CASCAR: Mosport Speedway 200 Preview

CASCAR Super Series
Preview: Mosport Speedway 200

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For immediate release / August 21, 2003

Saturday night's 'Mosport Speedway 200' marks the start of the final third 
of the Super Series season

LONDON, ON - The CASCAR Super Series will commence the final third of its 
2003 schedule on Saturday night (Aug. 23) at Mosport Speedway, near 
Bowmanville, Ontario. The Mosport Speedway 200 will be the ninth of 12 
events on the Super Series calendar and should offer a strong indication as 
to whether or not two-time and defending CASCAR National champion Don 
Thomson Jr. can still be considered a threat to capture a record-tying 
third National title.
	Just prior to the series' last race, on Aug. 9 at Autodrome Old Milwaukee 
/ St-Eustache, Thomson received devastating news. The rig, hauler and 
racecars of Fitzpatrick Motorsports were stolen from a Montreal hotel 
parking lot. Miraculously, Thomson salvaged a third-place finish at 
St-Eustache, in a car loaned to him by one of his prime championship 
rivals, DJ Kennington. Thomson managed to leave  Montreal with a 26-point 
championship lead over Kerry Micks, with Kennington lurking not far behind, 
in third.
	In the time since the St-Eustache event, Thomson and the entire 
Fitzpatrick Motorsports crew have been a whirlwind of activity, doing 
everything possible to line up competitive replacement racecars for Thomson 
and John Fitzpatrick for the final third of the campaign.
	In Fitzpatrick's case, the team has purchased cars from Joe Plazek, last 
year's Super Series rookie of the year. Thomson, however, is digging into 
the team's existing stock for his replacement. According to Thomson, he 
plans to use the converted CASCAR Sportsman car of John Fitzpatrick's son, 
John Ryan Fitzpatrick, in each of the season's final four events.
	Thomson received many kind and generous offers since the theft at 
St-Eustache. Ron Beauchamp Sr., of Beauchamp Motorsports, offered him the 
use of the MOPAR-powered car that Sterling Marlin raced in the Canada Day 
Shootout at Cayuga. Thomson even went so far as to test the car at the 
Mosport oval, but ultimately opted to use John's Ryan's car instead. "The 
generosity of the other teams since this happened has been awesome," said 
Thomson. "We tested the [Beauchamp] car, but our own engine-builder came 
through with a new replacement motor for us. We thought this might be the 
way to go because we're more experienced with this [Chevrolet] car and 
motor combination."
	Thomson also noted the independent nature of the Fitzpatrick Motorsports 
operation. "People have loaned us stuff and have bent over backwards for 
us. John [Fitzpatrick] is the type of guy who likes to have his own stuff. 
We don't like to burden people, and we burdened them enough at St-Eustache. 
This is a better way to go. We're not borrowing anything, so we don't have 
to worry about wrecking someone else's stuff."
	In last year's CASCAR race at the Mosport oval, Thomson dominated en route 
to winning the event by almost 13 seconds over his closest rival. He hopes 
that a similar setup on his replacement #4 Home Hardware car will put him 
in position to repeat his performance.
	"I'm not even sure if I can get the same setup in the spare car. Every car 
has its own characteristics, even if they're built one after the other. No 
two cars are exactly the same. I'm going to go to Mosport with a setup 
similar to what worked last year, and hope it works again."

EVENT SCHEDULE  MOSPORT SPEEDWAY 200  MOSPORT SPEEDWAY
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2003
3:30 p.m.	CASCAR Super Series Time Trials
5:00  6:00 p.m.	CASCAR Driver Autograph Session
6:30 p.m.	Super Series Driver Introductions
7:00 p.m.	START: MOSPORT SPEEDWAY 200

CASCAR NOTEBOOK: The Ontario Super Late Racing (OSLR) Series will have a 
30-lap feature race following Saturday night's Mosport Speedway 200... The 
CASCAR EMCO Western Series will make its lone appearance of 2003 at 
Calgary's Race City Motorsport Park on Saturday evening. The AvenueWest 
Auto Parts 200 will commence time trials at 5:15 p.m. and will take the 
green flag for the 200-lap feature race at 7:00 p.m. Kevin Dowler leads Ron 
Larson by 23 points in the championship hunt...


POINT STANDINGS:

CASCAR SUPER SERIES POINT STANDINGS AFTER 8 ROUNDS / TOP 25 AS OF AUGUST 
21, 2003
(POS. CAR# DRIVER (HOMETOWN / MAKE / POINTS)
1. #4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON / Chevrolet / 1328 points)); 2. # 02 
Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON / Ford / 1302)); 3. # 37 DJ Kennington (St. 
Thomas, ON / Intrepid / 1283)); 4. # 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON / Intrepid 
/ 1238)); 4. # 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON / Pontiac / 1238)); 6. # 64 
Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON / Intrepid / 1219)); 7. # 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. 
(Windsor, ON / Intrepid / 1214)); 8. # 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON / 
Chevrolet / 1200)); 9. # 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON / Pontiac / 1193)); 
10. # 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON / Chevrolet / 1175)); 11. # 88 Dave 
Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON / Ford / 1140)); 12. # 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON 
/ Chevrolet / 1116)); 13. # 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON / Pontiac / 
1096)); 14. # 71 Bryan Cathcart R (Peterborough, ON / Intrepid / 1058)); 
15. # 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON / Ford / 1020)); 16. # 23 Jeff Lapcevich 
(Caistor Centre, ON / Chevrolet / 890)); 17. # 39 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, 
ON / Intrepid / 842)); 18. # 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON / Chevrolet / 
610)); 19. # 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB / Ford / 585)); 20. # 77 Pete 
Vanderwyst (London, ON / Pontiac / 576)); 21. # 09 Trevor Seibert (Williams 
Lake, BC / Ford / 516)); 22. # 71W Daryl Harr (St. Albert, AB / Chevrolet / 
466)); 23. # 2 Carl Harr (St. Albert, AB / Chevrolet / 464)); 24. # 8 Marc 
Miller R (Holland, MI / Chevrolet / 444)); 25. # 42 Sean Stafford 
(Springfield, ON / Chevrolet / 442)

CASCAR EMCO WESTERN SERIES POINT STANDINGS / TOP 25 AS OF AUGUST 21, 2003
(POS. CAR# DRIVER (HOMETOWN / MAKE / POINTS)
1. # 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB / Ford / 664 points)); 2. # 12 Ron 
Larson (Quesnel, BC / Chevrolet / 641)); 3. # 71 Daryl Harr (Edmonton, AB / 
Chevrolet / 612)); 4. # 21 Wade Lee (Calgary, AB / Ford / 600)); 5. # 09 
Trevor Seibert (Williams Lake, BC / Ford / 599)); 6. # 33 Don Sales 
(Quesnel, BC / Pontiac / 586)); 7. # 2 Carl Harr (St. Albert, AB / 
Chevrolet / 571)); 8. # 14 James VanDomselaar (Fort Sask., AB / Pontiac / 
539)); 9. # 30 Derek Polack (Stony Plain, AB / Ford / 531)); 10. # 38 Jim 
White (Kamloops, BC / Chevrolet / 525)); 11. # 89 Terry Dowler (Spruce 
Grove, AB / Chevrolet / 520)); 12. # 74 Dennis Masse (Lethbridge, AB / 
Chevrolet / 493)); 13. # 6 Todd Nichol (St. Albert, AB / Chevrolet / 405)); 
14. # 81 James Ward (Kelowna, BC / Ford / 371)); 15. # 42 Darin Guillet 
(Calgary, AB / Intrepid / 247)); 16. # 34 Darren Turner (Kelowna, BC / 
Chevrolet / 245)); 17. # 64 Chris Shirley (Saskatoon, SK / Chevrolet / 
162)); 18. # 15 Mike Browne (Calgary, AB / Pontiac / 140)); 19. # 95 Paul 
Savoie (Saskatoon, SK / Intrepid / 139)); 20. # 72 Anthony Pallister 
(Victoria, BC / Chevrolet / 133)); 21. # 43 Michael Lindsay (Kamloops, BC / 
Chevrolet / 129)); 22. # 22 Bill Dawson (Salmon Arm, BC / Pontiac / 124)); 
23. # 47 Craig Matlock (Saskatoon, SK / Chevrolet / 123)); 24. # 5 Allan 
Deibert (Rosetown, SK Dodge 119)); 25. # 93 Charlie Kirton (Saskatoon, SK / 
Ford / 118)

CASCAR CARQUEST SPORTSMAN SERIES POINT STANDINGS / TOP 25 AS OF AUGUST 21, 2003
(POS. CAR# DRIVER (HOMETOWN / POINTS)
1. # 28 Steve Robblee (Dorchester, ON / 357 points)); 2. # 74 Richard 
Beauchamp (Ormstown, QC / 350)); 3. # 00 Stephen Munro (Carp, ON / 336)); 
4. # 77 Dion Verhoeven (Kerwood, ON / 327)); 5. # 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, 
ON / 307)); 6. # 18 Andre Coursol (St. Antoine, QC / 306)); 7. # 3 Scott 
Lindsay (St Mary's, ON / 304)); 8. # 55 Rob Graham (Bothwell, ON / 297)); 
9. # 11 Stephane Messier (Ile Bizard, QC / 286)); 10. # 76 Jason Hathaway 
(St. Thomas, ON / 274)); 11. # 92 Dave Riopelle (Dunrobin, ON / 272)); 12. 
# 16 Paul DeJong (Pembroke, ON / 269)); 13. # 02 Geatan Longtin 
(Chateauguay, QC / 253)); 14. # 19 Benoit Beauchamp (Montreal, QC / 246)); 
15. # 7 Daniel Bergeron (St. Beniot, QC / 241)); 16. # 67 Scott Mitchell 
(St. Catharines, ON / 227)); 17. # 82 Dave Connelly (White Lake, ON / 
194)); 18. # 00 Josh Wood (London, ON / 193)); 19. # 02 Geatan Longtin 
(Chateauguay, QC / 189)); 20. # 19 Benoit Beauchamp (Montreal, QC / 188)); 
21. # 7 Jerry Marinuk (Scotland, ON / 182)); 22. # 7 Daniel Bergeron (St. 
Benoit, QC / 181)); 23. # 12 Mark Patrick (Delaware, ON / 179)); 24. # 02 
Scott O'Connor (Delaware, ON / 173)); 25. # 67 Scott Mitchell (St. 
Catharines, ON / 171)

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