NCATS: ANOTHER SOLID FINISH FOR HOME HARDWARE CHEVROLET

Don Thomson Jr. and the Home Hardware Chevrolet team have shown strong performance on road courses in the past. As the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series (NCATS) arrived for round six of the season at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec the team would show their strength again.

The weekend did not begin the way the Home Hardware team was hoping. Always well prepared for each time they take to the race track Don Thomson Jr. wasn’t able to achieve the quick times they were expecting. “The car was okay, but just not quite where we expected to be” said the driver. Thomson would qualify the Home Hardware Chevy an uncharacteristic tenth.

The Home Hardware Team went to work right after qualifying to improve the performance and handling. Spring changes and other adjustments were completed to give Thomson more ammunition against what the tough track. Crew Chief Sandy Hamilton said “we should be better for the race with some of the changes we made”

As the 100km race began the Home Hardware Chevy and driver Don Thomson Jr. were back in recognizable form. Quickly Thomson had the Home Hardware Chevy gaining several positions and up challenging with the top-five runners. “The car was definitely better during the race” said Thomson. “I was really happy that we were able to gain some spots quickly and be back up where we expect to run”.

As the race progressed Thomson raced hard with several different cars fighting for position. “These road courses are fun when you’ve got a good handling car and we had some pretty good battles going on out there”. Thomson would continue to run strong through the entire event scoring a sixth place finish. “I’ve really got to thank all the Home Hardware team for their effort this weekend” he stated. “All the work that the team did to get J.R. Fitzpatrick’s Home Hardware car ready for the Busch Series race plus both our cars for this event, everybody really did a great job and I appreciate their hard work”.

Through six races Don Thomson Jr. and the Home Hardware team are currently fourth in the championship point standings.

The NASCAR Canadian Tire series will return to oval track action this Saturday, August 11th at Mosport Speedway. The NCATS run a twelve event schedule on ovals, road courses and temporary street circuits across Canada. Each of the twelve races will also be broadcast on TSN. For information about the NCATS including schedule, results and more, log onto http://www.nascar.ca/

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