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Steckly Bumps and Grinds His Way to Eleventh at Autodrome St. Eustache
 Steckly’s damaged car following the race Saturday night.
St. Eustache, PQ.
The CASCAR Super Series was headed to St. Eustache, Quebec for the second race of the season last weekend. Coming off a disappointing 22 nd place finish at Delaware, Scott was looking to get back on track at St. Eustache. This was the first CASCAR race at the Autodrome St. Eustache in two years. On Friday June 3, the 22 Racing Grand Prix and International 9900ix was on display at a customer appreciation open house at Metro St. Laurent, who was the sponsoring International dealer for the Whelen 200.
During time trials Steckly, driving the Erb Group/ Metro St. Laurent Pontiac Grand Prix posted the 13 th fast time. However, following tech inspection his car was deemed to be too low and as a result he was sent to the back of the 25-car field.
The penalty to Steckly did not daunt him as he began to work his way through the field in short order. By the first caution he was up to 17 th place. Pit stops came shortly after, on lap 65 when the Erb Group/ Metro St. Laurent team came in to change 2 right side tires. The 22 car remained in the 17 th position, but once the green flag dropped Steckly resumed his charge toward the front. After another caution on lap 83 because of the spin by #71 Bryan Cathcart, Scott had the car up into 12 th place. Throughout the race, Scott was bumping and grinding his way through the field in an effort to make it into the top 10. Finally, by lap 114 Scott worked his way into ninth place. That would be as high as the #22 car would get one this night, as 10 laps later Scott was caught up in a wreck after a spin by rookie driver #37 Tara MacLeod. Following another MacLeod spin on lap 154. Crew chief Ken Gropp elected to pit and take a right rear tire and a round of wedge to loosen up the race car. The Erb Group Grand Prix restarted the race in 15 th place and by the end had fought his way up to 11 th. The late stages of the race were not without excitement as Dave Whitlock in the #39 and Don Thomson Jr. in the #4 took turns beating their cars into each other for which Whitlock was given a black flag penalty for rough driving. After the race Scott had this to say “St Eustache is the wrong track to start from the back of the field, Track position is just too important here. We just spent all night banging around with lapped cars while the leaders drove off. We’re going to work on our qualifying setup and work on getting some of them bonus point that go along with a top 5 starting position”.
Next up in the CASCAR Super Series is the Clarington 200 at Mosport Road Course on June 18 and 19, 2005. http://www.mosport.com/roadhome.htm
June 18 and 19 CASCAR Schedule
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Saturday |
9:45 am - 10:10 am |
CASCAR Super Series Practice |
12:40 pm - 1:10 pm |
CASCAR Qualifying 1 |
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm |
CASCAR Qualifying 2 |
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Sunday |
| 1:30 pm - 1:55 pm |
Driver Introductions |
| 1:55 pm - 2:00 pm |
National Anthems |
| 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm |
The Clarington 200 CASCAR Super Series Race |
In the drive for the 2005 CASCAR Super Series Championship, of which Scott presently sits in 14 th place, the 22 Race team is proudly sponsored by: The Erb Group of Companies, International Truck and Engine Dealers: ALTRUCK, Lewis and Metro; Thermo King of Eastern Canada, CPL Systems, AW Millwrights, D.H. Jutzi Limited, Commercial Babcock, Classy Collectibles, Twin City Graphics, Filtakleen, Duplicolor, Mr. Transmission (Guelph), and Stratford Motor Products.
Click on the web links to find to information on Scott Steckly’s 2005 sponsors:
Go to CASCAR.ca for information on the entire racing series. Contact kyle_erb@sympatico.ca for information about Scott Steckly and the entire race team.
05.22.05 ::Whelen 200 - Autodrome St-Eustache Montreal, QC // 200 Laps // 4/10-Mile, Flat Oval
FIN. |
ST. |
# |
DRIVER (HOMETOWN) |
SPONSOR / MAKE |
LAPS |
1 |
5 |
02 |
Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert; ON) |
Power Water / APX / CARSTARFord Taurus |
200 |
2 |
4 |
17 |
DJ Kennington (St. Thomas; ON) |
Castrol Canada Dodge |
200 |
3 |
9 |
60 |
Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor; ON) |
MOPAR Parts / Exide / Mobil1 Dodge Charger |
200 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton; ON) |
Home Hardware Chevrolet MonteCarlo |
200 |
5 |
6 |
88 |
Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope; ON) |
Lou’s BBQ Ford Taurus |
200 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
Mark Dilley (Barrie; ON) |
Dodge / Mobil 1 / Exide / PowerWater Dodge Charger |
200 |
7 |
23 |
10 |
Doug Brown (Brantford; ON) |
NAPA / Autopro Chevrolet MonteCarlo |
200 |
8 |
10 |
14 |
John Fitzpatrick (Ayr; ON) |
Latta Cranes Chevrolet MonteCarlo |
200 |
9 |
11 |
19 |
Brad Graham (Glencoe; ON) |
Challenger Motor Frt. / Logel’sDodge Charger |
200 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
Peter Gibbons (Stouffville; ON) |
Canadian Tire CorporationChevrolet Monte Carlo |
200 |
11 |
22 |
22 |
Scott Steckly (Milverton; ON) |
Metro St. Laurent / ERB GroupPontiac Grand Prix |
200 |
12 |
24 |
23 |
Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre; ON) |
Fastline / Tim Horton’s/ EMCEA Transport Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
200 |
13 |
13 |
42 |
Sean Stafford (Springfield; ON) |
L.E. Walker / Mid-AmericaFreight Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
200 |
14 |
3 |
39 |
Dave Whitlock (Wyoming; ON) |
Avenue Motor Works / NMT Dodge |
199 |
15 |
17 |
25 |
Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton; ON) |
Fastline / EMCEA Transport/ Tim Horton’s Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
199 |
16 |
15 |
8 |
Marc Miller (Holland; MI) R |
Carhartt Clothing Dodge |
199 |
17 |
25 |
37 |
Tara MacLeod (Innisfil; ON) R |
Central Merchant ServicesFord Taurus |
195 |
18 |
14 |
11 |
Ron VanEs (Smithville; ON) |
Star Van Systems / All CoverChevrolet Monte Carlo |
195 |
19 |
20 |
18 |
Chad McGlynn (Petersburg; ON) R |
Ultimate Garage Ford Taurus |
195 |
20 |
12 |
71 |
Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough; ON) |
Meyers Transport / PeterboroughHomes Dodge |
170 |
21 |
16 |
3 |
Stu Robinson Jr. (Holland Landing; ON) |
Snap-On Tools Dodge |
157 |
22 |
8 |
50 |
Pete Shepherd (Brampton; ON) |
ATTO Dodge Charger |
147 |
23 |
19 |
86 |
Kenny Forth (Lynden; ON) |
Midnight Sun / Parkinson Tours/ 820 CHAM Ford Taurus |
128 |
24 |
21 |
84 |
J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr; ON) |
Cambridge Rigging ChevroletMonte Carlo |
105 |
25 |
18 |
16 |
Andre Coursol (St-Jerome; QC) |
CARQUEST Chevrolet MonteCarlo |
1 |
R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.
TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 42 minutes and 53 seconds // MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.388 seconds // CAUTIONS: 10 for a total of 73 laps // LAP LEADERS: #1 Peter Gibbons (Pole-16); #4 Don Thomson Jr. (17-21), #39 Dave Whitlock (22-117) and #02 Kerry Micks (118-200).
CASCAR SUPER SERIES POINTS AS OF JUNE 4, 2005 (UNOFFICIAL TOP 15) : 1. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (322 points); 2. #4 Don Thomson Jr. (309); 3. #39 Dave Whitlock (299); 4. #9 Mark Dilley (292); 5. #02 Kerry Micks (278); 6. #1 Peter Gibbons (277); 7. #17 DJ Kennington (276); 8. #88 Dave Jacombs (270); 8. #14 John Fitzpatrick (270); 10. #25 Jim Lapcevich (262); 10. #23 Jeff Lapcevich (262); 12. #42 Sean Stafford (248); 13. #19 Brad Graham (244); 14. #22 Scott Steckly (238); 15. #10 Doug Brown (232)
The race car in the pit stall before the race.
The car doesn’t look too low in this pre-tech picture?
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