CASCAR: Calgary Time Trials & Twin 100 Results
CASCAR Super Series MOPAR Parts 500 Weekend Time Trials & Twin 100s Race City Motorsport Park July 30, 2004 Micks and Gibbons take CASCAR Twin 100 wins on the opening day of the MOPAR Parts 500 Weekend at Calgary’s Race City Motorsport Park CALGARY, AB - On Friday evening, Race City Motorsport Park played host to time trials and a pair of 100-lap qualifying sprint races in advance of Saturday night’s MOPAR Parts 300 CASCAR Super Series race at the high-banked, Calgary half-mile oval. During time trials, three-time and reigning CASCAR National champion Don Thomson Jr. became CASCAR’s top all-time pole qualifying leader when he captured his 18th career Super Series pole. Thomson’s Home Hardware Chevy lapped the Race City oval in 17.510 seconds, which was 0.015 seconds quicker than the best time of Peter Gibbons (17.525 secs.). The two will line up first and second, respectively, in Saturday’s MOPAR Parts 300. Prior to Thomson’s pole, he and Steve Robblee were tied with 17 each. In the Twin 100 qualifying sprint races, Thomson led the first 81 laps of the first 100 lap chase and appeared set to score the victory. But suddenly, he dove into the pits during a late-race caution when he realized that he had a tire going down and wouldn’t make it to the end. The surprise move handed the lead to Power Water Taurus driver Kerry Micks, who appeared to be on a mission as he fought his way from fifth at the start. After getting a new right-front tire, Thomson returned to the race in ninth-place and was able to recover to fifth by the checkered flag. Micks came home with a three-second advantage over defending MOPAR Parts 300 winner Dave Whitlock in his Avenue / NMT Dodge. NTN Dodge driver Mark Dilley completed the podium finishers. Peter Gibbons started on the pole in the second Twin 100 and aside from lap 1 when outside front-row starter DJ Kennington nosed ahead at the start / finish line to lead a single lap, the Canadian Tire Chevy diver led every other lap en route to yet another Twin 100 victory during the MOPAR Parts 500 Weekend. Kennington’s Castrol Dodge finished second, almost four seconds back of Gibbons, while MOPAR Dodge driver Ron Beauchamp Jr. overcame earlier handling problems to record a third-place result after running as far back as ninth prior to the halfway point of the race. The results of Twin 100s locked in the remainder of the 25-car starting grid for Saturday night’s feature race at Race City. The MOPAR Parts 300 is scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. CASCAR SUPER SERIES UNOFFICIAL POINTS AS OF JULY 30, 2004: 1. #1 Peter Gibbons (1260 points); 2. #4 Don Thomson Jr. (1224); 3. #39 Dave Whitlock (1209); 4. #23 Jeff Lapcevich (1201); 5. #02 Kerry Micks (1188); 6. #64 Mark Dilley (1123); 7. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (1104); 8. #22 Scott Steckly (1080); 9. #17 DJ Kennington (1053); 10. #19 Brad Graham (1048); 11. #88 Dave Jacombs (1032); 12. #50 Pete Shepherd (1000); 13. #55 Rob Graham (977); 14. #84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (972); 15. #25 Jim Lapcevich (964) PHOTO: Don Thomson moved to the top of CASCAR's all-time Super Series pole qualifying list on Friday at Race City. CREDIT: G. MacPherson / Inside Track Motorsports News. Saturday, July 31, 2004 1:00 p.m. Spectator Gates Open at Race City Motorsport Park 5:00 6:00 p.m. CASCAR Driver Autograph Session 6:30 p.m. Driver Introductions 7:00 p.m. START: MOPAR Parts 300 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 RESULTS: MOPAR 500 Wkd. // Twin 100 Qualifying Sprint Race #1 Round #8 // July 30, 2004 // Race City Motorsport Park Calgary, AB // 100 Laps // ½-Mile, High-Banked Oval FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 5 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Power Water Ford Taurus 100 2 4 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) Avenue MotorWorks / NMT Dodge 100 3 2 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Dodge 100 4 3 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) ERB Group Pontiac Grand Prix 100 5 1 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 6 6 50 Pete Shepherd (Brampton, ON) R ATTO Dodge 100 7 10 3 Stu Robinson Jr. (Holland Landing, ON) R Snap-On Tools / General Electric Dodge 100 8 11 27 Dan Saunders (Edmonton, AB) Caltech Surveys Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 9 7 09 Trevor Seibert (Williams Lake, BC) Mobil 1 / McEwan’s Ford Taurus 99 10 13 38 Darren Turner (Kelowna, BC) James Western Star Sterling Chevrolet Monte Carlo 80 11 8 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. Pontiac Grand Prix 71 12 9 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Lou’s BBQ / Inroble / FAG Ford Taurus 29 13 12 53 Scott Kessler (Calgary, AB) Fountain Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 3 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. TIME OF RACE: 37 minutes and 29.7545.421 seconds // MARGIN OF VICTORY: 3.217 seconds // CAUTIONS: 2 for a total of 17 laps // LAP LEADERS: #4 Don Thomson (1-81) and #02 Kerry Micks (82-100) RESULTS: MOPAR 500 Wkd. // Twin 100 Qualifying Sprint Race #2 Round #8 // July 30, 2004 // Race City Motorsport Park Calgary, AB // 100 Laps // ½-Mile, High-Banked Oval FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 1 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire / Monroe Brakes Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 2 2 17 DJ Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol Canada Dodge 100 3 12 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Parts / Exide Dodge 100 4 6 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Tim Horton’s / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 5 9 11 Ron Van Es (Smithville, ON) R Star Van Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 6 3 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) R Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100 7 8 35 Kevin Dowler (Sherwood Park, AB) EMCO Ltd. Ford Taurus 100 8 7 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Retrocom Growth Fund / Fastline Chevrolet Monte Carlo 96 9 11 74 Dennis Masse (Lethbridge, AB) Auto Value Dodge 94 10 10 36 Jim White (Kamloops, BC) Kamloops Dodge Dodge 92 11 4 12 Ron Larson (Quesnel, BC) Northwest Engine Exchange / Tower Chrysler Dodge 88 12 5 55 Rob Graham (Bothwell, ON) R G-Dox / Doering Brown Monte Carlo 57 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. TIME OF RACE: 33 minutes and 16.941 seconds // MARGIN OF VICTORY: 3.766 seconds // CAUTIONS: 1 for a total of 6 laps // LAP LEADERS: #17 DJ Kennington (1) and #1 Peter Gibbons (2-100) CASCAR Super Series STARTING GRID: MOPAR Parts 300 Round #8 // July 31, 2004 // Race City Motorsport Park Calgary, AB // 300 Laps // ½-Mile, High-Banked Oval ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE 1 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire / Monroe Brakes Chevrolet Monte Carlo 3 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Power Water Ford Taurus 4 17 DJ Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol Canada Dodge 5 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) Avenue MotorWorks / NMT Dodge 6 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Parts / Exide Dodge 7 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Dodge 8 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Tim Horton’s / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 9 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) ERB Group Pontiac Grand Prix 10 11 Ron Van Es (Smithville, ON) R Star Van Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 11 50 Pete Shepherd (Brampton, ON) R ATTO Dodge 12 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) R Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 13 3 Stu Robinson Jr. (Holland Landing, ON) R Snap-On Tools / General Electric Dodge 14 35 Kevin Dowler (Sherwood Park, AB) EMCO Ltd. Ford Taurus 15 27 Dan Saunders (Edmonton, AB) Caltech Surveys Chevrolet Monte Carlo 16 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Retrocom Growth Fund / Fastline Chevrolet Monte Carlo 17 09 Trevor Seibert (Williams Lake, BC) Mobil 1 / McEwan’s Ford Taurus 18 74 Dennis Masse (Lethbridge, AB) Auto Value Dodge 19 38 Darren Turner (Kelowna, BC) James Western Star Sterling Chevrolet Monte Carlo 20 36 Jim White (Kamloops, BC) Kamloops Dodge Dodge 21 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. Pontiac Grand Prix 22 12 Ron Larson (Quesnel, BC) Northwest Engine Exchange / Tower Chrysler Dodge 23 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Lou’s BBQ / Inroble / FAG Ford Taurus 24 55 Rob Graham (Bothwell, ON) R G-Dox / Doering Brown Monte Carlo 25 53 Scott Kessler (Calgary, AB) Fountain Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. Contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 or visit www.cascar.sympatico.ca