Good runs
by Dilley and Whitlock at CASCAR Mosport road course
OSHAWA, ON – June 20 04: It was a beautiful sunny Father’s Day throughout
the hills of the gorgeous and fabled road course that is Mosport
International Raceway. CASCAR star Mark Dilley had a great day with a top
five finish while team mate Dave Whitlock finished 7th during
the Clarington 200 at the 2.459-mile, 10-turn facility.
During the two timed qualifying sessions on Saturday,
it was Whitlock that actually clocked the faster of the two Dodge drivers.
At the end of the day, it was Whitlock 5th in his Avenue , NMT
#39 Dodge while Dilley placed his NTN Bearings #64 in the 7th
starting spot, immediately behind Whitlock.
"The pre-race autograph session was busy with many
spectators taking the opportunity to chat with drivers before heading off
to their favorite Mosport vantage point. "This certainly seemed like one
of the better crowds we’ve had here in a while" said Whitlock. "We just
love coming here. It’s a wonderful facility that has so much history; so
many of the world’s great race drivers have been here at some time or
other."
Number 1 qualifier Don Thomson Jr. forfeited his lead on
lap 18 of the 51 lap event to Jeff Lapcevich in the #23 Tim Horton
Chevrolet. After winning both Molson Indy street races in 2003, Lapcevich
appears to be capable of ‘owning’ all non-oval events, as he used unique pit
strategy to cruise to a 21 second lead over Thomson, while Peter Gibbons
rounded out the top three.
"That was one of the better days I’ve had here" said
Dilley. "We had an awesome pit stop and picked up three positions. It was
that NTN team that got us into the top five today; what a great effort, a
great race and a great facility."
Whitlock agreed. "It was good to come here and have no
problems today. We made several changes to our road course cars this year
and I’m pretty sure we’ll be able to build on this when we get to Toronto
and Vancouver for the Indies. I’m happy with that top ten for sure – we’re
still in a solid second in points as we head back to Cayuga for the Canada
Day Shootout on July 4th.
On TV - The DODGE DEALERS of
ONTARIO 200 from PETERBOROUGH SPEEDWAY will air on SPORTSNET:
- MONDAY JUNE 21st @ 7:00PM
(EAST, ON, WEST)
- WEDNESDAY JUNE 23rd @ 9:00PM PT (PACIFIC)
REPLAYS
- EAST WEDNESDAY JUNE 23 3:00PM; WEDNESDAY 23 12:00AM
- ONTARIO WEDNESDAY 23 4:00PM; SATURDAY 26 11:00AM
- WEST TUESDAY 22 1:00PM MT
- PACIFIC THURSDAY 24 1:00PM PT; SATURDAY JULY 3 12:00PM PT
Clarington 200
June 20, 2004 - MOSPORT Road Course
Bowmanville ON
FIN.
ST.
#
DRIVER (HOMETOWN)
SPONSOR , MAKE
LAPS
1
3
23
Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre ON)
Tim Horton’s , Fastline Motorsports
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
51
2
2
1
Peter Gibbons (Stouffville ON)
Canadian Tire , Monroe Brakes
Chevrolet Monte Carlo
51
3
1
4
Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton ON)
Home Hardware Chevrole tMonte Carlo
51
4
4
22
Scott Steckly (Milverton ON)
ERB Group Pontiac Grand Prix
51
5
7
64
Mark Dilley (Barrie ON)
NTN
Bearings Dodge
51
6
9
02
Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert ON)
Ford Taurus
51
7
5
39
Dave Whitlock (Wyoming ON)
Avenue , NMT Dodge
51
8
6
25
Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton ON)
Retrocom Growth Fund , Fastline
Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo
51
9
11
8
Marc Miller (Holland MI) R
Carhartt Clothing Chevrolet Monte
Carlo
51
10
8
60
Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor ON)
MOPAR Parts , Exide Dodge
51
11
24
3
Mark Swain (Port Perry ON) R
Snap-On Tools , General Electric
Dodge
50
12
12
71
Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough ON)
www.berms.r.us.com Chevrolet Monte
Carlo
50
13
13
50
Pete Shepherd (Brampton ON) R
ATTO Dodge
49
14
25
17
DJ Kennington (St. Thomas ON)
Castrol Canada Dodge
49
15
22
19
Brad Graham (Glencoe ON)
Challenger Motor Frt. Pontiac Grand
Prix
48
16
16
20
Robby Reck (Kitchener ON) R
Mid-America Freight Systems Chevrolet
Monte Carlo
48
17
19
55
Rob Graham (Bothwell ON) R
G-Dox , Doering Brown Monte Carlo
48
18
15
42
Sean Stafford (Springfield ON)
Mid-America Freight Systems Chevrolet
Monte Carlo
47
19
18
44
Marv Wilder (Toronto ON)
Longbow Freight Systems Ford Taurus
44
20
14
10
Doug Brown (Brantford ON)
NAPA , Autopro Chevrolet Monte Carlo
33
21
17
03
Jesse Kennedy (Southwold ON)
Pontiac Grand Prix
32
22
10
88
Dave Jacombs (Mt. Hope ON)
Lou’s BBQ , Inroble , FAG Ford Taurus
30
23
20
94
Mark Graham (Odessa ON)
Jumbo Video Chevrolet Monte Carlo
19
24
21
86
Kenny Forth (Lynden ON)
Parkinson Tours , 820 CHAM Ford
Taurus
14
25
23
84
J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr ON) R
Latta Crane Chevrolet Monte Carlo
2
26
DNS
11
Ron VanEs (Smithville ON) R
Star Van Systems Chevrolet Monte
Carlo
0
R after the hometown denotes Rookie
contender.
TIME OF RACE: 1 hours, 24 minutes and 25 seconds
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 21.718 seconds
CAUTIONS: 1 for a total of 3 laps
LAP LEADERS: #4 Don Thompson (1-17) #23 Jeff Lapcevich (18-51)
Credit to Inside Track Communications.
2004 Super Series OFFICIAL
POINT STANDINGS AS OF June 20, 2004
