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Disappointing Race Weekend for Steckly
Steckly racing after collision with #11 of rookie driver Ron Van Es
Nelles Corners, ON. Bad luck struck again for the Erb Group/ Thermo King/ AW Millwrights Grand Prix driven by Scott Steckly at Cayuga 2000 Speedway this Canada Day Weekend. The #22 Race team took their car to Cayuga 2000 Speedway for a testing session two weeks ago, to try and get a quality set-up for the Atto 200. It looked as though their work had paid off, as Steckly posted a decent qualifying position of ninth. But again this weekend Scott was unable to reverse the jinx that has been on him at Cayuga 2000 Speedway.
The race had many cautions early on in the race, as 40 of the first 80 laps were run under caution. Lap 9 seen the first caution of the afternoon as the #76 of Jason Hathaway got into the back of the #42 of Sean Stafford, who in turn hit Bob Merrifield driver of the #43 car. By lap 27 Steckly had made his first positional pass of the afternoon as he got by the #55 driven by Rob Graham in turn 3. That would be the last pass for Scott on this day, as on lap 39 with Scott and Ron Van Es of the #11 car battling for eighth position. With Steckly and Van Es both exiting turn 4 the #11 car bumped Scott and the two drivers went spinning on the grass in the front straight. Steckly hit the pit wall so hard that he ended up knocking over one of the cement retaining wall. Scott had this to say about the crash "The #11 and I where racing pretty hard for position, and he sort of got into me and when we hit our cars got attached together and we both ended up hitting the wall pretty hard on the infield". As a result of the wreck the Erb Group Pontiac suffered heavy front end damage and was forced to put the car behind the wall for several laps to repair the cars front end alignment. Steckly returned to the race on lap 65 and ran 24 laps until his steering box broke. On lap 89 of 200 the #22 Race team was forced to call it a day albeit a very tough day. After the race was over Scott said "We had another tough race at Cayuga, but we have to look forward to the next race at the Molson Indy which is an exciting event and we usually put on a good show". The eventual race winner was #39 Dave Whitlock, with second going to the #02 of Kerry Micks and the third place finisher was the #1 of Peter Gibbons. The 28th place finish for Scott left him in ninth place in the CASCAR Super Series Championship standing with 646 points.
In the drive for the 2004 CASCAR Super Series Championship, Scott Steckly and 22 Racing are supported by: The Erb Group of Companies, Thermo King of Eastern Canada, AW Millwrights, Jutzi Fuels, CPL Systems, Mr. Transmission (Guelph), Commercial Babcock, TB Woods, Stratford Motor Products, Classy Collectables, PCL Graphics, Duplicolour, Guyons Performance, Filtakleen, and Holloway Automotive.
The next race in the CASCAR Super Series is Saturday July 10 for the Toronto Molson Indy. For more information contact kyle_erb@sympatico.ca. For more information on CASCAR, Cayuga 2000 Speedway, or the Molson Indy Toronto visit www.cascar.ca, http://www.cayuga2000speedway.com/, or www.molsonindy.com/toronto/index.html.
CASCAR Super Series
RESULTS: ATTO Canada Day Shootout
Round #5 // July 4, 2004 // Cayuga 2000 Speedway
Hamilton, ON // 200 Laps // 5/8-mile oval
FIN. |
ST. |
# |
DRIVER (HOMETOWN) |
SPONSOR / MAKE |
LAPS |
1 |
16 |
39 |
Dave Whitlock (Wyoming ON) |
Avenue / NMT Dodge |
200 |
2 |
6 |
02 |
Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert ON) |
Power Water Ford Taurus |
200 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
Peter Gibbons (Stouffville ON) |
Canadian Tire / MonroeBrakes Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
200 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton ON) |
Home Hardware ChevroletMonte Carlo |
199 |
5 |
1 |
50 |
Pete Shepherd (Brampton ON) R |
ATTO Dodge |
199 |
6 |
7 |
64 |
Mark Dilley (Barrie ON) |
NTN Bearings Dodge |
199 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
Doug Brown (Brantford ON) |
NAPA / Autopro ChevroletMonte Carlo |
199 |
8 |
11 |
19 |
Brad Graham (Glencoe ON) |
Challenger Motor Frt. PontiacGrand Prix |
199 |
9 |
22 |
84 |
J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr ON) R |
Latta Crane ChevroletMonte Carlo |
199 |
10 |
18 |
23 |
Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre ON) |
Tim Horton's/ Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
198 |
11 |
29 |
00 |
Steve Munro (Carp ON) |
Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
197 |
12 |
13 |
7 |
Sean Dupuis (LaSalle ON) |
Marty's Garage ChevroletMonte Carlo |
197 |
13 |
5 |
55 |
Rob Graham (Bothwell ON) R |
G-Dox / Doering BrownMonte Carlo |
197 |
14 |
12 |
60 |
Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor ON) |
MOPAR Parts / ExideDodge |
197 |
15 |
15 |
81 |
Shawn McGlynn (Kitchener ON) |
Ford Taurus |
196 |
16 |
17 |
32 |
Mike Alguire (London ON) |
A-Dor Construction PontiacGrand Prix |
196 |
17 |
27 |
86 |
Kenny Forth (Lynden ON) |
Parkinson Tours / 820 CHAMFord Taurus |
195 |
18 |
26 |
18 |
Andre Coursol (St-Jerome QC) |
CARQUEST ChevroletMonte Carlo |
195 |
19 |
30 |
46 |
Kevin Trevellin (Windsor ON) |
JD Pranksters FordTaurus |
193 |
20 |
23 |
88 |
Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope ON) |
Lou's BBQ / Inroble /FAG Ford Taurus |
174 |
21 |
25 |
3 |
Stu Robinson Jr. (Holland Landing ON) |
Snap-On Tools/ General Electric Dodge |
163 |
22 |
20 |
82 |
Ted McIntyre (Windsor ON) |
Pro Air Brush Dodge |
146 |
23 |
2 |
17 |
DJ Kennington (St. Thomas ON) |
Castrol Canada Dodge |
137 |
24 |
21 |
42 |
Sean Stafford (Springfield ON) |
Mid-America FreightSystems Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
136 |
25 |
14 |
25 |
Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton ON) |
Retrocom Growth Fund/ Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
131 |
26 |
32 |
5 |
Nik Lapcevich (Hamilton ON) |
Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
98 |
27 |
28 |
09 |
Kent Nuhn (Williamsford ON) R |
Pontiac Grand Prix |
78 |
28 |
9 |
22 |
Scott Steckly (Milverton ON) |
ERB Group Pontiac GrandPrix |
75 |
29 |
10 |
11 |
Ron VanEs (Smithville ON) R |
Star Van Systems ChevroletMonte Carlo |
57 |
30 |
31 |
76 |
Jason Hathaway (Appin ON) |
E.L. Fordham Motors /TSC Stores Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
14 |
31 |
19 |
03 |
Jesse Kennedy (Southwold ON) |
Pontiac Grand Prix |
9 |
32 |
24 |
43 |
Bob Merrifield (Belle River ON) |
Team Remax PreferredMortgage Dodge |
9 |
33 |
DNS |
14 |
John Fitzpatrick (Ayr ON) |
Cambridge Rigging ChevroletMonte Carlo |
DNS |
R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.
TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 51 minutes and 30.548 seconds // MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.02 seconds // CAUTIONS: 7 for a total of 52 laps // LAP LEADERS: #50 Pete Shepherd Jr. (pole - 38), #1 Peter Gibbons (39 - 188), #02 Kerry Micks (189 - 194) and #39 Dave Whitlock (195 - 200).
CASCAR SUPER SERIES POINT STANDINGS AFTER 5 EVENTS (UNOFFICIAL): 1. #1 Peter Gibbons (804 points); 2. #39 Dave Whitlock (779); 3. #4 Don Thomson Jr. (759); 4. #02 Kerry Micks (730); 5. #23 Jeff Lapcevich (703); 6. #64 Mark Dilley (688); 7. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (674); 8. #19 Brad Graham (670); 9. #22 Scott Steckly (646); 10. #50 Pete Shepherd (624); 11. #10 Doug Brown (614); 12. #55 Rob Graham (609); 13. #17 DJ Kennington (603); 14. #25 Jeff Lapcevich (598); 15. #88 Dave Jacombs (574); 16. #86 Kenny Forth (556).
CLARINGTON 200 TELEVISION BROADCAST: The Clarington 200 CASCAR Super Series road course race at Mosport Int'l Raceway will air on SPORTSNET on Monday, July 5 (EAST / WEST / PACIFIC) at 7:00 p.m., and on Tuesday, July 6 (ONTARIO) at 7:00 p.m. Check your local listings and http://www.cascar.ca/schedule/tv_schedule.html for subsequent airings.
Prepared by Inside Track Communications.
Steckly passing Ron Van Es |
22 Racing Pit Crew Tearing off the cars hood |
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