Rain shortens race at Kawartha on Saturday night to 174 laps

Fraserville, ON, Sunday Sept. 28, 2008: "It's like a dream come true, winning at this level of racing - it's something I have always dreamed about,” said an excited Steckly moments after the race. After overcoming adversity on the track on Saturday night, Scott Steckly and his 22 Racing Team were crowned the 2008 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Championship wining team.

The race started under cloudy skies and with a little misty rain in the air with the 22 Racing/Tow Truck in a Box/Erb Group Dodge Avenger lined up for the Dodge Dealers of Ontario Ram 250 from the front row on the outside.
Joining him on the front row would be his closest competitor in championship standings, Don Thomson Jr.

Thomson would take the early lead with Steckly in hot pursuit for the first 30 laps of the race. A problem with the No. 4 of Thomson saw him head down pit road on a caution lap, allowing Steckly to inherit the lead. The No. 22 Dodge dropped back to second after leading a few laps and after a restart at lap 104, Steckly's Tow Truck in a Box Avenger was bumped hard by another competitor and put up into the turn 4 wall. Over the next 70 laps the team continued to work on fixing the car every time the caution flag came out. During an extended yellow flag period due to rain, the 22 Racing Team made the final repairs to the car and they were ready to go back racing when NASCAR made the decision to call the race due to the weather. When the checkered flag waved Steckly was scored in seventeenth place. With Thomson Jr. being credited with fifth position, Steckly would be crowned the 2008 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Champion."

"There are no real words to describe how it feels," stated Steckly after the race. "To win at the highest level of stock car racing in Canada is unbelievable. But so much of the credit goes to my crew who just work so hard week in and week out and our sponsors. A.W. Millwrights has been with me for 15 years, Erb Group 8 years and Tow Truck in a Box who came on this year and helped us more as the season went on. You can’t forget about Dodge who have always been supportive of not only us but all the Dodge teams in the series for many years Last but not least I have to thank my family who have stood behind me and allowed me to chase my dream of winning this championship."

Steckly's NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Championship is highlighted by 4 wins, 4 seconds and 9 top five finishes over the 13 race schedule.

Steckly Leads by Sixty Seven Points going into NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season finale

Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Sunday Sept. 21, 2008: Scott Steckly looked like he was going to have another dominating performance on Saturday night in the Atlantic Dodge Dealers 300 when motor failure took him out of the hunt with less than thirty laps to go in the 300 lap event resulting in a thirteenth place finish.

Steckly was at the top of the practice charts early in the day on Saturday and he followed that up with a 12th quickest qualifying effort.

The No. 22 Racing team driver would not stay in twelfth for long once the green flag dropped for the start of the 300 lap event. By lap 50 the Tow Truck in a Box/Erb Group Dodge Avenger was up to fifth. Just after the 100 lap mark Steckly brought his car to his crew for left side tires and fuel. A later caution on lap 180 would see him back on pit road for right side tires and they would be good to make their final charge to the front. Steckly lined up in third for the restart at lap 186 and on lap 192 he took the lead. Steckly cruised in front of the field for the next 43 laps until a miss developed in the motor. The Tow Truck in a Box Dodge steadily fell off the pace as Steckly nursed it for the next forty laps. On lap 275 it was all over as the motor expired on the front stretch, sending the No. 22 team to a thirteenth place finish. “This is a big disappointment for us no doubt,” said Steckly when asked about the motor problem after the race. “My team gave me another great car to drive today but it started to overheat and I was trying to nurse it to the end but we came up a bit short. We won at Kawartha last year so we are confident that we’ll have a good run again this year so we can hold onto the points lead. I guess this makes it more exciting for the fans.”

Don Thomson Jr. closed the gap on points leader Steckly by winning the Atlantic Dodge Dealers 300 followed by his teammate J. R. Fitzpatrick. Ron Beauchamp rounded out the podium finishers with Mark Dilley and Dave Whitlock in fourth and fifth.

Steckly will now take an unofficial 67 point lead into the season finale of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series next Saturday Sept. 27th at Kawartha Speedway. For more information on the event please visit www.kawarthaspeedway.com

The Atlantic Dodge Dealers 300 will air on TSN on Saturday Oct. 4th at 11 a.m. EST.

22 Racing is supported by a large group of associate & product sponsors including: Erb Group of Companies, A. W. Millwrights, D. H. Jutzi Ltd., Willride Transportation, Reefer Sales, Mr. Transmission (Guelph), Milverton Garage, Groeneveld, Commercial Babcock, Classy Collectables, Generation 2 Filtration, Twin City Graphics, Motorsport Design, Glasvan Great Dane Trailer Sales Inc., Wix Filters, Chris Root Precision Machine, Camions International West Island Inc., IRL International, Wilcan Electronics Canada Ltd and Royal Distributing.

Barrie, ON, Sunday September 7, 2008: After two not so great oval track finishes Steckly and his No. 22 Tow Truck in a Box/Erb Group Dodge Avenger team showed their championship contending form to take the win on Saturday night at Barrie Speedway. The Pizza Pizza 300 was event number eleven in the thirteen race NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Championship.

Steckly was as usual at the top of the speed charts in practice as they brought the same set up back to Barrie as they won with here earlier in the year. Qualifying would see them post the fourth quickest time, lining them up second on the outside row for the main event.

300 laps at Barrie Speedway is an effort in patience, luck and staying out of trouble. Steckly would do just that in winning his fourth event this season and his fifth in the last twelve dating back to the season ending event of 2007 at Kawartha.

After starting in fourth, Steckly moved into third on lap 40 and then took the Tow Truck in a Box Dodge into the lead on lap 112. On a lap 130 caution, Steckly would bring his car to the attention of his crew for left side tires. The next caution on lap 160 would see him bring the car back down pit road for right side tires and fuel. Quick work by his crew again had him back out on the track in fifth spot. Steckly just steadily picked off his competitors and on lap 247 he would take the lead for the final time. Several late race cautions would see several drivers line up on the outside of him but none were successful in challenging for the lead. After the race Steckly had this to say, “After two bad oval track finishes we wanted to come back here and challenge for the win. My team did great work as usual with terrific pit stops to give us good track position. It was a little rough out there at times but that is just short track racing at Barrie.”

Finish: 1. Scott Steckly 2. Don Thomson Jr. 3. Kerry Micks 4. John Gaunt 5. Mark Dilley

The 22 Racing Team now prepare for the trip to Eastern Canada at Riverside Speedway in Antigonish, NS on Saturday September 20th. For more information on that event please visit www.riversidespeedway.ca

Scott Steckly and his team now take an unofficial 123 point lead over Don Thomson Jr. into the final two events.

The Pizza Pizza 300 will be broadcast on Saturday September 13th at 11 a.m. EST on TSN.

22 Racing is supported by a large group of associate & product sponsors including: Erb Group of Companies, A. W. Millwrights, D. H. Jutzi Ltd., Willride Transportation, Reefer Sales, Mr. Transmission (Guelph), Milverton Garage, Groeneveld, Commercial Babcock, Classy Collectables, Generation 2 Filtration, Twin City Graphics, Motorsport Design, Glasvan Great Dane Trailer Sales Inc., Wix Filters, Chris Root Precision Machine, Camions International West Island Inc., IRL International, Wilcan Electronics Canada Ltd and Royal Distributing.

Hamilton, On, Monday September 1, 2008: The 22 Racing/Tow Truck in a Box/Erb Group Dodge Avenger team of Scott Steckly experienced the highs and lows typical of motorsports on Saturday night at Cayuga during the running of the Coke Zero 200.

When practice wound up in the afternoon on Saturday, Steckly found himself third quickest out of the twenty-two cars entered. Time Trials would have them post the quickest time until No. 4 Don Thomson Jr. took to the track late in the session. He beat their time by a few thousandths of a second to take away the pole and knock them to start on the outside of the front row.

On a re-start on lap 13, Steckly would nose into the lead at the line, but going into turn one he got pushed three wide with his No. 22 Tow Truck in a Box Dodge being the car moved up high on the outside. When the dust settled Steckly had been spun into the infield but lucky for him none of the twenty cars coming behind hit him, but he was a long way back in the field. Not to be deterred, Steckly starting marching his way back to the front and was back up to eighth when the oil pump belt came off the motor. Coasting onto pit road and the time it took to make the repair would see Steckly lose ten laps to the field and not a single car dropped out for the remainder of the race so they were unable to advance their 18th place position.

“We had a good top five car again tonight,” stated Steckly in his usual upbeat way. “We took a hit in the points we know with Ranger finishing second but we know its tough to go the whole season without some bad luck. My team works very hard and I am sure they will give me another good car for Barrie and we will see what we can do their.”

Steckly’s commanding 113 point lead over 2nd place D.J. Kennington going into this event ten of the thirteen race schedule has unofficially dropped to 68 over now second place Andrew Ranger, the 2007 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series champion.

Finish 1. Mark Dilley 2. Andrew Ranger 3. Derek Lynch 4. Jason Hathaway 5. Ron Beauchamp Jr. 18. Scott Steckly.

TSN will broadcast the Coke Zero 200 on Saturday September 6th at 11 a.m. EST.

Next up for 22 Racing is a return to Barrie Speedway, home of one of their three wins this season, for event eleven. For more information on the Pizza Pizza300 including schedule, tickets and direction please visit www.barriespeedway.com.

22 Racing is supported by a large group of associate & product sponsors including: Erb Group of Companies, A. W. Millwrights, D. H. Jutzi Ltd., Willride Transportation, Reefer Sales, Mr. Transmission (Guelph), Milverton Garage, Groeneveld, Commercial Babcock, Classy Collectables, Generation 2 Filtration, Twin City Graphics, Motorsport Design, Glasvan Great Dane Trailer Sales Inc., Wix Filters, Chris Root Precision Machine, Camions International West Island Inc., IRL International, Wilcan Electronics Canada Ltd and Royal Distributing.

STECKLY ADDS SPONSORS FOR FINAL FOUR IN NASCAR CANADIAN TIRE SERIES

Wilcan Electronics and Royal Distributing Partner with Steckly for remainder of 2008

Milverton, ON, Thursday August 28, 2008: Scott Steckly and the 22 Racing/Town Truck in a Box/Erb Group team and pleased to announce today that two new partners will join them in their chase for the championship for the four remaining NASCAR Canadian Tire Series events in 2008.

The trunk lid of the 22 Racing Dodge Avenger will sport the Wilcan PowerSurges.com logo while the rear bumper will showcase Royal Distributing.

“We are extremely pleased to have an associate sponsorship agreement for the rest of the season with the 22 Racing/Tow Truck in a Box/ Erb group Dodge”, stated Greg Black, Vice President of Wilcan Electronics Canada Ltd. “We are proud to ride with Scott in his stretch run for this year's championship. I hope our deal for the last four races will add a power surge to the teams’ shockingly good performance this year!”

“We hope to keep take both Wilcan Electronics and Royal Distributing at the front for the final four events and we are going to do our best to take both of them to the Championship stage this year,” stated Scott Steckly driver of the 22 Racing Dodge. “We want to thank them both for coming on board for the remainder of the 2008 season.”

“We look at this as an excellent partnership with Scott as we proceed into growing our truck accessory division,” said John Mochrie , President of Royal Distributing. “It fits with our marketing plan to let people know that we are expanding into that market and we couldn’t think of better representatives than Scott and his team.”

WILCAN Electronics Canada Ltd. better known as WILCAN POWERSURGES.COM has been in the lightning and surge protection industry for more than thirty years. WILCAN provides powers surge protection equipment for a long and prestigious list of clients including companies like ROGERS, NAV CANADA, CORUS, CTV, CBC, Global, Astral Media, Shoppers Drug Mart and many more.

Our residential product "the SHOCKABSORBER" Is designed to provide the same level of protection and security for home owners too. We are proud to say that in addition to the many industrial applications we protect, thousands of homes all over Canada and the USA are protected by our SHOCKABSORBER product as well.

No imports here, all of our products are made in Canada at our manufacturing facility in Brampton, Ontario.
Industrial products website: www.lightningtvss.com  1-888-596-2020
Residential products website: www.theshockabsorber.com  1-888-410-9580
Main portal: www.powersurges.com 

Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Monday August 18, 2008: Scott Steckly driving the No. 22 Racing/Tow Truck in a Box/Erb Group Dodge Avenger was hungry for the win at the final road course race of the season on Sunday in the Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres 100. However in turn nine of the ten turn, 1.53 mile street course he would be denied the win as contact with second place runner J. R. Fitzpatrick would allow Andrew Ranger to slip through and take the win with the Steckly Dodge crossing in second.

Racing in front of the enthusiastic fans in Trois Rivieres is always exciting for the drivers and 2008 would be no different. J. R Fitzpatrick sat on the pole and would lead the first 28 ciruits of the 42 total laps with Steckly close on his bumper. On lap 28 Steckly took advantage of a slight miscue by Fitzpatrick involving a lapped car and the Tow Truck in a Box driver moved into the lead. While Fitzpatrick stayed close for a few laps, Steckly started to build a slight cushion between them when late on the 40th lap a spinning car would bring out a full course caution, resulting in a green, white, checkered finish. When they took the green, Steckly and Fitzpatrick were nose to tail. On the last lap Fitzpatrick got up beside Steckly several times but they battled back and forth until turn nine when Fitzpatrick got into the turn a little hot and collided with the No. 22 Dodge driver. Ranger was in position to take advantage and he slipped by both cars to take the win in front of his hometown fans. Steckly was able to keep moving and crossed the line second. "I know second is not a bad finish but when you are that close it is hard not to be disappointed," said Steckly after the race. "It was a great points day though so we can't complain about that." When asked about the last lap with Fitzpatrick Steckly said, "It was just good hard racing. J. R. is back in the points a bit so I knew he had one thing on his mind and that was the win."

Steckly has put his Tow Truck in a Box/Erb Group Dodge in victory lane three times in the 2008 season and has been challenging for the win on four other occasions. With this being the last road course event of the 2008 season Steckly was looking to add a road course victory to his resume. "We have won on the 5/8 mile track of Cayuga this year and the smaller tracks like St. Eustache and Barrie and it would have been neat to have a road course victory as well. Three second place finishes are pretty good though." Steckly did not finish out of the top four in any of the four road course events this year.

Jason Hathaway picked up his first podium finish when he crossed the line third with D.J. Kennington fourth and J. R. Fitzpatrick finishing fifth.

Unofficially the 22 Racing Team take a 113 point advantage in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series points into the final four oval events of the season. After enjoying a much needed weekend off the teams will head to Cayuga Speedway just outside of Hamilton Ontario for event ten of thirteen on Saturday August 30th. For more event information please visit www.cayugamotorspeedway.ca.

The Grand Prix des Trois Rivieres 100 will be broadcast on TSN on Sunday August 31st at 1 a.m. EST.

22 Racing is supported by a large group of associate & product sponsors including: Erb Group of Companies, A. W. Millwrights, D. H. Jutzi Ltd., Willride Transportation, Reefer Sales, Mr. Transmission (Guelph), Milverton Garage, Groeneveld, Commercial Babcock, Classy Collectables, Generation 2 Filtration, Twin City Graphics, Motorsport Design, Glasvan Great Dane Trailer Sales Inc., Wix Filters, Chris Root Precision Machine, Camions International West Island

Bowmanville, ON, Sunday August 10, 2008: Scott Steckly's string of top four finishes, dating back to the last race of 2007 came to an end today on lap 125 when the No. 22 Racing/Tow Truck in a Box/Erb Group Dodge Avenger lost a motor.

Saturday's schedule of events was cancelled after practice as heavy rain showers moved into the area forcing a re-scheduled event for Sunday afternoon. After time trials were cancelled early on Sunday due to a light rain shower, NASCAR decided to move right on to the Full Throttle 200 at noon.

As qualifying was cancelled, NASCAR mandate the line up start on 2008 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series points putting Steckly's No. 22 Dodge to the front, a position he would hold for the first 125 laps. He had the field covered but they came up a bit short on the day. "The car was as good as it has been all year," stated Steckly after the race. "We had a good lead on the rest of the field and had put all but seven other cars down a lap before the motor let go. It is disappointing for all of us but we'll be ready for Trois Rivieres next week."

Kerry Micks made a second to last lap move on Mark Dilley who had inherited the lead after Steckly's misfortune, to take the win with D. J. Kennington finishing in third. Don Thomson Jr. was scored fourth and Peter Gibbons fifth. Steckly now unofficially takes a 94 point lead over Thomson into event nine on the thirteen race NASCAR Canadian Tire Series circuit at Trois Rivieres next weekend.

The Full Throttle Energy Drink 200 will be broadcast on TSN on Sunday August 17th at Noon EST.

22 Racing is supported by a large group of associate & product sponsors including: Erb Group of Companies, A. W. Millwrights, D. H. Jutzi Ltd., Willride Transportation, Reefer Sales, Mr. Transmission (Guelph), Milverton Garage, Groeneveld, Commercial Babcock, Classy Collectables, Generation 2 Filtration, Twin City Graphics, Motorsport Design, Glasvan Great Dane Trailer Sales Inc., Wix Filters, Chris Root Precision Machine, Camions International West Island Inc., IRL International.

Montreal, Quebec, Sunday Aug. 3, 2008: Scott Steckly has surely set a modern day record in top tier Canadian racing with his sixth podium finish in seven events in 2008. Steckly's Tow Truck in a Box/Schick/Erb Group Dodge Avenger finished in second in Saturday's running of the Napa 100 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.

The 22 Racing team as usual provided Steckly with a top five car for the practice and qualifying session as Steckly notched the fourth quickest time. Kerry Micks last years winner here, set a new track record in his pole qualifying effort with a time of 1:46.604.

The NAPA 100 on Saturday was again this year run before a full house of enthusiastic race fans. Steckly settled his Tow Truck in a Box/Schick Dodge Avenger into fourth early in the twenty-three lap event. The top three of Fitzpatrick, Micks and Ranger were battling hard for position and the 22 Racing driver was biding his time and waiting for an opportunity. Lap 18 would see that opportunity present itself and Steckly was able to move by the No. 02 of Kerry Micks for third. On the final lap Steckly was able to dodge a spinning Fitzpatrick to bring the Tow Truck in a Box Avenger across the line second. “My car as usual was great today,” said Steckly. “The front three were really going at it hard early and I just decided to sit back for a few laps and wait for my chance. It finally came and we were in the right position to move up. Our Tow Truck in a Box/Schick team did everything right again today and while a win would have been nice – big picture is it helped us extend our points lead.”

Hometown favourite Andrew Ranger was able to get the win after narrowly missing it here last year. Kerry Micks finished third with D.J. Kennington and Don Thomson Jr. rounding out the top five.

Steckly unofficially now has a 146 point lead heading to event eight of thirteen in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series at Mosport Speedway this Saturday August 9th. For schedule, tickets and directions please visit www.mosport.com

22 Racing is supported by a large group of associate & product sponsors including: A. W. Millwrights, D. H. Jutzi Ltd., Willride Transportation, Reefer Sales, Mr. Transmission (Guelph), Milverton Garage, Groeneveld, Commercial Babcock, Classy Collectables, Generation 2 Filtration, Twin City Graphics, Motorsport Design, Glasvan Great Dane Trailer Sales Inc., Wix Filters, Chris Root Precision Machine, Camions International West Island Inc., IRL International.

STECKLY ON PODIUM YET AGAIN
Another Second Place Finish for 22 Racing

Edmonton, AB, Saturday July 26, 2008: Six races in 2008 and Steckly has been on the podium for five of them with the lone non podium finish being a fourth. Steckly who started the Edmonton NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 100 from the third row in fifth place finished in second for the second time this season.

Steckly was not 100% happy with the Tow Truck in a Box/Diamond International Dodge Avenger on Friday during practice and qualifying so they made several changes on Friday evening in hopes that the car would be just that little bit better on Saturday. It appears it worked as Steckly didn't stay in fifth long once the green flag flew to start the 32 lap or 75 minute event.

By lap four the Tow Truck in a Box/Diamond International Dodge was up to third. A re-start on lap seventeen saw Steckly get the jump needed to pass the No. 27 of Andrew Ranger for second, a position he would not give up again for the remaining laps. "The car was incredibly lose today but we held on for a second," stated Steckly after the race.

"We weren't quite happy with it after qualifying yesterday so we made a few changes and it was better." When asked about the incredibly season they are having, the ever modest Steckly said "We aren't doing anything different than in the past everything is just working for us now and we will take it for as long as it lasts."

Alex Tagliani won the Edmonton NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 100 today while his teammate Andrew Ranger finished third. J.R. Fitzpatrick and D.J.Kennington rounded out the top five.
The teams now head home and prepare for the NASCAR Nationwide event next weekend at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Steckly takes a 131 point lead into this event number seven of the thirteen race 2008 schedule.

STECKLY MOVES DOWN ONE RUNG ON THE PODIUM

After a string of wins Steckly Finishes Second in Vernon

Vernon, British Columbia, Sunday July 20, 2008: Scott Steckly driving the IRL International/Tow Truck in a Box Dodge Avenger moved down one rung on the podium on Saturday night at Sun Valley Speedway in Vernon. After a string of 4 wins in five races, Steckly settled for a second place finish in the A & W 300.

Steckly's Avenger practiced at the top of the charts again and after the qualifying round they would be scored fifth quickest for the start of the main event later in the evening.

The No. 22 IRL International Dodge would come down pit road during an early caution period for left side tires, fuel and chassis adjustments. Returning to the track Steckly would have to restart in eighteenth one lap down to the leaders. A caution on lap 130 gave them the free pass and they were back on the lead lap.

 Steckly then started working his way back to the front. A caution on lap 191 and they came back down pit road for more adjustments and right side tires setting them up for the final 100 lap run to the finish. Steckly restarted in sxith and quickly moved to the front three. On lap 224 the No. 22 car moved by D. J. Kennington for the lead a familiar scene in 2008. Don Thomson Jr. who found his way back from a lap down battled Steckly hard over the final 20 laps finally passing Steckly with less than 10 to go, giving Steckly another podium finish.

"The car wasn't where we wanted it to be at the start," stated Steckly after the race. "But as usual my team came through for me and they kept adjusting on it and it was much better at the end. Don Thomson just had a little better car than we did on the finalfew laps and I couldnt hold him off any longer but all in all we can't complain about a second."

Steckly now takes a 111 point lead into event six at the Edmonton Indy next weekend on the temporary road course circuit at the Edmonton Regional Airport.
Finish 1. Don Thomson Jr. 2. Scott Steckly 3. John Gaunt 4. Mark Dilley 5. D. J. Kennington.

For complete race results please visit www.nascar.ca
The No. 22 team would like to thank IRL International in Vernon for supporting them for this event. A successful show was held at their facility on Friday as the Steckly team showed off their new 2009 International hauler to IRL International's customers.

STECKLY SUPERB IN ST. EUSTACHE WIN

Four straight Oval wins in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series go to 22 Racing’s Scott Steckly

Steckly Grabs First Career Pole & Finishes Fourth at Mosport

Scott Steckly preparing for what would be his record setting qualifying run
at Mosport International Raceway.

Bowmanville, ON, Monday June 16, 2008: Scott Steckly continued his dominance of the NASCAR Canadian Tires Series in the early going of the 2008 season by capturing his first career pole at Mosport International Raceway on Saturday, June 15. In the process he set a new track record for the fastest lap around the 2.459 mile road course. Steckly’s lap of 85.375 seconds beat Andrew Ranger’s previous record by 0.61 seconds set in 2007.

Saturday’s practice session was the debut for this new road course car that was prepared by the 22 Racing Team. “The car was set up perfectly right from the get-go,” stated Steckly. “The crew had to make very few changes during our practice sessions.” Steckly was hoping the pole would help the Tow Truck in a Box/ Erb Group Dodge Avenger towards another strong finish in the second race of the NASCAR Canadian Tires Series season.

The Dickies 200 started on Sunday afternoon under sunny skies. The No. 22 Steckly Avenger started on the pole but was overtaken by Kerry Micks who took the lead on the first lap. Scott then settled into second behind Micks. The Tow Truck in a Box/ Erb Group car was eventually passed by two other cars, which moved them back into fourth place. The team elected to pit on lap 20 for a four tire change and fuel. By the time pit stops had cycled through the team had gained two positions back, and they were running second to Peter Gibbons. Mother Nature intervened and the weather turned to rain on lap 41 and by lap 46 the team headed to pit road to replace their racing slicks with grooved rain tires. When pitting, Scott lost several positions, falling to ninth place. Following the last caution of the day on lap 50, Steckly was able to show his road course skills by passing five cars in two laps to move into fourth place. This is Steckly’s second top-five of the season, following his win in race one at Cayuga Speedway in May.

After the race Steckly said “I thought the car was real strong for us all weekend. This is a good start to the season and we hope to keep it up”. The No. 22 Steckly Racing/Erb Group/Tow Truck in a Box Dodge Avenger team increased their lead in the championship standings to 42 points over Peter Gibbons after the first two races.

Finish. 1st J. R. Fitzparick, 2nd D. J. Kennington, 3rd Don Thomson Jr., 4th Scott Steckly, 5th Alex Tagliani.

The 2008 sponsors of 22 Racing include: Tow Truck in a Box, Erb Group, Reefer Sales and Service, AW Millwrights, Jutzi Fuels, Groeneveld, Mr. Transmission (Guelph), Commercial Babcock, Classy Collectibles, Generation 2 Filtration, Twin City Graphics, Motorsport Design, Glasvan Great Dane, Wix Filters, Chris Root Precision Machine, Wilride Transport, Milverton Garage, International Trucks Dealers: West Island in St. Laurent, PQ, IRL in Vernon, BC.

The next race for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series teams is Saturday, June 28 at Barrie Speedway in Barrie, ON. For more information please visit their website at www.barriespeedway.com

Steckly Adds Reefer Sales as Associate Sponsor for 2008 Season Hamilton, ON, Monday May 26, 2008: Scott Steckly driving the No. 22 Tow Truck in a Box/Erb Group/Reefer Sales Dodge Avenger started the 2008 season off the way he ended 2007, with a win. This makes it two in a row for the Milverton, ON racer as he picked up the win on Saturday night at Cayuga Speedway in the Crown Jewel 200 in dominating fashion.

Photo courtesy of Joe Hamilton

Steckly unloaded his No. 22 Racing Dodge Avenger from the trailer and it was quick right out of the box as he consistently posted times at the top of the charts. A fifth place qualifying effort capped off the afternoon activities and they were set for the main event the Crown Jewel 200 later in the evening. “The car has just been terrific all day and we just made minor changes to it during practice. ” stated Steckly after qualifying.

The Tow Truck in a Box/Erb Group/Reefer Sales Avenger was the dominant car in this event, leading a total of 150 of the 200 laps. On lap forty-six Steckly took the lead, only giving it up again once for five laps when they pitted for tires and fuel. “The car ran really well tonight and I have my crew to thank for that. All the hours they put in over the winter so I need to thank all of them,” commented Steckly after the race. “I just concentrated each time on the re-start not to miss a shift or make any mistake at all. Winning that last race last year just gave us a lot of confidence so now it is two in a row and we will see where we go from here.”

In recent team news, Reefer Sales has been added as an associate sponsor with the 22 Racing Team for 2008. “We are really happy to add Reefer Sales as an associate to our program,” stated Scott Steckly. “They are very enthusiastic about the partnership and they plan to have some of their customers and staff out to events and we hope we can notch another win for them when they do.”

Additionally 22 Racing would like to thank all their associate and product supporters including: A. W. Millwrights, D. H. Jutzi Ltd., Willride Transportation, Mr. Transmission (Guelph), Milverton Garage, Groeneveld, Commercial Babcock, Classy Collectables, Generation 2 Filtration, Twin City Graphics, Motorsport Design, Glasvan Great Dane Trailer Sales Inc., Wix Filters, Chris Root Precision Machine, Camions International West Island Inc., IRL International.

Next up is event two, the Kodak 250 from Autodrome St. Eustache. Time trials are set for 5:15, with the autograph session at 7:15 and the green flag at 8:35 p.m. For more information please visit www.autodrome-st-eustache.com