DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 makes its fourth visit to Motoplex Speedway in Vernon, B.C., on Saturday, July 31 for the Cruisin' The Dub 300 presented by A&W. It is the 2010 season's sixth event. It is the first race on an oval since competing at Autodrome St. Eustache (Que.) on July 3. Additionally, it is the second event in the series' three-race swing through Western Canada with a date at Auto Clearing Motor Speedway in Saskatoon, Sask., to close it out on August 4. Below is a statistical look at the recent performance of selected drivers in Vernon, as well as some statistical trends:
Motoplex Speedway Data
Race: #6 of 13 (7/31/10)
Track Layout: .5-mile tri-oval
Race Length: 300 laps (150 miles)
Motoplex Speedway Records
1-Lap Qualifying: Don Thomson Jr., 18.299 seconds, 98.366 mph,
July 15, 2007
300-Lap Race: Andrew Ranger, 1 hour, 52 minutes, 29 seconds, 81.612 mph
July 18, 2009
Series Race Winners in Vernon
JR Fitzpatrick ... 1
Andrew Ranger ... 1
Don Thomson Jr. ... 1
Series Pole Winners in Vernon
Don Thomson Jr. ... 2
Ron Beauchamp Jr. ... 1
Manufacturer Wins In Vernon
Chevrolet ... 2
Ford ... 1
Selected Driver Highlights:
Ron Beauchamp Jr. (No. 60 Mopar/Mobil 1 Dodge)
• Had a Vernon career-best finish of third in last year's event
• Has led a total of 110 laps at Motoplex Speedway
• Has top-10 finishes in each of his last four races on ovals
• One of seven drivers to start all 43 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races, to date
Pierre Bourque (No. 00 Aaron's Dodge)
• Finished 14th in his Vernon debut last season
• Finished sixth in season opener at Delaware (Ont.) Speedway, a series career-best
• Has participated in every series event this season after being a part-time competitor in the first three Canadian Tire Series seasons
Mark Dilley (No. 9 Rheem Dodge)
• Best Vernon finish was fourth in 2008
• Finished 15th (2007) and 11th (2009) in other two races Motoplex Speedway starts
• Has led a total of 30 laps in Vernon
• Has posted top-10 finishes in three of last five oval-track starts dating back to 2009
JR Fitzpatrick (No. 84 Schick Hydro Chevrolet)
• Won 2007 Vernon race with a dramatic last-lap pass of Scott Steckly
• Finished 18th in his only other start at Motoplex Speedway
• Has won three of the last four series road-course races – Montreal (2009,) Mosport and Edmonton
• Collected his sixth series victory on July 25 at Edmonton City Centre Airport
• Collected his fifth series victory on June 13 at Mosport Int'l Raceway
• Five of his six career series wins have come on road courses – Mosport (2), Edmonton (2) and Montreal
• Currently leads the championship point standings – 31 points over DJ Kennington
• Finished seventh on June 19 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisc., in his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start in 2010 and first for JR Motorsports
Jason Hathaway (No. 3 Snap-on Tools/Vortex Brake Pads Dodge)
• Has two top 10s in Vernon – seventh (2007) and eighth (2009)
• Has a streak of five top-10 finishes in oval-track starts
• Has finished inside the top 10 in seven of last eight starts
• Is one of seven drivers to start all 43 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races
DJ Kennington (No. 17 Castrol Edge Dodge)
• Has top-five finishes in all three of his Vernon starts with a best finish of fourth last season
• Has led a total of 22 laps in action at Motoplex Speedway
• Earned the victory in three of his last six series starts
• Collected his sixth career series win and second of 2010 on July 3 at Autodrome St. Eustache
• Collected his fifth series-career win in 2010 season opener on June 5 at Delaware Speedway
• Is currently ranked second in the point standings – 31 points behind JR Fitzpatrick
Joey McColm (No. 50 Watch It! Dodge)
• Will be making just his second start in Vernon after finishing 20th in 2007
• Logged his first top-10 finish in 2010 last Sunday in Edmonton
• Has started all five NASCAR Canadian Tire Series events in 2010
Kerry Micks (No. 02 Dickies/Beyond Digital Imaging Ford)
• Has a pair of top fives – fourth (2007) and fifth (2009) – at Motoplex Speedway
• Has led a total of 38 laps on the half-mile track in Vernon
• Has a current streak of 12 consecutive top-10 finishes dating back to last season
• Has one oval-track win (Mosport Speedway in 2008) and two (Montreal and Trois-Rivieres in 2007) road-course wins in NCATS action
Trevor Seibert (No. 69 Lake Excavating/EMCO Waterworks Dodge)
• Finished 12th in his Vernon debut last season
• Has registered back-to-back top 10s in last two starts
• Of his 16 career series starts, 14 have come on road courses
Anthony Simone (No. 95 Graphix Factory/Castrol/Bell Chevrolet)
• Has finishes of 13th (2009) and sixth (2009) in his only two Vernon starts
• Has led a total of 44 laps at the Vernon track
• Posted a season-best second-place finish last Sunday in Edmonton
• Posted a pair of runner-up finishes on road courses – Mosport and Trois-Rivieres --- last season
Scott Steckly (No. 22 Canadian Tire/MotoMaster Dodge)
• Has finished as the race runner-up in each of his three Vernon outings
• Has a total of 211 laps led at Motoplex Speedway
• At Vernon, his finish 0.029 seconds behind winner JR Fitzpatrick is the second-closest margin of victory in series history
• Has finished inside the top five in three of five starts this season
• Has seven NASCAR Canadian Tire Series wins to his credit
• Won 2008 series championship
Don Thomson Jr. (No. 4 Home Hardware Chevrolet)
• Has top-10 finishes in all three of his Vernon starts including a victory in the 2008 race
• All 136 of his laps led at the British Columbia track came in his 2008 win
• Has a current streak of four straight top-10s
• Holds the overall series career mark for poles with 11
• His five series wins is the fourth-highest total in series history
Jason White (No. 21 A&W/Zimmer-Wheaton GMC Chevrolet)
• Has one top-10 finish – seventh in 2008 – in three starts at his home track of Motoplex Speedway
• Was 2008 series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR CANADIAN TIRE SERIES presented by MOBIL 1 At MOTOPLEX SPEEDWAY
• This is the series' fourth consecutive year to compete on the half-mile tri-oval in British Columbia
• Vernon, B.C., is the westernmost track on the schedule
• The track, formerly SunValley Speedway, was renamed last winter
• In the three Vernon events, there has been an average of 12 lead changes involving seven drivers
• In the previous three races at the track, there has been an average of 6.67 caution periods for 57.67 laps with earliest coming at Lap 28 in 2007 and the latest at Lap 296 in 2009
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