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CASCAR - Vancouver Results & Summary

CASCAR Super Series
Canadian Tire 100 / Vancouver Molson Indy
Race Summary and Results

For more information contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214
For immediate release / July 26, 2003

PHOTO: (l to r) Don Thomson (3rd), Jeff Lapcevich (1st) and Kerry Micks 
(2nd) at the post-Canadian Tire 100 press conference at the Vancouver Indy
CREDIT: Greg MacPherson / Inside Track Motorsport News

Jeff Lapcevich wins the Canadian Tire 100 CASCAR race at the Vancouver Indy

VANCOUVER, BC - Until two weeks ago, prior to the Toronto Indy, Jeff 
Lapcevich had never won a CASCAR Super Series race. But following today's 
win in the Canadian Tire 100 at the Vancouver Molson Indy, the Caistor 
Centre, ON racer has a pair of CASCAR checkered flags to his credit.
	The Tim Horton's Chevy driver started on the pole and led all 35 laps 
around the 12-turn temporary street course circuit at Vancouver's Concord 
Pacific Place circuit. In doing so, Lapcevich swept both Indy events on the 
2003 CASCAR schedule.
	By lap 18 of the 35-lap race, Lapcevich had stretched out a lead of 12.6 
seconds over Kerry Micks, who was followed by Don Thomson Jr. But the 
race's only full-course caution bunched the field, thereby erasing 
Lapcevich's commanding lead.
	Simultaneously, Lapcevich lost the power steering on his Tim Horton's car, 
which forced him to take it easier over the rumble strips. But even those 
setbacks weren't enough to keep him from quickly re-establishing a lead of 
three seconds, by lap 30.
	Over the closing laps, Lapcevich maintained his composure and was never 
challenged on his way to the checkered flag. He came home 2.297 seconds 
ahead of Micks' UFCW Taurus.
	"Losing the big lead to the caution wasn't that big a deal, but I was 
worried about losing my power steering," said Lapcevich, after the race. "I 
didn't know if I was going to be able to drive the car once it went back to 
green. For a while, I actually thought I had a right-front tire going down."
	Don Thomson Jr. had been engaged in a close battle with Micks for much of 
the race, but the Home Hardware car got tighter as the race wore on, and 
Thomson gave up the chase and settled for third.
	Micks and Thomson are the prime combatants for the CASCAR Super Series 
championship and based on their 'two-three' finish in the Canadian Tire 
100, Micks has re-taken the lead by just two points over Thomson. The two 
have exchanged the top spot in the championship in each of the past three 
events.
	Jeff Lapcevich's brother Jim finished fourth, ahead of the top finishing 
western Canadian racer in the field, Kevin Dowler of Edmonton, AB.

CASCAR NOTEBOOK: The next CASCAR Super Series event takes place August 9 at 
Autodrome Old Milwaukee / St-Eustache, in Montreal, QC... The initial 
broadcast of the recent CASCAR race at the Toronto Indy airs Monday, July 
28 at 7:00 p.m. on Rogers SPORTSNET... Saturday's announced crowd for the 
Canadian Tire 100 was 51,171, for a two-day total of over 96,000 who 
witnessed the CASCAR Super Series in action.

CASCAR Super Series
RESULTS: Canadian Tire 100
Molson Indy Vancouver
Round #7 // July 26, 2003 // Concord Pacific Place
Vancouver, BC // 12-turn temporary street circuit // 2.866 km


FIN.	POS.	#	DRIVER (HOMETOWN)	SPONSOR / MAKE	LAPS
1	1	23	Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON)	Tim Horton's / Fastline 
Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo	35
2	4	02	Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON)	UFCW Canada Ford Taurus	35
3	5	4	Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON)	Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo	35
4	9	25	Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON)	Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte 
Carlo	35
5	8	35	Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB)	EMCO Ford Taurus	35
6	6	37	D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON)	Snap On Tools / Castrol Canada 
Intrepid	35
7	12	60	Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON)	MOPAR Performance Parts / Exide 
Intrepid	35
8	13	3	Chris Fowler (Stirling, ON)	Snap On Tools / Castrol Canada Chevrolet 
Monte Carlo	35
9	10	11	Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON)	Avenue ACDelco / NMT Intrepid	35
10	17	33	Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON)	Skoal Inc. / Mac's Intrepid	35
11	11	24	Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON)	Kubota Canada Pontiac Grand Prix	35
12	21	12	Ron Larson (Quesnel, BC)	Fastrack Chevrolet Monte Carlo	35
13	20	14	John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON)	Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo	35
14	15	64	Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON)	NTN Bearings Intrepid	35
15	14	88	Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON)	Inroble Brakes / FAG Ford Taurus	35
16	27	33W	Don Sales (Quesnel, BC)	Skoal Inc. / Shell Select Pontiac Grand 
Prix	34
17	23	6	Todd Nichol (St. Albert, AB)	Pennzoil Chevrolet Monte Carlo	34
18	26	86	Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON)	Labour Ready / 820 CHAM / Rockton Berry 
Farm Ford Taurus	33
19	24	71W	Daryl Harr (St. Albert, AB)	Westworld Computers Chevrolet Monte 
Carlo	32
20	18	22	Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON)	Schick Xtreme3 / Razor Mag. / ERB 
Pontiac Grand Prix	28
21	25	19	Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON)	Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks 
Pontiac Grand Prix	17
22	16	8	Marc Miller (Holland, MI) R	Carhartt Clothing Chevrolet Monte Carlo	15
23	7	09	Trevor Seibert (Williams Lake, BC)	Willow Springs Ford Taurus	14
24	3	1	Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON)	Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo	13
25	22	71	Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough, ON) R	National Fast Freight Intrepid	12
26	19	2	Carl Harr (St. Albert, AB)	GM Goodwrench of Alberta Chevrolet Monte 
Carlo	11
27	2	39	Al Turner (Barrie, ON)	Blue Streak Intrepid	9
28	28	81	James Ward (Kelowna, BC)	Lordco Auto Parts Ford Taurus	DNS

R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.

TIME OF RACE: 53 minutes and 54.845 seconds // MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.297 
seconds // CAUTIONS: 1 for a total of 4 laps (18-21) // LAP LEADERS: #23 
Jeff Lapcevich (1-35) // FASTEST LAP: #23 Jeff Lapcevich  1:23.876 on lap 3


Contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 or visit www.cascar.sympatico.ca
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