CASCAR: Toronto Indy Qualifying & Grid
CASCAR Super Series QUALIFYING & STARTING GRID: TORONTO INDY July 10, 2004 Jeff Lapcevich earns the pole for Saturday afternoon's CASCAR race at the T.O. Indy TORONTO, ON - When Jeff Lapcevich won last year's CASCAR Super Series race at the Toronto Indy, he did it from the outside of the front row. CASCAR's road course dominator will be starting from the pole, on Saturday afternoon, when he attempts to make a return visit to victory lane in one of the series' biggest events. On Saturday morning, the Tim Hortons / Fastline Motorsports Chevy driver earned the top qualifying spot in the second of two qualifying sessions when he lapped the Toronto Indy circuit in 1 minute and 18.415 seconds, at a speed of 129.649 km/h. The lap was good enough to knock Friday's provisional polesitter DJ Kennington to second on the grid for Saturday's 36-lap race. Kennington's time on Friday was 1:18.419. Three-time and reigning CASCAR Super Series champ Don Thomson Jr. will start third, alongside of current points leader Peter Gibbons, who slid into the tire barrier early in Saturday morning's final qualifying session, but didn't inflict major damage on his Canadian Tire Chevy. All of the top drivers qualified under the former track Toronto Indy CASCAR track record of 1 minute and 19.041 seconds, which was set by two-time Toronto Indy CASCAR race winner Robin Buck in 2002. Talking about his car and the changes they made to it prior to Saturday morning's pole-winning run, Lapcevich said, "We changed a lot of stuff on the car after yesterday. We put new springs up front and the car is really feeling good." But even though he's starting up front, Lapcevich is concerned about his car heading into the race. "There still might be a bit of a miss under the hood. We think it might be related to the carb. It makes such a big difference to be out front and able to run your own pace. I'll be happy if we can stay out front and let the guys beat each other up behind me." If he's successful in winning on Saturday afternoon, Lapcevich will join Robin Buck and Kevin Dowler as 'two-time' Toronto Indy winners. The sixth CASCAR Super Series race of the season is scheduled to take the green flag this afternoon at 4:15 p.m. CASCAR Super Series STARTING GRID: CASCAR T.O. Indy 100 KM Round #6 // July 10, 2004 // Toronto Molson Indy Toronto, ON // 100 km // 36 Laps // 11-turn street circuit ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE TIME / SPEED (KMH) 1 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Tim Horton's / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:18.415 / 129.649 2 17 DJ Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol Canada Dodge 1:18.419 / 129.642 3 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:18.463 / 129.569 4 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire / Monroe Brakes Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:18.949 / 128.772 5 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) ERB Group Pontiac Grand Prix 1:19.148 / 128.448 6 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Parts / Exide Dodge 1:19.451 / 127.958 7 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Retrocom Growth Fund / Fastline Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:19.639 / 127.656 8 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Dodge 1:19.803 / 127.394 9 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) Avenue / NMT Dodge 1:19.924 / 127.201 10 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Power Water Ford Taurus 1:19.972 / 127.124 11 3 Mark Swain (Port Perry, ON) R Snap-On Tools / General Electric Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1.20.284 / 126.630 12 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:20.777 / 125.858 13 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. Pontiac Grand Prix 1:21.020 / 125.480 14 8 Marc Miller (Holland, MI) R Carhartt Clothing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:21.028 / 125.468 15 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Bolt-On Performance Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:21.199 / 125.204 16 71 Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough, ON) www.berms.r.us.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:22.013 / 123.961 17 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Lou's BBQ / Inroble / FAG Ford Taurus 1:22.104 / 123.823 18 55 Rob Graham (Bothwell, ON) R G-Dox / Doering Brown Monte Carlo 1:22.462 / 123.286 19 42 Sean Stafford (Springfield, ON) Mid-America Freight Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:22.803 / 122.778 20 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) NAPA / Autopro Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:23.243 / 122.129 21 41 John Tsoumaris (Toronto, ON) John's Unique Auto Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:23.412 / 121.882 22 50 Pete Shepherd (Brampton, ON) R ATTO Dodge 1:23.431 / 121.854 23 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON) Parkinson Tours / 820 CHAM Ford Taurus 1:23.754 / 121.384 24 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) R Latta Crane Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:23.864 / 121.225 25 81 Shawn McGlynn (Kitchener, ON) Terry Dieter Signs Ford Taurus 1:24.668 / 120.074 26 82 Ted McIntyre (Windsor, ON) Pro Air Brush Dodge 1:24.697 / 120.033 27 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Team Remax Preferred Dodge 1:24.783 / 119.911 28 44 Marv Wilder (Toronto, ON) Longbow Freight Systems Ford Taurus 1:24.851 / 119.815 29 94 Mark Graham (Odessa, ON) Microplay / Coca-Cola Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:25.515 / 118.884 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. Contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 or visit www.cascar.sympatico.ca