CASCAR: Cayuga Canada Day Shootout Summary & Results
CASCAR Super Series
RESULTS: ATTO Canada Day Shootout
Cayuga 2000 Speedway
July 4, 2004
Whitlock wins Canada Day Shootout at Cayuga
HAMILTON, ON - Three-time CASCAR Super Series champion Dave Whitlock won
his first race of the season on Sunday afternoon at Cayuga 2000 Speedway.
The Avenue / NMT Dodge driver climbed steadily through the field from his
16th starting position and took the lead from Kerry Micks with five laps to
go in the ATTO Canada Day Shootout.
At the end, Whitlock finished 2.02 seconds ahead of Micks’ Power
Water Ford Taurus. Third place went to series points leader Peter Gibbons.
The Canadian Tire / Monroe Brakes Chevy driver looked set to take his third
checkered flag of the season after leading 150 of the race’s 200 laps. But
his team changed two tires during their one and only stop of the race (at
lap 185), drawing a ‘stop and go’ penalty, thereby taking Gibbons out of
contention for the win. CASCAR rules prohibit drivers from changing more
than one tire, under caution, in the last 50 laps of the race.
Prior to that point, Gibbons was dominant at the 5/8-mile oval and
appeared well on his way to earning his second Cayuga win of the season. In
the end, he was the third of three lead lap finishers in the entire field.
Leading up to his ‘stop and go’ penalty, Gibbons had lapped all but
Whitlock and Micks during an extended green flag run.
Fourth-place went to defending Super Series champ Don Thomson Jr.,
in the Home Hardware Chevy. Thomson fought an ill-handling car all day but
soldiered on, missing the podium by just one position. Rookie polesitter
Pete Shepherd Jr. came home fifth after an impressive run that saw the
young Brampton, ON racer lead the first 38 laps of the race, before
settling into a comfortable pace that would see him notch his best-ever
CASCAR finish.
PHOTOS: Cayuga - Final pit stop: (l to r) Kerry Micks, Dave Whitlock and
Peter Gibbons pit near the end of the Canada Day Shootout at Cayuga Speedway.
Cayuga Podium Finishers - Gibbons Whitlock Micks: (l to r) Podium finishers
Peter Gibbons (3rd), Dave Whitlock (1st) and Kerry Micks.
CREDIT: G. MacPherson / Inside Track Motorsport News
CASCAR NOTEBOOK: Dave Whitlock’s win was the second of the season for his
Whitlock Motorsports team. Teammate Mark Dilley won at Peterborough
Speedway on June 12… Whitlock’s last win took place Sept. 20, 2003 at
Peterborough... Dave Whitlock finished seventh in the Canada Day Shootout
in 2003… Prior to today’s win, his last Cayuga victory came in August of
2001 when he took the lead from Don Thomson Jr. on the last lap of the race.
CASCAR SUPER SERIES POINT STANDINGS AFTER 5 EVENTS (UNOFFICIAL): 1. #1
Peter Gibbons (804 points); 2. #39 Dave Whitlock (779); 3. #4 Don Thomson
Jr. (759); 4. #02 Kerry Micks (730); 5. #23 Jeff Lapcevich (703); 6. #64
Mark Dilley (688); 7. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (674); 8. #19 Brad Graham
(670); 9. #22 Scott Steckly (646); 10. #50 Pete Shepherd (624); 11. #10
Doug Brown (614); 12. #55 Rob Graham (609); 13. #17 DJ Kennington (603);
14. #25 Jeff Lapcevich (598); 15. #88 Dave Jacombs (574); 16. #86 Kenny
Forth (556).
CLARINGTON 200 TELEVISION BROADCAST: The Clarington 200 CASCAR Super Series
road course race at Mosport Int’l Raceway will air on SPORTSNET on Monday,
July 5 (EAST / WEST / PACIFIC) at 7:00 p.m., and on Tuesday, July 6
(ONTARIO) at 7:00 p.m. Check your local listings and
http://www.cascar.ca/schedule/tv_schedule.html for subsequent airings.
CASCAR Super Series
RESULTS: ATTO Canada Day Shootout
Round #5 // July 4, 2004 // Cayuga 2000 Speedway
Hamilton, ON // 200 Laps // 5/8-mile oval
FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR / MAKE LAPS
1 16 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) Avenue / NMT
Dodge 200
2 6 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Power Water Ford
Taurus 200
3 3 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire /
Monroe Brakes Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
4 4 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware
Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199
5 1 50 Pete Shepherd (Brampton, ON) R ATTO Dodge 199
6 7 64 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) NTN Bearings
Dodge 199
7 8 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) NAPA / Autopro
Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199
8 11 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor
Frt. Pontiac Grand Prix 199
9 22 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) R Latta Crane
Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199
10 18 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) Tim
Horton’s / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 198
11 29 00 Steve Munro (Carp, ON) Chevrolet Monte Carlo 197
12 13 7 Sean Dupuis (LaSalle, ON) Marty’s Garage
Chevrolet Monte Carlo 197
13 5 55 Rob Graham (Bothwell, ON) R G-Dox / Doering
Brown Monte Carlo 197
14 12 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR Parts / Exide
Dodge 197
15 15 81 Shawn McGlynn (Kitchener, ON) Ford Taurus 196
16 17 32 Mike Alguire (London, ON) A-Dor Construction
Pontiac Grand Prix 196
17 27 86 Kenny Forth (Lynden, ON) Parkinson Tours /
820 CHAM Ford Taurus 195
18 26 18 Andre Coursol (St-Jerome, QC) CARQUEST Chevrolet
Monte Carlo 195
19 30 46 Kevin Trevellin (Windsor, ON) JD Pranksters Ford
Taurus 193
20 23 88 Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope, ON) Lou’s BBQ / Inroble
/ FAG Ford Taurus 174
21 25 3 Stu Robinson Jr. (Holland Landing, ON) Snap-On
Tools / General Electric Dodge 163
22 20 82 Ted McIntyre (Windsor, ON) Pro Air Brush
Dodge 146
23 2 17 DJ Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol Canada
Dodge 137
24 21 42 Sean Stafford (Springfield, ON) Mid-America Freight
Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 136
25 14 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Retrocom Growth
Fund / Fastline Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 131
26 32 5 Nik Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) Chevrolet Monte
Carlo 98
27 28 09 Kent Nuhn (Williamsford, ON) R Pontiac Grand
Prix 78
28 9 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) ERB Group Pontiac
Grand Prix 75
29 10 11 Ron VanEs (Smithville, ON) R Star Van Systems
Chevrolet Monte Carlo 57
30 31 76 Jason Hathaway (Appin, ON) E.L. Fordham Motors
/ TSC Stores Chevrolet Monte Carlo 14
31 19 03 Jesse Kennedy (Southwold, ON) Pontiac Grand
Prix 9
32 24 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Team Remax
Preferred Mortgage Dodge 9
33 DNS 14 John Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Cambridge Rigging
Chevrolet Monte Carlo DNS
R after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.
TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 51 minutes and 30.548 seconds // MARGIN OF VICTORY:
2.02 seconds // CAUTIONS: 7 for a total of 52 laps // LAP LEADERS: #50 Pete
Shepherd Jr. (pole 38), #1 Peter Gibbons (39 188), #02 Kerry Micks
(189 194) and #39 Dave Whitlock (195 200).
