CASCAR - Cayuga Results & Summary
For immediate release / July 1, 2002 Kenseth wins Canada Day Shootout NASCAR's winningest driver wins with late pass on CASCAR's best HAMILTON, ON - Prior to Sunday's 'Canada Day Shootout, presented by Dodge' at Cayuga Speedway, many wondered how quickly the visiting NASCAR racers would be able to get up to speed in the CASCAR Late Models. Matt Kenseth answered that question when he drove his DeWalt Taurus around the outside of defending CASCAR Super Series champion Don Thomson Jr. with just 7 laps to go in the 100-lap final segment at the 5/8-mile Hamilton-area oval. Kenseth, who is Winston Cup's winningest driver this season - with three victories to his credit - survived a furious late-race challenge by Thomson (Home Hardware Chevy) and took the popular win in front of a vocal capacity crowd. At the finish, Kenseth and Thomson raced cleanly in the inaugural 'Canada Day Shootout', with only .272 of a second between them as they charged under the checkered flag. Blue Streak Intrepid racer Al Turner came home third, less than a second behind the second-place Thomson. The next-best running NASCAR racer, for much of the event, was NASCAR Truck Series regular Ted Musgrave. The Mopar / Chrysler Financial Intrepid driver was running fourth with 10 laps to go when he ran out of gas. Like Kenseth and Musgrave, the rest of the NASCAR 'guests' performed admirably. Ken Schrader (9th), Tony Stewart (11th), Johnny Benson (11th) and Dave Blaney (14th) all proved to be more than capable of making the adjustment to the CASCAR machinery. CASCAR NOTES: In time trials for the 'Canada Day Shootout, presented by Dodge' at Cayuga Speedway, Don Thomson continued where he left off the previous Saturday at Mosport Speedway, taking the pole for the race with a 21.480 second lap around the 5/8-mile Cayuga oval. Proving that he was able to quickly adapt to being in a CASCAR Late Model, visiting NASCAR racer Ted Musgrave - who took the Truck Series points lead on Saturday night at the Milwaukee Mile - posted the second quickest time during qualifying (21.512 seconds). Based on their qualifying efforts, Thomson and Musgrave secured the top two positions, respectively, for the start of the 100-lap feature race… In the first of two 'NAPA Twin 50' qualifying races, Don Thomson led all 50 laps en route to a 2.685-second win over Al Turner and Mark Dilley. The second 50 lap sprint saw Peter Gibbons lead the first 11 laps, before Ted Musgrave blasted around the outside of him off turn 2. Gibbons briefly re-took the lead following a mid-race restart, but Musgrave's Beauchamp Motorsports-prepared Intrepid proved to be too strong, and the NASCAR racer once again took the lead with a power move entering the backstraight. At the finish, Musgrave won the second NAPA Twin 50 by just 0.153 of a second over Gibbons… Matt Kenseth won the 10 lap race featuring the six NASCAR racers. The 'Auto Parts Plus / Auto Plus Charity Shootout for the Rick Hansen Institute' was sponsored by Uni-Select. Kenseth received the $5,000 winner's cheque for the win, and immediately turned it over to CASCAR racer Al Turner's son, James, who accepted the donation on behalf of the Rick Hansen Institute, to aid its work in spinal cord injury research. POINT STANDINGS (UNOFFICIAL AFTER 6 OF 12 EVENTS: 1. #4 Don Thomson (935 pts.), 2. #17 DJ Kennington (877), 3. #64 Mark Dilley (872), 4. #39 Dave Whitlock (835), 5. #9 Robbie Thompson (793), 6. #35 Kevin Dowler (783), 7. #22 Scott Steckly (782), 8. #76 Al Turner (766), 9. #99 Pete Vanderwyst (762), 10. #1 Peter Gibbons (755), 11. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (744), 12. #93 Joe Goncalves (742), 13. #02 Kerry Micks (734), 14. #19 Brad Graham (723), 15. #33 Neil Fair (714) NEXT RACE: The CASCAR Super Series returns to action this coming weekend at the Molson Indy Toronto. Photo: Matt Kenseth (1st), Don Thomson (2nd) and Al Turner (3rd) celebrate their results in the 'Canada Day Shootout, presented by Dodge' at Cayuga Speedway. Credit: Greg MacPherson / Inside Track Motorsport News. Contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 or visit www.cascar.ca Prepared by Inside Track Communications. // Contact: Greg MacPherson (416) 561-2320 (cell). If you know of someone else who would like to receive these releases, please send a note to: greg@insidetracknews.com If you wish to be removed from this release list, please send a note to the same address. Thank you. - Cont'd - For more information contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 For immediate release / July 1, 2002 CASCAR Super Series Unofficial Results: 'Canada Day Shootout, presented by Dodge' Round #6 // June 30, 2002 // 50+50+100 Laps // Cayuga Speedway // Nelles Corners, ON FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 9 17N Matt Kenseth (Charlotte, NC) DeWalt Tools Taurus 100 2 1 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 3 3 76 Al Turner (Barrie ON) Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Intrepid 100 4 4 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 5 7 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. / Mac's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 6 11 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol SYNTEC / Kleen Flo / Team Truck Intrepid 100 7 5 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Ford Taurus 100 8 29 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Wooden Sticks Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 9 28 36 Ken Schrader (Charlotte, NC) Canada Day Shootout Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 10 6 9 Robbie Thompson (Southampton, ON) Team Logel / Shear Metal Products Intrepid 100 11 32 20 Tony Stewart (Charlotte, NC) Home Depot Pontiac Grand Prix 100 12 15 39 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON) Fast Lane / Ford Motor Company Ford Taurus 100 13 12 10 Johnny Benson (Charlotte, NC) Valvoline Pontiac Grand Prix 100 14 19 77 Dave Blaney (Charlotte, NC) Jasper Engines / RBC Securities Ford Taurus 100 15 34 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks Pontiac G.P. 100 16 31 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) AW Millwrights / ERB / CPL Sys. Pontiac Grand Prix 100 17 13 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) Mopar Performance Parts / Mr. Sub / Exide Intrepid 100 18 23 56 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) Trailers by Jim Bray Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 19 16 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) R Kubota Canada Pontiac Grand Prix 100 20 20 15 Robin Buck (Campbellville, ON) NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix 100 21 41 28 Steve Robblee (Dorchester, ON) Havoline Ford Taurus 99 22 36 31 Kelly Williams (Inglewood, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 99 23 40 82 Steve Munro (Carp, ON) Tide (Procter & Gamble) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 99 24 27 3 Bill Rowse Jr. (Uxbridge, ON) Snap-on Tools / Canadian Forces Chevrolet Monte Carlo 99 25 30 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) R A-DOR Pontiac Grand Prix 99 26 42 94 Mark Graham (Odessa, ON) Interlock / Microplay Chevrolet Monte Carlo 98 27 21 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 97 28 39 04 Andy Farr (Chesterfield, MI) Intrepid 97 29 44 29 Kevin Trevellin (LaSalle, ON) BCW Wrestling / Contact Freight Inc. Ford Taurus 96 30 10 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Raceline Radio / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 96 31 37 96 Jesse Kennedy (Southwold, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 96 32 25 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) Ford Quality Care Ford Taurus 96 33 14 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Speedy Auto Service / FAG Automotive Taurus 95 34 22 97 Rob Neely (Milton, ON) Holmar Plumbing Intrepid 95 35 35 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 94 36 2 1N Ted Musgrave, (Charlotte, NC) Mopar Parts / Chrysler Financial Intrepid 91 37 33 99 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Exide Batteries Pontiac Grand Prix 89 38 24 52 Ron Sheridan (Strathroy, ON) R Restoration Masters / United Carpet Chevrolet Monte Carlo 89 39 26 81 Shawn McGlynn (Kitchener, ON) Ford Taurus 87 40 17 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) UFCW Canada Ford Taurus 76 41 38 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Remax Preferred Realty Intrepid 69 42 43 5 Nik Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) D&D Ent. / Trane Chevrolet Monte Carlo 68 43 8 0 Joe Plazek (Caistor Centre, ON) R Playstation2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 34 44 18 7 Sean Dupuis (LaSalle, ON) Ron O'Brien Remax / CANUSA / APC Chevrolet Monte Carlo 27 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. MARGIN OF VICTORY: .272 seconds // AVERAGE SPEED: 74.206 kmh // TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 21 minutes and 20 seconds // CAUTIONS: 7 // LAP LEADERS: #4 Don Thomson Jr. (1 - 92) and #17N Matt Kenseth (93 - 100). Contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 or visit www.cascar.ca Prepared by Inside Track Communications. // Contact: Greg MacPherson (416) 561-2320 (cell). If you know of someone else who would like to receive these releases, please send a note to: greg@insidetracknews.com If you wish to be removed from this release list, please send a note to the same address. Thank you.