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Turner wins emotion filled CARQUEST 300 CASCAR race

4 September 2000

LONDON, ON - CASCAR veteran Al Turner won the biggest stock car race in the 
country on Sunday afternoon at Delaware Speedway Park. The Barrie, ON racer 
started on the outside of the front row for the CARQUEST 300 and took the 
lead on lap 210 of the 300 lap chase. His Blue Streak Intrepid was the 
class of the field for the remainder of the race as Turner earned his 
second CASCAR checkered flag of the season at the London, ON area half-mile 
oval, and his fourth of the 2000 season.

	Following the race, there was hardly a dry eye in the crowd of 13,783 as 
Turner was joined atop the podium by his son James, who underwent emergency 
surgery for a large tumor in his back in late July.

	Finishing second to Turner was hometown favourite Steve Robblee, CASCAR's 
winningest driver of all time. Driving the CANUSA Ford Taurus, Robblee 
started near the back of the 39-car field but fought his way forward, 
battling intense heat inside of his car in the caution-filled race. Robblee 
had qualified 11th for the start, but was bumped to the back for being late 
for the mandatory pre-race drivers' meeting.

	Three-time CASCAR Castrol Super Series National champion Dave Whitlock 
took the third and final podium position.

	The challengers for the National championship were all involved in 
incidents that knocked them out of contention for the race victory. A 
broken motor under the hood of Peter Gibbons' Canadian Tire Chevy wasn't 
enough, however, to deny him of his second consecutive and career Super 
Series National title. Gibbons' car lost power on lap 219, leaving the 
Stouffville, ON racer 30th in the final rundown. But that was enough to 
maintain a 21 point gap over Don Thomson Jr., who had mechanical troubles 
of his own, and could only muster a 26th. Kevin Dowler and Carl Harr were 
also involved in wrecks, which left them unable to make up any ground on 
Gibbons.

by Inside Track Communications.