Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Wednesday July 29, 2009): Scott Steckly and his No. 22 Racing Team experienced the highs and the lows in Saskatoon at the Velocity Prairie Thunder presented by Bayer Crop Science 250. He started off by putting his Canadian Tire/Tow Truck in a Box Dodge Avenger up near the top of the practice charts only to blow the motor at the end of the session. His Canadian Tire team quickly went to work and by the time driver introductions started the Steckly crew had the car ready to race.
Due to missing the qualifying and autograph session, Steckly was immediately sent to the back of the field to start the race. This resulted in the 18th starting position out of 19 in attendance. When the green flag flew Steckly immediately started his march to the front of the pack. By lap 50 258-1.jpghe was up to seventh and by lap 100 he was on the back bumper of leader Don Thomson Jr. Slightly after the half way flag, he would make a great move to get by Thomson only to have him return the favour a few laps later.
The two would battle for several laps and eventually Steckly would drop back to fifth when he pitted for tires and fuel. But they were not to be denied and on lap 213 of the 250 lap race he passed Thomson for the final time. “I have to thank everyone for their hard work today, my crew did a great job of getting the motor changed and D.J. Kennington for helping us out with the motor,” said a smiling Steckly after the race. “I also want to thank Canadian Tire and Tow Truck in a Box who were in attendance tonight as well as all of our other sponsors.” When asked how he did it he was quick to reply, “great teamwork, great racetrack, great sponsors and a terrific handling car.”
Don Thomson Jr. finished second after leading the most laps with D. J. Kennington, Jason Hathaway and Anthony Simone rounding out the top five. The Velocity Prairie Thunder 250 will be broadcast on TSN on Saturday August 22 at midnight E.S.T.
Steckly and his team now head home to Milverton, Ontario after the three race Western swing in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, where they will prepare for Mosport Speedway on Saturday August 8th. For more information on this event visit www.mosport.com. For more information on the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series please visit www.nascar.ca.
Visit NASCAR Home Tracks at http://www.nascar.com/news/features/mpd.poll.canadian.tire.series/index.html to vote for your favourite NASCAR Canadian Tire Series driver. You can vote once a day from now until the season ends on September 26, 2009.
About 22 Racing: Scott Steckly and the No. 22 Racing Team are supported by a large group of sponsors including: Canadian Tire, Tow Truck in a Box, Motomaster, Exide, Erb Transport, Mobil Super, AW Millwrights, Marks Work Warehouse, Reefer Sales and Twin City Graphics.
Scott Steckly and his 22 Racing Team are a familiar face in top level stock car racing in Canada. Steckly in his second season with the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in 2008 went on to win 4 events, place 2nd in four more and overall post 9 top five finishes on their way to claiming the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Championship. The team is based out of the small town of Milverton, ON just outside of Stratford, ON.
About Canadian Tire: Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (TSX: CTC.a, CTC) operates more than 1,200 general merchandise and apparel retail stores, gas bars and car washes in an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retail, financial services and petroleum. More than 57,000 Canadians work across the Canadian Tire organization from coast-to-coast. Canadian Tire Retail and its Associate Dealers together form one of Canada's best-known and most successful retailers with 475 stores in communities nationwide. Canadian Tire stores offer a unique mix of products and services through the leadership of three specialty stores under one roof - Automotive, Sports and Leisure, and Home Products.
From Linda Jones / Wide Open Motorsports Solutions
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