CASCAR: Qualifying & Grid - Canada Day Shootout
CASCAR Super Series Qualifying & Grid: ATTO Canada Day Shootout For more information contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 For immediate release / July 3, 2004 Rookie Pete Shepherd Jr. earns to pole for Sunday's ATTO Canada Day Shootout at Cayuga HAMILTON, ON - CASCAR Super Series rookie Pete Shepherd Jr. edged some of the series' top stars during time trials on Saturday at Cayuga 2000 Speedway to earn the pole for Sunday's ATTO Canada Day Shootout. The young Brampton, ON racer lapped the 5/8-mile Cayuga oval in a time of 21.404 seconds, which was just 30/1000ths of a second better than second-fastest time-trialer, DJ Kennington (21.434). The two MOPAR-powered Dodge drivers will sit on the front row for Sunday's 200 lap feature race. Points leader Peter Gibbons was third quickest, just 2/1000ths back of Kennington. Starting alongside of Gibbons will be three-time and defending Super Series champion Don Thomson Jr. (21.472). A total of 33 drivers participated in time trials for the ATTO Canada Day Shootout, the fifth of 12 Super Series events on the 2004 schedule. The race marks the second of three visits to Cayuga this season. Peter Gibbons won the Power Water 200 at the legendary Hamilton-area track, back on June 11. The ATTO Canada Day Shootout is scheduled to start Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. SCHEDULE: SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2004 10:00 a.m. Spectator Gates Open 12:00 p.m. 1 p.m. Super Series Driver Autograph Session 1:15 p.m. Driver Introductions / Anthems / Invocations 2:00 p.m. START: ATTO CANADA DAY SHOOTOUT SUPER SERIES RACE CLARINGTON 200 TELEVISION BROADCAST: The Clarington 200 CASCAR Super Series road course race at Mosport Int'l Raceway will air on SPORTSNET on Monday, July 5 (EAST / WEST / PACIFIC) at 7:00 p.m., and on Tuesday, July 6 (ONTARIO) at 7:00 p.m. Check your local listings and http://www.cascar.ca/schedule/tv_schedule.html for subsequent airings. CASCAR Super Series STARTING GRID: ATTO Canada Day Shootout Round #5 // July 4, 2004 // Cayuga 2000 Speedway Hamilton, ON // 200 Laps // 5/8-mile oval ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE TIME 1 50 Pete Shepherd (Brampton, ON) R ATTO Dodge 21.404 2 17 DJ Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol Canada Dodge 21.434 3 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire / Monroe Brakes Chevrolet Monte Carlo 21.436 4 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 21.472 5 55 Rob Graham (Bothwell, ON) R G-Dox / Doering Brown Monte Carlo 21.505 6 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Power Water Ford Taurus 7 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Dodge 8 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) NAPA / Autopro Chevrolet Monte Carlo 9 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) ERB Group Pontiac Grand Prix 10 11 Ron VanEs (Smithville, ON) R Star Van Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 11 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. Pontiac Grand Prix 12 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Parts / Exide Dodge 13 7 Sean Dupuis (LaSalle, ON) Marty's Garage Chevrolet Monte Carlo 14 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Retrocom Growth Fund / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 15 81 Shawn McGlynn (Kitchener, ON) Ford Taurus 16 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) Avenue / NMT Dodge 17 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) A-Dor Construction Pontiac Grand Prix 18 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Tim Horton's / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 19 03 Jesse Kennedy (Southwold, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 20 82 Ted McIntyre (Windsor, ON) Pro Air Brush Dodge 21 42 Sean Stafford (Springfield, ON) Mid-America Freight Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 22 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) R Latta Crane Chevrolet Monte Carlo 23 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Lou's BBQ / Inroble / FAG Ford Taurus 24 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Team Remax Preferred Mortgage Dodge 25 3 Stu Robinson Jr. (Holland Landing, ON) Snap-On Tools / General Electric Dodge 26 18 Andre Coursol (St-Jerome, QC) CARQUEST Chevrolet Monte Carlo 27 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON) Parkinson Tours / 820 CHAM Ford Taurus 28 09 Kent Nuhn (Williamsford, ON) R Pontiac Grand Prix 29 00 Steve Munro (Carp, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 30 46 Kevin Trevellin (Windsor, ON) JD Pranksters Ford Taurus 31 76 Jason Hathaway (Appin, ON) E.L. Fordham Motors / TSC Stores Chevrolet Monte Carlo 32 5 Nik Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 33 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. Contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 or visit www.cascar.sympatico.ca Prepared by Inside Track Communications. // Contact: Greg MacPherson (416) 561-2320 (cell). Comments regarding additions to or deletions from this mailing list should be sent to: greg@insidetracknews.com