CASCAR - Canada Day Shootout Summary & Results
CASCAR Super Series 'Dodge Canada Day Shootout, presented by MOPAR' For immediate release / June 29, 2003 Gibbons wins second straight Super Series race, in Sunday's 'Dodge Canada Day Shootout, presented by MOPAR' at Cayuga HAMILTON, ON Peter Gibbons collected his second consecutive CASCAR Super Series win, on Sunday evening, at Cayuga Speedway. The Canadian Tire Chevy driver started on the pole and led all but a dozen laps of the 'Dodge Canada Day Shootout, presented by MOPAR'. For the final 105 laps, he was hounded by runner-up Pete Vanderwyst, who was making his first Super Series start since suffering a ruptured appendix shortly after his fifth-place finish in the season opener at Delaware Speedway, in May. With 50 laps remaining in Sunday's race at the 5/8-mile Cayuga oval, Gibbons didn't think his tires were up to the task of holding off Vanderwyst for the final segment of the race. The Stouffville, ON racer actually planned to make a pitstop to address his loose handing condition, but was talked out of doing so by his crew chief. The call turned out to be a winning decision, as Gibbons was able to hold off Vanderwyst, despite the St. Thomas, ON racer's best attempts to wrestle the lead away from the two-time National champion. Exiting the final turn, on lap 200, Vanderwyst gave Gibbons a bump. Both lunged for the line, with Gibbons edging Vanderwyst by less than two-tenths of a second at the checkered flag. Kerry Micks, the runner-up in the championship chase, was third in the 'Dodge Canada Day Shootout, presented by MOPAR', after narrowly edging the MOPAR-powered Intrepid of DJ Kennington. Three-time CARQUEST Sportsman Series champion Steve Robblee rounded out the top-five finishers. A trio of NASCAR Winston Cup racers took part in Sunday's race at Cayuga. Kenny Wallace finished 18th in the 37-car field, despite receiving a 'stop and go' penalty for rough driving. Sterling Marlin drove the Beauchamp Motorsports-prepared Coor's Light MOPAR to a 23rd-place result, while Geoffrey Bodine battled an ill-handling car for most of the day, and came home 32nd in the final 200-lap segment. During qualifying for the 'Dodge Canada Day Shootout, presented by MOPAR', Peter Gibbons set the fastest time, with a lap of 21.553 seconds around the 5/8-mile Cayuga oval. Kerry Micks was second fastest at 21.598 seconds. By posting the two fastest times during time trials, Gibbons and Micks earned the front two spots for their respective 50-lap qualifying sprint races, as well as for the 200-lap feature race. In the first 'Twin 50', Gibbons led early until Dave Whitlock took control at the one-third point of the race. The three-time National champion held the lead the rest of the way, narrowing edging Pete Vanderwyst. Don Thomson was third, despite engine troubles that forced to him change engines prior to the start of the 200-lap finale. Kerry Micks started on the pole for the second 'Twin 50' and led the first 42 laps, at which point the UFCW Taurus driver ran out of gas and fell off the pace, thus handing the lead to DJ Kennington, who guided his MOPAR-powered Intrepid to the win. Brad Graham finished second, ahead of the MOPAR trio of Ron Beauchamp Jr. Neil Fair and NASCAR star Sterling Marlin. CASCAR NOTEBOOK: The third round of the CASCAR Super Series the 'Exide Batteries 200 km' road course event from Mosport Int'l Raceway will be broadcast on Monday, July 7 at 7 p.m. on Sportsnet... CASCAR announced that the Super Series will be racing at Peterborough Speedway for the second time this season on Saturday, September 20. The 200-lap race is a replacement for an event that was to have taken place at Kawartha Speedway. PHOTO: Peter Gibbons (left) accepts the winner's trophy from MOPAR's Roy Westlake after winning the 'Dodge Canada Day Shootout, presented by MOPAR' on Sunday evening at Cayuga Speedway CREDIT: G. MacPherson / Inside Track Motorsport News CASCAR Super Series RESULTS: 'Dodge Canada Day Shootout, presented by Dodge' Round #4 // June 29, 2003 // Cayuga 2000 Speedway // Hamilton, Ontario // 200 Laps // 5/8-mile, banked paved oval FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS 1 1 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200 2 5 77 Pete Vanderwyst (St. Thomas, ON) Pontiac Grand Prix 200 3 2 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) UFCW Canada Ford Taurus 200 4 4 37 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Snap On Tools / Castrol Canada Intrepid 200 5 23 28 Steve Robblee (Dorchester, ON) Ron O'Brien Remax / CGC Ford Taurus 200 6 6 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks Pontiac Grand Prix 200 7 3 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) NMT / Whitlock Motorsports Intrepid 200 8 15 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200 9 10 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. / Mac's Intrepid 200 10 9 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) FAG / Inroble Brakes Taurus 200 11 22 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) Schick Xtreme3 / Razor Mag. / ERB Pontiac Grand Prix 200 12 11 71 Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough, ON) R National Fast Freight Intrepid 200 13 13 52 Ron Sheridan (Strathroy, ON) R Restoration Masters / United Carpet Pontiac Grand Prix 200 14 7 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200 15 16 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Intrepid 200 16 8 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Performance Parts / Exide Intrepid 199 17 27 56 John Fletcher (Milton, ON) R Trailers By Jim Bray Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199 18 17 23N Kenny Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Canada Day Shootout Ford Taurus 199 19 14 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199 20 33 5 Nik Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199 21 31 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) Kubota Canada Pontiac Grand Prix 199 22 24 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 198 23 12 40 Sterling Marlin (Columbia, TN) Coor's Light Intrepid 198 24 21 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) NAPA / Autopro Pontiac Grand Prix 198 25 35 42 Sean Stafford (Springfield, ON) R Mid-America Freight Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 197 26 26 00 Billy Innes (Simcoe, ON) Regional Auto Glass Chevrolet Monte Carlo 197 27 32 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Holmar Plumbing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 195 28 28 41 John Tsoumaris (Toronto, ON) John's Unique Auto / Mama's Pizza Chevrolet Monte Carlo 191 29 37 94 Mark Graham (Odessa, ON) Jumbo Video / Microplay / Edge Pro Gel Chevrolet Monte Carlo 185 30 20 98 Pete Shepherd Jr. (Brampton, ON) R National Exhaust Systems / Inside Track Intrepid 178 31 18 55 Rob Graham (Bothwell, ON) R Doering Brown / OKI Data Chevrolet Monte Carlo 177 32 36 11 Geoff Bodine (Chemung, NY) ATTO Insurance Chevrolet Monte Carlo 169 33 29 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) Industrial Waterproof Systems / A-DOR Pontiac Grand Prix 140 34 25 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON) Labour Ready / 820 CHAM / Rockton Berry Farm Ford Taurus 123 35 34 01 Steve Munro (Carp, ON) Nesquik Chevrolet Monte Carlo 87 36 30 91 Doug Day (Waterloo, ON) Twin City Auto Parts Chevrolet Monte Carlo 35 37 19 7 Sean Dupuis (LaSalle, ON) CANUSA / APC / Havoline Chevrolet Monte Carlo 32 R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender. MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.169 seconds // AVERAGE SPEED: 46.580 mph // TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 41 minutes and 00 seconds // CAUTIONS: 10 for a total of 64 laps // LAP LEADERS: #1 Peter Gibbons (1-81), #19 Brad Graham (82-93) and #1 Peter Gibbons (94 - 200).