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CASCAR: Carl Harr wins second of 2000 with late pass at Quesnel

12 July 2000

QUESNEL, BC  - Carl Harr won his second CASCAR Castrol Super Series West
race of the season, on Saturday night at Gold Pan Speedway in Quesnel, BC.
The Edmonton, AB Chevrolet Monte Carlo racer started fourth in the OK Tire
150 and hounded Kevin Dowler  who led the first 129 laps  for most of the
race until making the winning pass on the backstraight on lap 130.
	From there, Dowler had his hands full keeping his Ford Quality Care
Service Taurus ahead of the third-running Don Sales, which allowed Harr to
stretch out his winning margin to almost 2.5 seconds by the conclusion of
150 laps. Dowler and Sales (Skoal Inc. Chevy) completed the podium finishers.
	Based on the finish, Carl Harr moves to the top of the unofficial CASCAR
Castrol Super Series West point standings. The Chevy driver holds a slim
lead over Dowler. Dan Shirley, who entered the race in the lead, fell to
third in the standings following his eighth-place result.

OK Tire 150 Notes: During qualifying for the OK Tire 150, heat victories
went to Charlie Kirton and Trevor Seibert... As a tribute to Winston Cup
driver Kenny Irwin, who was killed in a practice incident in New Hampshire
the day before the CASCAR race, the drivers waited 42 seconds after
receiving the command to start their engines before firing up their cars.
Irwin drove the #42 Chevrolet on NASCAR’s top circuit... Carl Harr was
quickest during time trials for the event, lapping the 1/4-mile oval in
just 14.723 seconds, which was well under the existing track record of
15.162. In all, nine drivers bested the previous mark.

by Inside Track Communications.