Hudco Electric Supply 300 presented by G Oil postphoned till Sunday; Steckly leads practice

A persistant on and off light mist from mid-afternoon till the night time forced the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series to postpone tonight’s Hudco Electric Supply 200 at Barrie Speedway to Sunday afternoon.

Due to only being able to get practice in, the Canadian Tire Series will have their time trials at 11:30am on Sunday morning at Barrie Speedway. The green flag is then schedule for 1:30pm in the afternoon. With a sunnier forecast, Sunday looks like a much better day for racing.

Even with the showers, the Canadian Tire Series cars did get on track for their practice session and it was two-time series champion Scott Steckly pacing the field with a lap of 14.121 seconds. Steckly currently sits second in points, three points behind D.J. Kennington Steckly finished ninth last year at Barrie Speedway after being involved in the late race incident. He has also won a pair of races at Barrie Speedway in the past, winning both events in 2008. He has five top fives in eight starts as he looks for his third series championship.

Last week’s race winner L.P. Dumoulin was second fastest, 0.031 seconds off of Steckly’s quick time. Dumoulin has made two career starts at Barrie Speedway, finishing 13th in 2011 and 11th last year. Dumoulin currently sits third in points and could bring himself right into championship picture if Kennington and Steckly have problems this weekend.

Rookie Alex Guenette was third fastest, 0.045 seconds off of the quick time. The Quebec native makes his first career start at Barrie Speedway. He has run 10 races this year, scoring one top five and four top 10s.

Last year’s race winner Pete Shepherd III was fourth quickest as he looks to repeats last year’s success. Shepherd has made a pair of NCAT starts this year – Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Oval and Delaware Speedway – winning both of them.

Jason Hathaway rounded out the top five as he looks to gain points, currently sitting 17 points back of Kennington. Hathaway finished eight last year and has five top 10s in eight starts on the 0.333 mile tri-oval, including a second in 2011.

J.R. Fitzpatrick was sixth quickest, followed by points leader Kennington, Mark Dilley, Ron Beauchamp Jr. and Hugo Vannini. Vannini had a small spin in turn three during practice, but kept his machine off the wall.

 

NCATS Barrie 9/7/13 Practice

Pos No. Name Sponsor Best Tm Best Speed In Lap Laps Diff
1 22 Scott Steckly Canadian Tire 14.121 84.895 59 78
2 47 L.P. Dumoulin WeatherTech Canada/Bellemare 14.152 84.709 70 73 0.031
3 39 Alex Guenette * Kawasaki/Motos Illimitees, DLGL 14.166 84.625 84 98 0.045
4 7 Pete Shepherd III National Exhaust/Rama Smoke Shop 14.174 84.577 39 51 0.053
5 3 Jason Hathaway Snap on Tools/Rockstar Energy Drink 14.176 84.565 44 60 0.055
6 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick Equipment Express 14.211 84.357 34 53 0.090
7 17 D.J. Kennington Castrol Edge/Mahindra Tractors 14.258 84.079 55 57 0.137
8 2 Mark Dilley Gaunt Collision/Leland/BDI 14.297 83.850 67 67 0.176
9 60 Ron Beauchamp, Jr. Mopar/Exide/Pennzoil 14.344 83.575 55 61 0.223
10 97 Hugo Vannini VTI Motorsports 14.406 83.215 24 60 0.285
11 90 Martin Roy Batteries Expert/Veloce 14.413 83.175 57 58 0.292
12 21 Jason White Bowers & Wilkins/Castrol 14.448 82.973 37 42 0.327
13 5 Noel Dowler EMCO/Praxair/Safety Kleen 14.527 82.522 36 49 0.406
14 9 Ryley Seibert * Lake Excavating/Emco 14.527 82.522 73 89 0.406
15 28 Dave Connelly Schneider’s/Metro 14.613 82.037 40 43 0.492
16 56 Larry Jackson OMVIV/Touchwood Cabinets 14.629 81.947 47 52 0.508
17 50 Joey McColm Canada’s Best Store Fixtures/Espar 14.762 81.209 5 6 0.641
18 29 Ray Courtemanche Jr. La Cite De Mirabel Inc. 14.781 81.104 67 69 0.660
19 98 Howie Scannell Jr. OMVIC/Trailers by Jim Bray 14.821 80.885 26 30 0.700

* Denotes rookie of the year contender

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