CASCAR: Peterborough Summary & Results
CASCAR Super Series SUMMARY & RESULTS: Power Water 200 // Peterborough Speedway Thomson boosts points lead with win at Peterborough; his second CASCAR victory in as many weeks PETERBOROUGH, ON - After his drought-ending CASCAR Super Series win last week at Mosport, Don Thomson Jr. wasn’t about to wait another two years before making his next trip to victory lane. The Home Hardware Chevy driver started on the pole in Saturday night’s Power Water 200 at Peterborough Speedway and led twice for a total of 125 laps en route to his second win in as many weeks. Thomson passed race leader Peter Gibbons with 57 laps remaining in the 200-lap affair and cruised through traffic to reach the finish line over two seconds ahead of Gibbons’ Canadian Tire Chevy. The third and final podium position went to Power Water Taurus driver Kerry Micks, who came from 11th at the start and battled his way back toward the front after pitting for tires with 80 laps to go. After the race, Thomson attributed his success to the more aggressive approach he’s taken to the last two events, as well as to the team’s decision to pit early in the race for two right-side tires. “Like I said after Mosport, we’re going for it,” said Thomson. “And we were set on our strategy for the race, which was to pit earlier for good tires. I can’t say why we didn’t win races for the two years before Mosport, but this is a great time to get hot,” concluded Thomson, who left Peterborough with a 22-point lead over Gibbons in the Championship chase with a pair of events remaining (1725 to 1703). Not usually content to settle for second-place, Gibbons noted that he was involved in contact with another car earlier in the race that hurt his car’s handling for the rest of the night. Under better weather conditions, the Stouffville, ON racer might have pitted for a late charge, but with a light rain falling at various times during the race, Gibbons was reluctant to forfeit track position by pitting and then having the situation turn disastrous by a race-shortening downpour. As for Micks, the Mt. Albert, ON racer had the fastest car on track, at times, but his final pit stop didn’t improve his car’s handling and he advanced to third when Brad Graham’s engine expired with seven laps to go. DJ Kennington and Pete Shepherd rounded out the top five finishers in the Power Water 200. Shepherd was the top-finishing rookie racer at Peterborough. Round #11 of the CASCAR Super Series takes place next weekend at Delaware Speedway, near London. PETERBOROUGH NOTES: During time trials for the Power Water 200, Don Thomson earned his sixth pole of the season (in 10 events) when he lapped the high-banked, 1/3-mile Peterborough oval in a time of 14.261 seconds, which translated into 84.061 mph. The effort earned the Home Hardware Chevy driver the 20th pole of his Super Series career. Thomson became the all-time CASCAR leader in that category earlier this season… Former CASCAR regular Neil Fair made his second Super Series appearance of the season in Saturday’s Power Water 200… PHOTO: (l to r) Peter Gibbons (2nd), Don Thomson Jr. (1st) and Kerry Micks (3rd) finished on the podium following the Power Water 200 CASCAR Super Series race at Peterborough Speedway. CREDIT: G. MacPherson / Inside Track CASCAR SUPER SERIES POINTS AS OF AUG. 28, 2004: 1. #4 Don Thomson Jr. (1725 points); 2. #1 Peter Gibbons (1703); 3. #39 Dave Whitlock (1661); 4. #02 Kerry Micks (1610); 5. #23 Jeff Lapcevich (1578); 6. #64 Mark Dilley (1556); 7. #22 Scott Steckly (1506); 8. #17 DJ Kennington (1483); 9. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (1464); 10. #50 Pete Shepherd III (1417); 11. #19 Brad Graham (1408); 12. #84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (1384); 13. #55 Rob Graham (1337); 14. #25 Jim Lapcevich (1328); 15. #88 Dave Jacombs (1288) CASCAR ON TV: The MOPAR 300 from Calgary’s Race City Motorsports Park will air on SPORTSNET on Monday, August 30 at 7:00 p.m. This is a special 90-minute broadcast. For information regarding replays of this race and upcoming CASCAR Super Series race broadcasts on SPORTSNET, please check your local listings or visit http://www.cascar.ca/schedule/tv_schedule.html. CASCAR Super Series RESULTS: POWER WATER 200 Round #10 // August 28, 2004 // Peterborough Speedway Peterborough, ON // 200 Laps // 1/3-Mile, High-Banked Oval FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 1 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200 2 6 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire / Monroe Brakes Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200 3 11 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Power Water Ford Taurus 200 4 13 17 DJ Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol Canada Dodge 200 5 5 50 Pete Shepherd (Brampton, ON) R ATTO Dodge 200 6 9 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) ERB Group Pontiac Grand Prix 200 7 12 28 Steve Robblee (Dorchester, ON) Sunoco / Grogan Taurus 200 8 15 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) R Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199 9 7 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) Avenue Motor Works / NMT Dodge 198 10 16 42 Sean Stafford (Springfield, ON) Mid-America Freight Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 198 11 18 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Lou’s BBQ / Inroble / FAG Ford Taurus 198 12 19 3 Stu Robinson Jr. (Holland Landing, ON) R Snap-On Tools / General Electric Dodge 197 13 8 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Retrocom Growth Fund / Fastline Chevrolet Monte Carlo 197 14 23 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) A-Dor Construction Pontiac Grand Prix 197 15 10 55 Rob Graham (Bothwell, ON) R G-Dox / Doering Brown Monte Carlo 196 16 24 00 Steve Munro (Carp, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 195 17 25 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON) Parkinson Tours / 820 CHAM Ford Taurus 193 18 2 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks / Logel’s Pontiac Grand Prix 191 19 4 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Dodge 190 20 3 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Tim Horton’s / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 166 21 21 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Bolt-On Performance Chevrolet Monte Carlo 156 22 22 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Parts / Exide Dodge 134 23 20 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Fairway / Two-Way Dodge 86 24 14 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) NAPA / Autopro Chevrolet Monte Carlo 76 25 17 71 Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough, ON) www.berms-r-us.com Chevrolet Monte Carlo 9 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 19 minutes and 51 seconds // MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.215 seconds // CAUTIONS: 8 for a total of 60 laps // LAP LEADERS: #4 Don Thomson Jr. (1-68), #02 Kerry Micks (69-129), #1 Peter Gibbons (130-142) and #4 Thomson (143-200).