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Steckly On A Roll Out West

July 15, 2015

Photo Credit: Ashley McCubbin

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada – Scott Steckly is finding the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series by Mobil 1’s annual western swing to his liking.

After a dominant wire-to-wire win at Edmonton International Raceway just five days ago, the three-time series champion captured his second consecutive pole award at Auto Clearing Motor Speedway and second consecutive pole this season to put his No. 22 Canadian Tire Dodge in the top starting spot for tonight’s Velocity Prairie Thunder 250.

With a lap of 14.693 seconds (81.590 mph), Steckly earned his 15th career pole and just missed the track record he set last season at Saskatoon.

Mark Dilley, the runner up at Auto Clearing in 2012 and 2013, qualified second with a fast lap at 14.786 seconds (81.077 mph).

Defending series champion L.P. Dumoulin, who was fastest in final practice, earned the third starting position after posting a lap at 14.788 seconds (81.066 mph).

Andrew Ranger, who had to change the motor in his No. 27 Mopar / Pennzoil Dodge after practice, was fourth fastest in qualifying at 14.828 (80.847). Alex Tagliani will line up in the fifth starting position in his No. 18 EpiPen /CGI/CanTorque Chevrolet after posting a lap at 14.857 (80.689).

Rookie Gary Klutt, Matthew Scannell, Noel Dowler, D.J. Kennington, and Joey McColm rounded out the top 10 in qualifying.

The green flag is scheduled to drop at 7:30 pm MT.

Pos	No.	Name	Sponsor	Best Tm	Best Speed	In Lap	Laps	Diff
1	22	Scott Steckly	Canadian Tire	14.693	81.59	2	2
2	2	Mark Dilley	Johnsonville/Leland/BDI	14.786	81.077	1	2	0.093
3	47	L.P. Dumoulin	WeatherTech Canada/Bellemare	14.788	81.066	2	2	0.095
4	27	Andrew Ranger	Mopar/Pennzoil	14.828	80.847	2	2	0.135
5	18	Alex Tagliani	EpiPen/CGI/Cantorque	14.857	80.689	2	2	0.164
6	59	Gary Klutt *	CTL Corp/Trailcon Leasing	14.863	80.657	1	2	0.17
7	56	Matthew Scannell	OMVIC/Stratafax/B&B Decals	14.911	80.397	2	2	0.218
8	5	Noel Dowler	EMCO/Empire Mechanical	14.917	80.365	2	2	0.224
9	17	D.J. Kennington	Castrol Edge/Mahindra Tractors	14.929	80.3	2	2	0.236
10	25	Joey McColm	Action Retail Outfitters	14.929	80.3	2	2	0.236
11	3	Jason Hathaway	WSSL Auto Parts/Choko/HGC	14.93	80.295	1	2	0.237
12	4	J.F. Dumoulin	Bernier Crepeau/Groupe Bellemare	14.968	80.091	2	2	0.275
13	53	Adam Dowler *	MFP/Empire Mechanical	15.003	79.904	2	2	0.31
14	99	Marc-Antoine Camirand *	Grafoid/Braille Battery	15.006	79.888	2	2	0.313
15	28	Jamie Krzysik	Northwoods Hauling	15.165	79.05	2	2	0.472
16	14	James Van Domselaar	Steel-Craft Door Products	15.192	78.91	1	2	0.499
17	51	Nick Jewell	Prairie Dodge Dealers/Castrol Edge	15.192	78.91	2	2	0.499
18	76	Jason Hankewich*	Get-A-Grip Tire	15.28	78.455	2	2	0.587
19	87	Erica Thiering *	#RaceCayByAve/CBRT	15.32	78.251	2	2	0.627

* – Rookie of the Year contender

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