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TORONTO, ON - After a three-week pause in the schedule, the CASCAR Super Series returns to action this
Saturday night (June 10) with a 200-lap race at Montreal's Autodrome St-Eustache. The flat, 4/10-mile oval always
produces an exciting spectacle.
Ford driver Kerry Micks is the defending race winner at St-Eustache. The Mt. Albert, ON resident took the
lead on lap 118 of the Whelen 200 last June and never looked back en route to his first of two feature wins in 2005. DJ
Kennington (Castrol Dodge Charger) and Ron Beauchamp Jr. (MOPAR Dodge Charger) were second and third,
respectively.
Reigning and five-time CASCAR National champion Don Thomson Jr. will head to Montreal in a familiar
position. The Home Hardware Chevy driver holds the Super Series points lead after one event, just 10 markers in front
of Scott Steckly, who won the season opener at Barrie Speedway.
The Barrie race on the May long weekend was a physical affair and there are several racers who are looking
to bounce back at St-Eustache after being involved in incidents during the GO-RACING.CA 300. There have been
whispers in the weeks since that some racers' tempers have yet to subside in the wake of the Barrie event.
One driver who is more concerned about getting to victory lane than settling grudges is Super Series veteran
Brad Graham, of Glencoe, ON. The Challenger Motor Freight / Logel's Auto Parts Dodge Charger driver won the
CASCAR Sportsman Series title in 2004, but has yet to win a feature race in the sanctioning body's elite division.
Graham came close on several occasions in 2005, but it was the St-Eustache race in 2003 that still sticks out
in his mind as 'the one that got away.' In that event, Graham started on the pole and led the first 167 laps before his
car's handling went away and he fell to fourth at the finish.
Three weeks ago, at Barrie Speedway, Scott Steckly got the proverbial 'monkey off his back' when he won
his first career Super Series feature. Brad Graham is hoping Steckly started a trend and that he, too, will be able to
shed the reputation of being one of the series' top racers who has yet to win a race.
ST-EUSTACHE NOTEBOOK: During last year's visit to Autodrome St-Eustache, veteran racer Peter Gibbons
earned the pole for the feature with a lap of 17.767 seconds. The effort ended a personal pole-qualifying drought for
the Canadian Tire Chevy driver, which dated back to June 29, 2003 at Cayuga Speedway...
FLO~PRO.COM WESTERN SERIES: The FLO~PRO.COM CASCAR Western Series will be in action this
weekend at Vernon, BC's Sun Valley Motor Speedway. Saturday's event is Race #2 on the schedule for the Western
Series. Back in May, former series champion Daryl Harr returned to the tour in glorious fashion by taking the
checkered flag in the season opener at Sun Valley. The St. Albert, AB racer led the final 32 laps in his #71 Westworld
Chevy, coming home in front of Jim White and Daryl's father, Carl Harr. Reigning Western Series champ Kevin
Dowler was fourth in the opener.
MARGARET GIBBONS: The CASCAR community was recently saddened to hear of the passing of Margaret
Gibbons, the mother of Super Series veteran Peter Gibbons. Margaret was a fan of Peter's racing efforts and it was
special for him when she was able to join he and the rest of the team in victory lane, following a win. CASCAR
extends its condolences to the entire Gibbons family for their loss.
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CASCAR ON TV: Catch the GO-RACING.CA 300 CASCAR Super Series season opener from Barrie Speedway
on Saturday, June 10 on SPORTSNET. For information regarding initial airings and replays of Super Series races,
please check your local listings or visit http://www.cascar.ca/schedule/tv_schedule.html.
SCHEDULE: AUTODROME ST-EUSTACHE (Montreal, Quebec)
CASCAR Super Series // CASCAR 200
SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2006
5: 00 p.m. CASCAR Practice
6:45 p.m. CASCAR Time Trials & Impound
7:15 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. St-Eustache Division Heats & Features
8:30 p.m. Driver Introductions
9:00 p.m. START: CASCAR 200 CASCAR SUPER SERIES FEATURE