Ramsay in Hunt for Win Again at Delaware – Moves to Third in Points
Dorchester, ON) –Jamie Ramsay and his CANUSA Motorsports / APC / Total Lubricants Chevrolet Impala arrived at Delaware on Friday July 2nd for the first of two races in just five days at the London-area ½-mile. The night was a regular event, complete with a heat race, and a 35-lap main event.
The night started off well for the team as Ramsay drew the pole position for his 10-lap qualifier. He made short work of the field as he set sail when the green dropped and cruised to an easy win, picking up five bonus points for the result. Ramsay spoke about the qualifying event, saying, “It’s always nice to pick up another checkered flag, and the bonus points will help us in the championship race. We’re like everyone else tonight, we’re saving our best tires for the APC Summer Shootout, but we’re in good shape for the feature tonight.”
Ramsay rolled off 10th for the main event, and quickly began slicing his way through the field, moving into the top-five during the first half of the event. Ramsay restarted on the outside and tried to make the top groove work, as he and Mat Box battled for fourth position. Ramsay looked strong, but not strong enough to make the pass. Both Box and Ramsay would move up one position before a late race restart would have the duo locking horns again. Ramsay tried the top groove once more, but couldn’t make the pass, and would settle for a solid fourth place finish. Ramsay was pleased with the result, “Our car wasn’t as good as it has been the last couple of weeks. We improved the car going into the turns, but we hurt ourselves coming off. We made a bunch of changes to the car, and have to go back half of what we changed for Wednesday night. It was also a lot of fun racing with Mat at the end.” With the finish, Ramsay moved to third in the
championship standings.
Point leader Ron Sheridan made a late race pass of Scott Lindsay to pick up his fifth win of the season, and extend his point lead over Lindsay.
1. Sheridan, 2. Lindsay, 3. Box, 4. Jamie Ramsay, 5. Shawn Thompson.
The next event for the CANUSA Motorsports Team will be Wednesday night, July seventh, at Delaware Speedway for the APC Summer Shootout featuring Kyle Busch, David Ruetimann, and Jason Leffler. Ramsay is looking forward to the special event. “I’m excited about it, and think it will be a pretty cool deal. My team is also really excited about it. They crew guys never get enough credit, but they are very proud that they were able to prepare a car for Ruetimann.”
For more information on CANUSA Motorsports, APC, Total Lubricants, or Delaware Speedway, please visit www.canusamotorsports.webs.com, www.canusa.on.ca, www.total-us.com, www.delawarespeedway.com, or contact Luke Ramsay at (519) 268-7070.
Release and photos by www.maudsleymotorsports.com.