CASCAR - Toronto Indy Preview

CASCAR Super Series
Preview: ATTO 100 CASCAR Super Series Race
Molson Indy Toronto // July 8-10, 2005

CASCAR returns to the streets of Toronto for this weekend’s Molson Indy 
Toronto; Jeff Lapcevich sets his sights on his third T.O. Indy Super Series 
win in a row

LONDON, ON - This weekend, the CASCAR Super Series will make its seventh 
consecutive appearance as part of the Molson Indy Toronto race weekend. And 
for the first time ever, Canada’s top homegrown racing series will be part 
of the Sunday feature program at the temporary Exhibition Place street circuit.
         All of CASCAR’s drivers and teams are looking forward to 
participating in the Toronto Indy; one of Canada’s top motorsports 
extravaganzas. But none is more keen to get the race underway than Jeff 
Lapcevich, who is looking to Sunday afternoon’s ATTO 100 Super Series race 
to provide an opportunity for redemption.
         The Caistor Centre, ON racer won the 2003 and 2004 CASCAR Indy 
races on the streets of Toronto and was  until June 27 at Mosport Int’l 
Raceway  CASCAR’s unquestioned ‘king of the road racers’. But that changed 
when four-time National champ and current points leader Don Thomson (Home 
Hardware Chevy) edged Lapcevich en route to Mosport’s victory lane. The 
Fastline / Tim Hortons/ EMCEA Transport Chevrolet Monte Carlo driver is not 
taking the defeat lightly, to say the least.
         “After being beaten at Mosport, we’ve been thinking about what we 
can do to prevent that from happening again,” said Lapcevich, as he 
prepared for the Toronto race. “We certainly haven’t taken that loss 
sitting down. We’re making considerable changes and we hope to pick up 
again right where we left off last year in Vancouver.”
         In terms of specific changes his team has made in preparation for 
Toronto, Lapcevich doesn’t want to show his whole hand, but he said that 
his Fastline Motorsports team has acted to address some of the shortcomings 
that befell them at Mosport. “We worked on the horsepower because we were a 
little out-gunned at Mosport. We’re also doing some other things based on 
what we learned there. And I don’t think the big horsepower is as much of 
an advantage at the Toronto Indy as it is at Mosport. Toronto does have the 
big long straight, but it also has a lot more twisty sections, too. You 
need to be a little more graceful in Toronto and that suits our package a 
little better… I hope. Second is just no fun anymore.”
         And if he needed any more incentive to do well in Toronto, Jeff 
Lapcevich is still smarting from last weekend’s Super Series race at Barrie 
where he led briefly before being caught up in an incident with a lapped 
car. “I was working pretty hard for an oval victory last weekend at Barrie, 
but it didn’t happen for us. That was a pretty big disappointment, so we’re 
looking to get that win back in Toronto.”
         CASCAR has a half-hour practice session on Friday afternoon 
(starting at 4:45 p.m.), in advance Saturday’s lone qualifying session 
(6:00 p.m.  6:45 p.m.) to set the starting grid for the 36-lap, 100 km 
chase. The ATTO 100 CASCAR race is scheduled to take the green flag at 4:25 
p.m. on Sunday afternoon, following the ChampCar race.


CASCAR NOTEBOOK: Reigning CASCAR Western Series champ Kevin Dowler, driver 
of the EMCO Ford, swept both ends of the British Columbia doubleheader race 
weekend. On Saturday night, the Edmonton, AB racer won at Sun Valley Motor 
Speedway in Vernon. The next day, he completed the dream weekend by winning 
at Penticton Speedway (in Penticton, BC) after leading all but 14 laps of 
the 200-lap affair. Derek Polack came home in second place in both races… 
Three drivers are tied atop the leader board in terms of career CASCAR wins 
at the Molson Indy Toronto. Robin Buck, Kevin Dowler and Jeff Lapcevich 
each have three. Only Lapcevich is scheduled to compete in CASCAR’s seventh 
annual visit to the streets of Toronto.

CASCAR ON TV: The Dodge Charger 300 from Barrie Speedway airs Saturday, 
July 9 at 3:00 p.m. 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.


SCHEDULE:
ATTO 100 CASCAR SUPER SERIES RACE at the MOLSON INDY TORONTO

FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2005
4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.   CASCAR Super Series Practice

SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2005
1:00 p.m.       CASCAR Driver Autograph Session (Top 20 by Points)
6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.   CASCAR Qualifying Session

SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2005
4:25 p.m.       GREEN FLAG: ATTO 100 CASCAR SUPER SERIES FEATURE RACE


POINT STANDINGS:

CASCAR SUPER SERIES POINTS AFTER 4 EVENTS: (TOP 20): 1. #4 Don Thomson Jr. 
(Chevrolet / 643 points); 2. #9 Mark Dilley (Dodge / 609); 3. #39 Dave 
Whitlock (Dodge / 577); 4. #1 Peter Gibbons (Chevrolet / 574); 5. #02 Kerry 
Micks (Ford / 573); 6. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Dodge / 570); 7. #23 Jeff 
Lapcevich (Chevrolet / 541); 8. #17 DJ Kennington (Dodge / 540); 9. #14 
John Fitzpatrick (Chevrolet / 534); 9. #84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (Chevrolet / 
529); 11. #25 Jim Lapcevich (Chevrolet / 520); 12. #19 Brad Graham (Pontiac 
/ 518); 13. #88 Dave Jacombs (Ford / 496); 14. #71 Bryan Cathcart 
(Chevrolet / 492); 15. #37 R Tara MacLeod (Ford / 478); 16. #22 Scott 
Steckly (Pontiac / 476); 17. #42 Sean Stafford (Chevrolet / 464); 18. #3 
Stu Robinson (Dodge / 454); 19. #10 Doug Brown (Chevrolet / 444); 20. #18 R 
Chad McGlynn (Ford / 440)

CASCAR POWERWATER SPORTSMAN SERIES POINTS AFTER 2 EVENTS: (TOP 20): 1. #28 
Steve Robblee (Ford / 172); 2. #32 Mike Alguire (Pontiac / 159); 3. #00 
Steve Munro (Chevrolet / 152); 4. #6 Brad Graham (Dodge / 148); 5. #66 R 
Josh Wood (Pontiac / 144); 6. #95 R Ron Lethbridge (Dodge / 144); 7. #38 
Ken Grubb (Ford / 140); 8. #80 Mike Hryniuk (Pontiac / 139); 9. #77 Dion 
Verhoeven (Pontiac / 139); 10. #97 R Michael Gold (Dodge / 134); 11. #91 
Dean Fantin (Dodge / 132); 12. #11 R Cole Weber (Chevrolet / 128); 13. #09 
R Kent Nuhn (Pontiac / 126); 14. #12 Mark Patrick (Chevrolet / 124); 15. 
#02 R Scott O’Connor (Olds / 122); 16. #39 Kevin D'Amore (Dodge / 120); 17. 
#45 Bob Merrifield (Dodge / 118); 18. #36 R Alan Lebert (Pontiac / 116); 
19. #67 Scott Mitchell (Chevrolet / 114); 20. #53 R Todd Musker (Ford / 112)

CASCAR WESTERN SERIES POINTS AFTER 4 EVENTS: (TOP 20): To be released shortly.


Contact CASCAR at (519) 641-1214 or visit www.cascar.ca
Prepared by Inside Track Communications. // Contact: Greg MacPherson (416) 
561-2320 (cell).