CASCAR Sportsman Series - Race #2 Barrie Summary &
Results
CASCAR Sportsman Series
MOPAR 100 @ Barrie Speedway: Summary & Results
For more information contact CASCAR's Toronto office at (416) 531-4714
For immediate release / July 2, 2006
Alguire joins CASCAR winners' club with a victory in the MOPAR 100 CASCAR
Sportsman Series race at Barrie Speedway
BARRIE, ON - Although he'd been close on several occasions in the past,
CASCAR Sportsman Series driver Mike Alguire had never won a series feature
race until Sunday afternoon, at Barrie Speedway. The London, ON racer broke
through with a victory in the MOPAR 100 during CASCAR's MOPAR Canada Day
Weekend at the 1/3-mile tri-oval.
Alguire lined up fourth in the field of 12 starters and took the
lead on lap 39 of the 100-lap race when hometown favourite Ron Lethbridge
dropped out with engine trouble. From there, Alguire survived a spirited
late-race onslaught by defending series champion Dion Verhoeven, who took
second at the checkered flag. Kitchener, ON racer Shawn McGlynn earned the
final podium position in the MOPAR 100.
After the race, Alguire was excited and relieved to have finally
tasted victory. "It feels awesome. We've been close a couple of times,
especially last year at Peterborough, so when that last caution came out
today, I didn't need to see that. Dion [Verhoeven] was pushing me hard, but
to his credit, when he got me sideways, he backed off and let me get
straight. I've raced with Dion for a lot of years and there isn't a better
guy to race with. He made me work for the win and we're really, really
happy," concluded Alguire, who credited former Sportsman Series champion
and current Super Series competitor Brad Graham for helping him to prepare
the winning #32 A-DOR Construction Pontiac Grand Prix for the race.
The CASCAR Sportsman Series will return to Barrie Speedway for its
next race, on August 19. Following two races, Dion Verhoeven leads the
points chase by a single point over Mike Alguire (165-164). Carp, ON racer
Steve Munro is in third-place, with 154 points.
PHOTO: Mike Alguire won his first-ever CASCAR Sportsman Series race when he
took the checkered flag in the MOPAR 100 at Barrie Speedway on Sunday
afternoon. (CREDIT: Dave Franks)
CASCAR SPORTSMAN SERIES
RESULTS: MOPAR 100 at Barrie Speedway
Race #2 // July 2, 2006 // Barrie, ON // 100 Laps
FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS
1 4 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) A-DOR Construction
Pontiac Grand Prix 100
2 3 77 Dion Verhoeven (Kerwood, ON) McRoberts Fuels
Pontiac Grand Prix 100
3 2 81 Shawn McGlynn (Kitchener, ON) McGlynn Motorsports
Ford Taurus 100
4 5 00 Steve Munro (Carp, ON) Mattel Hot Wheels Chevrolet
Monte Carlo 100
5 7 11 Cole Weber (New Hamburg, ON) Haffner Motors /
Harman Dodge Charger 98
6 8 82 Dave Connelly (Arnprior, ON) Maple Leaf Foods
Dodge Charger 97
7 9 48 Doug Cathcart (Richmond, ON) Cathcart Mechanical
Performance Pontiac Grand Prix 97
8 11 67 Scott Mitchell (St. Catharines, ON) Martindale
Dental Chevrolet Monte Carlo 97
9 10 20 Dave Didero (Ancaster, ON) Mid-America
Motorsports Chevy Monte Carlo 96
10 12 36 Alan Lebert (Stony Point, ON) Al's Yardworks
Pontiac Grand Prix 94
11 1 95 Ron Lethbridge (Barrie, ON) Cash Advance / The
Fuel Genie Dodge Charger 39
12 6 7 Joey McColm (Ajax, ON) R Pontiac Grand
Prix 24
R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.
TIME OF RACE: 29 minutes and 48.521 seconds // MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.319
seconds // CAUTIONS: 2 for a total of 11 Laps // LAP LEADER: #95 Ron
Lethbridge (1-38), #32 Mike Alguire (39-100)
Contact CASCAR's Toronto Office at (416) 531-4714 or visit www.cascar.ca
Prepared by Inside Track Communications. // Contact: Greg MacPherson (416)
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