CASCAR - Peterborough Results & Summary
CASCAR Super Series Dodge Dealers of Ontario 200 Race #2 of 12 For immediate release / June 7, 2003 Micks wins the Dodge Dealers of Ontario 200 CASCAR Super Series race at Peterborough Speedway PETERBOROUGH, ON Kerry Micks moved to within two points of CASCAR Super Series leader Don Thomson Jr. by winning Saturday night’s ‘Dodge Dealers of Ontario 200’ at Peterborough Speedway. Micks started on the pole and led 99 laps including the final 39 to capture his first CASCAR feature victory since May of 2001. The race was primarily a two-driver battle between Micks and Thomson; the pair led all but 20 circuits of the 200-lap chase around the high-banked, 1/3-mile oval. Thomson put his Home Hardware Chevy underneath Micks’ UFCW Taurus on lap 80 and was able to stretch out considerable leads on several occasions. But with 50 laps remaining, Micks started to cut into Thomson’s advantage. And by lap 160, Micks was all over the defending Super Series champion. With his handling starting to go away, Thomson was forced to relent, which opened the door for Micks to make the winning pass on lap 162. Although Thomson backed off for several laps in preparation for one final attempt at victory, he was unable to recover the lead and at the finish, came home .752 of a second behind Micks. Thomson’s runner-up finish was his second in two events, giving the Ayr, ON racer his best-ever start to a Super Series season and a 329 to 327 edge in the points, over Micks. Brad Graham’s third-place result was the best of his Super Series career, and was especially satisfying following the events of two weeks ago at Delaware Speedway when the Glencoe, ON racer saw a probable second-place finish slip away with just a handful of laps to go. Intrepid drivers DJ Kennington, Dave Whitlock, Neil Fair and Mark Dilley finished fourth through seventh, respectively. Kennington’s result was especially impressive, considering he pitted from fourth place to change tires, 80 laps into the race. The final 101 laps were run without being interrupted by a caution flag, which is uncharacteristic for Super Series races at Peterborough Speedway. The facility is known as one of the toughest tracks on the circuit. At the end, just six of the 26 who started were still on the lead lap. RACE NOTES: During qualifying for the Dodge Dealers of Ontario 200, Kerry Micks posted the fastest time of the 26 drivers who participated. The UFCW Taurus driver lapped the 1/3-mile oval in just 14.370 seconds, at a speed of 83.424 miles per hour. Mark Dilley was second with a lap of 14.403 seconds, ahead of defending race winner DJ Kennington. Both Dilley and Kennington drive Intrepids. POINT STANDINGS: Unofficial, following two of twelve events: 1. #4 Don Thomson Jr. (329 points), 2. #02 Kerry Micks (327), 3. #33 Neil Fair (292), 4. #37 DJ Kennington (285), 5. #19 Brad Graham (284), 6. #64 Mark Dilley (282), 7. #14 John Fitzpatrick (271), 8. #25 Jim Lapcevich (258), 9. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (256), 10. #22 Scott Steckly (254) PHOTO: Don Thomson (left - 2nd), Kerry Micks (middle - 1st) and Brad Graham (right - 3rd) were the podium finishers for the Dodge Dealers of Ontario 200 CASCAR Super Series race at Peterborough Speedway on Saturday night CREDIT: G. MacPherson / Inside Track CASCAR Super Series RESULTS: Dodge Dealers of Ontario 200 Round #2 // June 7, 2003 // Peterborough Speedway // Peterborough, Ontario // 200 Laps // 1/3-mile, high-banked speedway FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 1 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) UFCW Canada Ford Taurus 200 2 7 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200 3 8 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks Pontiac Grand Prix 200 4 3 37 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Snap On Tools / Castrol Canada Intrepid 200 5 6 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) APC / Kawartha Speedway Intrepid 200 6 10 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. / Mac's Intrepid 200 7 2 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Intrepid 199 8 19 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199 9 9 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Holmar Plumbing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199 10 15 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) Kubota Canada Pontiac Grand Prix 198 11 5 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 198 12 14 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Performance Parts / Exide Intrepid 198 13 24 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON) Labour Ready / 820 CHAM / Rockton Berry Farm Ford Taurus 197 14 13 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) FAG / Inroble Brakes Taurus 196 15 17 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) Industrial Waterproof Systems / A-DOR Pontiac Grand Prix 195 16 23 01 Steve Munro (Carp, ON) Nesquik Chevrolet Monte Carlo 192 17 20 41 John Tsoumaris (Toronto, ON) BAK-A / John’s Unique Auto Chevrolet Monte Carlo 189 18 4 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) Schick Xtreme3 / Razor Mag. / ERB Pontiac Grand Prix 174 19 22 00 Billy Innes (Simcoe, ON) Regional Auto Glass Chevrolet Monte Carlo 164 20 21 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Remax Preferred Realty / Mortgage Intelligence Intrepid 156 21 16 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) NAPA / Autopro Chevrolet Monte Carlo 144 22 18 71 Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough, ON) R National Fast Freight Intrepid 143 23 11 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 69 24 26 56 Jim Bray (Brantford, ON) R Trailers By Jim Bray Chevrolet Monte Carlo 55 25 25 91 Doug Day (Waterloo, ON) Twin City Auto Parts Chevrolet Monte Carlo 19 26 12 7 Sean Dupuis (LaSalle, ON) Havoline / CANUSA / APC Chevrolet Monte Carlo 16 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.752 seconds // AVERAGE SPEED: 54.849 mph // TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 12 minutes and 51.266 seconds // CAUTIONS: 5 for a total of 42 laps // LAP LEADERS: #02 Kerry Micks (1 22), #64 Mark Dilley (23 42), #02 Micks (43 80), #4 Don Thomson Jr. (81 161) and #02 (162 200). Contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 or visit www. cascar.sympatico.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.