CASCAR - Vancouver Practice Session Results
CASCAR Super Series Canadian Tire 100 - Vancouver Molson Indy Friday Practice Session #1 For more information contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 For immediate release / July 25, 2003 Thomson quickest in practice for the Canadian Tire 100 CASCAR race at the Vancouver Indy VANCOUVER, BC - For the second weekend in a row, the CASCAR Super Series will be in action in western Canada. Twenty-eight stock car teams have made the trek to the Vancouver Molson Indy for the Canadian Tire 100, which takes place on Saturday afternoon at 3:45 p.m. The drivers took to the track this morning (Friday) for their lone practice session in advance of this afternoon's half-hour qualifying session. A crash involving veteran driver Ron Beauchamp Jr. cut short the available practice time, limiting the teams to just a few hot laps of the 12-turn temporary street circuit. Two-time and defending Super Series National champion Don Thomson Jr. made just three tours of the Concord Pacific Place track, but still managed to record the fastest time. The Home Hardware Chevy driver sped around the 2.866 km course in one minute and 26.945 seconds, which translated into a speed of 118.668 km/h. Thomson enters the Canadian Tire 100 with a three-point lead over Kerry Micks. Jeff Lapcevich, the winner of the CASCAR race at the Toronto Molson Indy, two weeks ago, was second fastest in the morning practice session with a time of 1:27.346 / 118.123 km/h. Beauchamp posted the third-quickest time, prior to the accident that damaged the front-end of his MOPAR Parts Intrepid. Robin Buck won last year's CASCAR race at the Vancouver Indy. Buck is not participating in the Canadian Tire 100, although the 2001 winner of the inaugural CASCAR race in Vancouver will be in the field. Blue Streak Intrepid driver Al Turner will be making his second start of the season in a car he sold to Whitlock Motorsports, last winter. CANADIAN TIRE SPONSORSHIP: On Thursday afternoon, CASCAR and Canadian Tire jointly announced Canadian Tire's title sponsorship of the CASCAR race at the 2003 Molson Indy Vancouver event; the Canadian Tire 100. The Molson Indy events in Toronto and Vancouver are two of the most prestigious events on the Super Series schedule, and CASCAR is proud to have one of Canada's leading retailers to help bring the action on the track to race fans across the country. Canadian Tire will have a strong corporate presence throughout the event site, and on the television broadcast of the race on Rogers Sportsnet and SPEEDChannel. A long-time supporter of Canadian Motorsports, Canadian Tire has sponsored CASCAR's two-time national champion Peter Gibbons for the past 7 years. The title sponsorship of the Vancouver race marks the first time Canadian Tire has sponsored a CASCAR event, and Canada's top motorsports sanctioning body is delighted to carry the Canadian Tire banner at one of Western Canada's largest spectator events. "We are extremely proud and excited that Canadian Tire has chosen to sponsor the CASCAR event at the Molson Indy Vancouver," stated Richard Coughlin, CASCAR director of marketing. "Canadian Tire is one of Canada's longest standing and most prestigious brands, and we are delighted that they have chosen to bring the CASCAR event at the Molson Indy Vancouver to the tens of thousands of fans who will be in attendance." "As the country's leading retailer of automotive parts and accessories and a proud sponsor of CASCAR driver Peter Gibbons, we are thrilled to be involved with an event that enables thousands of race fans from coast-to-coast to experience the excitement of CASCAR and motorsports," says David Roussy, vice president, Automotive, Canadian Tire. PHOTO: Don Thomson was quickest during the short CASCAR practice session held Friday morning at the Vancouver Indy. CREDIT: G. MacPherson / ITMN CASCAR Super Series Canadian Tire 100 - Molson Indy Vancouver RESULTS: Practice Session #1 (Friday) Round #7 // July 25, 2003 // Concord Pacific Place Vancouver, BC // 12-turn temporary street circuit // 2.866 km POS. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAP TIME 1 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:26.945 2 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:27.346 3 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Performance Parts / Exide Intrepid 1:27.628 4 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) UFCW Canada Ford Taurus 1:27.792 5 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:27.846 6 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:28.208 7 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) EMCO Ford Taurus 1:28.914 8 37 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Snap On Tools / Castrol Canada Intrepid 1:29.288 9 3 Chris Fowler (Stirling, ON) Snap On Tools / Castrol Canada Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:29.329 10 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. / Mac's Intrepid 1:30.155 11 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:30.155 12 2 Carl Harr (St. Albert, AB) GM Goodwrench of Alberta Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:30.746 13 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Intrepid 1:31.182 14 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) Kubota Canada Pontiac Grand Prix 1:31.508 15 09 Trevor Seibert (Williams Lake, BC) Apollo Motorsports Ford Taurus 1:32.065 16 11 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) Avenue ACDelco / NMT Intrepid 1:32.409 17 12 Ron Larson (Quesnel, BC) Fastrack Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:32.649 18 8 Marc Miller (Holland, MI) R Carhartt Clothing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:32.707 19 39 Al Turner (Barrie, ON) Blue Streak Intrepid 1:33.458 20 71 Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough, ON) R National Fast Freight Intrepid 1:33.685 21 71W Daryl Harr (St. Albert, AB) Westworld Computers Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:34.255 22 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Inroble Brakes / FAG Ford Taurus 1:34.294 23 81 James Ward (Kelowna, BC) Lordco Auto Parts Ford Taurus 1:35.329 24 33W Don Sales (Quesnel, BC) Skoal Inc. / Shell Select Pontiac Grand Prix 1:34.605 25 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON) Labour Ready / 820 CHAM / Rockton Berry Farm Ford Taurus 1:36.428 26 6 Todd Nichol (St. Albert, AB) Pennzoil Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:39.820 27 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) Schick Xtreme3 / Razor Mag. / ERB Pontiac Grand Prix 3:07.997 28 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks Pontiac Grand Prix NO TIME Contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 or visit www.cascar.sympatico.ca Prepared by Inside Track Communications, with files from Robert K. Rooney // Contact: Greg MacPherson (416) 561-2320 (cell). Comments regarding additions to - or deletions from this mailing list should be sent to: greg@insidetracknews.com