PREVIEW: THE PARTS FOR TRUCKS 100 AT RACEWAY PARK

BY Joan Roué, CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour, (902) 444-0703

OYSTER BED BRIDGE, PEI (2005 June 29) - The CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour will make its first stop on beautiful Prince Edward Island this Canada Day weekend for The Parts For Trucks 100 at Raceway Park on Saturday.

Twenty-nine of the top stock car racers in the Maritimes are expected to enter the event including what could be a record number of Island racers defending their "home turf". This is something they managed to do most successfully last year in a clean sweep of series Island events with Kent Livingston (Charlottetown) and Kent Vincent (Crapaud) each scoring wins.

Other Island natives expected to enter include 2004 EIT Race Radio CARQUEST Tour Rookie of the Year Dale Holmes (West Covehead), Chris Hughes (Winsloe), Robbie MacLean (Winsloe), Bob Neilsen (Montague), Greg Proude (N. Wiltshire), Kris Fournier (Charlottetown) and Darren Vanderaa (Winsloe).

Vanderaa is debuting a new racecar after destroying his previous ride in a spectacular crash at New Brunswick International Speedway on June 19.

Also on the expected roster are former series champions Wayne Smith (Halifax), John Flemming (Halifax) and Shawn Tucker (Fredericton).

The CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour has seen three different winners in three events held so far this season, with two first-time series winners: veteran Rollie MacDonald (Pictou) and series newcomer Kevin Moore (Fredericton). Smith won the season opener.

Motor Mart Time Trials and GM Goodwrench Service Heat Races will set the starting grid for The Parts For Trucks 100 at Raceway Park.

The Parts For Trucks 100 at Raceway Park is round four of 11 on the 2005 CARQUEST Pro Stock Tour championship chase, and round two of four on the 2005 Parts For Trucks / Plasti-Kote Challenge.

Besides the pro stocks, fans will be treated to Raceway Park Hobby Stock and Street Stock racing action.

The grandstand and pit gates will open at 12:30 pm. Motor Mart Time Trials start at 5:10 and racing starts at 6 pm.

Raceway Park is located between Charlottetown and Cavendish at the intersection of routes 6 and 7.