Two rounds of qualifying will set 26-car starting field

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GEARY - The CARQUEST Maritime Pro Stock Tour will make its final appearance of the season at Speedway 660 here tomorrow.

The Parts for Trucks 100 -- the seventh race of 11 for the series points championship -- will begin at 6 p.m. at the Geary track.

Wayne Smith of Timberlea, N.S. leads the points standings with 1,190 points, followed by Shawn Turple of Enfield, N.S. with 1,158 and defending tour champion and former Speedway 660 pro stock champion Shawn Tucker of Fredericton with 1,151.

Lonnie Sommerville of Saint John and Kent Vincent of Crapaud, P.E.I. are tied for fourth with 1,147 points.

Brad Mann of Glen Levit sits seventh in the standings with 1,104 points, Dave O'Blenis of Boundary Creek is 12th with 1,074, Mike Stevens of Riverview is 14th with 1,070 and Tim Rodgers of Upper Coverdale is 26th with 770.

Two rounds of qualifying will set the 26-car starting field for the race. Time trials will start at 5:10 p.m.

Tomorrow's race is also round two of four in the Parts For Trucks Challenge, a mini-series where series regulars accumulate points based on their finishing positions in each of the four Parts for Trucks-sponsored events on the schedule. A bonus is paid to the top three Parts for Trucks Challenge points-getters at the series' annual awards banquet.

Points racing in the Speedway 660 sportsman and street stock divisions are also part of the program.

There is no racing at the Centre for Speed in Barachois, River Glade Speedway, Miramichi City Speedway or Blue Mountain Speedway in Big River this weekend.

The Centre for Speed will host the Carquest Maritime Pro Stock Tour's Lucas Oil 150 as well as a Maritime Super Sportsman Series race on Aug. 3 at 3 p.m. Tickets are available by visiting or calling Race Time Collectables (386-8305) in Champlain Place. Advance tickets for adults will save fans $5 each at $25. Fans calling from outside Metro Moncton may call in their advance ticket order and pick them up at Race Time prior to race day.

The Centre for Speed will also host a doubleheader on Aug. 4. A 1 p.m. program will feature a street stock invitational, tigercat and thundercat division points racing and a visit by the Atlantic Open Wheel racing series.

Racing resumes in River Glade Aug. 17, in Miramichi Aug. 9 and in Big River Aug. 10.