DRIVERS TO SHARE $50,000 IN PRIZE MONEY FROM NASCAR CANADIAN TIRE SERIES BONUS

[CanadianRacingOnline]

DRIVERS TO SHARE $50,000 IN PRIZE MONEY

FROM NASCAR CANADIAN TIRE SERIES BONUS PROGRAM


 

 

            DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (July 25, 2007) – Twenty drivers of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Sirius Satellite Radio are receiving a combined $50,000 in prize money for the first portion of the leader bonus program for this season.

            The prize money, part of the overall $260,810 point fund award for 2007, is being distributed based on the championship standings after the first four races.

            Andrew Ranger (No. 27 Wal-Mart/Tide Ford), of Roxton Pond, Quebec, tops the standings after four events with 638 points and will net the biggest amount, receiving $10,000. He has piloted the Dave Jacombs-owned entry to a win and a top-10 finish in all four races in the segment. The win came on the road course at Mosport International Raceway near Bowmanville, Ontario. It came in just his third start in a stock car. Ranger made the move to NASCAR this season after finishing seventh in last year’s CHAMP Car World Series standings.

            Second in the standings with 626 points is Peter Gibbons (No. 1 Canadian Tire/Mastercraft Chevrolet) of Stouffville, Ontario. He will receive $5,000. Gibbons has a pair of third-place efforts this year at Cayuga Speedway Park in Hamilton, Ontario, and at Sunvalley Speedway in Vernon, B.C.

            Mark Dilley (No. 9 Dodge/Leland Industries Dodge) of Barrie, Ontario, is third in the standings with 623 points and will receive $4,500. He opened the season with a runner-up finish at Cayuga and equaled that at his home track of Barrie (Ontario) Speedway.

            Receiving $4,000 for being fourth in the standings with 599 points is D.J. Kennington (No. 17 Castrol Dodge) of St. Thomas, Ontario. The last champion of the former CASCAR Super Series J.R. Fitzpatrick (No. 84 Milwaukee Electric Tools Chevrolet) of Cambridge, Ontario, is fifth in the standings with 598 points and will receive $3,500.

            Receiving $3,000 for sixth, with 585 points, is Don Thomson Jr. (No. 4 Home Hardware Chevrolet) of Ayr, Ontario. Ron Beauchamp Jr. (No. 60 Mopar/Mobil 1 Dodge) of Windsor, Ontario, is tied with John Gaunt (No. 12 Centennial Chrysler Dodge), of Barrie, Ontario, at 570 points, but Beauchamp’s third-place finish at Mosport gave him the edge for seventh place and $2,500 while Gaunt earned $2,000. Receiving $1,750 for ninth is Kerry Micks (No. 02 Beyond Digital Imaging Ford) of Mount Albert, Ontario, with 564 points. Jason Hathaway (No. 3 Snap-on Tools Dodge) of Appin, Ontario, receives $1,500 for being 10th with 540 points.

            Drivers 11th through 15th include Derek Lynch (No. 77 Canadian Shield Dodge), $1,450; Scott Steckly (No. 22 Erb Group Dodge), $1,400; Dave Whitlock (No. 39 Dickies/Hamilton Tiger-Cats Dodge), $1,350; Brad Graham (No. 19 Full Throttle/Challenger Dodge), $1,300 and Doug Brown (No. 10 Haldex/NAPA Dodge), $1,250.



            The drivers ranked 16th through 20th wrap up this portion of the bonus program payout. They include Joey McColm (No. 50 ATTO Insurance Dodge), $1,200; Kent Nuhn (No. 09 Fuel Genie/Nuhn’s Auto Recyclers Pontiac), $1,150; Jim Lapcevich (No. 25 EMCEA Transport/Tim Hortons Chevrolet), $1,100; Ron Van Es (No. 11 Van Es Racing Chevrolet), $1,050 and Jeff Lapcevich (No. 23 Tim Hortons/EMCEA Transport Chevrolet), $1,000.

            A second round of payouts will come following the eighth race on the 2007 schedule which will be the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres on August 19. Once again, 20 drivers will share $50,000. The bulk of the overall point fund will be distributed at the end of the season, based on the final championship standings.



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[CanadianRacingOnline]

Boy I still can't believe no comments or thoughts on this.

We are all behaving now     

So this is a good? how does this work for guys that are west drivers? this is all part of what Mark Dilley was talking about right.

cool some extra cash never hurts anyone. this is a new thing wasn't done in Cascar before.


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[22fan]

You know. I was talking to Scott yesterday about what's going on with his sponsorship deals.... And I completely forgot to ask what he thinks about this.

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[hill3]

ok i will misbehave. just doing some math in my head here,always a bad thing. i could be wrong but did ct pay 1million per year to name the series? if so add that to what the tracks had to pay to get a race,$80000 to $110000,low ball it we are close to 2 mill. the driver/teams see 260000 of that.now this does not include race day pay out which would be around $300000, i think. this income does not include in contingency or assoc sponsors. unless i am missing something here or screwed up on my math someone(see 800 pound gorilla nascar) is making a lot of real money that should go to the teams who carry most of the risk. i could be full of bs here and will be happy to be corrected.

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[CanadianRacingOnline]

I think places like Cayuga paid up front 75,000 each races and others payed a lot less. Barrie was 40,000 i was told if my sources are right.


If this is extra money that wasn't paid aut till Nascar took the series it is a good thing. We can't tell nascar what to do with their money and they have other expenses as well that we don't see and yes Nascar is in the business of making money like all other businesses and that is why it is called a business and not charity.




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[MID]

Good political comment CRO, and better yet, good observation hill3.
I commend both of you on your efforts but I must stick to the math here, so hill3 wins on his skills to add and subtract.
Yes it's great to get 1/4 payments back on your investment and finishes, but you would have thought that they missed some zeros's, or at least offered up some Canadian Tire Money, which for you that don't understand- Canadian Tire Money holds a stronger dollar value then the Canadian or American dollar in the foreign exchange market.

Thanks NASCAR for good idea's and money when you least expect it.
Now let's get back to work and get the purses, car count, and fan count- UP !! 

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[DWfan4ever]

I would agree that the purses need to be increased based on the numbers being discussed that NASCAR is charging.  Car counts would definitley be nicer to see that way there is action all the way around the track.  However from each of the 2 events I've attended so far this year I think the fans have been out supporting the series in greater numbers then recent past.  I say recent past as I do remember many years ago the series was packed everywhere and people were battling for good seats.  Unlike the past couple of seasons where you could show up for the race about 1/2 hour prior to the start and still get a great seat.

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[Kahnefreak]

i have been looking all around news stands for inside track magazine and cannot seem to find it. WE use to pick it up at the local store but nobody has it anymore. I thought for some reason maybe they weren't publishing anymore. Is it a subscription only magazine now or does anybody know?? any help would be appreciated as I am a racer and I love to check up on local racing in the area

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[AutoAssembler]

i have been looking all around news stands for inside track magazine and cannot seem to find it. WE use to pick it up at the local store but nobody has it anymore. I thought for some reason maybe they weren't publishing anymore. Is it a subscription only magazine now or does anybody know?? any help would be appreciated as I am a racer and I love to check up on local racing in the area

My subscription ran out, I haven't got around to renewing it yet, but I've been picking it up at Indigo, I would imagine Chapters would have it too.

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[CanadianRacingOnline]

See Inside Track should have had a ad on here and maybe more people would sign up. Greg will most likely answer this when he reads the message and let you know where you can get it. I used to see them at Chapters.



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[hill3]

cro- you are right,nascar can do what every they want. my point is this they are in a relationship with teams, tracks, corporate sponsors and fans. at best it is a dynamic type of relationship,one of these five entities can not exist with out the others,it just seems to me that nascar came to Canada and expected us to roll over and die. i would think a gross profit of 60 to 70 per cent is large. would it not be better to make less money pay the teams more charge the tracks less and use these factors to help the sport grow.the simple formula to me is more money to teams =more teams=more fans=more races=more corporate money=more money.....for nascar and the teams back to the start of the formula. i know personally of two large corps that went from local track to nascar, it is time for nascar to realize that not every one can blindly follow them or will.the idea of quarter pay outs is great,but i get the feeling i have just seen a sleight of hand,i.e. give me a piece of crust at the right time and i may not notice how big that loaf the crust came from. right no i feel like oliver twist "CAN I HAVE SOME MORE SIR". sorry this is a rant from one of those out west who had to ,pick up the pieces this year after the purchase of cascar and i am just very tired of blind obedience to nascar--we have no king we need no king-- p.s. other than petty of course

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