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Mark Dilley seventh in Montreal’s CASCAR 100
Dodge-sponsored Charger racer posts
another solid road course result
BARRIE, ON – On Saturday afternoon in Montreal, Dodge-sponsored
Charger driver Mark Dilley scored a solid seventh-place finish in the
CASCAR 100 at the legendary Circuit Gilles Villeneuve road course.
The #9 Dodge / Mobil1 / Exide / Leland / Avenue MotorWorks /
CRS Dodge Charger qualified 13th for the 23-lap chase around
the 13-turn, 4.359 km course, and steadily progressed through the pack
after hooking up with his Whitlock Motorsports teammate, Dave Whitlock,
as they have done on several occasions throughout the course of the 2006
Super Series season.
By lap 19, the #9 Dodge-sponsored Charger
was up to sixth-place. However, with three laps to go, Whitlock was able
to edge past Dilley, nudging him to seventh, where he would finish the
race.
Following the event, Dilley was pleased with his race, as well
as the venue. “I really enjoyed the track; it’s a nice facility. Dave
[Whitlock] and I had a lot of fun racing against each other out there.
Our two cars are so close, it seems like all year we’ve ended up in the
same place on the track, running with each other. He’s a great teammate
and an excellent driver, so we have a good time racing against one
another. We seem to be around fifth to eighth on the road courses, which
is very respectable considering the talented road racers we have in the
series.”
Dilley was
equally enthused about the exposure he and his sponsors gained by being
a part of another of Canada’s top motorsports weekends. “There were a
lot of people here who enjoyed the show that we put on. The exposure
here was excellent for our sponsors and CASCAR. Combine that with a
seventh-place result and it was a successful outing. We look forward to
coming back again.”
Looking back at his four-race road course program for 2006,
the #9 Dodge / Mobil1 / Exide / Leland / Avenue MotorWorks / CRS Dodge
Charger driver has recorded three positive results, including a pair of
seventh-place finishes (Montreal & Edmonton) and a fifth (Trois-Rivieres). |
Following eight points races in 2006, the #9 Dodge-sponsored
Charger is currently sixth overall in the Super Series points chase. The
tour concludes with three consecutive oval races, starting with this
weekend’s event at the 5/8-mile Cayuga Int’l Speedway, near Hamilton,
ON.
Dilley continued, “Looking ahead, our goal is to get on the
podium a few times. We have never been really strong at St-Eustache
(Sept. 9), but we’re confident about putting together a few strong runs
at Cayuga (Sept. 3) and Kawartha (Sept. 17) to have a strong finish to
the season.”
MONTREAL RACE NOTES: CASCAR’s inaugural appearance as part of the
G.P. de Montreal ChampCar race weekend was a great success. The 24-car
CASCAR Super Series field put on a flawless performance, featuring a
caution-less main event on Saturday afternoon at le Circuit Gilles
Villeneuve.
Former CASCAR champion Kerry Micks edged ahead of Robin Buck
to take the checkered flag at the end of the 23 lap CASCAR 100 by less
than 2/10ths of a second. Dodge Charger driver Scott Steckly ran a solid
race to take the third and final podium spot.
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