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Trois Rivieres, QC, Sunday August 16, 2009: Mark Dilley arrived in Trois Rivieres this weekend with his No. 9 Dodge Avenger with high hopes to turn around their season.

Everything was going according to plan when the No. 9 Dodge/Leland Industries Avenger started smoking and a rear gear was determined to be the culprit delegating them to a nineteenth place finish.

Dilley started off the weekend with a strong practice and qualifying effort and he was enthused about his chances for a top five finish in Sunday’s NASCAR Canadian Tire Series GP3R 100.

At the drop of the green flag Dilley settled his Dodge Avenger into the tenth position where he would run for the early laps. By the half way point he had worked his way to eighth and was looking to move up a few more positions when NASCAR called the No. 9 Dodge to pit road due to smoking.

The crew did an inspection and found that the rear end gear had failed likely due to heat and they were done for the day. “I was really looking forward to this race today,” said Dilley after the event. “My car was really good all weekend and I was confident of a top five finish for the Dodge team today but we will try again in Montreal in two weeks.”

Andrew Ranger won his fifth race in 2009, setting a new record for the number of wins in a season followed by Anthony Simone, D. J. Kennington, Jacque Villeneuve and Ron Beauchamp Jr.

The GP3R 100 from Trois Rivieres will be broadcast on Saturday August 29th at 12 noon EST on TSN.

In two weeks the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series returns to Quebec for the Nationwide weekend at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. For a complete schedule and more information please visit www.nascar.ca.

Mark Dilley

Residence: Barrie, ON
Born: January 20 1969
Daughters: Bryden, Faith