CASCAR - Twin 100 Sprint Races - Results
Whitlock and Thomson win Twin 100s at Delaware Thomson one race away from second Super Series title in a row LONDON, ON - Defending CASCAR Super Series champion Don Thomson took another step toward his second consecutive National championship when he led all 100 laps of the second Twin 100 Sprint Race at Delaware Speedway on Friday night. With just Sunday's season-ending 'Great Canadian 300' standing between Thomson and the championship, the Home Hardware Chevy driver has an unofficial 72-point lead over DJ Kennington - who finished third in the second Twin 100 race. Kennington's Castrol Intrepid took the final podium position, behind Robbie Thompson, the winner of the CASCAR season opener at Delaware, back in May. Three-time CASCAR champ Dave Whitlock won the first 100-lapper. Whitlock's Fast Lane Taurus started seventh and moved into the lead on lap 84 when a turn 4 scramble - involving race leader Peter Gibbons and Steve Robblee - knocked the top two drivers high on the track, allowing Whitlock to slide underneath the pair and into the lead. Gibbons (Canadian Tire Chevy) and Robblee (Grogan / Havoline Taurus) finished second and third, respectively. During time trials for the Great Canadian 300, veteran racer Neil Fair put his Skoal Inc. Intrepid on the pole for Sunday's season finale with a lap of 19.734 seconds around the half-mile Delaware Speedway oval. He will line up alongside of Don Thomson, who was second quickest (19.768 secs.). The top 26 starting positions for Sunday's race were determined on Friday night. The 'Final Qualifier' race will take place Saturday afternoon to determine the rest of the starting field for the 'Great Canadian 300'. THE GREAT CANADIAN RACE WEEKEND - SCHEDULE: SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 2002 Spectator Gates Open 11:30 a.m. Racing Program Begins: 2:00 p.m. Pepsi Street Stock Heats, Open Wheel Modified Heats, Midas Truck Heats, CASCAR Super Series Final Qualifier Race (25 laps), Open Wheel Modified Feature (20 laps), Midas Truck Feature (25 laps), & Pepsi Street Stock Feature (25 laps) SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2002 Spectator Gates Open 11:00 a.m. Driver Autograph Session 11:15-12:15 p.m. CASCAR Junior Driver Introductions 12:40 p.m. CASCAR Junior Demonstration Race (10 Laps) 12:55 p.m. Crime Stoppers CASCAR Junior Giveaway 1:00 p.m. START: THE GREAT CANADIAN 300 2:15 p.m. CASCAR Super Series Results: Great Canadian Race Twin 100 Sprint Race #1 Round #12 // September 27, 2002 // Delaware Speedway // London, Ontario FIN ST # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 7 39 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON) Fast Lane / Ford Motor Company Ford Taurus 100 2 3 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 3 2 28 Steve Robblee (Dorchester, ON) Grogan / Havoline Ford Taurus 100 4 22 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) UFCW Canada Ford Taurus 100 5 5 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Ford Taurus 100 6 1 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. / Mac's Intrepid 100 7 6 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) Mopar Performance Parts / Mr. Sub / Exide Intrepid 100 8 8 56 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) Trailers by Jim Bray Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 9 19 96 Jesse Kennedy (Southwold, ON) Jesken Graphics Pontiac Grand Prix 100 10 14 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Tim Horton's / Mr. Lube / Retrocom Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 11 10 15 Robin Buck (Campbellville, ON) NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix 100 12 17 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Remax Preferred Realty Intrepid 100 13 4 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Retrocom Growth Fund Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 14 15 52 Ron Sheridan (Strathroy, ON) Restoration Masters / United Carpet Pontiac Grand Prix 99 15 18 6 Howie Scannell (Milton, ON) Active Transport / Scannell Moving Chevrolet Monte Carlo 99 16 21 69 Scott Watkins (Milton, ON) Rigo-Tec / Johnny Bower Goaltending School Pontiac Grand Prix 99 17 16 50 Wheeler Boys (Calgary, AB) Intrepid 95 18 20 44 Marv Wilder (Toronto, ON) Longbow Freight Systems Ford Taurus 93 19 9 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 76 20 12 07 Rob Neely (Milton, ON) Thompson Mechanical Intrepid 65 21 11 31 Kelly Williams (Inglewood, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 33 22 13 00 Billy Innes (Simcoe, ON) Ruckus World Ford Taurus 32 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. MARGIN OF VICTORY: .408 seconds // AVERAGE SPEED: 49.315 mph // TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 0 minutes and 49.994 seconds // CAUTIONS: 9 for a total of 39 laps // LAP LEADERS: #33 Neil Fair (1), #1 Peter Gibbons (2 - 61), #28 Steve Robblee (63 - 81), #1 Gibbons (82 - 83) and #39 Dave Whitlock (84 - 100). CASCAR Super Series Results: Great Canadian Race Twin 100 Sprint Race #2 Round #12 // September 27, 2002 // Delaware Speedway // London, Ontario FIN ST # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 1 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 2 7 9 Robbie Thompson (Southampton, ON) Team Logel / Shear Metal Products Intrepid 100 3 3 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol SYNTEC / Kleen Flo / Team Truck Intrepid 100 4 8 99 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Exide Batteries Pontiac Grand Prix 100 5 2 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) ERB Group / Therma King / AW Millwrights Pontiac Grand Prix 100 6 4 0 Joe Plazek (Caistor Centre, ON) R Playstation2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 7 16 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks Pontiac G.P. 100 8 5 76 Al Turner (Barrie ON) Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Intrepid 100 9 6 3 Derek Lynch (Norwood, ON) Snap-on Tools / Canadian Forces Chevrolet Monte Carlo 99 10 19 81 Shawn McGlynn (Kitchener, ON) Ford Taurus 99 11 17 04 Andy Farr (Chesterfield, MI) Magnum / PTR Intrepid 99 12 12 38 Jim White (Kamloops, BC) James Western Star / Paul Creek Slicing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 99 13 10 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 99 14 14 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) A-Dor Construction / Industrial Waterproofing Pontiac Grand Prix 98 15 15 41 John Tsoumaris (Toronto, ON) John's Unique Auto / Mama's Pizza Chevrolet Monte Carlo 98 16 18 29 Kevin Trevellin (LaSalle, ON) Contact Freight / Border City Wrestling Ford Taurus 98 17 21 94 Mark Graham (Odessa, ON) Jumbo Video / Microplay Chevrolet Monte Carlo 98 18 11 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Speedy Auto Service / Dynomax Performance Exhaust Taurus 97 19 9 7 Sean Dupuis (LaSalle, ON) Ron O'Brien Remax / CANUSA / APC Chevrolet Monte Carlo 96 20 13 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) R Kubota Canada / AKKO Cement Pontiac Grand Prix 87 21 22 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) Ford Quality Care Ford Taurus 87 22 20 91 Doug Day (Kitchener, ON) Twin City Auto Parts Chevrolet Monte Carlo 56 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. MARGIN OF VICTORY: .277 seconds // AVERAGE SPEED: 58.290 mph // TIME OF RACE: 51 minutes and 27.994 seconds // CAUTIONS: 6 for a total of 25 laps // LAP LEADERS: #4 Don Thomson Jr. (1 - 100).