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Gibbons takes CASCAR race at Ste. Croix

6 June 1999

CASCAR Castrol Super Series East

STE. CROIX, ON - The CASCAR Castrol Super Series took to the track at
Circuit Ste. Croix, near Quebec City, QC for the AutoPLACE 200 on Saturday
night. Chevrolet Monte Carlo driver Peter Gibbons dominated the majority of
the race and cruised to his first checkered flag of the season. The
Stouffville, ON racer took the lead from polesitter Pete Vanderwyst on lap
40 and was never seriously challenged again on the 5/8-mile oval.
Second place went to Castrol Dodge driver DJ Kennington. He started on the
outside pole but was sent off the track and into the grass on the first
lap, following contact with another racer. He had to fight his way back
through the pack to take a well-deserved second. The final podium position
went to Neil Fair of Ancaster, ON. The Skoal Inc. Chevy driver finished the
race "on fumes" and was worried he would run out of gas before lap 200.
Several cautions slowed the pace of the AutoPLACE 200. The CASCAR Castrol
Super Series takes next weekend off before returning to Quebec the
following Saturday (June 19) for the annual event at Montreal's Autodrome
St-Eustache.

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