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Scott Steckly held off a hard-charging Mark Dilley to claim the Velocity Prairie Thunder 250 at Auto Clearing Motor Speedway in Saskatoon, the latest round presented in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series.
Steckly picked up his first win of the season four nights ago at Motoplex Speedway, giving him a sweep of this year's two-race swing through Western Canada.
For the veteran, it was his 13th series career win which ranks third all-time behind D.J. Kennington with 18 and Andrew Ranger's 17.
Pole sitter J.R. Fitzpatrick set a blistering pace early, but he was not able to hold off Steckly. Steckly was able to take control after Dilley made contact with Fitzpatrick on lap 226 that sent Fitzpatrick spinning out of contention for his first oval-track win since July 2007.
Jason Hathaway bounced back from an early spin to finish third followed by Kennington and Trevor Seibert in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Noel Dowler, Fitzpatrick, Ron Beauchamp Jr., Cameron Hayley and James Van Domselaar completed the top 10.
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin qualified third and ran in the top 5 until he was involved in a collsion on lap 236. "L.P." managed to cross the line in 12th place.
The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series is back in action next on July 27 at Autodrome St. Eustache, Quebec for the National 250.
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
Standings after Saskatoon
1. D.J. Kennington 229 points
2. Scott Steckly 224
3. L.P. Dumoulin 224
4. Jason Hathaway 223
5. J.R. Fitzpatrick 208
etc
Steckly picked up his first win of the season four nights ago at Motoplex Speedway, giving him a sweep of this year's two-race swing through Western Canada.
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| Scott Steckly. (Photo: NASCAR) |
For the veteran, it was his 13th series career win which ranks third all-time behind D.J. Kennington with 18 and Andrew Ranger's 17.
Pole sitter J.R. Fitzpatrick set a blistering pace early, but he was not able to hold off Steckly. Steckly was able to take control after Dilley made contact with Fitzpatrick on lap 226 that sent Fitzpatrick spinning out of contention for his first oval-track win since July 2007.
Jason Hathaway bounced back from an early spin to finish third followed by Kennington and Trevor Seibert in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Noel Dowler, Fitzpatrick, Ron Beauchamp Jr., Cameron Hayley and James Van Domselaar completed the top 10.
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| LP Dumoulin. (Photo: Matthew Murnaghan) |
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin qualified third and ran in the top 5 until he was involved in a collsion on lap 236. "L.P." managed to cross the line in 12th place.
The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series is back in action next on July 27 at Autodrome St. Eustache, Quebec for the National 250.
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
Standings after Saskatoon
1. D.J. Kennington 229 points
2. Scott Steckly 224
3. L.P. Dumoulin 224
4. Jason Hathaway 223
5. J.R. Fitzpatrick 208
etc