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For immediate release / June 24, 2002

Thomson leads after Mosport mastery

LONDON, ON - According to defending CASCAR Super Series champion Don 
Thomson, it was his win at Kawartha Speedway, last summer, that propelled 
him into contention in the points chase. And just two races after tasting 
victory, Thomson assumed the top spot in his quest for his first Super 
Series championship. It was a lead that he would never surrender.
	With Saturday's win in the 'Exide presents the Mosport 250' at Mosport 
Speedway, the Home Hardware Chevy racer again bolted to the top of the list 
in the championship chase. As the 2002 series approaches its midway point, 
Thomson is feeling comfortable and confident.
	"That's where we want to be [first in points]. I'm pretty happy about it. 
I didn't get excited after the first race at Delaware, when we finished 
15th. We just decided to chop away at it, race by race. We tried a bunch of 
different things in the first few outings, just trying to improve. But 
we've come back to what works and it's paying dividends."
	At Mosport, Thomson put on a display of dominance that is rarely ever seen 
in a Super Series event. In the vast majority of races, the margin of 
victory is less than a fraction of a second. At Mosport, Thomson's 
advantage was over half a lap on Dave Whitlock, his closest competitor.
	Thomson's post-race comment, "For the last 30 laps, I was just cruising 
around, saving my tires and brakes... I couldn't believe the way we were 
able to stretch it out" must have been particularly disheartening for the 
rest of the field, several of whom literally burned the brakes and tires 
off their cars in a futile attempt to run with the leader.
	The next CASCAR Super Series event takes place this coming Sunday night at 
Cayuga Speedway. After freshening his motor, Thomson will take the same 
chassis and engine combination to the 5/8-mile oval that proved so 
successful at Mosport on Saturday night. In addition to showing well in the 
race, which will feature five Winston Cup regulars and Craftsman Truck 
Series standout Ted Musgrave, Thomson will be looking to avenge his 
second-place finish in last year's Cayuga outing. In that race, Dave 
Whitlock passed Thomson on the last lap to nab the win.

CASCAR NOTES: During qualifying for Saturday's Exide presents the Mosport 
250, Skoal Inc. Chevy racer Neil Fair joined polesitter Pete Vanderwyst in 
recording a sub-22-second lap around the half-mile oval... Wade Lee won 
Saturday night's CASCAR Western Series event at Calgary's Race City 
Speedway, the multi-time series champion came home ahead of Don Sales and 
Daryl Harr... The CASCAR CARQUEST Sportsman Series was busy this past 
weekend, holding a pair of 100 lap races. On Friday night at Delaware 
Speedway, Doug Brown showed the way, beating Sportsman rookie Jason 
Hathaway and Jim Patrick. And on Saturday night at Montreal's Autodrome 
St-Eustache, Quebec racing legend Richard Beauchamp led from lap 19 through 
to the checkered flag at lap 100, holding off Jim Patrick and Daniel 
Charest for the win.

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CASCAR Super Series Points: After 5 of 12 Events - As of June 22, 2002: 1. 
#4 Don Thomson Jr. (Ayr, ON / Chevrolet / 766 points); 2. #17 D J 
Kennington (St. Thomas, ON / Intrepid / 737); 3. #64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, 
ON / Ford / 731); 4. #39 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON / Ford / 707); 5. #35 
Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB / Ford / 695); 6. #99 Pete Vanderwyst (London, 
ON / Pontiac / 682); 7. #02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON / Ford / 662); 7. 
#22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON / Pontiac / 662); 9. #9 Robbie Thompson 
(Southampton, ON / Intrepid / 661); 10. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON 
/ Intrepid / 626); 11. #0 Joe Plazek ® (Caistor Centre, ON / Chevrolet / 
624); 12. #14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON / Chevrolet / 618); 13. #76 Al 
Turner (Barrie, ON / Intrepid / 614); 14. #93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON / 
Chevrolet / 606); 15. #1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON / Chevrolet / 605); 
16. #19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON / Pontiac / 601); 17. #3 Bill Rowse Jr. 
(Uxbridge, ON Chevrolet / 592); 17. #32 Mike Alguire (London, ON / Pontiac 
/ 592); 19. #33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON / Chevrolet / 569); 20. #88 Dave 
Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON / Ford / 554); 21. #25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON / 
Chevrolet / 552); 22. #24 Cole Pearn ® (Mt. Brydges, ON / Pontiac / 550); 
23. #15 Robin Buck (Campbellville, ON / Pontiac / 532); 24. #23 Jeff 
Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON / Chevrolet / 436); 25. #81 Shawn McGlynn 
(Kitchener, ON / Ford / 396); 26. #31 Kelly Williams (Inglewood, ON / 
Pontiac / 370); 27. #82 Steve Munro (Carp, ON / Chevrolet / 344); 28. #41 
John Tsoumaris (Toronto, ON / Chevrolet / 322); 29. #00 Billy Innes 
(Simcoe, ON / Chevrolet / 300); 30. #5 Nik Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON / 
Chevrolet / 294); 31. #96 Jesse Kennedy (Southwold, ON / Pontiac / 278); 
32. #97 Rob Neely (Milton, ON / Intrepid / 274); 33. #28 Steve Robblee 
(Dorchester, ON / Ford / 258); 34. #7 Sean Dupuis (LaSalle, ON / Chevrolet 
/ 250); 35. #56 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON / Chevrolet / 242)


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