CASCAR - N#1 - Barrie Rain Delay and Grid
Inclement weather delays the CASCAR Super Series season opener to Monday afternoon at Barrie Speedway TORONTO, ON – The start of the 2006 CASCAR Super Series season has been pushed back one day. The GO-RACING.CA 300 – originally scheduled for Sunday evening at Barrie Speedway – has been rescheduled to Monday afternoon by inclement weather. Spectator gates will open at 10:30 a.m. on Monday. The CASCAR driver autograph session will begin at 2:15 p.m. and the green flag is scheduled to fly at 3:15 p.m. Three Barrie Speedway home division support classes will race between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Five-time and current CASCAR Super Series champion Don Thomson Jr. demonstrated his intention to make it six in a row when he posted the fastest lap during Saturday afternoon’s time trial session to earn the pole position for the GO-RACING.CA 300. Brantford, ON racer Doug Brown was second fastest and will line up on the outside of the front row on Monday. On Saturday evening, the rest of the 25-car grid was determined via a pair of 50-lap sprint races. Don Thomson won the first, ahead of DJ Kennington and J.R. Fitzpatrick. In the second 50-lapper, veteran racer Kerry Micks passed Doug Brown in the late-going to earn the victory. Brad Graham was third in the second heat. UPDATED SCHEDULE: BARRIE SPEEDWAY (Barrie, Ontario) CASCAR Super Series // GO-RACING.CA 300 MONDAY, MAY 22, 2006 10: 30 a.m. Spectator Gates Open 11: 00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Home Division Features 2:15 p.m. CASCAR Driver Autograph Session 3:15 p.m. START: GO-RACING.CA 300 CASCAR ON TV: Catch the GO-RACING.CA 300 CASCAR Super Series season opener from Barrie Speedway on June 10 on SPORTSNET. For information regarding initial airings and replays of Super Series races, please check your local listings or visit http://www.cascar.ca/schedule/tv_schedule.html. CASCAR Super Series STARTING GRID: GO-RACING.CA 300 Round #1 // May 22, 2006 // Barrie Speedway Barrie, Ontario // 250 Laps // 1/3-mile tri-oval ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR(S) / MAKE 1 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) NAPA / AUTOPRO Chevrolet Monte Carlo 3 17 DJ Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol Dodge Charger 4 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Two-Tyme Recycling & Disposal Ford Taurus 5 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Milwaukee Tools Chevrolet Monte Carlo 6 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Logel’s Dodge Charger 7 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR / Mobil1 / Exide / Chrysler Jeep Dodge Service Dodge Charger 8 9 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) Dodge / Mobil 1 / Exide / Leland / Avenue M.W. / CRS Dodge Charger 9 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) NTN Bower / NMT Dodge Charger 10 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) ERB / AW Millwrights Dodge Charger 11 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 12 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Tim Hortons / EMCEA Transport Chevrolet Monte Carlo 13 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Lou's BBQ / CPS Flooring Ford Taurus 14 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 15 09 Kent Nuhn (Williamsford, ON) ® Nuhn Motorsports Pontiac Grand Prix 16 3 Jason Hathaway (Appin, ON) ® Snap-On Tools / Arctic Cat / Super 8 Dodge Charger 17 11 Ron VanEs (Smithville, ON) Star Van Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 18 77 Derek Lynch (Warkworth, ON) Berms-R-Us / JJ Stewart Motors Dodge Charger 19 18 Chad McGlynn (Petersburg, ON) McGlynn Motorsports Ford Taurus 20 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 21 71 Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough, ON) Mid-America Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 22 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) EMCEA Transport / Tim Hortons Chevrolet Monte Carlo 23 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Re/Max Preferred Team Dodge Charger 24 95 Ron Lethbridge (Barrie, ON) Canada Cash Advance Dodge Charger 25 12 Richard Durivage (Montreal, QC) MIAPOXY Chevrolet Monte Carlo ® after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.