Micks retains BDI funding for entire NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

MT. ALBERT, ONTARIO (June 29, 2007) – BDI (Beyond Digital Imaging Inc.) will continue to supply primary sponsorship of Kerry Micks and the #02 Ford Taurus in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series for the remainder of the season. The Micks Motorsports team welcomes its associate sponsorship with Nur America and HP Canada.

"We are very happy with the hard work and determination that Micks Motorsports has shown in these first three races of the season,” said Beyond Digital Imaging Inc.’s Director of Performance Graphics, Court Armstrong. BDI is Canada's leading digital printing company and an official partner and licensee of NASCAR in Canada.

"Kerry and his group are one of the hardest-working teams in the paddock and that means a lot to us,” added Armstrong. “His hard work and ‘never give up’ attitude is a testament to the team’s excellent performance last season, and with this new funding the team will be poised to hit the podium without having to hunt for sponsors."

“I'm very excited to continue with our long-standing relationship with Beyond Digital Imaging for the remainder of the 2007 season,” explained Micks, from Mt. Albert, Ontario. “This sponsorship agreement allows our team to commit to running the full NASCAR Canadian Tire schedule. Our first two races were not very successful but our team is determined to take BDI to the winners circle before this season is finished."

Beyond Digital Imaging Inc. (BDI), Canadian Detailing Services, Cathcart Trucking and APX Racing Gear and Incentives Inc. 3M, Nur America, Canada are sponsors of Micks Motorsports.

About Kerry Micks:
Micks 45, of Mount Albert, Ontario, was the 1993 CASCAR Super Series National Champion, and he finished the 2006 season in third position with four top-three podium finishes, including a win at Mosport International Raceway and the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve road course in downtown Montreal.

In 2006, Micks collected three poles, including the Grand-Prix de Trois-Rivières, Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, and Autodrome St-Eustache. He also captured second place finishes at the Grand Prix of Edmonton and Mosport Speedway.

From Micks Motorsports by Bruce Melhenbacher

NCATS: PODIUM FINISH FOR DON THOMSON JR IN HOME HARDWARE CHEVY

Don Thomson Jr. and the entire Home Hardware team knew they would have to be at their best to secure a top finish at one of the most challenging short tracks on the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series (NCATS) schedule, the tight 1/3 mile bullring known as Barrie Speedway. And despite setbacks due to other driver’s misfortune, Thomson was able to claim his second podium finish of the season.

As usual the Home Hardware Chevrolet was very quick during practice as Don Thomson Jr. was on top of the time sheets during both one hour sessions. “The car felt good, but you know me I’d always like a little more” he stated. “But the car is good and we should be fine for the race he added. Thomson would post the fourth quickest qualifying time and start from the outside of row two.

Through the early stages of the race, the drivers appeared to be keeping their cool. It’s easy to get into difficulty at a tight track like Barrie, but through the early stages of the race the drives appeared to be keeping their cool. How quickly things can change. Unfortunately Thomson would get caught up in an early incident between two other drivers. Fortunately the #4 car sustained no serious damage.

Following a pit stop for tires and fuel that shuffled the Home Hardware Chevy to the back of the field Thomson was again collected in other drivers incidents. “It’s all about survival” said the Home Hardware Chevy driver prior to the 300 lap main event. At this point Thomson decided to make a bold move. “I told the team that I wanted to stop for right side tires, and that I wasn’t stopping again”. The strategy worked.

The remainder of the race would be slowed often by caution periods. As the laps wound down Thomson and the Home Hardware Chevy were battling hammer and tong with the #17 car. The two drivers would swap the lead six separate times through the evening providing some of the most exciting and clean racing seen this year. “It was really some great racing” said Thomson afterwards. “Battling that close for that long is really exciting. Their team did a great job and I congratulate them. But for us to come to Barrie and get collected a couple of times, we’ve got to be happy with a third place finish.

The NASCAR Canadian Tire series will return to action with a swing through Western Canada beginning at Sun Valley Speedway near Vernon, BC on July 15th. The NCATS run a twelve event schedule on ovals, road courses and temporary street circuits across Canada. Each of the twelve races will also be broadcast on TSN. For information about the NCATS including schedule, results and more, log onto www.nascar.ca

This release prepared by TL Sports & Entertainment

Pierre Bourque Ready to Hit the Road (Course) at Watkins Glen

Busch East Driver Will Drive Porsche for The Racers Group This Weekend

CONCORD, NC (July 2007) – Lately, Pierre Bourque has been making headlines in the NASCAR Busch East Series and the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, behind the wheel of Dodge Charger racecars. Generally speaking, he’s been getting plenty of practice turning left as the majority of both tour schedules are on oval tracks.

This coming weekend though, Bourque will return to his racing roots in a full-blown road racing machine on the road course at Watkins Glen International. Bourque will drive a Porsche for The Racers Group in Saturday’s three-hour KONI Challenge event.

"I am thrilled to be re-joining Kevin Buckler's Team TRG,” said Bourque. “They are ultra-competitive and are the consummate professionals. Earlier this year, I ran for them in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, where I finished 12th in the GT class and won the Hard Charger Award for most passes during the race."

This will be Bourque’s first event at Watkins Glen, but he already has made plans to return to the track later this summer when the NASCAR Busch Series competes there on August 11th.

"I've never raced at Watkins Glen, but since I will be doing the NASCAR Busch Series race there in August for Fitz Motorsports, I figured this would be a perfect opportunity to do some serious sports car racing in the Grand-Am KONI Challenge, but to also get in a lot of track time in advance of the Busch race.

"The deal came together quickly. I met with Kevin when he was at Mosport a couple of weeks ago when both the KONI series and my NASCAR Canadian Tire Series were together. From there things just clicked and so I will be running the #42 DRIVING.CA-CANADA.COM-WORKING.COM-DOSE.CA TRG Porsche this coming weekend at Watkins Glen."

The Supercuts 200 for the Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series will take the green flag at 3:30 PM on Saturday, July 7th.

Race fans will now have a new tool to keep up with Bourque’s busy racing schedule. His new website, www.pierrebourque.net has been launched. The site features all kinds of news, results and background information on the Canadian race driver, as well as a number of multimedia goodies for race fans. Be sure to check Bourque’s new site out, as well as his primary sponsor’s website, Driving.ca.

“I am as passionate about motorsports as my primary sponsor Driving.ca is about motoring. Driving.ca is a fantastic website for people looking to research a new vehicle purchase, learn about the latest industry developments, or follow the very latest in racing. We're both all about passion, which makes Driving.ca and perfect match for me."

For more information on Pierre Bourque, please contact Mike Twist at (207) 590-1786 or (207) 499-2565 and be sure to check out the all-new www.PierreBourque.net

Star Mazda Toronto Preview

Three Canadian drivers, all rookies, each with one win so far this season, will be among the rising stars of open wheel racing competing in Round Seven of the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear race at the Steelback Grand Prix of Toronto, July 6 – 8.

This will be the first of three Star Mazda races in Canada over the next two months, including Trois Rivierès, Quebec (where Star Mazda is the feature race) on August 18-19, and at Mosport in Bowmanville with the American Le Mans Series on August 24-25.

Heading the list is Toronto’s own Marco Di Leo, driver of the #21 Maxwell Paper Products Mazda. Di Leo was the 2006 Skip Barber National Championship runner-up, 2005 Skip Barber Scholarship winner, Team Sunoco Ultra 94 member and F2000 Bridgestone Series champion. He won the Star Mazda season-opener in Sebring and is currently third in the championship battle with 190 points. He finished 7th in Round Six two weeks ago at Cleveland.

Second is Burnaby B.C.’s Lorenzo Mandarino, driver of the #23 Newway Forming/Team G.FRO Mazda and race winner at Round Four in Salt Lake City. Mandarino had a tough weekend in Cleveland, finishing 18th, but is currently 6th in the Star Mazda Championship with 165 points. Mandarino was the 2005 SKUSA (Super Karts USA) Supernational Winner in the Super Pro class and an 11-time karting champion since 1996.

Devin Cunningham of St. Bruno, Quebec, won the 2006 Discovery Channel competition, called ‘Star Racer,’ designed to find the next great Canadian racing driver. The 8-part docu-reality series aired last fall and Cunningham is now making the most of his prize, a full-season sponsorship in the 2007 Star Mazda Championship. He won Round Five of the Star Mazda Championship in Portland driving the #33 Discovery Channel/AIM Autosport Mazda and is currently 8th in the championship with 163 points.

Also of note in the Star Mazda field is Natacha Gachnang, a native of St. Gingolph, Switzerland currently living in Toronto. She is Devin Cunningham’s teammate on the AIM Autosport team, driving the #35 AIM Autosport Mazda. Gachnang is the lone female driver in the Star Mazda Championship and has made series history by finishing on the podium in the last two races (2nd at Portland and 3rd at Cleveland). Gachnang was the 2001 Swiss junior karting champion and raced in the European Formula BMW series 2002 – 2005, moving up to Formula 3 in 2006. She joined the Star Mazda series at Salt Lake City and Toronto will be her fourth Star Mazda race.

It should be noted that Toronto-based AIM Autosport is the home of Team A.I.M. (Apprenticeship In Motorsport), a not-for-profit organization that fosters the development of Canadian youth in the motorsport industry and works to nurture the motorsport industry, find partnership opportunities for young racing apprentices and to grow the pool of apprentices in Canada. AIM alumni include Indy 500 winner Sam Hornish, Champ Car racer Andrew Ranger.

Also a prime contender for victory in Toronto will be current championship points leader Dane Cameron of Sonoma, California. Cameron has won two races and scored three pole positions so far this season and leads the championship with 218 points. Cameron started from the pole and finished 2nd in Cleveland. In 2006, Cameron drove in the Formula Ford 2000 series and finished second in both Toronto races (all FF2000 events were ‘double headers’) on his way to finishing 2nd in the championship and being ‘Rookie of the Year.’ As a Team USA Scholarship driver, he won the 2006 Palmer Audi Winter Championship in Europe. In 2005 Cameron was the SCCA Formula Jim Russell Series champion and Rookie of the Year.

An interesting side note is that the Star Mazda Championship is something of a ‘United Nations of Racing’ with drivers not only from around the U.S. and Canada, but also, Venezuela, Switzerland, Pakistan, England and the Philippines.

And the series demonstrates another aspect of democracy with special categories for drivers who don’t fit the ‘young lion’ category. The Expert Series is for drivers in the 30 to 44 age range, and the current points leader is Tony Rivera with 92. In the Masters Series category for racers 45 and older, Steve Hickham leads with 86 points.

And here’s the story on what they’re all fighting for; forty years ago, on May 31, 1967, Mazda introduced the first street car with a rotary engine, the Cosmo Sport. Since then, they’ve built two million rotary-engined vehicles and the company has built its very identity on the idea of Zoom-Zoom and every vehicle they produce having the soul of a sports car.

In pursuit of that ideal, Mazda has created a unique, company-sponsored ‘motorsports ladder’ that reaches all the way from karting to Champ Car. This year’s Star Mazda series champion will receive a Mazda-sponsored full-season drive for 2008 in the next series up the ladder, the Cooper Tires Presents The Champ Car Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda. And the 2008 winner of the Atlantic Championship gets a $2 million sponsorship to help them move up to Champ Car.

So… they’rre racing for their dream, and for the opportunity of a lifetime. And it all begins on Friday, July 6 with a 70-minute practice session starting at 8:00 am. Racers will also have a 30-minute practice session starting at 5:00 pm. The 35-minute qualifying session to set the starting grid for the race takes place at 8:00 am Saturday morning. The 45-minute Star Mazda Championship race is scheduled to take the green flag at 3:30 pm Saturday, July 7.

Toronto is the seventh round of the 12-race 2007 Star Mazda Championship schedule. Star Mazda races are broadcast tape-delayed on SPEED TV. Date and time (all times stated are Eastern and subject to change) for the one-hour broadcast is available at www.speedtv.com/programs. The Toronto race is scheduled to air on Saturday, July 21 at 12:00 pm with a re-broadcast on Monday, July 23 at 3:00 pm.

The next event on the Star Mazda schedule is at Road America, with the American Le Mans Series, on August 10 – 11. Foor additional information please visit www.starmazda.com and www.mazdausa.com.

From Star Mazda

NCATS: CENTENNIAL CHRYSLER RACER JOHN GAUNT COMES HOME SEVENTH IN SUNDAY’S MOPAR 300 AT HIS HOMETRACK BARRIE SPEEDWAY

BARRIE, ON – If anyone knows how tough it can be to race at Barrie Speedway, it’s John Gaunt. Before turning his attention to the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in 2007, the driver of the #12 Centennial Chrysler-sponsored Dodge Avenger spent his Saturday nights in recent years doing battle at the high-banked, 1/3-mile tri-oval, located north of Barrie, Ontario.

Gaunt qualified 15th fastest in the 20-car field for Sunday night’s MOPAR 300 NASCAR race at Barrie Speedway, and overcame several spins and incidents to bring the #12 Centennial Chrysler / AKN Sikkens / Vital Signs / Mobil1 / Unitec Dodge Avenger home in seventh place.

“It was a pretty rough night,” said Gaunt, after the race. “I had a ‘top 10’ car, which was pretty good. I got ‘turned’ pretty early the race. I actually got ‘turned’ a couple of times during the race. But I was able to lead a lap, which was nice. We haven’t led a lap in this class for 10 years, so that was a bit of a victory for us.”

The Barrie, Ont. racer credited his crew for helping to keep his car in contention despite the on-track setbacks. “The guys gave me super pit stops tonight. I was having a bit of a tough time getting the car in gear for restarts, so we spun the tires a few times and got them pretty hot a few times. We changed six tires throughout the course of the night. We fought hard to stay on the lead lap – we almost got lapped once – but managed to stay on the lead lap. All in all, it was a pretty good result.”

Gaunt’s result was all the more impressive given that he and his team were unable to totally overcome the handling condition that troubled them throughout practice, qualifying and the race. “It [the car] was ‘tight’ all race, just the same as it was all day. We’re just searching for the car’s balance. Qualifying wasn’t great because of the tight handling conditions. It gained a bit of grip as it cooled off into the night, but it just wasn’t right.”

Another high point for Gaunt and the Centennial team was the reception they received during the pre-race driver introductions. When Gaunt’s name was announced to the packed grandstands, the Barrie Speedway crowd erupted in cheers.

“I picked up about 100 horsepower when they announced my name and the big cheer came up from the crowd. It was overwhelming and it was great to get so much support from the fans at Barrie Speedway.”

Following the first three races of the 2007 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season, Gaunt’s #12 Centennial Chrysler / AKN Sikkens / Vital Signs / Mobil1 / Unitec Dodge Avenger sits seventh overall in the driver point standings.

Looking ahead to the next outings for Gaunt and company, the team will soon be heading to Western Canada for a pair of events. The first takes place on July 15 at Sun Valley Speedway in Vernon, BC. The following week (July 21) the #12 Centennial Avenger will be in action at the Grand Prix of Edmonton.

“We’re looking forward to racing at Vernon, British Columbia [Sun Valley Speedway]. I’ve never raced at that track or in B.C. for that matter, so that should be fun,” said Gaunt. “And I’m also anticipating being at the Grand Prix of Edmonton. I have a better approach to the road courses after we did so well at Mosport. I raced there [Edmonton] once before in an oval car that was switched over for the road course. Our current road course car is purpose-built for road racing, so it should be a better experience.”

RACE SUMMARY: Dodge driver DJ Kennington won Sunday night’s MOPAR 300 at Barrie Speedway. He was closely followed across the finish line by Dodge Avenger racer Mark Dilley. Don Thomson completed the podium finishers, in third.


Prepared by Inside Track Communications. For more information about John Gaunt and the #12 Centennial Chrysler Dodge Charger team, call (705) 726-0393 or visit www.centennialchrysler.ca . To learn more about the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, visit www.nascar.ca

NCATS: RON VAN ES BATTLES TO AN 11TH-PLACE LEAD LAP FINISH AT BARRIE SPEEDWAY

STONEY CREEK, ON – Barrie Speedway is widely considered to be one of the toughest short tracks on the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series schedule. Following Sunday night’s MOPAR 300 at the high-banked Central Ontario track, Ron Van Es can confirm the track’s reputation.

The driver of the #11 Van Es Racing Chevy qualified eighth-fastest in the field of 20 for the 300-lap race around the challenging 1/3-mile tri-oval, but was involved in an incident prior to lap 100 which adversely affected the handling of his car for the rest of the event.

Determined to soldier on, Van Es battled the rest of the way to finish on the lead lap, in 11th-place. “It was a really, really tough night,” said Van Es, following the race. “But through adversity, we turned ‘nothing’ into something. My team never gave up. I never gave up. And I drove my backside off for them.”

In a predictably physical race at the Barrie ‘bullring’, Van Es – like most others – was involved in his fair share of contact. Unfortunately for the Stoney Creek, Ont. racer, the lap 89 incident he was caught up in rendered his car virtually undriveable.

“We got mixed up in an accident early and that messed up the handling of the car. After that, it drove like a dump truck. The ‘toe’ was knocked out and I couldn’t even turn the wheel to the right, which you need to do to warm up the tires and clean them off before restarts.

“We stuck it out and came home 11th. That’s mostly thanks to a lot of attrition, but we never got lapped on the racetrack and never needed to use the ‘lucky dog’ rule to get back on the lead lap. There were a lot of slower cars who got their laps back thanks to all the cautions, so by the end of the race, almost everyone was back on the lead lap which meant you really had to race hard to pick up some spots.”

Sunday provided a mix of highs and lows for the #11 team as they overcame mechanical issues with their car in the lead-up to a solid qualifying performance. “We missed the first hour of practice to an issue with the car,” continued Van Es. “We got it fixed for the second practice and improved our times, but it really hurt to miss the whole first hour. Alex Nagy [the team’s crew chief] made some great adjustments to the car for qualifying and it made a huge difference. I think there was actually more speed there, but I didn’t know what I had. It was nice to start eighth and that definitely helped our night.”

After participating in the first three NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races, the #11 Van Es Racing team is going to skip the next two events. “Unfortunately, we’re going to have to miss the two races out west (Vernon, BC and Edmonton, AB),” said Van Es. “They’re two great events, but unfortunately, we have budget considerations that won’t allow us to make it to those races. We’re going to focus on getting ready for the second half of the schedule, which is pretty intense, starting with the NASCAR Busch Series weekend in Montreal in early August.”

BARRIE RACE SUMMARY: DJ Kennington won Sunday’s MOPAR 300 at Barrie Speedway. At the end of 300 laps, he came home just over a second in front of Barrie, ON racer Mark Dilley. Five-time CASCAR National champion Don Thomson Jr. rounded out the podium finishers. The race was slowed by 16 cautions for a total of 101 laps and featured 13 lead changes among six different drivers. Series points leader Andrew Ranger continued to impress in his first season of stock car racing with a fifth-place finish. Twenty drivers took the initial green flag for the third of 12 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races on the 2007 schedule.

Prepared by Inside Track Communications. For more information about Van Es Racing, contact Jolene Convery at Van Es Racing at (800) 263-4884. For more information about the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, visit www.nascar.ca

NCATS: Kennington Survives and Wins Mopar 300

BARRIE, Ontario (July 2, 2007) – It was short-track racing at its best as D.J. Kennington gutted out a grueling 300 laps Sunday evening on the 1/3-mile tri-oval at Barrie Speedway in a race that featured 13 lead changes among six drivers. Most of those lead changes involved Kennington and eventual third-place finisher Don Thomson Jr.

For much of the race, the outside was the place to be on the two-groove track. Therefore, virtually every restart produced a new leader with the second-pace car having the preferred line. NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Sirius Satellite Radio rules mandate double-file restarts with lead lap cars at the front of the field like the initial start of the race.

“The double-file restarts are taking some getting used to,” said Kennington. “You’re not racing one or two cars; you’re racing four or five or six.”

Second-place finisher Mark Dilley echoed the thoughts of Kennington on the double-file restarts.
“Those things are crazy,” said the Barrie native. “It makes it pretty hectic out there.”

The race was slowed 16 times for caution, but that did not disappoint the capacity crowd since the result was another exciting restart. Factor that in with the small size of the track leading to lapped traffic in fairly short order and it was a fan-friendly race. There was racing all around the track with every driver fighting for the last inch.

Kennington, racing out of St. Thomas, Ontario, battled Thomson for well more than 80 laps for the race lead over the final half of the race. The two were either door to door or nose to tail and exchanged the lead six times over the span. It was not until the final two restarts of the night that the leader, having the inside position, was able to fend off the second-place car on the outside. Kennington was able to get the nose of the No. 17 Castrol Dodge into turns one and two before Thomson in his No. 4 Home Hardware Chevrolet could sweep in from the outside and gain the advantage.

Thomson, a resident of Ayr, Ontario, ultimately surrendered the second spot very late in the race to pole sitter Dilley, who trailed Kennington to the finish line by 1.126 seconds. It was Dilley’s third top-10 finish of the season in his No. 9 Dodge-sponsored Avenger.

“That was some of the most fun racing I have ever done in my life,” said Kennington of his long battle with Thomson. “(Thomson) is such a great racer. It was an awesome time.”

Finishing fourth was Kerry Mix in the No. 02 Beyond Digital Imaging Ford Taurus followed by Andrew Ranger in fifth. Both Mix and Ranger overcame poor qualifying performances to notch a top-five finish after starting the race in 17th and 16th positions, respectively.

It was the first visit to the bullring of a track for Ranger, a former competitor in the CHAMP Car Series. He also came into the race as the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series championship points leader. It was certainly a different style of racing than what he was used to and, possibly as a result, he got lapped early in the event. However, he did earn his way back on to the lead lap as the beneficiary on the lap 130 restart. The beneficiary car gets to earn back a lap by being the first car a lap or more down at the time of a caution period. Ranger took full advantage of that opportunity and drove his No. 27 Wal-Mart/Tide Ford Fusion to the front of the pack from there for the top-five finish.

Ron Beauchamp Jr., John Gaunt, Joey McColm, Jim Lapcevich and Derek Lynch rounded out the top 10.

The already tight championship point standings got even closer. Now, Ranger shares the lead with Dilley with Peter Gibbons, Beauchamp and Thomson all lurking less than 50 points away. Kennington has overcome a last-place finish in the season opener due to a mechanical problem and now sits in sixth position just 56 points off the pace set by Ranger and Dilley.

The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Sirius Satellite Radio heads west for its next event, the British Columbia Dodge Dealers Avenger 300, on July 14-15 at Sun Valley Speedway in Vernon, B.C. That race will be followed up the very next week with a road course event as part of the big Grand Prix Edmonton weekend in Alberta.


NASCAR CANADIAN TIRE SERIES presented by SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO-Mopar 300
OFFICIAL Results
Sunday At Barrie Speedway
Barrie, Ontario
Lap length: 0.333 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (2) D.J. Kennington, St. Thomas, Ontario, Dodge, 300 laps, 49.791 mph, $7,360.
2. (1) Mark Dilley, Barrie, Ontario, Dodge, 300, $6,180.
3. (4) Don Thomson, Ayr, Ontario, Chevrolet, 300, $3,040.
4. (17) Kerry Micks, Mt. Albert, Ontario, Ford, 300, $2,620.
5. (16) Andrew Ranger, Roxton Pond, Quebec, Ford, 300, $2,100.
6. (3) Ron Beauchamp, Windsor, Ontario, Dodge, 300, $2,895.
7. (15) John Gaunt, Barrie, Ontario, Dodge, 300, $2,295.
8. (20) Joey McColm, Ajax, Ontario, Dodge, 300, $2,005.
9. (12) Jim Lapcevich, Caistor Centre, Ontario, Chevrolet, 300, $1,675.
10. (19) Derek Lynch, Warksworth, Ontario, Dodge, 300, $1,615.
11. (8) Ron Van Es, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Chevrolet, 300, $1,375.
12. (18) Kent Nuhn, Williamsford, Ontario, Pontiac, 300, $1,290.
13. (11) Brad Graham, Glencoe, Ontario, Dodge, 299, $1,230.
14. (14) Peter Gibbons, Stouffville, Ontario, Chevrolet, 299, $1,190.
15. (7) Dave Whitlock, Petrolia, Ontario, Dodge, 299, $1,130.
16. (13) Jason Hathaway, Appin, Ontario, Dodge, 298, $1,090.
17. (6) Doug Brown, Brantford, Ontario, Dodge, 297, $1,050.
18. (10) J.R. Fitzpatrick, Cambridge, Ontario, Chevrolet, 253, $1,010.
19. (5) Scott Steckly, Milverton, Ontario, Dodge, 151, motor, $970.
20. (9) Bob Merrifield, Belle River, Ontario, Dodge, 110, radiator, $930.
Race Statistics
Time of Race: 2 hours 0 minutes 23 seconds
Margin of Victory: 1.126 seconds
Fastest Qualifier: M.Dilley (85.819 mph, 13.969 seconds)
Caution Flags: 16 for 101 laps.
Lead Changes: 13 among 6 drivers.
Lap Leaders: D.Kennington 1-72; M.Dilley 73-82; D.Kennington 83; M.Dilley 84-153;
J.Hathaway 154; P.Gibbons 155-170; J.Gaunt 171-172; D.Kennington 173-193; D.Thomson 194-208; D.Kennington 209-221; D.Thomson 222-239; D.Kennington 240-283; D.Thomson 284-286; D.Kennington 287-300.

Standings: 1. A.Ranger, 500; 2. M.Dilley, 500; 3. P.Gibbons, 456; 4. R.Beauchamp, 455; 5. D.Thomson, 451; 6. D.Kennington, 444; 7. J.Gaunt, 428; 8. D.Lynch, 427; 9. J.Fitzpatrick, 413; 10. K.Micks, 399.

From Shon Sbarra / NASCAR