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).