Smith Wins The Parts For Trucks 100 At NBIS

June 16, 2007, Geary (near Fredericton), NB - Wayne Smith of Timberlea, NS won the PARTS FOR TRUCKS 100 for the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour at New Brunswick International Speedway (NBIS), near Fredericton, NB on Saturday night. Smith, Shaun Turple of Enfield, NS, Kent Vincent of Crapaud, PE, and Shawn Tucker of Fredericton, NB all battled side by side for the last seven laps. Smith beat Turple to the line by three one hundredths of a second. Tucker finished third, ahead of Vincent. EIT Rookie of the Race Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John, NB rounded out the top five.

Tucker won the halfway leader award and the Most Laps Led Award. Over 2000 fans saw 9 cautions and one red flag slow the event, which took one hour and fourty minutes to complete. The red flag was for a rollover when Bob White of Kennetcook, NS grenaded a motor while running in the eighth position. Myles of Fredericton Junction, NB hit the oil, went up the embankment and rolled his car.

Kris Fournier of Charlottetown, PE and Brad Mann of Campbellton, NB won heat races. Tucker won the Dash for the Pole, featuring the top nine finishers in the Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials. Sommerville had the fastest time on the 1/4 mile oval, at an average speed of over 65.862 miles per hour. None of the top five cars opted to take the Rockico Truck and Trailer Pole Challenge.

Twenty-seven 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. Dale Holmes of Charlottetown, PE won the event over Mike Stevens of Moncton, NB and Darren MacKinnon of Charlottetown, PE.

The next stop on the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour is on June 30th at the newly repaved 1/3 mile oval at Raceway Park, in Oyster Bed Bridge, PE. The Parts for Trucks 100 will be the first event on the new asphalt, which was laid by racers from Prince Edward Island and those that donated to the Racers Pavement Fund.

With nearly 4000 locations in North America, CARQUEST Auto Parts supplies the professional automotive service repair industry as well as do-it-yourselfers with replacement parts, tools and equipment.

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 PARTS FOR TRUCKS 100 - June 16/07 NEW BRUNSWICK INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, GEARY, NB

Pos	No.	Name	Make	Hometown	Prov.	Sponsor
1	44	Wayne Smith	Monte Carlo	Halifax	NS	Trax Construction
2	0	Shawn Turple	Monte Carlo	Enfield	NS	Municipal Contracting
3	52	Shawn Tucker	Monte Carlo	Fredericton	NB	Rockico Truck and Trailer
4	8	Kent Vincent	Charger	Crapaud	PEI	HP Glover
5	23	Lonnie Sommerville	Monte Carlo	Saint John	NB	Oil Can Harry
6	32	Chris Hughes	Fusion	Winsloe	PEI	North Shore Trucking
7	26	Mike Stevens	Monte Carlo	Moncton	NB	Lounsbury Truck Centre
8	4	Dale Holmes	Monte Carlo	Charlottetown	PEI	Castle Building Supplies
9	23f	Frank Fraser	Monte Carlo	Shubenacadie	NS	Atlantic CAT
10	13	Rollie MacDonald	Monte Carlo	Pictou	NS	King Freight Lines
11	29	Greg Proude	Charger	Charlottetown	PEI	Challenger Farm Equipment
12	35	Brad Mann	Monte Carlo	Campbellton	NB	Subway
13	19v	Darren Vanderaa	Monte Carlo	Winsloe	PEI	Walter Piccott Chev Olds
14	76	Roger Crane	Monte Carlo	Montague	PEI	Montague Tire
15	72	Stacey Clements	Monte Carlo	Halifax	NS	Rylan Jacks Pub
16	81m	Darren MacKinnon	Monte Carlo	Charlottetown	PEI	Shaws Towing
17	66	Daryl Mahar	Monte Carlo	Halifax	NS	Inglis Jewelers
18	37	Kris Fournier	Charger	Charlottetown	PEI	Taylor Flooring
19	65	Gary Bursey	Monte Carlo	Moncton	NB
20	10	Kent Livingston	Monte Carlo	Charlottetown	PEI	RW Donahue Trucking
21	81	Bob White	Grand Prix	Kennetcook	NS	Stuart Pontiac
22	31	Myles Harris	Monte Carlo	Fredericton Jct	NB
23	7	Wayne Chase	Monte Carlo	Fredericton	NB	Chase Trucking
24	39	Sandy Livingstone	Monte Carlo	Springhill	NS	Pharmasave
25	21	Shawn Pierce	Monte Carlo	Blockhouse	NS	Steve's Ironworks

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