CASCAR: Vancouver Indy Qualif. Session #1
CASCAR Super Series Canadian Tire 100: Qualifying Session #1 Lapcevich takes Friday provisional pole for the Canadian Tire 100 CASCAR race in Vancouver VANCOUVER, BC - CASCAR road course dominator Jeff Lapcevich was the class of the field during Friday afternoon's first qualifying session for the Canadian Tire 100 Super Series race at the Vancouver Indy. The Tim Hortons / Fastline Chevy driver lapped the 12-turn temporary street circuit in a time of 1 minute and 23.810 seconds. Second-fastest in the session was Kerry Micks, of Mt. Albert, ON. The Power Water Ford driver posted his best time early on in Friday's qualifying session and actually had the best time for several minutes, but saw his provisional pole position evaporate when Lapcevich nailed his 'hot lap' closer to the end of the half-hour session. Peter Gibbons was third fastest in his Canadian Tire Chevy (1:24.564). A total of 20 drivers recorded times during Qualifying Session #1. Two competitors experienced mechanical trouble early on and will be looking to Saturday morning's second (and final) pre-race qualifying session to record a time. That session is scheduled to start at 8:00 a.m. and will set the starting grid for the Canadian Tire 100. Earlier on Friday, Jeff Lapcevich led the way during the morning practice session, recording a lap of 1 minute and 24.430 seconds. The effort by the Caistor Centre, ON competitor was over a half-second better than that of Don Thomson Jr. (1:25.151). Lapcevich and Thomson finished 'one-two' in the CASCAR race at the Toronto Indy, two weeks ago. PHOTO: Jeff Lapcevich throws his car through turn 2 en route to capturing the provisional pole for Saturday's Canadian Tire 100 at the Vancouver Indy. CREDIT: G. MacPherson / Inside Track Motorsport News SCHEDULE: VANCOUVER INDY: CANADIAN TIRE 100 SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2004 8:15 9:00 a.m. CASCAR Qualifying Session #2 4:30 5:45 p.m. START: CANADIAN TIRE 100 (100 KM) CASCAR RACE SUPER SERIES POINTS AS OF JULY 22, 2004 // AFTER 6 OF 12 EVENTS: 1. #1 Peter Gibbons (938); 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 (759); 11. #50 R Pete Shepherd (736); 12. #10 Doug Brown (734); 13. #55 R Rob Graham (727); 14. #84 R J.R. Fitzpatrick (704); 15. #25 Jim 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) CASCAR 100 TORONTO INDY TELEVISION BROADCAST: The CASCAR 100 CASCAR Super Series race at the Toronto Indy will air starting Monday, Aug. 2 on SPORTSNET (ONTARIO & EAST) at 7:00 p.m. Viewers of SPORTSNET WEST & PACIFIC can catch the race starting the same night (Aug. 2) at 8 p.m. Check your local listings and http://www.cascar.ca/schedule/tv_schedule.html for subsequent airings. CASCAR Super Series QUALIFYING SESSION #1: CANADIAN TIRE 100 Round #7 // July 23, 2004 // Vancouver Molson Indy Vancouver, BC // 100 km // 35 Laps // 12-turn street circuit FIN. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE TIME / KMH 1 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Tim Horton's / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:23.810 / 123.107 2 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Power Water Ford Taurus 1:24.122 / 122.650 3 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire / Monroe Brakes Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:24.564 / 122.009 4 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:24.602 / 121.955 5 35 Kevin Dowler (Sherwood Park, AB) EMCO Ltd. Ford Taurus 1:24.709 / 121.801 6 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) ERB Group Pontiac Grand Prix 1:25.294 / 120.965 7 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) Avenue MotorWorks / NMT Dodge 1:25.350 / 120.886 8 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Dodge 1:25.870 / 120.154 9 8 Marc Miller (Holland, MI) R Carhartt Clothing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:26.059 / 119.890 10 09 Trevor Siebert (Williams Lake, BC) Lake Excavating Ford Taurus 1:26.061 / 119.890 11 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Parts / Exide Dodge 1:26.137 / 119.781 12 17 DJ Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol Canada Dodge 1:26.166 / 119.741 13 10 Glenn Mueller (Richmond, BC) Green Line Hose & Fittings Dodge 1:26.388 / 119.433 14 79 Wade Lee (Calgary, AB) Guyons Performance Centres Dodge 1:27.278 / 118.215 15 55 Rob Graham (Bothwell, ON) R G-Dox / Doering Brown Monte Carlo 1:27.458 / 117.972 16 3 Mark Swain (Port Perry, ON) R Snap-On Tools / General Electric Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:27.625 / 117.747 17 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) R Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1:28.282 / 116.871 18 50 Pete Shepherd (Brampton, ON) R ATTO Dodge 1:28.289 / 116.862 19 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. Pontiac Grand Prix 1:29.731 / 114.984 20 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Lou's BBQ / Inroble / FAG Ford Taurus 1:30.141 / 114.461 21 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Retrocom Growth Fund / Fastline Chevrolet Monte Carlo NT 22 81 James Ward (Kelowna, BC) Lordco Auto Parts Ford Taurus NT R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.