CASCAR - N#4 - Sun Valley Preview

CASCAR: Sun Valley Speedway - Event Preview
CASCAR western swing kicks off this weekend at BC’s Sun Valley Speedway

TORONTO, ON – This weekend, the CASCAR Super Series will make its 
second-ever appearance at Sun Valley Speedway. Canada’s top stock car 
series will be the centerpiece of a busy weekend of racing action at the 
scenic half-mile tri-oval, located in Vernon, British Columbia.
                 In addition to Sunday afternoon’s 300-lap feature race, 
the schedule will also include a pair of 100-lap qualifying sprint races on 
Saturday evening. The race at Sun Valley race is the first of two CASCAR 
‘crossover events,’ to be held on consecutive weekends in western Canada. 
The second takes place the following weekend at the Grand Prix of Edmonton.
                 As well as being full CASCAR Super Series National 
Championship points events, these special crossover races are also CASCAR 
Flo~Pro.com Western Series full points events. The ‘race within a race’ 
format adds extra drama, as the Western Series competitors will do battle 
against the top National drivers, and each other, at the same time.
                 Heading to Sun Valley, Milwaukee Tools Chevy driver J.R. 
Fitzpatrick leads the CASCAR Super Series points for the first time in his 
career. The Ayr, ON resident is riding high after winning his first-ever 
CASCAR feature race, two weekends ago, in the MOPAR Canada Day 300 at 
Barrie Speedway. Fitzpatrick will undoubtedly have a good feeling about Sun 
Valley, too, as he earned a checkered flag there during his 100-lap 
qualifying sprint race in 2005.
                 Another driver hoping to recapture the magic from last 
summer is Castrol Dodge Charger driver DJ Kennington. The St. Thomas, ON 
racer caught fire during CASCAR’s western swing with victories at Sun 
Valley Speedway in his 100-lap sprint race, as well as in the 300-lap 
feature race. Those wins came on the heels of his checkered flag 
performance at Calgary’s Race City Speedway, a week earlier. Kennington’s 
western tear launched him into contention for the championship in 2005, and 
set the stage for his stunning late-season charge to third in the points.
                 And while drivers like Fitzpatrick and Kennington have 
enjoyed success at the Vernon, BC facility, they can’t hold a candle to 
five-time Western Series champion Kevin Dowler, driver of the EMCO Taurus. 
The Sherwood Park, AB racer has earned numerous victories at Sun Valley 
Speedway, most recently on June 10 of this year. Dowler finished ninth in 
last year’s CASCAR Super Series results at Sun Valley, while collecting 
maximum points for being the top finishing Flo~Pro.com Western Series in 
the field.
                 “We love racing at Sun Valley,” said Dowler, who is 
currently leading the Western Series points chase, in what he has declared 
to be his final season behind the wheel. “I think we’re about seven for 10 
in terms of feature wins in races we’ve participated in there. We won our 
last race there (in June), and at the end of last season, we collected our 
fifth CASCAR Western Series championship at Sun Valley. So it’s safe to say 
that we feel good about heading there again.”
                 CASCAR time trials will take place starting at 6 p.m. on 
Saturday, to be followed by the Twin 100 Qualifying Sprint Races at 7 p.m. 
and a full slate of local feature races at 8:45 p.m. Sunday’s 300-lap 
feature race at Sun Valley Speedway will take the green flag at 2 p.m.

PIT STOP DEMONSTRATIONS: In advance of this weekend’s racing activities at 
Sun Valley Speedway, a series of pit stop demonstrations are being held at 
various locations in the region. The first takes place Thursday afternoon 
(July 13 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.) at Zimmer Wheaton Pontiac Buick in 
Kamloops, BC. On Friday, the demonstrations will take place at Interior 
Truck & Trailer in Kelowna, BC (from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.), and in the parking 
lot adjacent to Watkin Motors in Vernon, BC (from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.)


SCHEDULE: SUN VALLEY SPEEDWAY (Vernon, British Columbia)
CASCAR Super Series

SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006
5:00 p.m.                                       Spectator Gates Open
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.                  CASCAR Super Series Time Trials
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.                  CASCAR Super Series Twin 100 
Qualifying Sprint Races
8:45 p.m.                                       Sun Valley Speedway Home 
Division Feature Races

SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006
12:30 p.m.                                     Spectator Gates Open
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.                        CASCAR Super Series Driver 
Autograph Session
1: 30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.                 Opening Ceremonies & Driver 
Introductions
2:00 p.m.                                       START: CASCAR SUPER SERIES 
300 LAP FEATURE RACE

CASCAR ON TV: Catch the MOPAR Canada Day 300 presented by the Dodge Dealers 
of Ontario from Barrie Speedway on Saturday, July 15 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.

POINT STANDINGS: CASCAR SUPER SERIES: After 3 Events (Top 15): 1. #84 J.R. 
Fitzpatrick (542 pts.); 2. #22 Scott Steckly (534); 3. #10 Doug Brown 
(513); 4. #02 Kerry Micks (506); 4. #39 Dave Whitlock (506); 6. #4 Don 
Thomson Jr. (505); 7. #17 DJ Kennington (480); 8. #19 Brad Graham (477); 9. 
#9 Mark Dilley (475); 10. #25 Jim Lapcevich (473); 11. #60 Ron Beauchamp 
Jr. (470); 12. #1 Peter Gibbons (464); 13. #3 Jason Hathaway (452); 14. #14 
John Fitzpatrick (439); 15. #93 Joe Goncalves (414)

POINT STANDINGS: CASCAR FLO~PRO.COM WESTERN SERIES: After 2 Events (Top 
15): 1. #35 Kevin Dowler (325); 2. #36 Jim White (320); 3. #71 Daryl Harr 
(307); 4. #30 Derek Polack (301); 5. #6 Todd Nichol (290); 6. #87 James 
Ward (278); 7. #21 Jason White (275); 8. #2 Carl Harr (268); 9. #26 Shawn 
Polack (264); 10. #79 Wade Lee (262); 11. #96 Norm Hunger (254); 12. #48 
Chris Dennis (252); 12. #42 Lyle Paulson (252); 13. #24 Scott Dennis (247); 
14. #11 Marty White (244); 14. #86 Shawn Press (244); 14. #76 Dale Biesick 
(244); 14. #31 Shawn Maltman (244)

POINT STANDINGS: CASCAR SPORTSMAN SERIES: After 2 Events: 1. #77 Dion 
VerHoeven (165); 2. #32 Mike Alguire (164); 3. #00 Steve Munro (154); 4. 
#81 Shawn McGlynn (150); 5. #11 Cole Weber (147); 6. #95 Ron Lethbridge 
(140); 7. #20 Dave DiDiero (136); 8. #67 Scott Mitchell (136); 9. #82 Dave 
Connelly (136); 10. #48 R Doug Cathcart (135); 11. #36 Alan Lebert (133); 
12. #07 R Joey McColm (127); 13. #66 Josh Wood (64)


Contact CASCAR’s Toronto Office at (416) 531-4714 or visit www.cascar.ca
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