POWERWATER SPORTSMAN SERIES: Mosport Summary & Results

Robblee wins PowerWater season opener at Mosport Speedway

OSHAWA, ON – On Saturday night at Mosport Speedway, Steve Robblee proved that a one-year hiatus from the CASCAR PowerWater Series didn’t negatively impact his ability to win races. The multi-time Sportsman Series champ started fourth in the June 18 season-opener at the half-mile oval and took the lead halfway through the 100-lap affair, en route to victory lane.

Dion Verhoeven started on the inside of the front row and led laps 3 through 49 until he tangled with lapped traffic, thereby turning the top spot over to Robblee, who hails from Dorchester, ON.
Leading up to the checkered flag, London’s Mike Alguire was on Robblee’s tail, in front of Carp, ON racer Steve Munro. Although he said his car was tough to handle, Robblee survived the onslaught. Alguire and Munro claimed the final podium positions.
“It’s all I could do to hold onto the car,” said Robblee. “It was a handful on those last two restarts. We didn’t have our A-1 car tonight, but we did have a lot of luck.” The CARQUEST 100 was slowed by five cautions for a total of 34 laps.
Defending series champion Brad Graham posted the fastest time during qualifying, but that effort was thrown out after his car was deemed to be too low during post-time-trial tech inspection. The Glencoe, ON racer started at the back of the 22-car pack and charged forward until spinning late to bring out the final caution. The Dodge driver still recovered to take fourth-place in the season opener.

- with files from J. Wally Nesbitt / Mosport Speedway

CASCAR POWERWATER SPORTSMAN SERIES
RESULTS: CARQUEST 100
Race #1 // June 18, 2005 // Mosport Speedway // Oshawa, ON // 100 Laps // 1/2-mile oval

FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS
1 4 28 Steve Robblee (Dorchester, ON) Grogan Ford Taurus 100
2 3 23 Mike Alguire (London, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 100
3 8 00 Steve Munro (Carp, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100
4 22 6 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) HB Material Handling Dodge 100
5 11 66 Josh Wood (London, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 100
6 14 38 Ken Grubb (Walkerton, ON Munday's Mobile Service Ford Taurus 100
7 5 80 Mike Hryniuk (LaSalle, ON) One Stop Auto Pontiac Grand Prix 100
8 2 95 Ron Lethbridge (Barrie, ON) R Dodge 99
9 7 97 Mike Gold (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) Dodge 99
10 13 91 Dean Fantin (Amherstburg, ON) R Dodge 99
11 1 77 Dion Verhoeven (Kerwood, ON) McRoberts Fuels Pontiac Grand Prix 99
12 12 11 Cole Weber (New Hamburg, ON) R Heffner Motors Dodge 99
13 9 09 Kent Nuhn (Williamsford, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 99
14 17 12 Mark Patrick (Delaware ON) J.J. Mann Motors Chevrolet Monte Carlo 98
15 16 02 Scott O’Connor (Delaware, ON) Delaware Pump & Parts Oldsmobile 98
16 19 39 Kevin D'Amore (LaSalle, ON) Integration Action for Inclusion Dodge 96
17 18 45 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Team Remax Preferred Realty Windsor Dodge 92
18 21 36 Alan Lebert (Stony Point, ON) R Al's Yardworks Pontiac Grand Prix 92
19 15 67 Scott Mitchell (St. Catharines, ON) V&G Auto / Martindale Dental Chevrolet Monte Carlo 83
20 10 20 Todd Musker (Kanata, ON) R Hot Wheels Ford Taurus 74
21 6 81 Shawn McGlynn (Kitchener, ON) McGlynn Ford / Awesome Racewear Ford Taurus 71
22 20 46 Kevin Trevellin (Windsor, ON) Dodge 10

R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.
TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 6 minutes and 48 seconds // MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.393 seconds // CAUTIONS: 5 for a total of 34 Laps // LAP LEADERS: #95 Ron Lethbridge (1-2), #77 Dion Verhoeven (3-49), #28 Steve Robblee (50-100).

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Prepared by Inside Track Communications.