Music: {allcanada} Statistical Advance: Analyzing the National 250 At Autodrome St. Eustache

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 visits Autodrome St. Eustache (Que.), located just northwest of Montreal on Saturday, July 3 in the 2010 season's third event. It is the second of eight oval track races that are in companion with the five road-course events on the slate of events. Additionally, it is the first of three trips the series will make to Quebec this year with road-course events at Trois-Rivieres and Montreal to follow. Below is a statistical look at the performance of selected drivers at Autodrome St. Eustache, as well as some statistical trends:

Autodrome St. Eustache Data
Race: #3 of 13 (6/13/10)
Track Layout: .4-mile, flat oval
Race Length: 250 laps (100.0 miles)

Records
1-lap Qualifying: DJ Kennington, 17.210 seconds, 83.672 mph, July 12, 2009
250-lap Race: Scott Steckly, 1 hour, 52 minutes 11 seconds, 53.484 mph, July 5, 2008

Series Race Winners at ASE
Scott Steckly - 2
Dave Whitlock - 1

Series Pole Winners at ASE
DJ Kennington - 1
Scott Steckly - 1
Don Thomson Jr. - 1

Selected Driver Highlights
Ron Beauchamp Jr. (No. 60 Mopar/Mobil 1 Dodge)
• Has one top-five finish (third on May 23, 2009) in three starts at Autodrome St. Eustache (ASE)
• Finished sixth in inaugural series race at the track on July 5, 2008
• Has led a total of 56 laps on the .4-mile flat oval
• Nine top-10 finishes in last 11 outings dating back to last season

John Gaunt (No. 11 Triad Racing Technologies Dodge)
• Finished third on July 12, 2009 at ASE
• Logged a 16th-place finish on July 5, 2008
• Is splitting time behind the wheel this season with Jason Bowles handling the duties on selected road courses and Gaunt driving on the oval tracks

Mark Dilley (No. 9 PartSource/Exide Dodge)
• Posted his only top five in St. Eustache in the 2009 season opener with a finish in fifth
• Logged finishes of 20th and 21st in other two series starts at the track due to mechanical troubles
• Has started each of the three events inside the top 10

JR Fitzpatrick (No. 84 Schick Hydro Chevrolet)
• Finished fifth in his only ASE start on July 5, 2008
• Collected his fifth series victory in last outing on June 13 at Mosport Int'l Raceway
• Is the current leader in the championship driver point standings
• Finished seventh on June 19 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisc., in his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start in 2009 and first for JR Motorsports

Jason Hathaway (No. 3 Snap-on Tools/Rockstar Energy Drink Dodge)
• Has a pair of eight-place finishes in three starts at Autodrome St. Eustache
• Led a total of 16 laps — all in 2008 — in St. Eustache
• Has a current streak of five top 10s dating back to the 2009 season

DJ Kennington (No. 17 Castrol Edge Dodge)
• Finished twice as race runner-up — both to Scott Steckly — at ASE
• Other St. Eustache start resulted in a 16th-place finish due to engine difficulties
• Won pole position on July 12, 2009 with a series track record time of 17.210 seconds (83.672 mph)
• Collected his fifth series-career win in 2010 season opener on June 5 at Delaware (Ont.) Speedway
• Has a current streak of three straight top-10 finishes including a pair of wins dating back to the final race of the 2009 season

Joey McColm (No. 50 WATCH IT!/Atto Insurance Dodge)
• Has made just one St. Eustache stat and finished 23rd on July 5, 2008

Kerry Micks (No. 02 BDI/Dickies Ford)
• Has a pair of podium finishes in three Autodrome St. Eustache starts
• Third start at ASE resulted in a sixth-place finish
• Has led 49 laps in his three St. Eustache outings
• Has one oval-track wins (Mosport Speedway in 2008) and two (Montreal and Trois-Rivieres in 2007) road-course wins in NCATS action

Andrew Ranger (No. 27 Dodge Dealers of Quebec Dodge)
• Has posted two top-five finishes (fourth) in three starts at the track
• Remaining start was a sixth-place effort in last year's season opener in which he led a race-high 144 laps
• Has led a total of 230 laps, most of any driver, at the track
• Will be competing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East event at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Conn., earlier in the day
• Is a two-time NASCAR Canadian Tire Series champion (2007 & 2009)
• Holds overall career series mark for wins at nine

Anthony Simone (No. 95 Graphix Factory/Castrol/Bell Chevrolet)
• Has a track career-best finish of 12th in his debut race in St. Eustache
• Posted finishes of 13th and 15th in other two ASE starts

Dexter Stacey (No. 55 Bully's Truck Stop Dodge)
• Has finishes of 18th and 21st in two starts at Autodrome St. Eustache
• Was 2009 rookie-of-the-year runner-up to Joey Hanssen

Scott Steckly (No. 22 Canadian Tire/MotoMaster Dodge)
• Has a pair of wins — July 5, 2008 and July 12, 2009 — in three St. Eustache outings
• Third start was a fourth-place effort on May 23, 2009
• Won the pole award in the 2009 season opener on May 23
• Has led a total of 204 laps in Autodrome St. Eustache action
• Has seven NASCAR Canadian Tire Series wins to his credit
• Won 2008 series championship

Don Thomson Jr. (No. 4 Home Hardware Chevrolet)
• Best St. Eustache finish was ninth on May 23, 2009 in three starts at the track
• Other two starts resulted in 17th-place finishes
• Has led 110 laps at Autodrome St. Eustache
• Won pole in series inaugural event at the track on July 5, 2008
• Holds the overall series career mark for poles with 11
• Ranks third on the all-time series wins list with five

Derek White (No. 99 OCR Gaz Bar Chevrolet)
• Has finishes of 11th and 16th in his two St. Eustache starts

Jason White (No. 21 A&W/Zimmer-Wheaton GMC Chevrolet)
• At St. Eustache, equaled his series career-best finish of seventh on May 23, 2009
• Has made two other ASE starts with finishes of 15th and 14th
• Has led four laps at Autodrome St. Eustache
• Earned series top-rookie honors in 2008

NASCAR CANADIAN TIRE SERIES presented by MOBIL 1 AT AUTODROME ST. EUSTACHE
• This is the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series' fourth visit to Autodrome St. Eustache
• After making two trips to St. Eustache in 2009, just a single race fit into the 2010 calendar
• Two St. Eustache events have been effected by weather — in 2008, a May date was washed out and re-set for July 5 while 2009's July event was pushed to Sunday after heavy rain closed the door on Saturday
• Between Andrew Ranger (230) and Scott Steckly (204), they have led 57.2 percent of the 759 laps logged, to date, in three series races
• Four drivers — Pierre Bourque, Steven Mathews, Pete Shepherd III and Ron Sheridan — will be making their series debuts at the venue.
• Dodge is the only manufacturer to win at the track behind Scott Steckly (2) and Dave Whitlock
• There has been an average of 11.33 caution periods in three events at the Quebec short track