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Final Race Weekend #15 for 2005:

Finally the Atlantic Stock Car Championships was at least somewhat completed on October 22nd at Shediac's Centre for Speed. The Sportsman count was high with 47 cars trying to qualify for the Midland Courier 100. With only three heats and one last chance qualifier - just seven cars out of each qualifying race would make it. Shawn started 6th in the 2nd heat and was able to finish in a comfortable 2nd place, putting him on the starting grid in 5th position. Once the green flag was dropped it wasn't long before Shawn found himself in 2nd place trying desperately to find a way by the #88 Todd Tufts. That guy was blocking with everything he had in him because he knew with just one slip up Shawn would whiz by with the faster car. Thank god Brian Gillespie showed up in the #69 to complicate matters for Tufts. Tufts couldn't hold back the both of them and eventually let Gillespie by on the inside. Then a caution came out letting Shawn and Gillespie run away with the two top positions. Gillespie slipped up in turn four and Shawn scooted by underneath taking the lead and hanging onto it for the final 10 laps. What a race!!! Although it was freezing cold all day long it certainly made the trip worth it to get our only win in 2005! The Pro Stock Championships have been postponed until 2006.

 1.SHAWN TURPLE  2. Brian Gillespie  3. Johnny Shields

Race Weekend #14:

The last points weekend was a crazy one, as usual, with some ups and downs, at Scotia Speedworld on Saturday, September 10th, 2005. Shawn raced both the #72 Sportsman and the #0 Pro stock car. We started out the pro stock day by qualifying 2nd fastest and drawing 7th position in the dash. Early on in that race, Shawn was on the inside of the #11 car but unfortunately, wasn't given any room and some damage was done. Shawn ended up pulling off and having to fix the right front fender - meaning he would be starting 10th in the main. Shawn then noticed a rear end leak by his left rear tire on the sportsman car. The axle bearing was destroyed and immediately had to be replaced. Shawn just made the 2nd heat in his sportsman car and qualified for the main feature 50-lapper. During that race Shawn survived a few sketchy cautions at the start and then pulled away in 2nd place - unable to catch Mel Tibert. That was where they finished and after a number of toss and turns in tech, the rightful place owners were rewarded for their finishes. The Parts for Trucks 200 was a slippery one with a lot of guys spinning around - including Shawn. Shawn was in 5th place at the time of the mandatory caution halfway, and drew 1st position to start on the poll for the 2nd half! Shawn held onto the lead for over 35 laps until he quickly went around in turn 4. Whether it was oil or water, something on the track made the #0 Atlantic Cat car go around in no time at all. Shawn then started at the back and was carefully working his way back up to the front when he made a mistake in turn 2 which put him a lap down. In the end, Shawn had a great run and a fun season, wish we could have gotten a win but there is always next year ;)

   1. Mel Tibert  2. Shawn Turple  3. Jeff Campbell

   1. Shawn Tucker  2. John Flemming  3. Gordie Ryan 

Race Weekend #13:

Speedweekend 2005 at New Brunswick International Speedway was a blast! There is no better way to spend your Labour Day weekend than at a race track that is well-organized, has good food, and is packed full of major race fans! On Saturday, September 3rd, the #72 Sportsman race team competed in the O'Leary Pontiac Excitement 150. With a bad draw of last in his heat, Shawn ran into problems early when trying to avoid a crash he got sucked into the muddy beach in turns 3 & 4. Once he was towed out his clutch was slipping so bad he had to pull into the pits. With just enough time, they changed the clutch and Shawn made it out for the first last consi of the day. After winning that, Shawn started the main feature in the 21st position out of 24 cars. By half way, he was in third place and still going strong. Shawn quickly found himself in the lead and lapping cars slowly but surely until one car just wouldn't get out of the way. Shawn thought he had a hole and was just underneath the lapped car when he came down on Shawn and spun out. This lead to Shawn having to go to the back with only 41 laps left in the race. Everyone thought he could do it, but after being blocked in behind some slower running cars, Shawn ran out of time to earn his lead back and ended up finishing 7th. An exciting and well-run race in the end.

  1. Brian Gillespie  2. Bradley Logan  3. Michael Banks

The acclaimed Irving Oil 250 on September 4th was a long race early on that eventually led to some nice green-flag racing near the end. Shawn had a great draw for the Pole in the 3rd heat and easily won the race giving him the 3rd starting position on the grid. Scott Chubbock #20, Travis Benjamin #17, and Shawn were by far the fastest cars in the race for the majority of the race, easily pulling away on the many restarts and sticking pretty close together through the green flag laps. Shawn was in 2nd place when he was fast approaching the #54 Dave Dion who was being lapped when something on Dion's car broke in turn 2 and Shawn ran into the back of him, bringing out the caution. Shawn pitted and at that time decided it was a good time to change all 4 tires and fuel up. Heading back out onto the field, Shawn's car was just as fast as before as he began moving back up to the front. Slowly the car faded and with 30 laps to go and in 2nd spot, the Atlantic CAT team decided to pit again and change back to the 4 tires we had on previously in hopes of making the car better. Shawn started 4th on the restart and unfortunately, the car wasn't any better so that's where he stayed. All in all, a decent weekend for the Shawn Turple crew, with two fast cars and just a little bit of a lack of that luck of maybe being in the right place at the right time.

  1. Scott Chubbock  2. Travis Benjamin  3. Scott Alexander

Race Weekend #12:

The Antigonish Mall 100 at Riverside Speedway went by in a flash with only one caution and Rollie MacDonald leading the whole race! The Atlantic CAT team wasn't very fast all day and couldn't quite get the set up we needed to qualify in the top ten. Shawn started the race in 19th position and only made it in 12 laps when the rear end broke! Crappy :(  So I guess we had our bad week and finished last. Ah well, can't complain too much, we've been lucky so far mechanically this year.

  1. Rollie MacDonald  2. Wayne Smith  3. Gordie Ryan

Race Weekend #11:

The Atlantic Dodge Dealers 100 took place at Shediac's Centre for Speed on Saturday, August 20th with a full field of 33 cars attempting to qualify for the 27-car race. We started the day out well with the Ledwidge Lumber #0 Monte Carlo being one of the fastest cars during practice. Shawn time trialed 2nd fastest and drew 7th to start the dash. Shawn's car was suddenly very loose at the start of the dash and in turn 3 & 4 he got so loose he was up into the dirt and lost control as he slapped the back end into the wall. A little disappointing but the damage didn't ruin our night. Since Shawn did not finish the dash he started 10th in the feature and quickly gained the lead on lap 21. Shawn held onto that lead for 10 laps before Frank Fraser who had spun around and was sitting still stopped him in his tracks in turn one. With no where to go Shawn suffered a little damage on the right front and had to pit. He then came back out to start 20th in the race and slowly worked his way back up to 5th. Because the race winner, Dan Eddy, was disqualified, Shawn finished 4th.

  1. George Koskulics  2. Wayne Smith  3. Rollie MacDonald

Race Weekend #10:

The Atlantic CAT Speedweekend at Scotia Speedworld was a great success with decent weather and tons of fans on August 12th & 13th! First and foremost we would like to say thanks to all of the Shawn Turple fans who made it out for Friday and/or Saturday nights' shows! You make it all worthwhile. The weekend started out well with Shawn time trialing 4th fastest in the Atlantic CAT Monte Carlo Pro Stock and drawing the outside poll for the 15-lap dash, which is just where he finished. Shawn also jumped into the Forbes Sportsman Monte Carlo to finish 5th in his heat and start 16th in the Lockhart Truck Centre 100. Early on in the main feature the Sportsman was backfiring so badly Shawn had to bring it in to the pits during the first caution. Without enough time to solve the problem Shawn went back out on the track only to lose his fire. When he was pushed into the pits that time we knew it was a wiring problem and were able to fix it but with no caution periods - Shawn went at least 20 laps down. He was able to finish the race and if he had been on the lead lap would have finished 4th - or maybe better. Saturday was a foggy day with little practice and the big Atlantic CAT 250. Starting on the outside poll, Shawn had a good car and kept pressure on Johnny Clarke for the first 20 laps and then momentarily got around him on the outside and lead a lap! Shawn continued to have a good car all night and pitted twice for tires (2 at a time). To avoid a wreck, Shawn slightly spun in turn 2 once the caution was already out but apparently, or should I say miraculously, went a lap down according to PASS officials who did not realize this until at least 50 laps later when Shawn's number disappeared from the number board when we thought we were racing in 2nd place. In the end, a discouraged Shawn fell back from the leaders since he was a lap down and finished in a respectful 6th place.  A more detailed tell of the tale can be found at http://www.proallstarsseries.com/

1. Terry Roma  2. Harry Ross White  3. Leonard Boutilier

1. Mike Rowe  2. Travis Benjamin  3. Cassius Clark

Race Weekend #9:

On Saturday, August 6th, the Atlantic CAT Pro Stock Team was in Geary, New Brunswick, for the Carquest Maritime Pro Stock Tour's Pro Line 100 - race 8 of 11. With good weather and a decent car, Shawn time trialed 2nd fastest (for the 2nd time this year at NBIS) and drew 8th for the Dash. Shawn then finished 5th in the Dash, putting us in a great starting position for the main feature (as the inside line was the only line there was). It didn't take long for Shawn to be in the top three once the green flag dropped and he managed to stay within the top five throughout the caution-filled race. With 13 laps to go, Shawn found himself in 2nd place and stayed there right until the checkered. It was a very close finish with Shawn only one-five hundreths of a second behind winner Shawn Tucker! Talk about a close call!

  1. Shawn Tucker  2. Shawn Turple  3. Rollie MacDonald

Race Weekend #8:

On Saturday, July 23rd, it was unknown whether or not we would get the chance to race at Raceway Park in Oyster Bed Bridge on Prince Edward Island. The rain came down, stopped and came down again, eventually stopping for good. Giving the Maritime Pro Stock Tour just enough time to run one practice to prepare for the Atlantic Dodge Dealers 100. The car was ok and so was the driver, qualifying 9th in a 25-car field where only 8 drivers would go to the dash. Shawn started on the pole of the first heat and finished 2nd, starting 11th in the main feature. Early on, Shawn was involved in an accident and because of a late-thrown caution flag, went a lap down. Shawn pitted and came out only to get a Right Rear flat tire. Eventually, Shawn stayed out of the pits and finished the race in a decent 12th place. All in all we had a fun weekend and Shawn learned more about the ol' race track that can reach out and bite ya.

1. Dale Holmes  2. Kent Livingston  3. Rollie MacDonald

Race Weekend #7:

On Saturday, July 16th, we ventured up to Shediac, NB, for the Parts for Trucks 100 at the Centre for Speed. It was a nice weekend and we started out the day with a flooding problem, which later turned into a wiring problem, which finally was a very bad miss in the motor. The Atlantic CAT pit crew changed everything possible including all the fuel in the gas tank (there was water in it somehow), the fuel pump, MSD box, coil, carburetor, etc, etc, etc. When Shawn went back out to race in the 1st heat (he started 2nd) he quickly gained the lead and won! The miss was gone, thank god. He then started 11th in the main and quickly jumped to 8th. Until a car spun in turn 4 and Shawn spun to avoid it. We then had to go to the back (still scratching our heads on that one) and the car was so good Shawn was the only guy to be passing everyone round the outside! Yahoo. He was able to secure 3rd place but wishes there would have been another 25 laps to grab the lead. Shawn's exact first words after getting out of the car: "Man that was FUN!" Everyone loves to have a good car. Thank god for the hard working pit crew who pulled through to make the #0 Monte Carlo work!

1. Rollie MacDonald  2. Shawn Tucker  3. Shawn Turple

Race Weekend #6:

On Saturday, July 9th, we participated in the Atlantic Dodge Dealers 100 and a Sportsman Super Series 50-lap race at Scotia Speedworld. Before the rain came, Shawn had fastest time by a tenth of a second! He set a new track record for this year for the Maritime Pro Stock Tour with a time of 14.509 seconds. Shawn then drew the 4th starting position and finished 4th in his heat. The #72 sportsman was also working good as Shawn started 6th in the 2nd heat and finished 3rd. He started the main feature at around 9th or 10th and quickly grabbed the lead. He would hold onto that lead until Mel Tibert, in the hooked up #01 car, would pass him. The race got rained out on lap 44 with Shawn in 2nd place. The Atlantic Dodge Dealers 100 would have to wait until Sunday. On Sunday, Shawn started the race in good shape quickly capturing 2nd behind Wayne Smith. After a few honest attempts to get by, Shawn's handling slowly drifted away. During the next restart, Shawn started on the outside and got freight trained to around 10th or 11th. After a few accidents, Shawn pitted and worked his way back up. It was discovered that the Right Rear bleeder was stuck closed and the tire had 39 lbs of air in it - definitely going to mess up the handling of the car. In the end, Shawn finished in 11th and received the EIT Race Radio Rookie of the Race Award.

1. Gordie Ryan  2. Kent Vincent  3. John Flemming

1. Mel Tibert  2. Shawn Turple  3. Harry Ross White

Race Weekend #5:

During the July 1st long weekend Shawn was on double duty - first on Saturday it was the Maritime Pro Stock Tour's stop at Oyster Bed Bridge in PEI for the Parts for Trucks 100. Then, on Sunday it was the Vance Haines 150 at Shediac's Centre for Speed. Saturday was the first time Shawn ever raced in PEI, and he's not so sure he liked it. Shawn was off the pace to start the day, qualifying 22nd, and starting 16th in the main. With two very different turns, it took a while for Shawn and the car to adjust. Eventually the handling got better and Shawn slowly worked his way up. He managed to slip through a few wrecks but was horrible on the restarts. The clutch was slipping something awful and he pretty near got run over every time. After a couple of laps though, the car would pick up and he would make some time. The #0 Team ended up with a decent 6th place finish that was very close to being a 5th. On Sunday, Frank and Shawn fixed the clutch, drew 4th in the second heat and finished 2nd - putting him in the 4th starting position of the race. The race was good with little cautions and a tight fight between Lonnie Sommerville, John Flemming, and Shawn. In the end, the Atlantic CAT Monte Carlo held out for a 3rd place finish. All in all, another fun racing weekend - especially since Shawn kept all the body panels on the car! Hee hee :)

1. Greg Proude  2. Kent Vincent  3. Rollie MacDonald

1. Lonnie Sommerville  2. John Flemming  3. Shawn Turple

Race Weekend #4:

Shawn Turple along with the #72 and #0 race teams had a busy weekend in Halifax at Scotia Speedworld on June 25th. The only racer on double-duty, Shawn earned a  2nd Place Finish in the C&R Auto Supply Sportsman Shootout 100 lapper and an awesome 6th Place finish in the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Forbes 200. Qualifying 10th in the Time Trials, and finishing 9th in the Dash, Shawn was off to a good start. Both races went well with only one caution during the Sportsman race and just a few in the PASS. Shawn worked his way around a number of competitors a number of times, pitted once for right side tires, stayed on the lead lap, and worked his way up to a respectful 4th position. If only lapped cars were taken out of the top 5 positions, Shawn may have just had a 3rd place finish or better - the car never felt so good! However, the 34 degree heat, practices all day long, and 300 laps affected Shawn and if there were only 10 less laps, I know we would have been better off. Still, an impressive weekend!

1. Mel Tibert  2. Shawn Turple  3. Craig Slaunwhite

1. Mike Rowe  2. Cassius Clarke  3. Johnny Clarke

Race Weekend #3:

On Sunday, June 19th, the rain-delayed Parts For Trucks 100 took place at New Brunswick International Speedway in Geary, New Brunswick. What turned out to be a nice day truly was a great day for the #0 Pro Stock Team. During practice, things weren't so nice however, as the car just didn't want to handle. With quick thinking and a few smart changes, the crew got the Atlantic CAT Monte Carlo working well for the time trials. Shawn had the pole with a time of 13.681 seconds until John Flemming knocked him down to second with a time of 13.649 seconds. We were still very pleased to say the least. Shawn then drew 4th for the Dash and finished 4th. As the long feature got started (it took 3 1/2 hours to run) Shawn was on the outside for quite some time. With 2 red flag stops, and many cautions, Shawn held his line and stayed out of trouble. Once he found himself in that 3rd position with only 5 laps to go he wasn't leaving any holes on that inside lane. Shawn walked away a happy man with a clean 2nd place finish.

  1. Kevin Moore  2. Shawn Turple  3. Mike MacKenzie

Race Weekend #2:

On Saturday, June 4th, the Pioneer Coal 100 took place at Riverside Speedway, Antigonish. With beautiful weather and a full field of 31 pro stock cars, the day was a nice one. It's too bad that track and Shawn just don't seem to get along. Not to say we had a really bad day, but we didn't have a really good one either. Anyway, here are the facts: Shawn time trialed 9th with a time of 15.700 seconds putting him in the top ten for the dash. He drew number 9 in the draw and finished 8th. During the autograph session on the front stretch Shawn got a right rear flat tire that had to be changed, this counts as a pit stop so he had to start at the back, yes all the way back to 30th position. We started the main feature all right with Shawn passing something like 16 cars in 19 laps. Shawn stayed out of trouble for some time after that until he, Stacey Clements, and Daryl Mahr went 3-wide on the back stretch and it didn't work out so well for Shawn. Shawn spun and brushed the wall. Luckily, it was a long caution because of some light trouble and our efficient pit crew was able to fix the car and get Shawn back out on the track still on the lead lap. With a bent hood it was hard to see and the bad luck just kept on coming. Eventually, the race did end and Shawn only went a lap down with 2 laps to go. We still however, managed to finish 11th, which wasn't too bad in the end.

  1. Rollie MacDonald  2. Kent Livingston  3. Scott Alexander

Race Weekend #1:

On Saturday, May 28th, the Carquest Maritime Pro Stock Tour and Scotia Speedworld kicked off the rain-delayed season with the Pro-Line 100, a Sportsman Super Series 50 lap race, and a Legends feature. Shawn was on double-duty in his #72 Sportsman and Frank Fraser's #0 Pro Stock. The day started out ok with Shawn time-trialing 8th and drawing the Pole for the Dash. With a few rookie mistakes Shawn finished 10th in the Dash with the need for a left side mirror becoming a priority. Shawn started 4th in his Sportsman Heat and won - putting him on the pole for the main. During the main, Shawn was leading when he felt his engine tightening up. He pulled into the pits just as the engine quit. Not a good way to start the Sportsman season. The Pro Stock feature went a little better  - even without that left side mirror - with no major accidents (not involving us anyway!) but got rained out on Lap 60. We were happy to end the wet day with a 6th place finish.  

1. Wayne Smith  2. Marty Prevost  3. Gordie Ryan

1. Terry Roma  2. Todd Tufts  3. James Graves

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