By Todd Lewis, TL Sports & EntertainmentSeptember 5, 2005 – Ron Beauchamp Jr. and the Mopar Parts team headed back to Delaware Speedway looking for more success at the track where the team scored its first victory of the season. The task a little tougher this time with 300 laps to run in the Great Canadian Race weekend.
Always looking to improve the Mopar Parts Charger the team tried some adjustments during qualifying but after a disappointing 11th quickest time they returned to the set up that took them to victory lane in May.
From the start the car was quick. “I was able to gain a few positions pretty early despite all the caution periods” said Beauchamp. “It had exactly the same feel early on as we did in the spring and I felt pretty confident”. The Mopar Parts team continued to cheer their driver on as he took the lead just before the half way mark of the race.
As pit stops began to cycle through for the rest of the teams Beauchamp was dropped back in the field but still laying down quick laps. “Our strategy was a little different I think” said the driver. “In the first race we only stopped once and that’s what we wanted to do again. As the race went on things started going our way and we were headed back to the front”.
However the Great Canadian Race was a little different. It’s 50 laps longer and was marred by a total of 17 caution periods. “With all the caution periods we really didn’t have a chance to stretch our legs the way we could in the spring” said Beauchamp afterwards. “The car was pretty good but every time we started to get going the caution would come out, and then late in the race everybody was pushing so hard that we just ran out of time, another couple of laps and we would have been on the podium again”.
Ron Beauchamp Jr. and the Mopar Parts Charger did show very well at one of their favourite tracks with a fourth place finish. The points accumulated also move Ron Beauchamp Jr. up to fourth in the overall CASCAR Super Series point standings.
Ron Beauchamp Jr. and the Mopar Parts Charger return to action on Saturday September 10th at Cayuga Speedway. This is a make up date for the event rained out in August.
The CASCAR Super Series is the only National Stock Car Racing series with events scheduled this year at famed oval tracks including Delaware Speedway & Cayuga Speedway along with road courses and temporary street circuits like the Toronto Indy. You can keep up with the latest news on the CASCAR Super Series by logging onto the website at http://www.cascar.ca/.
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