Vincent Victorious in PEI
Parts For Trucks 100

 

OYSTER BED BRIDGE, PEI (June 28, 2008) - Kent Vincent of Crapaud, PE won the PARTS FOR TRUCKS 100 at Raceway Park on Saturday night. Vincent took the lead on lap 52 and held off fellow Island driver Chris Hughes of Brackley to take the win, his first Halcraft Print Checkered Flag of the season. Hughes, who led the first 51 laps, came home second, ahead of Greg Proude of Charlottetown. The "King of the Road" Roger Miller of Kennetcook, NS and Shawn Tucker of Fredericton, NB rounded out the top five.

Islanders dominated their home event, sweeping the top three positions and five of the top 10 finishing positions. Over 2500 fans saw the two challenge each other several times on restarts throughout the event, slowed by seven cautions and taking 58 minutes to complete.

Jonathan Hicken of Montague, PE Darren MacKinnon of Winloe, PE and Wayne Smith of Timberlea, NS won heat races. Hughes won the Coast Tire Most Laps Led Award and the Dash for the Pole, featuring the top nine finishers in the Atlantic Tiltload Time Trials. Craig Slaunwhite of Terrence Bay, NS had the fastest time on the tight 1/4 mile oval, with an average speed of nearly 67 miles per hour. None of the top five cars opted to take the Hipertech Pole Challenge.

Kris Fournier of Charlottetown, PE won the "B" Feature, ahead of Daryl Mahar of Hubley, NS and Bobby White of Kennetcook, NS. Hughes unofficially leads the Parts for Trucks Challenge, a mini series held within the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour Championship. Twenty nine of the top drivers from the Maritimes attempted to qualify for the Main Feature.

The CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour returns to action next Saturday with the first extra distance event of the season. The Forbes Chevrolet 150 will be held July 5 at Scotia Speedworld, near Halifax, NS. This is the first of four extra distance races of the season and is the final tune up before the prestigious IWK 250, to be held July 19 at Riverside International Speedway in James River, NS.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS - THE PARTS FOR TRUCKS 100 - June 28, 2008 at Raceway Park, PEI

Pos No. Name Laps Sponsor Hometown
1 8 Kent Vincent 100 Atlantic Turbines Crapaud PE
2 32 Chris Hughes 100 Pauley Equipement Brackley Beach PE
3 29 Greg Proude 100 Challenger Farm Equip. Charlottetown PE
4 80 Roger Miller 100 Stan's Auto Kennetcook NS
5 52 Shawn Tucker 100 Rockico Truck & Trailer Fredericton NB
6 23 Lonnie Sommerville 100 AE MacKay Builders Saint John NB
7 4 Dale Holmes 100 Castle Building Centres West Covehead PE
8 5 Jonathan Hicken 100 Reynolds Well Drilling Montague PE
9 0 Shawn Turple 100 Dexter Construction Enfield NS
10 35 Brad Mann 100 Subway Restaurants Glen Livet NB
11 44 Wayne Smith 100 ICI Paints Timberlea NS
12 66 Daryl Mahar 100 Inglis Jewelers Five Island Lake NS
13 18 Darren MacKinnon 100 Shaws Towing Winsloe PE
14 48 Dave O'Blenis 100 Burger King Boundary Creek NB
15 81 Bob White 100 Stuart Pontiac Kennetcook NS
16 37 Kris Fournier 100 Totally Tile Charlottetown PE
17 13 Rollie MacDonald 100 King Freight Lines Pictou NS
18 01 Robbie MacLean 100 Robbies Truck and Trailer Charlottetown PE
19 76 Roger Crane 100 Montague Tire Montague PE
20 23s Craig Slaunwhite 100 Atlantic CAT Terence Bay NS
21 19v Darren Vanderaa 99 Chappell Construction Milton PE
22 92 Pete Miller 96 ACL Construction Kennetcook NS
23 19 Tim Rodgers 91 Philips Bros Excavating Upper Coverdale NB
24 89 Donald Chisholm 77 Nova Construction Antigonish NS
25 6 Lowell Affleck 52 Barter Centre Used Cars Summerside PE
26 26 Mike Stevens 37 R. Stevens Mechanical Salisbury NB
27 24 Scott Livingston 18 Dalziels Auto Body Charlottetown PE



Race Stats
Cautions: 7
Lead Changes: 1 among two drivers
Chris Hughes: 1-51
Kent Vincent: 52-100
Heat Winners: Jonathan Hicken; Wayne Smith; Darren MacKinnon
Dash Winner: Chris Hughes
Time Trials Winner (Fast Time): Craig Slaunwhite (13.477 seconds, 66.780 mph)
"B" Feature Top Three: 1. Kris Fournier; 2. Daryl Mahar; 3. Bobby White



About CARQUEST Auto Parts
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.

About the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour
The CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour is owned and operated by Maritime Pro Stock Tour Limited and features an annual series at five venues in the three Maritime Provinces of Canada. Former champions include John Flemming (2002, 2003, 2006), Shawn Tucker (2004, 2007), Wayne Smith (2001, 2008) and Rollie MacDonald (2005). For more information, call 902.481.2531 or click www.maritimeprostocktour.com.
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