CASCAR - St-Eustache Results & Summary
CASCAR Super Series Summary & Results Couche-Tard 200 Autodrome Old Milwaukee St-Eustache Kennington's generosity rewarded with a CASCAR Super Series win at Autodrome St-Eustache PHOTO: Scott Steckly (2nd), DJ Kennington (1st) and Don Thomson Jr. (3rd) were the podium finishers at St-Eustache CREDIT: Greg MacPherson / Inside Track MONTREAL, QC - DJ Kennington won Saturday night's CASCAR Super Series race at Autodrome Old Milwaukee St-Eustache. The Snap On Tools / Castrol Intrepid driver started sixth in the 200 lap 'Couche-Tard 200' at the flat, 4/10-mile Montreal-area oval and powered into the lead on lap 168 when he drove underneath polesitter Brad Graham. Graham had led every lap of the race until that point, but his car's handling faded and he was unable to hold off Kennington. By lap 200, Graham's Challenger Pontiac had slipped to fourth. Finishing second was Schick Xtreme3 Pontiac racer Scott Steckly, of Milverton, ON. Steckly came from eighth at the start and assumed second place when he got by Graham with 22 laps to go. The third and final podium position went to two-time and defending CASCAR Super Series champion, Don Thomson Jr., in a borrowed car. The evening prior to the 'Couche-Tard 200' Fitzpatrick Motorsports' tow vehicle, hauler and race cars were stolen from their hotel parking lot, in nearby Laval. In an amazing show of sportsmanship, Kennington made his second oval car available to Thomson for the race, while John Fitzpatrick raced in a car loaned to him by Neil Fair. On lap 154, while running second ahead of Kennington, Thomson pulled aside to allow Kennington to assume the runner-up position. Thomson later admitted that the move was a show of 'thanks' to Kennington, in recognition of his generosity for the loan of the racecar. Thomson reported that several teams offered the use of cars, uniforms and equipment for the race. The veteran racer was overwhelmed by the generosity and support displayed by his friends and competitors during a difficult time. Based on his third-place finish, Thomson recovered the points lead, after eight races, from Kerry Micks who made several pit stops during the race and finished 13th, two laps down. "I'm just so proud of our team and my dad who put together two MOPAR engines that made it to the podium," said Kennington, after the race. "We were happy to be able to loan a car to Donnie for the race and to have us finish first and third in our cars says a lot about our team." Just after time trials, Fitzpatrick Motorsports learned that their tow vehicle and race hauler had been located and recovered 45 minutes outside of Montreal. The race cars and the contents of the hauler were cleaned out, except for the Home Hardware racing suit that Thomson was able to get into, just prior to the start of the race. UNOFFICIAL POINT STANDINGS (TOP 10) AFTER 8 OF 12 EVENTS: 1. #4 Don Thomson Jr. (1328 pts.), 2. #02 Kerry Micks (1302), 3. #37 DJ Kennington (1283), 4. #33 Neil Fair (1238), 5. #22 Scott Steckly (1238), 6. #64 Mark Dilley (1219), 7. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (1214), 8. #1 Peter Gibbons (1200), 9. #19 Brad Graham (1193), 10. #14 John Fitzpatrick (1175) CASCAR Super Series RESULTS: Couche-Tard 200 Round #8 // August 9, 2003 // Autodrome Old Milwaukee St-Eustache Montreal, QC // 200 Laps // 4/10-mile, flat oval FIN. POS. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 6 37 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Snap On Tools / Castrol Canada Intrepid 200 2 8 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) Schick Xtreme3 / Razor Mag. / ERB Pontiac Grand Prix 200 3 4 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Intrepid 200 4 1 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks Pontiac Grand Prix 200 5 2 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Intrepid 200 6 9 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Inroble Brakes / FAG Ford Taurus 200 7 12 77 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 200 8 10 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Performance Parts / Exide Intrepid 200 9 11 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Intrepid 200 10 19 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Tim Horton's / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200 11 14 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) Kubota Canada Pontiac Grand Prix 199 12 13 71 Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough, ON) R National Fast Freight Intrepid 199 13 7 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) UFCW Canada Ford Taurus 198 14 15 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. / Mac's Intrepid 188 15 16 8 Marc Miller (Holland, MI) R Carhartt Clothing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 183 16 5 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) Avenue ACDelco / NMT Intrepid 110 17 17 01 Steve Munro (Carp, ON) Nesquick Chevrolet Monte Carlo 109 18 18 42 Sean Stafford (Springfield, ON) R Mid-America Freight Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 108 19 3 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 57 20 20 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON) Labour Ready / 820 CHAM / Rockton Berry Farm Ford Taurus 29 21 22 18 Andre Coursol (St-Antoine, QC) CARQUEST Chevrolet Monte Carlo 25 22 21 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Fastline Motorsports Intrepid 11 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 25 minutes and 30.939 seconds // MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.439 seconds // CAUTIONS: 5 for a total of 33 laps // LAP LEADERS: #19 Brad Graham (1-167) and #37 DJ Kennington (168-200).