CASCAR - Calgary Twin 100s Summary & Results
CASCAR Super Series July 19, 2002 Beauchamp wins the pole for the Mopar Parts 300 Kennington and Gibbons win their respective 100-lappers at Race City CALGARY, AB - The first on-track activities of the Mopar Parts 500 Race Weekend took place on Friday evening at Calgary's Race City Motorsport Park. The 'Twin 100 Qualifying Sprint Races' - a pair of 100-lap events around the high-banked, half-mile speedway - were won by DJ Kennington and Peter Gibbons, respectively. The first 100 lapper proved to be a good one for the Intrepid drivers. DJ Kennington of St. Thomas, Ontario played a waiting game, this year, after losing the same event, in 2001, with just five laps to go. The driver of the #17 Castrol Intrepid followed polesitter and early leader Ron Beauchamp until trouble with a lapped car, on lap 76, forced the Mopar Intrepid driver high in turn 1 and allowed Kennington to take the lead. Robbie Thompson of Port Elgin, Ontario also took advantage of Beauchamp's misfortune and took over second place in his #9 Intrepid, for a 'one-two-three' Intrepid sweep of the first Qualifying Sprint Race of the Mopar 500 Race Parts Weekend. Peter Gibbons continued his string of success at Race City Speedway with his wire-to-wire win in the second 100-lap Qualifying Sprint Race. The Canadian Tire Chevy driver collected his third 100-lap checkered flag at the Calgary oval in as many years. And as he did last year, the Stouffville, Ontario racer led ever lap en route to the win. Scott Steckly of Milverton, Ontario was second in his first ever race on the Calgary half-mile. Three-time CASCAR National champion Dave Whitlock finished third in his Fast Lane Taurus. He slid across the the finish line sideways after colliding with Al Turner's Blue Streak Intrepid in the last turn. Prior to the Twin 100s, time trials to determine the two front row starting positions for Sunday's Mopar Parts 300 took place. Ron Beauchamp, Jr. of Windsor, Ontario was the first competitor on the track. His lap of 17.526 seconds, in his #60 Mopar Parts/Exide Batteries Intrepid, held up as the quickest of the 34 drivers who took part in time trials. Peter Gibbons was second quickest and will start alongside of Beauchamp, on Sunday afternoon, on the outside of the front row. CASCAR NOTES: The annual Kubota Pit Stop Competition was held in downtown Calgary's Eau Claire Market on Thursday afternoon. Offering fans a chance to see pit stop action up close, the CASCAR Super Series teams changed the right side tires on their racecars - as quickly as possible - without incurring penalties for running over equipment or leaving lug nuts loose. This year's winners were the crew of the #02 Ford driven by Mount Albert, ON, veteran Kerry Micks. Micks' UFCW crew finished their work in just 14.54 seconds. The crew of Ron Beauchamp Jr.'s #60 Mopar Parts Intrepid, from Windsor, ON actually bettered the performance of the Micks Motorsports crew, but lost a second in penalties when a lug nut was not tightened sufficiently. The penalty left the #60 team's time at 14.62 seconds - only eight-hundredths of a second behind the winning #02 team. CASCAR Super Series Results: MOPAR Parts 500 Race Weekend - Twin 100 Qualifying Sprint Race #1 Round #8 // July 19, 2002 // Race City Speedway // Calgary, Alberta FIN # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol SYNTEC / Kleen Flo / Team Truck Intrepid 100 2 9 Robbie Thompson (Southampton, ON) 10-10-620 / Shear Metal Products Intrepid 100 3 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) Mopar Performance Parts / Mr. Sub / Exide Intrepid 100 4 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. / Mac's Intrepid 100 5 3 Bill Rowse Jr. (Uxbridge, ON) Snap-on Tools / Canadian Forces Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 6 2 Carl Harr (St. Albert, AB) GM Goodwrench Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 7 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Speedy Auto Service / FAG Automotive Taurus 100 8 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 9 71 Daryl Harr (St. Albert, AB) Westworld Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 10 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 11 33W Don Sales (Quesnel, BC) Skoal Inc. / Shell Select Pontiac Grand Prix 100 12 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 98 13 15 Mike Browne (Calgary, AB) Bartin Pipe / NGK Pontiac Grand Prix 98 14 99 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Exide Batteries Pontiac Grand Prix 96 15 89 Terry Dowler (Spruce Grove, AB) R Competition Chev-Olds Chevrolet Monte Carlo 53 16 7 James MacFarlane (Calgary, AB) AltaLink Ford Taurus 49 17 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) R Kubota Canada Pontiac Grand Prix 40 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. MARGIN OF VICTORY: 3.011 seconds // TIME OF RACE: 35 minutes and 23 seconds // CAUTIONS: 2 for a total of 9 laps // LAP LEADERS: #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (1 - 75) and #17 DJ Kennington (76 - 100). Results: MOPAR Parts 500 Race Weekend - Twin 100 Qualifying Sprint Race #2 Round #8 // July 19, 2002 // Race City Speedway // Calgary, Alberta FIN # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 2 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) AW Millwrights / ERB / CPL Sys. Pontiac Grand Prix 100 3 39 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON) Fast Lane / Ford Motor Company Ford Taurus 100 4 76 Al Turner (Barrie ON) Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Intrepid 100 5 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 6 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) UFCW Canada Ford Taurus 100 7 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) Ford Quality Care Ford Taurus 100 8 12 Ron Larson (Quesnel, BC) Turtle Wax Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 9 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Wooden Sticks / ALCOM / Class RV Chevrolet Monte Carlo 99 10 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks Pontiac G.P. 99 11 15E Robin Buck (Campbellville, ON) NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix 98 12 50 Wheeler Boys (Calgary, AB) Owens-Corning Insulation Intrepid 98 13 38 Darren Turner (Kelowna, BC) James Western Star Trucks Chevrolet Monte Carlo 97 14 21 Wade Lee (Calgary, AB) Alberta Ford Dealers Taurus 96 15 79 Dwayne Arnott (Calgary, AB) M&M Meats Chevrolet Monte Carlo 74 16 0 Joe Plazek (Caistor Centre, ON) R Playstation2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 44 17 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Ford Taurus 19 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.049 seconds // TIME OF RACE: 30 minutes and 59 seconds // CAUTIONS: None // LAP LEADERS: #1 Peter Gibbons (1 - 100). Contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 or visit www.cascar.ca Prepared by Robert K. Rooney and 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.