CASCAR - Power Water 200 - Cayuga Qualif. & Grid
CASCAR Super Series Power Water 200 Cayuga 2000 Speedway Qualifying & Grid Thomson takes second consecutive pole of '04 during qualifying for Sunday's Power Water 200 HAMILTON, ON - Don Thomson Jr. collected his second CASCAR Super Series pole in as many qualifying sessions held so far in 2004 when he posted the fastest time, on Saturday afternoon, at Cayuga 2000 Speedway during time trials for Sunday afternoon's Power Water 200. Thomson, the three-time and defending Super Series champ, circled the legendary 5/8-mile Hamilton area track in 21.335 seconds. Thomson's Home Hardware Chevy also sat on the pole in the season-opening MOPAR 250, which took place last weekend at Delaware Speedway. Starting alongside Thomson in the Power Water 200 will be his longtime championship rival, DJ Kennington. The St. Thomas, ON racer lapped Cayuga Speedway in 21.488 seconds to earn the outside pole in his Castrol Dodge. A total of 32 cars participated in time trials for Sunday's race; the first of three to be held this season at Cayuga. Delaware race winner Peter Gibbons will start third in the Power Water 200. The Canadian Tire / Monroe Brakes Chevy driver won last year's Canada Day Shootout at Cayuga. J.R. Fitzpatrick qualified 13th-fastest in time trials, which was the best of all the rookies who took part in qualifying. The Latta Crane Chevy driver was the top finishing rookie at last week's Delaware event. The Power Water 200 takes the green flag Sunday at 2 p.m., after a morning of pre-race activities, including the Super Series driver autograph session. POWER WATER 200 SUNDAY SCHEDULE: Sunday June 6th 10:00 a.m. Spectator Gates Open 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. CASCAR SUPER SERIES Autograph Session 1:15 p.m. Driver Introductions 1:45 p.m. 1:55 p.m. National Anthems and Invocations 2:00 p.m. START: POWER WATER 200 200 LAPS MOPAR 250 TELEVISION BROADCAST: The MOPAR 250 from Delaware Speedway will air on SPORTSNET East and Ontario starting Tuesday, June 8 at 7 p.m. The 90-minute broadcast starts Sunday, June 6 at 8:30 p.m. on SPORTSNET PACIFIC and in the WEST on Monday, June 7 at 7 p.m. CASCAR Super Series STARTING GRID: POWER WATER 200 Round #2 // June 6, 2004 // Cayuga 2000 Speedway Hamilton, ON // 200 Laps // 5/8-mile, high-banked oval ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE TIME (Sec.) (top 10) 1 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 21.335 2 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol Canada Dodge 21.488 3 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire / Monroe Brakes Chevrolet Monte Carlo 21.530 4 7 Sean Dupuis (LaSalle, ON) Marty's Garage Chevrolet Monte Carlo 21.563 5 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) Avenue / NMT Dodge 21.578 6 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Parts / Exide Dodge 21.581 7 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Dodge 21.596 8 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Lou's BBQ Co. / FAG Ford Taurus 21.658 9 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) ERB Group Pontiac Grand Prix 21.722 10 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 21.734 11 82 Ted McIntyre (Windsor, ON) Pro Air Brush Dodge 12 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Retrocom Growth Fund / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 13 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) R Latta Crane Chevrolet Monte Carlo 14 11 Ron VanEs (Smithville, ON) R Star Van Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 15 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) NAPA / Autopro Pontiac Grand Prix 16 55 Rob Graham (Bothwell, ON) R G-Dox / Doering Brown Monte Carlo 17 81 Shawn McGlynn (Kitchener, ON) Ford Taurus 18 42 Sean Stafford (Springfield, ON) Mid-America Freight Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 19 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Team Remax Preferred Mortgage Dodge 20 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) A-Dor Construction Pontiac Grand Prix 21 50 Pete Shepherd (Brampton, ON) R ATTO Dodge 22 3 Mark Swain (Port Perry, ON) R Snap-On Tools / General Electric Dodge 23 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Tim Horton's / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 24 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Ford Taurus 25 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON) Parkinson Tours / 820 CHAM Ford Taurus 26 09 Kent Nuhn (Williamsford, ON) R Pontiac Grand Prix 27 46 Kevin Trevellin (Windsor, ON) JD Pranksters Ford Taurus 28 18 Andre Coursol (St-Jerome, QC) CARQUEST Chevrolet Monte Carlo 29 03 Jessie Kennedy (Southwold, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 30 41 John Tsoumaris (Toronto, ON) John's Unique Auto Chevrolet Monte Carlo 31 77 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix DQ - Carb 32 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. Pontiac Grand Prix DQ - Carb R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.