CASCAR - Toronto Qualifying and Starting Grid
CASCAR Super Series For more information contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 For immediate release / July 6, 2002 Buck wins pole for CASCAR Indy race NAPA Pontiac pilot bests own record during Saturday's qualifying session TORONTO, ON - Robin Buck destroyed his own CASCAR Super Series Molson Indy Toronto pole qualifying record, on Saturday morning at the Exhibition Place street circuit. The NAPA Pontiac racer - who is the two-time and defending winner of the race - lapped the 11-turn, 2.825 km track in 1 minute, 19.041 seconds. That translated into a speed of 128.667 km/h for the Campbellville, ON racer. In all, five competitors were under Buck's former track record (1:19.369), which he set in 2001. Sharing the front row for Saturday afternoon's fourth annual CASCAR Super Series race on the streets of Toronto will be Blue Streak Intrepid racer Al Turner, of Barrie, ON. Turner, who finished third in last year's CASCAR race at the Indy, set a time of 1 minute, 19.179 seconds. Lining up behind Buck and Turner will be former Super Series champion Kerry Micks (UFCW Taurus), Jim Lapcevich (Raceline / Fastline Chevy) and current CASCAR champion and points leader Don Thomson Jr. (Home Hardware Chevy). Thomson finished second in the 2001 edition of this event. In all, 37 racers participated in the Saturday morning's half-hour qualifying session for this afternoon's race, which is scheduled to start at 4:45 p.m. CASCAR NOTES: 2000 CASCAR Toronto Indy race winner Kevin Dowler and his crew will spend Saturday afternoon putting a new engine into their Ford Quality Care Taurus. The Sherwood Park, AB racer experienced a blown motor just two laps into Saturday's qualifying session... Jim Lapcevich's Raceline / Fastline Chevy was the fastest driver during Thursday afternoon's half-hour practice session, with a time of 1 minute, 20.106 seconds. Al Turner, Kevin Dowler, Don Thomson and Robin Buck rounded out the 'fast five' during that session. PHOTO: Robin Buck gives the thumbs up after capturing the pole for Saturday afternoon's CASCAR Super Series race at the Toronto Molson Indy. Credit: Greg MacPherson / Inside Track Motorsport News. CASCAR Super Series Qualifying Times - Session #1 of 1 and Starting Grid Molson Indy Toronto // Round #7 // July 6, 2002 // Exhibition Place // Toronto, ON ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE TIME 1 15 Robin Buck (Campbellville, ON) NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix 1:19.041 2 76 Al Turner (Barrie ON) Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Intrepid 1:19.179 3 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) UFCW Canada Ford Taurus 1:19.198 4 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Raceline Radio / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:19.254 5 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:19.364 6 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) AW Millwrights / ERB / CPL Sys. Pontiac Grand Prix 1:19.518 7 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:19.588 8 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol SYNTEC / Kleen Flo / Team Truck Intrepid 1:19.643 9 99 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Exide Batteries Pontiac Grand Prix 1:19.970 10 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) Mopar Performance Parts / Mr. Sub / Exide Intrepid 1:20.037 11 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Ford Taurus 1:20.170 12 31 Kelly Williams (Inglewood, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 1:20.760 13 71 Daryl Harr (St. Albert, AB) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:20.976 14 3 Bill Rowse Jr. (Uxbridge, ON) Snap-on Tools / Canadian Forces Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:21.060 15 2 Carl Harr (St. Albert, AB) GM Goodwrench Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:21.250 16 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. / Mac's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:21.255 17 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Speedy Auto Service / FAG Automotive Taurus 1:21.271 18 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Wooden Sticks Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:21.306 19 30 Chris Fowler (Stouffville, ON) Snap-on Tools / Canadian Forces Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:21.411 20 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:21.428 21 39 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON) Fast Lane / Ford Motor Company Ford Taurus 1:21.457 22 9 Robbie Thompson (Southampton, ON) Team Logel / Shear Metal Products Intrepid 1:21.840 23 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:22.580 24 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks Pontiac G.P. 1:22.920 25 6 Howie Scannell Jr. (Milton, ON) Hobby Hobby.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:23.310 26 56 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) Trailers by Jim Bray Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:23.611 27 94 Mark Graham (Odessa, ON) Interlock / Microplay Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:24.175 28 0 Joe Plazek (Caistor Centre, ON) R Playstation2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:24.178 29 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) R Kubota Canada Pontiac Grand Prix 1:24.825 30 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON) Rockton Berry Farm Ford Taurus 1:25.031 31 41 John Tsoumaris (Toronto, ON) John's Unique Auto / Mama's Pizza Chevrolet 1:25.159 32 82 Dave Connelly (White Lake, ON) Tide (Procter & Gamble) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:27.595 33 35 *Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) Ford Quality Care Ford Taurus 1:38.982 34 97 Rob Neely (Milton, ON) Holmar Plumbing Intrepid 1:27.676 35 69 Scott Watkins (Milton, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 1:28.019 36 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Remax Preferred Realty Intrepid 1:28.214 37 44 Marv Wilder (Toronto, ON) R Longbow Freight Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:28.389 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. * The top 32 starting positions were locked in by the drivers' times in the Saturday morning qualifying session. Past Champion Kevin Dowler (#35 Ford) takes the next highest starting position (33rd) based on his status as a past champion (CASCAR Western Series). As none of the rest of the competitors has an 80% attendance record for events in 2001, the remainder of the field was filled in based on their Toronto qualifying times. 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.