CASCAR - N#8 - Mosport SS Oval Preview

CASCAR Super Series
Mosport Speedway 200: Preview
August 4, 2005

Don Thomson Jr. leads the points as the CASCAR Super Series returns to 
Ontario for Saturday night’s Mosport Speedway 200

LONDON, ON - After a pair of races in Western Canada in late July, the 
CASCAR Super Series returns to Ontario this weekend for the Mosport 
Speedway 200. The Saturday, August 6 race is the eighth of 12 events on the 
2005 Super Series schedule featuring Canada’s top stock car drivers.
         When you think of CASCAR Super Series events at Mosport Speedway, 
the dominance that Don Thomson Jr. has displayed at the half-mile speedway 
over the years immediately comes to mind.
         The Home Hardware Chevy driver earned checkered flags at the 
Mosport oval in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2004. Thomson’s record of success at 
the Bowmanville, ON-area speedway doesn’t bode well for those currently 
chasing the Super Series points leader as he strives for his fifth CASCAR 
National championship in a row. Heading to Mosport, Thomson has a healthy 
61-point lead over two-time National champion Peter Gibbons.
         And while he’s only in third-place, the hottest driver on the 
CASCAR circuit is DJ Kennington of St. Thomas, ON. The Castrol Canada Dodge 
driver scored back-to-back wins to sweep the series’ western swing. And 
before that, he sat on the pole and led the way early in the CASCAR race at 
the Toronto Indy, until a flat tire took him out of contention for the win.
         Prior to last year, Kennington was a perennial Super Series 
championship contender. He’s now showing the form that put him among the 
series’ front-runners prior to his ‘off season’ in 2004. The Dodge driver’s 
dominant performances at Race City Motorsport Park and Sun Valley Speedway 
vaulted him from 10th to third in the National title hunt, with five points 
races remaining on the schedule. The young ‘Ironman’ of the CASCAR circuit 
has to make up 105 points on Thomson if he’s to win his first CASCAR crown.
         Time trials for the Mosport Speedway 200 take place starting at 
4:30 p.m. at the half-mile speedway. The green flag is scheduled to start 
the 200-lap feature event at 7:00 p.m.

CASCAR AT MOSPORT: The 2003 edition of the Mosport Speedway 200 is widely 
considered to be one of the best races in CASCAR history. On Aug. 23, 2003, 
Don Thomson started on the pole and battled with Kerry Micks throughout the 
entire 200 lap race.
         Officially, the pair swapped the lead an astounding 11 times. 
Unofficially, Thomson and Micks  who were also the two top points racers at 
the time  exchanged the top spot many more times than that, given that 
official lead changes are only recorded at the start/finish line. Thomson 
and Micks were the only two leaders during the entire event. Micks 
eventually took the lead for the final time on lap 190, and came home less 
than half-a-second in front of Thomson.

CASCAR NOTEBOOK: Last year’s CASCAR Super Series rookie of the year Pete 
Shepherd has made the cut to the final 12 at the Roush ‘Gong Show’. The 
Brampton, ON racer was part of the original group of 25 talented young 
racers who participated in a NASCAR Truck test at Martinsville Speedway.

CASCAR ON TV: 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:
MOSPORT SPEEDWAY 200
Bowmanville, Ontario // CASCAR Super Series Race #8 of 12

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 2005
2:30 p.m.       CASCAR Super Series Practice Session #1
3:15 p.m.       CASCAR Super Series Practice Session #2
4:30 p.m.       CASCAR Time Trials
5:45 p.m.       Super Series Driver Autograph Session
6:35 p.m.       CASCAR Driver Introductions
7:00 p.m.       START: MOSPORT SPEEDWAY 200


SUPER SERIES POINT STANDINGS: Top 15 after 7 events. As of August 4, 2005: 
1. #4 Don Thomson Jr. (1413 pts.); 2. #1 Peter Gibbons (1352); 3. #17 DJ 
Kennington (1308); 4. #02 Kerry Micks (1291); 5. #9 Mark Dilley (1289); 6. 
#39 Dave Whitlock (1275); 7. #19 Brad Graham (1257); 8. #84 J.R. 
Fitzpatrick (1253); 9. #60 Ron Beauchamp (1226); 10. #88 Dave Jacombs 
(1168); 11. #22 Scott Steckly (1130); 12. #10 Doug Brown (1102); 13. #37 
Tara MacLeod ® (1098); 14. #11 Ron VanEs (1080); 15. #3 Stu Robinson Jr. (1048)
® Denotes Rookie of the Year Competitor.

WESTERN SERIES POINT STANDINGS: Top 15 after 6 events. As of August 4, 
2005: 1. #35 Kevin Dowler (1309 pts.); 2. #30 Derek Polack (1238); 3. #79 
Wade Lee (1212); 4. #36 Jim White (1159); 5. #6 Todd Nichol (1119); 6. #21 
Jason White ® (1116); 7. #26 Shaun Polack (1092); 8. #69 Randy Kozek ® 
(924); 9. #14 James Van Domselaar (876); 10. #87 James Ward (828); 11. #31 
Sean Maltman (676); 12. #68 Shane Charlton (562); 13. #15 Mike Browne 
(542); 14. #96 Norman Hunger ® (512); 15. #27 Mark Derks (288)

POWERWATER SPORTSMAN SERIES POINT STANDINGS: Top 15 after 3 events. As of 
August 4, 2005: 1. #77 Dion Verhoeven (250); 2. #95 R Ron Lethbridge (244); 
3. #28 Steve Robblee (242); 4. #00 Steve Munro (239); 5. #32 Mike Alguire 
(237); 6. #6 Brad Graham (232); 7. #97 R Michael Gold (224); 8. #80 Mike 
Hryniuk (218); 9. #38 Ken Grubb (211); 10. #11 R Cole Weber (200); 11. #66 
R Josh Wood (199); 12. #91 Dean Fantin (192); 13. #81 Shawn McGlynn (184); 
14. #39 Kevin D'Amore (184); 15. #45 Bob Merrifield (183)