By: JAJ Entertainment
HAMILTON, (June 1, 2005) – Team Fastline drivers Jim and Jeff Lapcevich are looking forward to their return to Autodrome St-Eustache for this Saturday's CASCAR Super Series Whelen 200 with their Team Fastline/Tim Hortons/EMCEA Transport Chevrolet Monte Carlos.
“My last experience on the tight oval in Quebec was a good one,” explained Jeff Lapcevich. “We didn’t qualify too well, in fact we started 19th, but we were persistent all night and were able to finish tenth. “That was my best CASCAR finish to date and I’m really looking forward to going back to improve my finish.”
Autodrome St-Eustache, a tight 4/10ths-mile flat asphalt oval, is located west of Montreal, Quebec.
“The last trip to St-Eustache was not so great,” smiled Jim Lapcevich. “We had trouble all night and I tore up the car in practice. Personally, I’ve got no where to go but up. We are coming off a string of three top-ten finishes and I’d really like to notch another good one this early in the season.”
CASCAR Super Series practice is scheduled from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. followed by time trial qualifying at 6:45 p.m. The Whelen 200 green flag drops at 9:00 p.m. EST.
Jeff Lapcevich brings a wealth of driving experience to his role as pilot of the number 23 CASCAR Super Series 2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. For over a decade, this road racing specialist has run in some of North America's most competitive racing series and his skill as a road course driver gives him a valuable edge in the CASCAR Super Series where many of the major events are road races. In 2004, Lapcevich continued to dominate the CASCAR Super Series competition at road courses by winning three events, including the Molson Indy Toronto and Vancouver for the second consecutive season a well as the challenging Mosport Road Course event.
Along with several top-ten finishes including the victories, Jeff had his best year to date in the series, finishing fourth in the CASCAR championship point standings. For the future, Jeff Lapcevich will continue to race in the CASCAR series, and the melding of his road racing experience with improved oval track successes will make him a strong force to contend with in the upcoming season.
As a graduate of the rough and tumble short-track school of racing, Jim Lapcevich can always be counted on to be right in the thick of competition. As driver of the number 25 CASCAR Super Series 2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Jim Lapcevich placed 13th in CASCAR Super Series point championship for the 2004 season, with six top-ten finishes.
His best showing for the year was an encouraging second place at the final event of the season. He finished the 2003 season in the top ten of the CASCAR Super Series Championship with seven top ten and two top five finishes including a second place podium appearance at Peterborough Speedway in September.In 2002 Jim won the Mopar Parts 500 in Calgary, Alberta and followed that with a second place finish at the Molson Indy Vancouver. But for 2005, Jim plans to be in the hunt and get some podium finishes.
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