Turner on pole for Sunday's CASCAR Cayuga 250
27 June 1999
NELLES CORNERS, ON - Time trials and qualifying heat races for Sunday's Cayuga 250 CASCAR Castrol Super Series East event were held on Saturday at Cayuga Speedway. The 5/8-mile oval, located south of Hamilton, ON, will see Sunday's 250 lap feature race commence at 2:15 p.m. Barrie, ON racer Al Turner bounced back from a sluggish start to his '99 season by grabbing the pole, during time trials. The Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Dodge driver timed in with a lap of 22.004 seconds, to nudge fellow Barrie resident Mark Dilley - who will start on the outside of the front row - off the pole by 3/1000ths of a second. A total of 39 drivers attempted to qualify for the Cayuga 250; the fifth Eastern Super Series race of the season. During subsequent heat races, checkered flags went to Robin Buck, John Fitzpatrick, Alex Nagy and Brad Jacques. Brad Braham won the Final Qualifiers' race. CASCAR Castrol Super Series (Eastern Series) Starting Grid: Cayuga 250 / June 27, 1999 / Round 5 Cayuga Speedway / Nelles Corners, Ontario (Hamilton) Pos. Car# Driver Sponsor / Make 1 76 Alan Turner (Barrie, ON) Blue Streak Hygrade Motor Products Dodge 2 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings / Herbrand Tools Ford Taurus 3 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 4 17 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol Canada Dodge 5 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire / Slick 50 / Chevrolet Monte Carlo 6 28 Steve Robblee (Dorchester, ON) Texaco-Havoline / Grogan Ford / R.A.D. Ford Taurus 7 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) Mopar Performance Parts / Mr. Sub Dodge 8 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. Chevrolet Monte Carlo 9 77 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Loctite Chevrolet Monte Carlo 10 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Ford Fast Lane / Snap On Tools Ford Taurus 11 90 Brad Jacques (Mt. Brydges, ON) Exide / Prestone / Wharncliffe Dodge 12 67 Derrick Tiemersma (Newmarket, ON) Linda Jones Motorsports Mktg. Pontiac Grand Prix 13 66 Robin Buck (Oakville, ON) UAP / NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix 14 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Nabisco / Planet Snak Chevrolet Monte Carlo 15 93 Alex Nagy (Brantford, ON) Charlie's Soap / Racetech Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 16 31 Kelly Williams (Inglewood, ON) Cdn. Auction Group / PPG / Inside Track Ford Taurus 17 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) AW Millwrights / Erb Int'l Pontiac Grand Prix 18 74 Duke Sawchuk (Emeryville, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 19 98 Dave Whitlock (Petrolia, ON) Ford Quality Care Ford Taurus 20 8 Ted McIntyre (Windsor, ON) Mopar Accessories / Drive Quest Dodge 21 97 Rob Neely (Milton, ON) Champion Spark Plugs Dodge 22 52 Bill Rowse Jr. (Corunna, ON) Valvoline Chevrolet Monte Carlo 23 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) Autopro / Bicknell Racing Prod. Pontiac Grand Prix 24 04 Andy Farr (Chesterfield, MI) De Walt Dodge 25 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Tim Hortons / Discovery Ford Taurus 26 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Remax / Nat'l Comm. Jordan / E. Schmidt Dodge 27 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Speedy Muffler Svc. / Central Precision Ford Taurus 28 6 Ron VanEvery (Ohsweken, ON) Ohsweken Speedway / M&A Auto Chevrolet Monte Carlo 29 03 Tim Schmidt (Walkerton, ON) Ford Taurus 30 41 John Tsoumaris (Toronto, ON) John's Unique Auto Chevrolet Monte Carlo 31 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Media Link Pontiac Grand Prix 32 5 Nik Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Weldco Welding Products Chevrolet Monte Carlo 33 51 Al Long (Ottawa, ON) Union Energy Chevrolet Monte Carlo 34 94 Mark Graham (Odessa, ON) Jumbo Video Chevrolet Monte Carlo 35 99 Scott Watkins (Milton, ON) Johnny Bower Goaltending School Pontiac Grand Prix 36 57 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 37 96 Bill Darmon (St. Joachim, ON) Razor Performance / Organ Donor Assoc. Pontiac Grand Prix 38 18 Chad McGlynn (Kitchener, ON) Interstate Batteries Ford Taurus
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