Smith Wins Antigonish Mall 100
James River, NS (August 19, 2007) - Wayne Smith of Timberlea won the ANTIGONISH MALL 100 for the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour at Riverside Speedway, near Antigonish, NS on Sunday afternoon. Smith took the lead on lap 19 and never looked back to take his fourth win of the season. Kent Vincent of Crapaud PEI finished second, ahead of Fredericton's Shawn Tucker. Shawn Turple of Enfield and Chris Hughes of Brackley PEI rounded out the top five.
Smith won the Most Laps Led Award. Over 3500 fans saw 5 cautions, including one for a 20-minute rain delay, slow the event which took one hour and 26 minutes to complete.
Antigonish's Donald Chisholm, Tucker and Dale Holmes of West Covehead PEI won heat races. Vincent won the Dash for the Pole, featuring the top nine finishers in the Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials. Vincent also had the fastest time on the 1/3 mile oval, at an average speed of nearly 94 miles per hour. Lonnie Sommerville of St. John NB took the Pole Challenge and came back to finish eighth.
Twenty nine of the Maritimes top drivers attempted to qualify for the Main Feature. The Urquart MacDonald Associates "B" Feature determined the final qualifying positions for the main event. Mike Stevens of Salisbury, NB won the race over Dana Duncan of Saint John, NB. and Darren Vanderaa of Winsloe PEI.
The CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour returns to action for it's second last stop of the season next Saturday, August 25th at the newly paved Raceway Park, locater in Oyster Bed Bridge, PE.
The CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour is operated by the Maritime Pro Stock Tour Limited and features a ten race series at five different venues throughout the Maritime Provinces. Top drivers from all three provinces compete, including previous champions Rollie MacDonald, Shawn Tucker, John Flemming and Wayne Smith. For more information, visit maritimeprostocktour.com or call our administration office Monday to Friday at (902) 481-2531.
RESULTS FOR THE CARQUEST PRO STOCK TOUR
ANTIGONISH MALL 100 - AUGUST 19, 2007
RIVERSIDE SPEEDWAY, JAMES RIVER, NS
Pos |
No. |
Name |
Make |
Hometown |
Prov. |
Laps |
1 |
44 |
Wayne Smith |
Monte Carlo |
Halifax |
NS |
100 |
2 |
8 |
Kent Vincent |
Charger |
Crapaud |
PE |
100 |
3 |
52 |
Shawn Tucker |
Monte Carlo |
Fredericton |
NB |
100 |
4 |
0 |
Shawn Turple |
Monte Carlo |
Enfield |
NS |
100 |
5 |
32 |
Chris Hughes |
Fusion |
Winsloe |
PE |
100 |
| 6 | 23f | Craig Slaunwhite | Monte Carlo | Whites Lake | NS | 100 |
7 |
81 |
Bob White |
Grand Prix |
Kennetcook |
NS |
100 |
8 |
23 |
Lonnie Sommerville |
Monte Carlo |
Saint John |
NB |
100 |
9 |
88 |
George Koszkulics |
Monte Carlo |
New Glasgow |
NS |
100 |
10 |
35 |
Brad Mann |
Monte Carlo |
Campbellton |
NB |
100 |
11 |
26 |
Mike Stevens |
Monte Carlo |
Moncton |
NB |
100 |
12 |
13 |
Rollie MacDonald |
Monte Carlo |
Pictou |
NS |
100 |
| 13 | 97 | John Flemming | Charger | Halifax | NS | 100 |
14 |
72 |
Stacey Clements |
Monte Carlo |
Halifax |
NS |
100 |
15 |
19 |
Tim Rodgers |
Monte Carlo |
Moncton |
NB |
100 |
16 |
81m |
Darren MacKinnon |
Monte Carlo |
Charlottetown |
PE |
99 |
17 |
37 |
Kris Fournier |
Charger |
Charlottetown |
PE |
99 |
18 |
1 |
Dean MacInnis |
Monte Carlo |
Whycocomagh |
NS |
99 |
19 |
19v |
Darren Vanderaa |
Monte Carlo |
Winsloe |
PE |
98 |
| 20 | 34 | Graham Spinney | Monte Carlo | Barrington Pass. | NS | 97 |
| 21 | 65 | Dana Duncan | Monte Carlo | Saint John | NB | 97 |
22 |
76 |
Roger Crane |
Monte Carlo |
Montague |
PE |
95 |
23 |
39 |
Sandy Livingstone |
Monte Carlo |
Springhill |
NS |
95 |
24 |
29 |
Greg Proude |
Charger |
Charlottetown |
PE |
89 |
25 |
66 |
Daryl Mahar |
Monte Carlo |
Halifax |
NS |
76 |
| 26 | O1 | Robbie MacLean | Monte Carlo |
Charlottetown | PE | 67 |
27 |
21 |
Shawn Pierce |
Monte Carlo |
Blockhouse |
NS |
43 |
28 |
89 |
Donald Chisholm |
Monte Carlo |
Antigonish |
NS |
37 |
29 |
4 |
Dale Holmes |
Monte Carlo |
Charlottetown |
PE |
17 |
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