 9 Robbie Thompson (Southampton, ON) Logel's Auto Parts / Shear Metal Products Intrepid 200 8 9 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks Pontiac G.P. 200 9 12 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) Ford Quality Care Ford Taurus 200 10 23 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. / Mac's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200 11 21 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200 12 24 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) Mopar Performance Parts / Mr. Sub / Exide Intrepid 200 13 10 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200 14 25 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Speedy Auto Service / Dynomax Perf. Exhaust Taurus 199 15 18 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199 16 19 0 Joe Plazek (Caistor Centre, ON) R Playstation2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199 17 2 99 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Exide Batteries Pontiac Grand Prix 198 18 28 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) R Kubota Canada Pontiac Grand Prix 198 19 11 31 Kelly Williams (Inglewood, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 198 20 6 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) R A-DOR Pontiac Grand Prix 197 21 15 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 197 22 17 76 Al Turner (Barrie ON) Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Intrepid 197 23 22 41 John Tsoumaris (Toronto, ON) John's Unique / BAKA Chevrolet Monte Carlo 195 24 29 71 Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough, ON) APX Chevrolet Monte Carlo 190 25 5 39 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON) Fast Lane / Ford Motor Company Ford Taurus 171 26 14 15 Robin Buck (Campbellville, ON) NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix 112 27 26 97 Rob Neely (Milton, ON) Holmar Plumbing / QEW & 427 Intrepid 108 28 27 00 Billy Innes (Simcoe, ON Regional Auto Glass Chevrolet 58 29 8 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 25 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.234 seconds // TIME OF RACE: 1 hours, 26 minutes and 9.16 seconds // AVERAGE SPEED: 46.383 mph // CAUTIONS: 9 for a total of 45 laps // LAP LEADERS: #9 Robbie Thompson (1-136), #17 DJ Kennington (137-200).