CASCAR: Gibbons wins CASCAR race at Mosport
30 August 1999
BOWMANVILLE, ON Polesitter Peter Gibbons of Stouffville, ON beat Oakville, ONs Robin Buck by 4.163 seconds to win the third round of the CASCAR Castrol Super Series (National), the UAP/NAPA presents the C.A.G. 250 km at Mosport International Raceway on Sunday. Gibbons took his Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo past the Castrol Canada Dodge of DJ Kennington on lap 56 of the 64-lap race. Buck, driving the UAP/NAPA Pontiac Grand Prix, made a dramatic pass of Kennington a lap later but was unable to challenge Gibbons over the remaining eight laps. Kennington, from St. Thomas, ON, settled for third while Kerry Micks of Mt. Albert, ON was fourth in his Ford Fastlane Ford Taurus. With his win, Gibbons extended his lead in the unofficial CASCAR Castrol Super Series (National) point standings. Gibbons now has 1,318 points to the 1,288 of Don Thomson Jr. Thomson, the points leader coming into Mosport, finished 10th in his Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo.