NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Race Recap - Dickies 200 - Thomson Returns To Victory Lane

BOWMANVILLE, Ontario, Canada (Aug. 21, 2010) – Don Thomson Jr. drove to Victory Lane at Mosport Speedway for the second time in his career as he took the Dickies 200 checkered flag in NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 action Saturday night.

Thomson, driver of the No. 4 Home Hardware Chevrolet, took the lead for the fifth and final time on Lap 178 and held off teammate JR Fitzpatrick and Kerry Micks down the stretch for his sixth career victory overall. The Hamilton, Ont., driver’s last win came on Sept. 12, 2008 at Barrie (Ont.) Speedway – 10 races ago. His first win at Mosport Speedway came in August 2007.

Fitzpatrick finished as the race runner-up and was able to extend his points lead on DJ Kennington, who earned the pole earlier in the day, to 16. Kennington finished sixth.

Following Thomson and Fitzpatrick across the line were Micks and Ron Beauchamp Jr. Pete Shepherd III, Kennington, Mark Dilley, Anthony Simone, John Gaunt and Joey McColm rounded out the top 10.

Third in the season standings entering the event, Scott Steckly ran with the leaders the majority of the race, but was involved in the seventh of the night’s 10 cautions, and finished 17th.

The race featured 10 lead changes among six drivers.

The Dickies 200 will be telecast by TSN and TSN HD on Saturday, Aug. 28 at noon ET.

In the championship point standings, Fitzpatrick and Kennington are breaking away from the pack a bit as Micks is 128 points back and Steckly is 147 points off the pace.

The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 is right back on the track on Sunday, Aug. 29 for the NAPA AUTOPRO 100 at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, the last of five road-course events on the 2010 schedule. Practice and qualifying are set for Saturday, Aug. 28 with the race scheduled for Sunday just prior to the NASCAR Nationwide Series event. Ticket and event information can be found at www.napa200.ca.

From Shon Sbarra, NASCAR Public Relations

NASCAR CANADIAN TIRE SERIES presented by MOBIL 1-Dickies 200 Results
Saturday
At Mosport Speedway
Bowmanville, Ontario
Lap length: 0.5 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (3) Don Thomson, Jr., Hamilton, Ont., Chevrolet, 200 laps, 55.368 mph, $9,300.
2. (6) JR Fitzpatrick, Cambridge, Ont., Chevrolet, 200, $4,300.
3. (4) Kerry Micks, Mt. Albert, Ont., Ford, 200, $4,100.
4. (8) Ron Beauchamp, Jr., Windsor, Ont., Dodge, 200, $5,500.
5. (5) Pete Shepherd, III, Brampton, Ont., Dodge, 200, $4,500.
6. (1) DJ Kennington, St. Thomas, Ont., Dodge, 200, $3,400.
7. (11) Mark Dilley, Barrie, Ont., Dodge, 200, $3,050.
8. (12) Anthony Simone, Holland Landing, Ont., Chevrolet, 200, $2,200.
9. (9) John Gaunt, Barrie, Ont., Dodge, 200, $2,100.
10. (13) Joey McColm, Ajax, Ont., Dodge, 200, $3,500.
11. (15) Shawn McGlynn, Kitchener, Ont., Dodge, 200, $1,900.
12. (17) Pierre Bourque, Ottawa, Ont., Dodge, 200, $1,800.
13. (21) Steven Mathews, New Liskeard, Ont., Ford, 193, $2,700.
14. (7) Jason Hathaway, Appin, Ont., Dodge, 190, $1,650.
15. (18) Hugo Vannini, Repentigny, Que., Ford, 190, $1,600.
16. (14) Derek White, Kahnawake, Que., Chevrolet, 184, $1,500.
17. (2) Scott Steckly, Milverton, Ont., Dodge, 178, $1,450.
18. (10) Jeff Lapcevich, Grimsby, Ont., Chevrolet, 167, electrical, $1,400.
19. (16) Dexter Stacey, Kahnawake, Que., Chevrolet, 147, $1,350.
20. (19) Shannon Harding, Sackville, N.B., Chevrolet, 103, $1,300.
21. (20) Jason White, Sun Peaks, B.C., Chevrolet, 5, engine, $1,250.

Race Statistics
Time of Race: 1 hour 48 minutes 22 seconds
Margin of Victory: .378 seconds
Fastest Qualifier: D.Kennington (82.520 mph, 21.813 seconds)
Caution Flags: 10 for 63 laps.
Lead Changes: 10 among 6 drivers.
Lap Leaders: D. Kennington 1-16; D. Thomson,Jr. 17-21; D. Kennington 22; D. Thomson,Jr. 23-42; S. Steckly 43-46; D. Thomson,Jr. 47-76; P. Shepherd,III 77-128; K. Micks 129-151;     D. Thomson,Jr. 152-176; R. Beauchamp,Jr. 177; D. Thomson,Jr. 178-200.
Standings: 1. J. Fitzpatrick, 1509; 2. D. Kennington, 1493; 3. K. Micks, 1381; 4. S. Steckly, 1362; 5. D. Thomson,Jr., 1336; 6. J. Hathaway, 1231; 7. M. Dilley, 1197; 8. R. Beauchamp,Jr., 1144; 9. A. Simone, 1100; 10. J. McColm, 1076.