BRANTFORD, ON - Doug Brown still considers Cayuga Speedway one of his favourite tracks but the 5/8th-mile oval southeast of Brantford certainly hasn’t been kind to the veteran competitor since the formation of the NASCAR Canadian Series in 2007.
In two events last season the driver of the Haldex-sponsored Dodge was involved in race ending accidents and that string continued on May 24th when a minor accident in the early stages of the “Crown Jewel 200” forced him to the pits with a broken panhard bar.
A bracket supporting the panhard bar, (which prevents the rear axle from moving side-to-side), was broken when Brown tried to avoid a spinning Andrew Ranger and was clipped from behind by of one a several cars scrambling for position coming off turn two.
Although the team managed to make the required repairs and get the car back into the fray, too many laps had been lost that prevented Brown from gaining anything better than a 21st-place finish.
“It was just one of those incidents” Doug explained as he emerged from the car. “Everything was going well up to that point in the race and I felt quite comfortable with the way the Haldex Dodge handled.”
Scott Steckly of Milverton, Ontario led 150 of the event’s 200 laps to win the season opener of the 13 race NASCAR Canadian Tire Series schedule with Kerry Micks of Mount Albert making a late race charge to overtake Windsor’s Ron Beauchamp of Windsor for second spot. Beauchamp held on for third place honours with a solid performance in sticking with Steckly throughout most of the race.
The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series now heads to Autodrome Ste. Eustache for event #2 on the 13-race schedule.
Prepared by Ken Spencer // Marketing and Media Relations // HB Motorsports
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