CASCAR - Mosport Oval Results & Summary
CASCAR Super Series For more information contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 For immediate release / June 22, 2002 Thomson dominates at Mosport Speedway OSHAWA, ON - On Saturday night, defending CASCAR Super Series champion Don Thomson Jr. took to the half-mile Mosport Speedway oval and thoroughly dominated the 'Exide presents the Mosport 250'. The result came six days after the Home Hardware Chevy driver finished second on the road course at Mosport Int'l Raceway. On the strength of those finishes, Thomson has moved to the top of the unofficial Super Series points chase, following five events. After starting third in the field of 33 competitors, Thomson took the lead for the second time on lap 185 of the 250-lap event. Once in front, he was able to put significant gaps between himself and the rest of the field, en route to collecting his first checkered flag of the season. In the end, Dave Whitlock and several others were left to fight for second. Whitlock's Fast Lane Taurus came home in the runner-up position, almost 13 seconds behind Thomson. The three-time National champion was able to withstand the pain of a burned foot, which was the result of high temperatures at the floor of his racecar. Ron Beauchamp Jr. made a dramatic pass on Scott Steckly, late in the race, to take the final podium position, in his Mopar Intrepid. CASCAR NOTES: During qualifying for the 'Exide presents the Mosport 250', Pete Vanderwyst's Exide Pontiac circled the half-mile oval in a time of 21.962 seconds, to take the all-time CASCAR lap record away from Peter Gibbons, who posted a lap of 22.092 in 2000. Vanderwyst's time trial effort earned him the distinction of being the only CASCAR racer ever to have circled Mosport Speedway in less than 22 seconds... The top 20 qualifiers during time trials lined up, in order, on the starting grid for the 250-lap race. The remainder of the field was determined based on the results of the 15-lap Final Qualifier race... Kevin Dowler, the winner of the CASCAR Super Series race at the Mosport Int'l Raceway road course the previous Sunday, won the Final Qualifier sprint. The Edmontonian successfully held off Dave Jacombs and Jim Lapcevich. CASCAR BROADCASTS: The second race of the CASCAR Super Series season, the Logel's Auto Parts 200 from Peterborough Speedway, will have its inaugural airing on Sportsnet on Monday, June 24. The race, which was won by Castrol Intrepid driver DJ Kennington, will be on at 8:00 p.m. in the EAST, ONTARIO and WEST regions, and at 5:00 p.m. in the PACIFIC zone. It will be shown again on Tuesday (June 25) afternoon in all of the above regions. PHOTO: Podium finishers (l to r) Dave Whitlock (2nd), Don Thomson (1st) and Ron Beauchamp (3rd) following Saturday's CASCAR Super Series race at Mosport Speedway CREDIT: Greg MacPherson / Inside Track Motorsport News *** CASCAR Super Series Unofficial Results: 'Exide presents the Mosport 250' Round #5 // June 22, 2002 // 250 Laps // Mosport Speedway // Oshawa, ON FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 3 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 250 2 8 39 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON) Fast Lane / Ford Motor Company Ford Taurus 250 3 15 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) Mopar Performance Parts / Mr. Sub / Exide Intrepid 250 4 16 28 Steve Robblee (Dorchester, ON) Havoline / Grogan Ford Taurus 250 5 12 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) AW Millwrights / ERB / CPL Sys. Pontiac Grand Prix 250 6 1 99 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Exide Batteries Pontiac Grand Prix 250 7 13 0 Joe Plazek (Caistor Centre, ON) R Playstation2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 249 8 11 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 249 9 4 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol SYNTEC / Kleen Flo / Team Truck Intrepid 249 10 21 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) Ford Quality Care Ford Taurus 248 11 10 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Ford Taurus 247 12 20 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) R Kubota Canada Pontiac Grand Prix 247 13 24 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) R A-DOR Pontiac Grand Prix 247 14 26 31 Kelly Williams (Inglewood, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 247 15 18 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Wooden Sticks Chevrolet Monte Carlo 247 16 17 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) UFCW Canada Ford Taurus 245 17 27 00 Billy Innes (Simcoe, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 242 18 28 5 Nik Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 242 19 23 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 230 20 30 82 Steve Munro (Carp, ON) Tide (Procter & Gamble) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 225 21 9 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 214 22 2 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. / Mac's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 212 23 6 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks Pontiac G.P. 181 24 32 94 Mark Graham (Odessa, ON) Jumbo Video / Coca-Cola Chevrolet Monte Carlo 150 25 22 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Speedy Auto Service / Dynomax Perf. Exhaust Taurus 143 26 14 7 Sean Dupuis (LaSalle, ON) Ron O'Brien Remax / CANUSA / APC Chevrolet Monte Carlo 141 27 33 29 Kevin Trevellin (LaSalle, ON) Donato Auto Collision Ford Taurus 137 28 7 76 Al Turner (Barrie ON) Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Intrepid 133 29 29 3 Bill Rowse Jr. (Uxbridge, ON) Snap-on Tools / Canadian Forces Chevrolet Monte Carlo 69 30 25 04 Andy Farr (Chesterfield, MI) Intrepid 53 31 19 15 Robin Buck (Campbellville, ON) NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix 52 32 31 96 Jesse Kennedy (Southwold, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 42 33 5 9 Robbie Thompson (Southampton, ON) Logel's Auto Parts / Shear Metal Products Intrepid 17 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. MARGIN OF VICTORY: 12.656 seconds // AVERAGE SPEED: 111.569 kmh // CAUTIONS: 3 for a total of 18 laps // LAP LEADERS: #99 Pete Vanderwyst (1 - 73), #4 Don Thomson Jr. (74 - 148), #39 Dave Whitlock (149 - 184) and #4 Thomson (185 - 250). 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