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CanadianRacingOnline · « **on:** May 24, 2007, 02:58:30 PM »

NASCAR CANADIAN TIRE SERIES

CAYUGA SPEEDWAY PARK NEWS AND NOTES

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 24, 2007) – The much anticipated inaugural race of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series is scheduled for Saturday, May 26 at Cayuga Speedway Park with upwards of 30 cars expected to be on hand for a chance to win this historic race.

THE TRACK: The 5/8-mile oval of Cayuga, near Hagersville, Ontario, has the honor of hosting the first NASCAR Canadian Tire Series event. It is not, however, the first time that track has attracted top NASCAR talent. In its over 40 years, the likes of Bobby and Davey Allison, Dale Earnhardt, Bill Elliott, Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, Rusty Wallace and Darrell Waltrip among others have competed there in various events.

NASCAR IN CANADA HISTORY 101: While the Dodge Dealers 200 is the first race for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, it is not the first NASCAR-sanctioned event in Canada. In fact, NASCAR’s premier series, known today as the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, has held two events in Canada. The first was July 1, 1952 in Stamford Park in Niagara Falls, Ontario which was won by Buddy Shuman in a Hudson Hornet. The second was held at Canadian National Exposition Speedway in Toronto. Lee Petty won the event. Also in this race, a young man by the name of Richard Petty made his debut in NASCAR’s premier series.

NASCAR HISTORY IN CANADA FOR $200, ALEX: Over the years, several Canadians have participated in NASCAR events. Earl Ross won the 1974 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Rookie of the Year. Roy Smith won four NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series championships. Montreal’s Dick Foley competed in the first Daytona 500. Pete Harding won the 1999 title in the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Northwest Series.

WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD: Many of the entrants in the Dodge Dealers 200 are former CASCAR Super Series competitors and have raced numerous times at Cayuga Speedway Park, but this time it will be a little different. Perhaps the biggest change to the cars this year is the move to a wider Goodyear tire. Several teams tested the new tires at Cayuga two week ago and learned their race set-ups would not be as different as originally believed. “We came in here with some assumptions on how to prepare the car, but we pretty much ended up with the set-up that we ran here before,” said veteran driver Dave Whitlock (No. 39 Dickies Ford).

Ticket information for the Dodge Dealers 200 can be obtained by calling Cayuga Speedway Park at (866) 670-1958 or by logging onto www.cayugaspeedwaypark.com.

For more information, contact:

Shon Sbarra, NASCAR Public Relations, (253) 377-9128 or pschaefer@nascar.com

Jason Christley, NASCAR Public Relations, (386) 947-6788 or jchistley@nascar.com

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CanadianRacingOnline.com · « **on:** May 24, 2007, 02:58:30 PM »

AutoAssembler · « **Reply #1 on:** May 24, 2007, 10:15:06 PM »

Quote from: CanadianRacingOnline on May 24, 2007, 02:58:30 PM

Earl Ross won the 1974 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Rookie of the Year.

They forgot to mention Earl won the Old Dominion 500 Cup race at Martinsville in 1974 as well, the only Non-American to this date to have accomplished this feat!

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Pinecrest · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2007, 06:55:40 AM »

Quote from: AutoAssembler on May 24, 2007, 10:15:06 PM

Quote from: CanadianRacingOnline on May 24, 2007, 02:58:30 PM
Earl Ross won the 1974 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Rookie of the Year.

They forgot to mention Earl won the Old Dominion 500 Cup race at Martinsville in 1974 as well, the only Non-American to this date to have accomplished this feat!

They forgot several things , but with a large contingent here that don't care about the history of the sport I will skip past that to the the line ....

"with upwards of 30 cars expected to be on hand for a chance to win this historic race"

Do they really think there will be 28 to 30 cars ? and is it true that they will only start 24 cars as HUTTERPOWER posted ? . Hooters Cup starts 37 Busch East starts 42 and ARCA starts 42 at Toledo .
When did this rule come into effect in CASCAR/NASCAR ?

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CanadianRacingOnline.com · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2007, 06:55:40 AM »

Racer · « **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2007, 07:07:53 AM »

32 cars will start.....

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MID · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2007, 08:03:17 AM »

The new NASCAR CTS rules state that all events will start up to 32 cars, and if in fact the car count ever got higher, say 40, I am sure we would start 40 as they do not want to send anyone home this year.
Keep in mind the whatever the car count, the feild will be made up of top quality equipment- not feild fillers, as every car must go through the same tech procedures and meet the criteria of the NASCAR rules. Saying that I am not sure we could start more then 32 cars at places like Barrie, and if they did it would come down to 2 options- Follow the Leader- OR - Crashfest 2007.
Either way you look at it, its all about putting on a good show for the fans and that is it in Black and white.

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Pinecrest · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2007, 08:07:48 AM »

    HUTTERPOWER
Re: What Drivers will be at Cayuga ??
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2007, 04:45:45 AM »
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someone is going home, only 24 to start the race.

Thanks for clearing that up, Miss Information aka HUTTERPOWER had me wondering there for a minute.

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Mobil1fan · « **Reply #6 on:** May 25, 2007, 01:22:48 PM »

Quote from: Pinecrest on May 25, 2007, 08:07:48 AM

    HUTTERPOWER
Re: What Drivers will be at Cayuga ??
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2007, 04:45:45 AM »
   Reply with quoteQuote
someone is going home, only 24 to start the race.

Thanks for clearing that up, Miss Information aka HUTTERPOWER had me wondering there for a minute.

0 for 2....lol

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HUTTERPOWER · « **Reply #7 on:** May 25, 2007, 08:29:35 PM »

Thats right. You guys like to sit here and wine and bitch and complain so I decided I am going to feed you all false information. Hope you enjoy it.

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Mobil1fan · « **Reply #8 on:** May 25, 2007, 08:37:32 PM »

Quote from: HUTTERPOWER on May 25, 2007, 08:29:35 PM

Thats right. You guys like to sit here and wine and bitch and complain so I decided I am going to feed you all false information. Hope you enjoy it.

I call BS....You just can't admit you were wrong twice, can you?

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HUTTERPOWER · « **Reply #9 on:** May 26, 2007, 07:45:36 AM »

I guessed and said 24 would start Cayuga. Last night I counted 23 teams represented at the drivers meeting. Sorry I was off by 1. So thats 23 teams at Cayuga today. Guess I am not so wrong after all.

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swervn · « **Reply #10 on:** May 26, 2007, 08:17:30 AM »

22 cars...........24 cars.........30 cars.............40 cars.......Whatever!!!.............This is our series and we will be there to support it..........This is a lifeline to quality racing here in Canada. I don't believe we will see Hooters Pro Cup here again.......so.......
Let's get behind it .......even at $45 a pop!..............See ya at the race!

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Pinecrest · « **Reply #11 on:** May 26, 2007, 09:35:36 AM »

Quote from: HUTTERPOWER on May 26, 2007, 07:45:36 AM

I guessed and said 24 would start Cayuga. Last night I counted 23 teams represented at the drivers meeting. Sorry I was off by 1. So thats 23 teams at Cayuga today. Guess I am not so wrong after all.

Sorry Miss Information but no amout of back peddling will make your false statements correct . You dont seem to have a clue about what you are talking about . It would seem I am not the only one here that thinks your full of $@%#

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Pinecrest · « **Reply #12 on:** May 26, 2007, 09:44:32 AM »

Quote from: swervn on May 26, 2007, 08:17:30 AM

22 cars...........24 cars.........30 cars.............40 cars.......Whatever!!!.............This is our series and we will be there to support it..........This is a lifeline to quality racing here in Canada. I don't believe we will see Hooters Pro Cup here again.......so.......
Let's get behind it .......even at $45 a pop!..............See ya at the race!

If you want to pay Nextel Cup prices to see 200 lap cascar races with car counts in the low 20s thats up to you but please don't tell me this lifeline to quality racing in Canada . Besides all the good racing that already exists here in Canada why would you limit your self to only events north of the 49th parallel ?

For about half the price you could be watching this http://www.oswegospeedway.com/

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racewoman · « **Reply #13 on:** May 26, 2007, 09:54:34 AM »

Oswego is an awesome show!! Great people would love to be there!!

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blaneyfan · « **Reply #14 on:** May 26, 2007, 09:58:18 AM »

Quote from: swervn on May 26, 2007, 08:17:30 AM

22 cars...........24 cars.........30 cars.............40 cars.......Whatever!!!.............This is our series and we will be there to support it..........This is a lifeline to quality racing here in Canada. I don't believe we will see Hooters Pro Cup here again.......so.......
Let's get behind it .......even at $45 a pop!..............See ya at the race!

Sorry dude, I'm not going to over pay for a race just to be a "good Canadian race fan". The original price of $35? you betcha I'll support that.
Oswego is a great show, I tend to go about another 15 miles to Fulton though.

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