CARQUEST Tour 100 Notebook...Updated all week long
Centre For Speed, Shediac, NB (3/8-mile oval)
Saturday, July 15 at 6 p.m.

Event #: Race #5 of 11

Race Distance: 100 laps

2005 Race Winner: Rollie MacDonald

Point Standings - post race - click here

View From The Tower
By Andy Campbell - voice of the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour


By far, the best race of the season so far.

Maybe it was the fact that we’re half way through. Maybe it was the fact that the Centre for Speed has a little more room than most tracks. Maybe it was the Bologna Burgers.

Whatever it was, we can only hope it’s contagious.

45 minutes, green to checkers. Three cautions. THREE cautions! Wow.

Just when you think Rollie MacDonald is slowing down, he goes and wins a race. It wasn’t as dominating a performance as John Flemming’s the week before, but make no mistake, MacDonald was unstoppable in Shediac. Click here for the rest of the story.

MacDonald Wins Parts for Trucks 100

SHEDIAC, NB (July 15, 2006) - Rollie MacDonald of Pictou, NS won the PARTS FOR TRUCKS 100 for the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour at Centre for Speed, near Shediac, NB on Saturday night - for the second year in a row.

MacDonald took the lead on lap 69 from Gordie Ryan of Wellington, NS. Ryan held on for second, ahead of Mike MacKenzie of Dartmouth, NS. Wayne Smith of Halifax, NS and Kent Vincent of Crapaud, PE rounded out the top five.

Defending Series Champion MacDonald becomes the fourth different winner in five feature races this season.

Ryan won the Fast Track RV Sales Halfway Award. John Flemming of Halifax, NS led the first 46 laps to win the Atlantic Tiltload Most Laps Led Award. Only three cautions slowed the event.

MacDonald and Brad Mann of Campbellton, NB won the Motor Mart heat races. Flemming won the Motor Mart Dash for the Pole, featuring the top 10 finishers in Time Trials. MacKenzie of Dartmouth, NS had the fastest time on the 3/8 mile oval, at an average speed of 82.462 miles per hour.

For the third time in five races this year Wayne Smith accepted the Pole Challenge and came from a 25th-place start to finish a strong fifth-place - earning the Oval Outlaw a $200 bonus as well as 10 bonus championship points.

Twenty nine of the Maritimes top drivers attempted to qualify for the Main Feature. The final qualifying positions for the main event were determined by the Urquhart MacDonald Associates B-Feature. Stephen Brown won the event over fellow Halifax, NS campaigner Dan MacKay. Cy Harvey of Elmsdale, NS rounded out the top three.

RESULTS - Parts for Trucks 100 - Centre For Speed, Shediac, NB - July 15, 2006
Pos/Car No./Driver/Laps Completed/Sponsor/Hometown/Prov.
1. 13 Rollie MacDonald 100 King Freight Lines Pictou NS
2. 67 Gordie Ryan 100 Municipal Contracting Wellington NS
3. O2 Mike MacKenzie 100 Forbes Chev Olds Dartmouth NS
4. 44 Wayne Smith 100 Traxx Construction Halifax NS
5. 8 Kent Vincent 100 HP Glover Crapaud PEI
6. 35 Brad Mann 100 Subway Campbellton NB
7. 66 Daryl Mahar 100 Split Crow Beverage Room Halifax NS
8. 52 Shawn Tucker 100 Rockico Truck and Trailer Fredericton NB
9. 37 Kris Fournier 100 Taylor Flooring Charlottetown PEI
10. 97 John Flemming 100 The Roofing Connection Halifax NS
11. 71 Dan MacKay 100 Wilson Titanium Halifax NS
12. 0 Shawn Turple 100 Ledwidge Lumber Enfield NS
13. 19v Darren Vanderaa 99 Walter Piccott Chev Olds Winsloe PEI
14. 32 Chris Hughes 99 North Shore Trucking Winsloe PEI
15. 9 Stephen Brown 99 Mr. Demolition Halifax NS
16. 72 Stacey Clements 99 Mighty Auto Halifax NS
17. 4 Dale Holmes 99 Castle Building Supplies Charlottetown PEI
18. 17 Dave Potter 99 Howard Little Excavating Cambidge NS
19. 31 Cy Harvey 99 Robbies Truck and Trailer Elmsdale NS
20. 29 Greg Proude 98 Challenger Farm Equipment Charlottetown PEI
21. 51 Bob Nielson 97 Island Air Vernon River PEI
22. 39 Sandy Livingstone 97 Springhill NS
23. 2 Graham Spinney 97 Eurowerks Barrington Passage NS
24. 26 Mike Stevens 97 Stevens Mechanical Moncton NB
25. 19 Tim Rodgers 90 Norampac Moncton NB
26. 94 Russell Smith 79 Signs by Chris Halifax NS
27. 15 Scott Alexander 61 Fraserway RV Centre Dartmouth NS
28. 21 Shawn Pierce 46 Steve's Ironworks Blockhouse NS

Time Trials 1. Mike MacKenzie 14.552; 2. Gordie Ryan 14.596; 3. Wayne Smith 14.631; 4. John Flemming 14.688; 5. Shawn Turple 14.710; 6. Scott Alexander 14.741; 7. Mike Stevens 14.794; 8. Shawn Tucker 14.833; 9. Darren Vanderaa 14.848; 10. Tim Rodgers 14.870; 11. Brad Mann 14.882; 12. Greg Proude 14.894; 13. Kris Fournier 14.935; 14. Dale Holmes 14.937; 15. Sandy Livingstone 14.943; 16. Russell Smith 14.948; 17. Chris Reid 14.971; 18. Chris Hughes 14.975; 19. Daryl Mahar 14.978; 20. Rollie MacDonald 14.988; 21. Stephen Brown 15.002; 22. Shawn Pierce 15.007; 23. Kent Vincent 15.237; 24. Dave Potter 15.240; 25. Stacey Clements 15.297; 26. Roger Crane 15.302; 27. Bob Nielson 15.350; 28. Dan MacKay 15.458; DQ Graham Spinney.

Motor Mart Dash for the Pole 1. John Flemming; 2. Shawn Tucker; 3. Gordie Ryan; 4. Mike MacKenzie; 5. Wayne Smith; 6. Scott Alexander; 7. Tim Rodgers; 8. Shawn Turple; 9. Darren Vanderaa; 10. Mike Stevens.

Heat # 1 1. Brad Mann; 2. Kris Fournier; 3. Kent Vincent; 4. Daryl Mahar; 5. Sandy Livingstone; 6. Stephen Brown; 7. Cy Harvey; 8. Bob Nielson; 9. Stacey Clements; 10. Graham Spinney.

Heat # 2 1. Rollie MacDonald; 2. Greg Proude; 3. Russell Smith; 4. Chris Hughes; 5. Dale Holmes; 6. Dan MacKay; 7. Dave Potter; 8. Roger Crane; 9. Shawn Pierce.

B Feature 1. Stephen Brown; 2. Dan MacKay; 3. Cy Harvey; 4. Dave Potter; 5. Graham Spinney; 6. Stacey Clements; 7. Bob Nielson; 8. Roger Crane.

The next stop on the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour is on July 22nd on the tight quarter mile at Raceway Park, in Oyster Bed Bridge, PE, only minutes from Charlottetown.


Rollie MacDonald accepts congratulations from Parts For Trucks Moncton store manager Grant Ward.


Top three finishers Rollie MacDonald - winner (center), Gordie Ryan - 2nd place (left of MacDonald) and Mike MacKenzie - 3rd place (right of MacDonald) pose for the cameras with race sponsor reps, from Parts for Trucks Robert Goodwin (far left) and Grant Ward (far right).

Centre For Speed Next Stop for CARQUEST Tour
CARQUEST Tour release, edited

Shediac, NB (July 11, 2006) – The CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour makes its first stop of the 2006 season at Center For Speed in Shediac this Saturday for the Parts For Trucks 100.

John Flemming (Halifax, NS), put in a dominating performance at Scotia Speedworld last week and takes a 32-point lead into the race over the hard charging Brad Mann (Glen Livet). Mann finished last weeks race in third spot behind part-time Tour racer Scott Alexander (Dartmouth, NS).

The Parts For Trucks / Plasti-Kote Challenge is a series within a series. The Challenge is a four event series that takes place during the four Parts For Trucks events. This weekend is round three and sees Flemming heading the pack ahead of Gordie Ryan (Wellington, NS), Shawn Tucker (Fredericton), Wayne Smith (Timberlea, NS) and Mann.

Following are the current Parts For Trucks/Plasti-Kote Challenge top 10 point standings...
1. John Flemming 402
2. Gordie Ryan 394
3. Shawn Tucker 387
4. Wayne Smith 385
5. Brad Mann 382
6. Kent Vincent 380
7. Greg Proude 380
8. Kris Fournier 378
9. Shawn Turple 367
10. Dave Potter 346

Many drivers are looking for better results on the 3/8-mile Center For Speed oval. Former Tour champions Smith and Rollie MacDonald (Pictou, NS) both had mechanical problems that forced them out of last week’s race early. Another former Tour champ, Shawn Tucker (Fredericton) also suffered from car woes, while Tim Rogers (Upper Coverdale) hurt his engine in Time Trials, causing him to fail to finish the "B" Feature.

Conversely, Shawn Turple (Enfield, NS) and Mike MacKenzie (Dartmouth, NS) are looking to build on their top five finishes from last week.

Russell Smith (Lakeside, NS) is ahead in the EIT Race Radios Rookie of the year program. Chasing Smith are Bobby Neilsen (Vernon River, PE), Roger Crane (Montague, PE), Sandy Livingston (Springhill, NS) and Mike Stevens (Riverview).

Another strong car count is expected at Centre for Speed for Saturday’s running of the Parts For Trucks 100.

Time trials kick off the pro stock competition at 5:10, and racing starts at 6. Pit gates open at 11:30 a.m.; grandstand gates open at 3 p.m. Admission prices are listed below.

With nearly 4,000 locations in North America, CARQUEST Auto Parts supplies the professional automotive service repair industry as well as do-it-yourselfers with replacement parts, tools and equipment.

The CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour is operated by Maritime Pro Stock Tour Limited and features an 11-race series at five different tracks in the three Maritime Provinces. Top drivers from all three provinces compete. For more information on the CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour please visit maritimeprostocktour.com or call our admin office Monday to Friday at (902) 481-2531.

Admission for July 15, 2006
Front Gate Prices are:

Adults: $20

Seniors (65+) and Military: $16

Juniors: (9-15): $10

Ages 8 and under FREE

Family Pass for 2 Adults and 2 Juniors (Includes 4 Pepsi and 4 Fries) = $59 (a $16 Saving)

Pit Entry is $25

Event Format for July 15, 2006
11:30 p.m. Back Gate Opens
2:30 p.m. Pro Stock Practice
3:00 p.m. Local Practice - Grandstand Gate Opens
3:20 p.m. Pro Stock Practice
3:50 p.m. Local Practice
4:10 p.m. Pro Stock Practice
4:35 p.m. Local Practice
4:40 p.m. Pro Stock Drivers meeting (Tour Trailer), Time Trial setup immediately following drivers meeting
5:00 p.m. Track Closes
5:10 p.m. Pro Stock Time Trials, followed by Pro Stock Dash Draw
6:00 p.m. Racing

Pro Stock Dash

Local Heats

Pro Stock Heats

Local Semis

Pro Stock "B" Feature

Local Features

Parts For Trucks 100

Tour Race Control Frequency: 463.4250

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