CASCAR - MOPAR Parts 300 - Results & Summary
CASCAR Super Series
MOPAR Parts 500 Race Weekend
RESULTS: MOPAR Parts 300
July 20, 2003
Whitlock wins the MOPAR Parts 300; Thomson re-takes the Super Series points
lead
CALGARY, AB - Dave Whitlock won his record-tying third MOPAR Parts 300 on
Sunday afternoon at Calgary’s Race City Motorsport Park. The Avenue West
ACDelco / NMT driver started eighth in the field of 28 who competed in the
300-lap affair at the high-banked, half-mile oval and patiently managed his
car and tires throughout the race.
Set to record a podium finish, Whitlock was the beneficiary of his
teammate’s misfortune, with just 13 laps to go. Whitlock Motorsports driver
Mark Dilley (NTN Intrepid) held a commanding five-second lead as the race
wound down, but got caught up in an incident with a lapped car, and spun
from first place. As a result of Dilley’s bad luck, Whitlock assumed the
lead and went on to win his third MOPAR Parts 300, by .566 seconds over the
other three-time Calgary National event race winner Peter Gibbons (Canadian
Tire Chevy). DJ Kennington (Snap On / Castrol Intrepid) finished third in
the weekend finale, and joined fellow MOPAR-powered driver Whitlock on the
post-race podium.
Over 6,200 fans were on hand on Sunday afternoon at Race City, bringing to
over 12,000 the three-day total for the MOPAR Parts 500 Race Weekend.
"You put yourself in contention to win, and sometimes unfortunate things
happen [to others]," said Whitlock, who also won the season opening MOPAR
300 at Delaware Speedway Park, in May. "We were up there at the end and
capitalized on my teammate’s [Dilley’s] bad luck."
Two-time and defending Super Series champion Don Thomson recovered the
points lead during the weekend, based on his fourth-place finish in the
MOPAR 300 and his second-place result in his 100-lap qualifying sprint
race, on Friday night. UFCW Taurus driver Kerry Micks entered the weekend
as the points leader, but now finds himself three points back of the Home
Hardware Chevy driver, in second place, as the series heads to Vancouver.
CASCAR SUPER SERIES POINTS UNOFFICIAL AS OF JULY 20, 2003 TOP 10
FOLLOWING 6 of 12 RACES: 1. #4 Don Thomson Jr. (1021 pts.); 2. #02 Kerry
Micks (1018); 3. #37 DJ Kennington (977); 4. #1 Peter Gibbons (976); 5. #22
Scott Steckly (970); 6. #33 Neil Fair (962); 7. #64 Mark Dilley (947); 8.
#60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (940); 9. #19 Brad Graham (922); 10. #14 John
Fitzpatrick (915)
NEXT UP: The CASCAR Super Series will continue its western Canadian swing
next weekend at the Molson Indy Vancouver. CASCAR will be making its third
consecutive appearance at the event on the temporary street circuit in
downtown Vancouver. Robin Buck won the race in 2002, while Al Turner
emerged victorious in the inaugural CASCAR race at the Indy, in 2001.
Turner will be making his second Super Series appearance of the season, in
Vancouver.
CASCAR Super Series
MOPAR Parts 500 Race Weekend
RESULTS: MOPAR Parts 300
Round #6 // July 20, 2003 // Race City Motorsport Park
Calgary, Alberta // 300 Laps // ½-mile, high-banked paved oval
FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS
1 8 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) Avenue West ACDelco / NMT Intrepid 300
2 2 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire Chevrolet Monte Carlo 300
3 3 37 D.J. Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Snap On Tools / Castrol Canada
Intrepid 300
4 4 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 300
5 11 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) Schick Xtreme3 / Razor Mag. / ERB
Pontiac Grand Prix 300
6 20 24 Cole Pearn (Mt. Brydges, ON) Kubota Canada Pontiac Grand Prix 300
7 15 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging Chevrolet Monte Carlo 300
8 19 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Performance Parts / Exide
Intrepid 300
9 10 35 Kevin Dowler (Edmonton, AB) EMCO Ford Taurus 300
10 9 33 Neil Fair (Ancaster, ON) Skoal Inc. / Mac's Intrepid 300
11 6 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Inroble Brakes / FAG Ford Taurus 300
12 1 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings Intrepid 299
13 22 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet
Monte Carlo 299
14 12 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte
Carlo 299
15 5 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Frt. / Volvo Trucks
Pontiac Grand Prix 299
16 23 33W Don Sales (Quesnel, BC) Skoal Inc. / Shell Select Pontiac Grand
Prix 299
17 13 09 Trevor Seibert (Williams Lake, BC) Bibby Ste-Croix Ford Taurus 298
18 7 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) UFCW Canada Ford Taurus 297
19 25 71W Daryl Harr (St. Albert, AB) Westworld Computers Chevrolet Monte
Carlo 297
20 17 38 Jim White (Kamloops, BC) R James Western Star Sterling Chevrolet
Monte Carlo 295
21 21 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON) Labour Ready / 820 CHAM / Rockton Berry
Farm Ford Taurus 292
22 16 71 Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough, ON) R National Fast Freight Intrepid 291
23 18 12 Ron Larson (Quesnel, BC) Fastrack Chevrolet Monte Carlo 290
24 14 2 Carl Harr (St. Albert, AB) GM Goodwrench of Alberta Chevrolet Monte
Carlo 289
25 27 42 Darin Guillet (Calgary, AB) Havoline / Tower Chrysler Intrepid 235
26 24 15 Mike Browne (Calgary, AB) Coors Light / Bartin Pipe Pontiac Grand
Prix 52
27 26 27 Mark Derks (Calgary, AB) R Caltech Surveys Ltd. Chevrolet Monte
Carlo 41
28 28 11 James MacFarlane (Calgary, AB) MacFarlane Motorsports Ford Taurus DNS
R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.
TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 05 minutes and 5.335 seconds // MARGIN OF VICTORY:
.566 seconds // CAUTIONS: 6 for a total of 38 laps // LAP LEADERS: #1 Peter
Gibbons (1-124), #64 Mark Dilley (125-140), John Fitzpatrick (141), #23
Jeff Lapcevich (142), #64 Dilley (143-157), DJ Kennington (158-197), #64
Dilley (198-287), #39 Dave Whitlock (288-300).