POWER WATER SERIES: Peterborough Results & Summary

Shawn McGlynn makes his first trip to CASCAR’s victory lane in Sunday’s PowerWater Series race at Peterborough Speedway

PETERBOROUGH, ON – Sunday was a day of firsts for CASCAR PowerWater Series racer Shawn McGlynn. The Kitchener, ON resident won his first-ever CASCAR race when he took the victory in the Parkhill Excavating 100 at Peterborough Speedway.

And although he only led the final four laps of the 100-lap affair, they were the first feature race laps the McGlynn Ford Taurus driver has ever led in CASCAR action.

Reigning PowerWater Series champion Brad Graham started on the pole for the start of the race, which actually commenced on Saturday evening before rain washed the conclusion to Sunday afternoon. The HB Material Handling Dodge driver showed the way for the first 72 laps before he was caught up in lapped traffic and Mike Alguire emerged with the lead in his A-DOR Pontiac.

For a time, it looked like Alguire might collect the first CASCAR feature checkered flag of his career, but it wasn’t to be. While he was being chased by Graham in heavy traffic with just a few laps to go, both of the lead drivers were involved in an incident in turn 2 when a lapped car spun in front of the field. The result was that Alguire and Graham were relegated several positions, handing the lead to McGlynn, who held it to the checkered flag.

“It’s been a long time,” said McGlynn in victory lane at Peterborough. “We were hooked up after making a lot of changes to the car recently. The car is holding the track a lot better. It’s a pleasure to race in this series with so many quality guys.”

Alguire and Graham scrambled over the closing laps to recover to second and third, respectively, at the end of 100 laps. Alguire was understandably frustrated to see the victory disappear so close to the finish, but he was pleased to have been in the hunt. “We had a really good run going. It’s unfortunate what happened with the lapped cars there.”

The race was slowed by five cautions for a total of 20 laps.

The next PowerWater Sportsman Series race takes place on September 17 at Kawartha Speedway near Peterborough, Ontario. The event will decide the 2005 championship.


CASCAR POWERWATER SPORTSMAN SERIES
RESULTS: PARKHILL EXCAVATING 100
Race #5// August 21, 2005 // Peterborough Speedway // Peterborough, ON // 100 Laps

FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS
1 6 81 Shawn McGlynn (Kitchener, ON) McGlynn Ford / Awesome Racewear / Ultimate Garage Ford Taurus 100
2 2 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 100
3 1 6 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) HB Material Handling / Lakeview Performance Dodge 100
4 5 09 Kent Nuhn (Williamsford, ON) R Pontiac Grand Prix 100
5 10 00 Steve Munro (Carp, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 100
6 9 97 Mike Gold (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) Compass Imaging Group Dodge 100
7 3 77 Dion Verhoeven (Kerwood, ON) McRobert Fuels Pontiac Grand Prix 100
8 12 45 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Team Remax Preferred Realty Windsor Dodge 100
9 13 66 Josh Wood (London, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 100
10 17 11 Cole Weber (New Hamburg, ON) R Haffner Motors Dodge 100
11 14 12 Mark Patrick (Delaware ON) Delaware Pump & Parts / J.J. Mann Motors Chevrolet M.C. 99
12 11 48 Doug Cathcart (Richmond, ON) Cathcart Mechanical Performance Pontiac Grand Prix 99
13 15 02 Scott O’Connor (Delaware, ON) Delaware Pump & Parts / J.J. Mann Motors Chevrolet M.C. 98
14 19 67 Scott Mitchell (St. Catharines, ON) V&G Auto / Martindale Dental Chevrolet Monte Carlo 97
15 20 39 Kevin D'Amore (LaSalle, ON) Integration Action for Inclusion Dodge 96
16 16 38 Ken Grubb (Walkerton, ON Munday's Mobile Service / Andy’s Country Repairs Ford Taurus 95
17 8 80 Sean Dupuis (Windsor, ON) One Stop Auto Pontiac Grand Prix 92
18 22 24 Brennen Didero (Ancaster, ON) Mid-America Chevrolet Monte Carlo 90
19 21 36 Alan Lebert (Stony Point, ON) R Al's Yardworks Pontiac Grand Prix 89
20 4 28 Steve Robblee (Dorchester, ON) Grogan / McRobert Propane Ford Taurus 69
21 18 53 Todd Musker (Kanata, ON) R Hot Wheels Ford Taurus 38
22 7 95 Ron Lethbridge (Barrie, ON) R The Fuel Genie Dodge 22
23 23 91 Dean Fantin (Amherstburg, ON) R Vitella Plumbing / Durabond Dodge DNS


R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.

TIME OF RACE: 40 minutes and 4.415 seconds // MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.244 seconds // CAUTIONS: 5 for a total of 20 Laps // LAP LEADERS: #6 Brad Graham (1-72), #32 Mike Alguire (73-96), #81 Shawn McGlynn (97-100).


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