AFTERNOON ENDS EARLY FOR THOMSON IN HOME HARDWARE CHEVY
BOWMANVILLE, ON - Don Thomson Jr. and the entire Home Hardware team were preparing for another strong run in round 2 of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series (NCATS) as the teams went road racing on the challenging circuit at Mosport International Raceway this past weekend. Sadly a number of mechanical issues would see their day end early.
Thomson has been a consistently strong runner at the world class Mosport circuit throughout his career. The Home Hardware Chevy was quick through both qualifying sessions and claimed the fifth starting spot on the grid. While that was good it was a little disappointing for the driver. “I think this is the first time since 1997 that I haven’t qualified on the front row,” said Thomson. “I need a little more steam to really challenge these guys.” An electrical problem was also found by the team during the pre race preparations.
Early on in the 200km race there seemed to be plenty of power under the hood of the Home Hardware Chevy, but other issues were getting in the way of Thomson moving up to the front of the field. “We had a clutch problem almost right from the start,” said the driver afterwards. “I knew if we were going to salvage any kind of finish we’d have to address it right away”. The Home Hardware team summoned the driver to pit road during an early caution period to try and diagnose the problem. After some quick work Thomson called crew chief Sandy Hamilton on the radio and said there were still problems and the team would have to work on the clutch issues all afternoon. Unfortunately they never really got the opportunity.
As Thomson worked hard to ease the strain on the battered clutch, more serious problems would later surface. During an extended green-flag run, motor problems would force the Home Hardware Chevy out, ending their afternoon on lap 30. “We’ll have to take the car apart to find the true cause of what happened but it’s certainly disappointing,” said Thomson. “I can’t say enough thanks to everybody for working as hard as they did with the troubles we had this weekend. We just have to regroup and we’ll be ready to go again in a couple of weeks,” he concluded.
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BOWMANVILLE, ON - Don Thomson Jr. and the entire Home Hardware team were preparing for another strong run in round 2 of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series (NCATS) as the teams went road racing on the challenging circuit at Mosport International Raceway this past weekend. Sadly a number of mechanical issues would see their day end early.
Thomson has been a consistently strong runner at the world class Mosport circuit throughout his career. The Home Hardware Chevy was quick through both qualifying sessions and claimed the fifth starting spot on the grid. While that was good it was a little disappointing for the driver. “I think this is the first time since 1997 that I haven’t qualified on the front row,” said Thomson. “I need a little more steam to really challenge these guys.” An electrical problem was also found by the team during the pre race preparations.
Early on in the 200km race there seemed to be plenty of power under the hood of the Home Hardware Chevy, but other issues were getting in the way of Thomson moving up to the front of the field. “We had a clutch problem almost right from the start,” said the driver afterwards. “I knew if we were going to salvage any kind of finish we’d have to address it right away”. The Home Hardware team summoned the driver to pit road during an early caution period to try and diagnose the problem. After some quick work Thomson called crew chief Sandy Hamilton on the radio and said there were still problems and the team would have to work on the clutch issues all afternoon. Unfortunately they never really got the opportunity.
As Thomson worked hard to ease the strain on the battered clutch, more serious problems would later surface. During an extended green-flag run, motor problems would force the Home Hardware Chevy out, ending their afternoon on lap 30. “We’ll have to take the car apart to find the true cause of what happened but it’s certainly disappointing,” said Thomson. “I can’t say enough thanks to everybody for working as hard as they did with the troubles we had this weekend. We just have to regroup and we’ll be ready to go again in a couple of weeks,” he concluded.
Release prepared by TL Sports & Entertainment
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