Race #7 - Velocity Prairie ThunderIt was a clear day in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada as the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series entered Round 7 of the 2010 season at the Auto Clearing Motor Speedway for the Velocity Prairie Thunder.
D.J. Kennington led the field to the Green Flag and would pick up right where he left off at Vernon, leading the first quarter of the race before his challengers would begin to show as Kennington, J.R. Fitpatrick, Don Thomson Jr., Scott Steckly and John Gaunt would all get a chance to lead during the 300 lap event, giving the fans in attendance a great showing as the lead would swap ten times during the event as Kennington would for the second race in a row would be the driver to beat, leading for 131 of the event's 300 laps but it would be a fuel mileage race as drivers had to pit late for fuel, but it was Jason Hathaway who would stretch his fuel the farthest and would hold off the hard charging J.R. Fitzpatrick to score his first career win.
Other Noticeables:
Jason Hathaway scored his 1st win of the season,
Hathaway led 1 time for 28 laps, which were the final 28 laps,
It was the 1st win of his career in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in his 45th start,
J.R. Fitzpatrick, who finished 2nd, kept his points lead, leading D.J. Kennington by 80 points
1.3-Jason Hathaway (28 laps led)
2.84-J.R. Fitzpatrick (23 laps led)
3.11-John Gaunt (1 lap led)
4.9-Mark Dilley
5.50-Joey McColm
6.48-Nathan Weenk
7.17-D.J. Kennington-1 lap (131 laps led)
8.4-Don Thomson Jr.-1 lap (56 laps led)
9.60-Ron Beauchamp Jr.-1 lap
10.02-Kerry Micks-1 lap
11.14-James Van Domselaar-1 lap
12.95-Anthony Simone-1 lap
13.00-Pierre Bourque-1 lap
14.55-Dexter Stacey-2 laps
15.99-Derek White-2 laps
16.21-Jason White-3 laps
17.6-Todd Nichol-3 laps
18.22-Scott Steckly-37 laps (Engine) (11 laps led)
D.J. Kennington-1-32
J.R. Fitzpatrick-33-50
Don Thomson Jr.-51-54
J.R. Fitzpatrick-55-58
D.J. Kennington-59-76
Don Thomson Jr.-77-128
Scott Steckly-129-139
D.J. Kennington-140-220
John Gaunt-221
J.R. Fitzpatrick-222
Jason Hathaway-223-250
10 Lead Change among 6 drivers
Caution Flags: 0 for 0 laps
Margin of Victory: 7.061 Seconds
Time of Race: 1 Hour, 19 Minutes and 27 Seconds
D.J. Kennington leads the field to the Green Flag.J.R. Fitzpatrick passes D.J. Kennington for the lead on Lap 33.Don Thomson Jr. passes J.R. Fitzpatrick for the lead on Lap 51.J.R. Fitzpatrick passes Don Thomson Jr. to retake the lead on Lap 55.D.J. Kennington passes J.R. Fitzpatrick for the lead on Lap 59.Don Thomson Jr. passes D.J. Kennington for the lead on Lap 77.Scott Steckly passes Don Thomson Jr. for the lead on Lap 129.D.J. Kennington passes Scott Steckly for the lead on Lap 140.While running in 3rd, Scott Steckly's Engine blows up.Jason Hathaway takes the Checkered Flag.