CASCAR: Toronto Indy Results & Summary
CASCAR SUPER SERIES RESULTS: Toronto Indy July 10, 2004 Jeff Lapcevich leads wire-to-wire for second straight CASCAR Toronto Indy victory TORONTO, ON - Jeff Lapcevich extended his streak of CASCAR Super Series road course wins to four on Saturday afternoon at the Toronto Indy. The Tim Hortons / Fastline Motorsports Chevy driver started on the pole and led every lap of the 36-lap race around the 11-turn temporary street circuit. Lapcevich's first career CASCAR win came last year at the Toronto Indy. Since breaking through to victory lane in that race, the Caistor Centre, ON driver has been unbeatable in CASCAR's road course events, also winning last year's Vancouver Indy and the Mosport Int'l Raceway event earlier this season. On the strength of his second victory of the season, Lapcevich moved to fourth in the overall Super Series point standings. Finishing second in Toronto was three-time and defending CASCAR National champion Don Thomson Jr. The Home Hardware Chevy driver started third and passed DJ Kennington during the first lap of the caution-less affair en route to the runner-up finish, almost five seconds back of Lapcevich. Kennington came home third in his Castrol Dodge for his best result of the season. With the win, Lapcevich joins Robin Buck and Kevin Dowler as two-time winners of the Toronto Indy event. Their combined six wins at the Exhibition Place track account for all six checkered flags over the half-dozen years that CASCAR has been part of the Toronto Indy. Current points leader Peter Gibbons started fourth but fell off the pace prior to pitting. Once back out on track, the Canadian Tire / Monroe Brakes Chevy driver recovered several positions to finish 10th in the 29-car field. Following the sixth race of the season, Gibbons leads Thomson in the points by just 20 points (938 918) as the series heads west for a pair of events, starting with the Vancouver Indy in two weeks. Dave Whitlock's Avenue / NMT Dodge is third in the points with 915 markers. The top three in the points have a combined eight National championships between them. Thomson and Whitlock have three, while Gibbons has twice worn the National crown. CASCAR ON TV: The ATTO Canada Day Shootout at Cayuga Speedway will be broadcast on SPORTSNET starting Tuesday, July 13. For broadcast times and subsequent airings, visit: http://www.cascar.ca/schedule/tv_schedule.html CASCAR SUPER SERIES POINTS (UNOFFICIAL) AFTER 6 OF 12 EVENTS: 1. #1 Peter Gibbons (938 points); 2. #4 Don Thomson Jr. (918); 3. #39 Dave Whitlock (915); 4. #23 Jeff Lapcevich (878); 5. #02 Kerry Micks (868); 6. #64 Mark Dilley (832); 7. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (822); 8. #19 Brad Graham (798); 9. #22 Scott Steckly (787); 10. #17 DJ Kennington (758); 11. #50 Pete Shepherd (754); 12. #10 Doug Brown (734); 13. #55 Rob Graham (727); 14. #84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (704); 15. #25 Jeff Lapcevich (694); 16. #88 Dave Jacombs (688); 17. #86 Kenny Forth (660); 17. #42 Sean Stafford (660); 19. #3 Mark Swain (576); 20. #81 Shawn McGlynn (532). PHOTOS: Jeff Lapcevich (#23) led every lap of Sunday's CASCAR race at the Toronto Indy. DJ Kennington (3rd), Jeff Lapcevich (1st) and Don Thomson Jr. (2nd) were the podium finishers in Toronto. CREDIT: G. MacPherson / Inside Track Motorsport News CASCAR Super Series RESULTS: CASCAR T.O. Indy 100 KM Round #6 // July 10, 2004 // Toronto Molson Indy Toronto, ON // 100 km // 36 Laps // 11-turn street circuit FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 1 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Tim Horton's / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 36 2 3 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 36 3 2 17 DJ Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol Canada Dodge 36 4 6 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Parts / Exide Dodge 36 5 8 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Dodge 36 6 5 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) ERB Group Pontiac Grand Prix 36 7 10 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Power Water Ford Taurus 36 8 9 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) Avenue / NMT Dodge 36 9 14 8 Marc Miller (Holland, MI) R Carhartt Clothing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 36 10 4 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire / Monroe Brakes Chevrolet Monte Carlo 36 11 16 71 Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough, ON) www.berms.r.us.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo 36 12 13 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. Pontiac Grand Prix 35 13 12 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 35 14 19 42 Sean Stafford (Springfield, ON) Mid-America Freight Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 35 15 11 3 Mark Swain (Port Perry, ON) R Snap-On Tools / General Electric Chevrolet Monte Carlo 35 16 20 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) NAPA / Autopro Chevrolet Monte Carlo 35 17 18 55 Rob Graham (Bothwell, ON) R G-Dox / Doering Brown Monte Carlo 35 18 24 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) R Latta Crane Chevrolet Monte Carlo 35 19 17 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Lou's BBQ / Inroble / FAG Ford Taurus 34 20 22 50 Pete Shepherd (Brampton, ON) R ATTO Dodge 34 21 26 82 Ted McIntyre (Windsor, ON) Pro Air Brush Dodge 34 22 28 44 Marv Wilder (Toronto, ON) Longbow Freight Systems Ford Taurus 34 23 27 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Team Remax Preferred Dodge 33 24 23 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON) Parkinson Tours / 820 CHAM Ford Taurus 32 25 29 94 Mark Graham (Odessa, ON) Microplay / Coca-Cola Chevrolet Monte Carlo 26 26 15 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Bolt-On Performance Chevrolet Monte Carlo 26 27 21 41 John Tsoumaris (Toronto, ON) John's Unique Auto Chevrolet Monte Carlo 8 28 7 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Retrocom Growth Fund / Fastline Chevrolet Monte Carlo 5 29 25 81 Shawn McGlynn (Kitchener, ON) Terry Dieter Signs Ford Taurus 0 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. TIME OF RACE: 49 minutes and 51.874 seconds // MARGIN OF VICTORY: 4.729 seconds // CAUTIONS: None // LAP LEADERS: #23 Jeff Lapcevich (1 36)