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Qualifiers were held for the first international NASCAR Camping Truck World Series race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Saturday.

Starting on the pole will be James Buescher, the defending series champion, with a fastest lap time of 109.189 mph.

James Buescher (Photo: Philippe Champoux)

Driving the No. 31 Eliminator Chevrolet for Turner Scott Motorsports, it's Buescher's second Keystone Light Pole Award this season. Buescher is second by 49 points in the season standings behind leader Matt Crafton.

Taking the pole gives Buescher the first choice of pit location, as well as the on-track advantage of positioning, on a 2.459 mile road course that's notoriously difficult for passing.

Ryan Blaney (Photo: Philippe Champoux)

Qualifying second in the No. 29 Cooper Standard Ford at 109.166, was rookie Ryan Blaney in his ninth top-ten start this season.

Third was Mike Skeen with 109.076. An experienced road racer who makes his first NASCAR series debut, Skeen was in the No. 6 Hawk Performance Chevrolet.

He was followed by Chase Elliot, Miguel Paludo, Ty Dillon, veteran road racer Max Papis, Chad Hackenbract, Darrell Wallace Jr. and Brendan Gaughan. Series leader Matt Crafton qualified 13th.

Mike Skeen (Photo: Philippe Champoux)

Although it was rumoured that home-town favourite Ron Fellows might compete on the track he co-owns, he decided that managing an event of this scope deserved all of his focus.

Buescher, a 23-year-old Texas native, captured the NCWTS Championship in 2012. Winning it again would make him the series' first repeat champion.

This is the first Camping World truck series event to be held in Canada, and the first time it's been run on a road course since Watkins Glen in 2000.

The 64-lap race gets underway Sunday at 2:00 p.m. with a field of 30 trucks.

Starting line-up
Pos. Name No. Truck Sponsor Time Speed

1 James Buescher 31 Chevrolet Motomaster Eliminator 109.189 81.074
2 Ryan Blaney 29 Ford Cooper Standard 109.166 81.091
3 Mike Skeen 6 Chevrolet Hawk Performance 109.076 81.158
4 Chase Elliott 94 Chevrolet Aaron's Dream Machine / Hendrickcars.com 108.930 81.267
5 Miguel Paludo 32 Chevrolet Duroline Brakes & Components 108.890 81.297
6 Ty Dillon 3 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops - Tracker Boats 108.835 81.338
7 Max Papis 14 Chevrolet Sport Clips 108.725 81.420
8 Chad Hackenbracht 51 Toyota Tastee Apple / Ingersoll Rand 108.488 81.598
9 Darrell Wallace Jr 54 Toyota Camping World / Good Sam 108.261 81.769
10 Brendan Gaughan 62 Chevrolet South Point Hotel & Casino 108.118 81.877
11 Jeb Burton 4 Chevrolet Arrowhead 107.894 82.047
12 German Quiroga Jr 77 Toyota Otter Box 107.809 82.112
13 Matt Crafton 88 Toyota Ideal Door-Menards 107.533 82.323
14 Alex Guenette 39 Chevrolet MI IUIMITEES Motorsports 107.533 82.323
15 Timothy Peters 17 Toyota Parts Plus 107.390 82.432
16 Johnny Sauter 98 Toyota Carolina Nut Co. / Curb Records 107.234 82.552
17 Ron Hornaday Jr 9 Chevrolet NTS Motorsports 107.202 82.577
18 Ross Chastain 19 Ford ReeseTowpower/PartsSource 107.155 82.613
19 Joey Coulter 18 Toyota Monster Energy 107.136 82.628
20 Brennan Newberry 24 Chevrolet Qore-24 106.931 82.786
21 Martin Roy 84 Chevrolet Beaver Bail Bonds 106.007 83.508
22 Dakoda Armstrong 60 Chevrolet Winfield 105.863 83.621
23 Max Gresham 8 Chevrolet Amwins 105.454 83.946
24 Bryan Silas 99 Ford Bell Trucks America, Inc. 105.017 84.295
25 John Wes Townley 7 Toyota Zaxby's 104.014 85.108
26 Derek White 81 Toyota VIP Poker 102.419 86.433
27 Carl Long 07 Toyota TBA 98.698 89.692
28 Jennifer Jo Cobb 10 RAM Kona Unwind 94.174 94.000
29 Chris Lafferty 0 Ford KOMA Unwind 94.160 94.014
30 Norm Benning 57 Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing 92.776 95.417

From GMM

Former FIA president Max Mosley on Sunday pointed a finger at his successor Jean Todt, but said Bernie Ecclestone is not to blame for Formula 1's deepening financial crisis.

With many middle-ranked teams struggling under financial strain, including the title-fighting Lotus and the two-decade stalwart Sauber, Mosley told the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag he has seen the problem brewing for years.

Fascinatingly, the 73-year-old Briton's rare comments coincide with the newly-announced FIA presidential candidature of countryman David Ward, who worked closely with Mosley during his long reign over formula one.

Asked about his ultimately failed quest to impose a 'budget cap' on teams, Mosley said on Sunday: "No one could or wanted to join the proposal.

"Instead, the teams introduced their own cost limits, but it was never effective in reality.

"In the end it was only a non-binding letter of intent -- a kind of lip service," he insisted.

"It was ineffective, partly because my successor Jean Todt was never a friend of cost limits. Now formula one has a big problem."

Mosley's comments could be interpreted as his strong support for Ward's campaign to wrestle control back out of Frenchman Todt's hands.

No problems with Bernie Ecclestone
Interestingly, Mosley also pins none of F1's problems on his long ally Bernie Ecclestone.

Asked if the sport's chief executive is adding to the problem by not giving enough of the vast profits to the teams, he insisted: "I do not believe Ecclestone's monetary policy is the crux of the problem.

"If the big teams got more money from him, they would just spend more money.

"On the other hand, formula one would not change in substance if less money is spent by everybody.

"The problem is the monetary policies of the teams. Ecclestone actually thinks extremely economically. And he is the one who has managed the commercial side of the sport for years with great success.

"He brings the circuits, the organisers, the TV stations -- in other words, he keeps formula one alive commercially. It is certainly not his fault that the teams live beyond their means.

"On the contrary, without him, it would be bleak."

So, rather than criticise Ecclestone, Mosley said the billionaire deserves every cent he has made from F1.

"Why not?" he insisted. "If someone works hard and is successful, why shouldn't he have benefitted?"

Mosley even doubts the 82-year-old really did bribe the F1 banker Gerhard Gribkowsky, who is at the centre of a looming court scandal that could bring Ecclestone down.

Asked about the alleged bribe, Mosley said: "Why would he do that?

"Think about it again: why would he be interested in selling the business as cheaply as possible, even though his own family still owned considerable amounts of the marketing rights?

"Additionally, there was, according to my information, only one buyer for the rights anyway."

From ALMS

Klaus Graf and Lucas Luhr combined to clinch their second consecutive American Le Mans Series championship with a victory in the Grand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT, their sixth consecutive victory from the 2013 season.

The race was shortened to one hour, 13 minutes after a multi-car incident completely blocked the front straight of the Inner Harbor street circuit seconds after the initial waving of the green flag.

One of the restarts. (Photo: ALMS)

It was the shortest race in ALMS history, with Graf and Luhr leading four times for 17 of the 41 laps in the No. 6 Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD ARX-03c. The race featured eight lead changes among five different cars representing three classes.

Luhr took the lead for good by passing Guy Smith in the Turn 3 hairpin with 13 minutes remaining and then beat Smith to the checkered flag by 3.867 seconds. Smith led briefly down the stretch in the No. 16 Mazda/Thetford/Norcold Lola B12/60 started by Chris Dyson.



Jan Magnussen made a third-to-first move to take the GT lead shortly after the final restart, and held off teammate Tommy Milner by .457 seconds in a 1-2 finish for Corvette Racing.

Marino Franchitti took his fourth P2 victory of the season in the No. 552 HPD ARX-03b, joined by new Level 5 Motorsports teammate Guy Cosmo. The victory gave Franchitti the lead in the PC class championship standings.

Tristan Nunez went from third to first in the closing minutes to win in Prototype Challenge presented by Continental Tire (PC) in the No. 18 ORECA FLM09.

In GTC, Dion von Moltke and Seth Neiman led most of the way in the No. 44 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. Second, only .843 seconds behind, was Jeroen Bleekemolen in the No. 22 WeatherTech Porsche started by Cooper MacNeil.

Results
1. (1) Klaus Graf/Lucas Luhr (6-P1), HPD ARX-03c, 41 laps
2. (2) Chris Dyson/Guy Smith (16-P1), Lola B12-60 Mazda, 41
3. (7) Guy Cosmo/Marino Franchitti/Scott Tucker (552-P2), HPD ARX-03b, 41
4. (5) Scott Sharp/Anthony Lazzaro (01-P2), HPD ARX-03b, 41
5. (15) Antonio Garcia/Jan Magnussen (3-GT), Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1, 41
6. (13) Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner (4-GT), Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1, 41
7. (12) Joey Hand/Dirk Mueller (56-GT), BMW Z4 GTE, 41
8. (11) Bill Auberlen/Maxime Martin (55-GT), BMW Z4 GTE, 41
9. (17) Marc Goossens/Dominik Farnbacher (91-GT), SRT Viper GTS-R Viper, 41
10. (22) Charlie Shears/Tristan Nunez (18-PC), ORECA FLM09, 41
11. (20) Kuno Wittmer/Jonathan Bomarito (93-GT), SRT Viper GTS-R Viper, 41
12. (9) Jonathan Bennett/Colin Braun (05-PC), ORECA FLM09, 40
13. (30) Seth Neiman/Dion von Moltke (44-GTC), Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, 39
14. (23) Cooper MacNeil/Jeroen Bleekemolen (22-GTC), Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, 39
15. (29) Mike Hedlund/Jan Heylen (11-GTC), Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, 39
16. (31) Patrick Dempsey/Andy Lally (27-GTC), Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, 39
17. (25) Henrique Cisneros/Sean Edwards (30-GTC), Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, 39
18. (32) Marc Bunting/Norbert Siedler (67-GTC), Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, 39
19. (6) Mike Guasch/Dane Cameron (52-PC), ORECA FLM09, 38
20. (21) Bill Sweedler/Townsend Bell (23-GT), Ferrari F458 Italia, 38
21. (24) Nelson Canache Jr./Spencer Pumpelly (45-GTC), Porsche 911 GT3, 36
22. (10) Alex Popow/Bruno Junqueira (9-PC), ORECA FLM09, 27
23. (28) Al Carter/Kevin Estre (68-GTC), Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, 26
24. (4) Ed Brown/Johannes van Overbeek (02-P2), HPD ARX-03b, 15
25. (26) Ben Keating/Damien Faulkner (66-GTC), Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, 14
26. (8) Chris Cumming/Kyle Marcelli (8-PC), ORECA FLM09, 3
27. (14) Tom Kimber-Smith/Patrick Long (06-GT), Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 0
28. (16) Wolf Henzler/Bryan Sellers (17-GT), Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 0
29. (19) Bryce Miller/Marco Holzer (48-GT), Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 0
30. (3) Scott Tucker/Ryan Briscoe (551-P2), HPD ARX-03b, 0
31. (18) Olivier Beretta/Matteo Malucelli (62-GT), Ferrari F458 Italia, 0

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