CASCAR - St-Eustache Whelen 200 Summary & Results
CASCAR Super Series
Whelen 200: Summary & Results
Race #2
Micks wins Whelen 200 CASCAR Super Series race at Montreal's Autodrome
St-Eustache
MONTREAL, QC - Kerry Micks took the lead on lap 118 of Saturday night's
Whelen 200 CASCAR Super Series race at Autodrome St-Eustache and showed the
way until taking the checkered flag at the conclusion of the 200-lap event
at the Montreal-area oval.
Micks, who hails from Mt. Albert, ON, lined up fifth in the 25-car
field and quickly started to move toward the front of the field. By lap 35,
the Power Water Taurus driver was running in third-place behind Dave
Whitlock and Don Thomson Jr.
Halfway through the race, Micks was all over Whitlock's Avenue
Motor Works / NMT Dodge; he made the winning pass a few minutes later as
the pair exited turn 4.
As the laps wound down, it appeared that Micks, Thomson (Home
Hardware Chevy) and Whitlock would take the top three positions. But it
wasn't to be. Whitlock was involved in a spin on lap 183 and after losing a
lap due to a 'stop & go' penalty, the Wyoming, ON racer made contact with
Thomson in the closing laps, which knocked the four-time and reigning
National champion off his stride and into a fourth-place finish.
The late-race battle between Whitlock and Thomson opened the door
for 2003 St-Eustache Super Series race winner DJ Kennington (Castrol Dodge)
and Delaware season-opener winner Ron Beauchamp Jr. (MOPAR / Exide / Mobil
1 Dodge Charger) to take second and third, respectively.
Following two races, Beauchamp leads the National points chase.
Thomson, who led briefly in the early laps of the Whelen 200, is second
after two events, ahead of Whitlock.
Canadian Tire Chevy driver Peter Gibbons sat on the pole for the
Whelen 200, after circling the 4/10-mile flat oval in 17.767 seconds. The
performance ended Gibbons' pole-qualifying drought, which went back to June
29, 2003 at Cayuga Speedway.
CASCAR SUPER SERIES POINTS AS OF JUNE 4, 2005 (UNOFFICIAL TOP 15): 1. #60
Ron Beauchamp Jr. (322 points); 2. #4 Don Thomson Jr. (309); 3. #39 Dave
Whitlock (299); 4. #9 Mark Dilley (292); 5. #02 Kerry Micks (278); 6. #1
Peter Gibbons (277); 7. #17 DJ Kennington (276); 8. #88 Dave Jacombs (270);
8. #14 John Fitzpatrick (270); 10. #25 Jim Lapcevich (262); 10. #23 Jeff
Lapcevich (262); 12. #42 Sean Stafford (248); 13. #19 Brad Graham (244);
14. #22 Scott Steckly (238); 15. #10 Doug Brown (232)
UPCOMING EVENTS: The CASCAR Western Series will take its second green flag
of the season next Saturday (June 11) at Bridge City Speedway in Saskatoon,
SK. The CASCAR Power Water Series kicks off its six-race season on
Saturday, June 18 at Mosport Speedway, northeast of Toronto. The following
day (June 19), Race #3 of the Super Series season takes place on the road
course at the legendary Mosport Int'l Raceway.
CASCAR ON TV: The MOPAR 250 from Delaware Speedway will air at 11:30 a.m.
on June 11 on SPORTSNET. For information regarding initial airings and
replays of Super Series races on SPORTSNET, please check your local
listings or visit http://www.cascar.ca/schedule/tv_schedule.html.
CASCAR Super Series
RESULTS: Whelen 200
Round #2 of 12 // June 4, 2005 // Autodrome St-Eustache
Montreal, QC // 200 Laps // 4/10-Mile, Flat Oval
FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS
1 5 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Power Water / APX /
CARSTAR Ford Taurus 200
2 4 17 DJ Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol Canada
Dodge 200
3 9 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Parts / Exide
/ Mobil 1 Dodge Charger 200
4 2 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware
Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
5 6 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Lou's BBQ Ford
Taurus 200
6 7 9 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) Dodge / Mobil 1 /
Exide / Power Water Dodge Charger 200
7 23 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) NAPA / Autopro
Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
8 10 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Latta Cranes
Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
9 11 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor
Frt. / Logel's Dodge Charger 200
10 1 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire
Corporation Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
11 22 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) Metro St-Laurent /
ERB Group Pontiac Grand Prix 200
12 24 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Fastline /
Tim Horton's / EMCEA Transport Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
13 13 42 Sean Stafford (Springfield, ON) L.E. Walker /
Mid-America Freight Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
14 3 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) Avenue Motor Works
/ NMT Dodge 199
15 17 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Fastline / EMCEA
Transport / Tim Horton's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199
16 15 8 Marc Miller (Holland, MI) R Carhartt Clothing
Dodge 199
17 25 37 Tara MacLeod (Innisfil, ON) R Central Merchant
Services Ford Taurus 195
18 14 11 Ron VanEs (Smithville, ON) Star Van Systems /
All Cover Chevrolet Monte Carlo 195
19 20 18 Chad McGlynn (Petersburg, ON) R Ultimate Garage
Ford Taurus 195
20 12 71 Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough, ON) Meyers
Transport / Peterborough Homes Dodge 170
21 16 3 Stu Robinson Jr. (Holland Landing, ON) Snap-On
Tools Dodge 157
22 8 50 Pete Shepherd (Brampton, ON) ATTO Dodge
Charger 147
23 19 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON) Midnight Sun /
Parkinson Tours / 820 CHAM Ford Taurus 128
24 21 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging
Chevrolet Monte Carlo 105
25 18 16 Andre Coursol (St-Jerome, QC) CARQUEST Chevrolet
Monte Carlo 1
R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.
TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 42 minutes and 53 seconds // MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.388
seconds // CAUTIONS: 10 for a total of 73 laps // LAP LEADERS: #1 Peter
Gibbons (Pole-16); #4 Don Thomson Jr. (17-21), #39 Dave Whitlock (22-117)
and #02 Kerry Micks (118-200).
