Three time National Champion Dave Whitlock and his #39 NTN-Bower/Nitrex Metal Technologies team roll into Barrie tomorrow for event three on the CASCAR tour this weekend at Barrie Speedway. Sunday is also a milestone for team owner/driver Whitlock who will be celebrating a special birthday.
When asked about the big 40, Whitlock said, "A win here on Sunday would make it even more of a special day so that would be our game plan."
Festivities surrounding the Mopar 300 weekend start Friday with the CASCAR display in downtown Barrie at the annual Promenade Days event. Several of the drivers will be on hand to sign autographs starting at 10 a.m. and the day will wind up with a parade of CASCAR race cars at 5:30 p.m. through the downtown streets to Lakeshore Drive where they will put on a pit stop competition at 6:00 p.m. for the fans.
Dave Whitlock returns to Barrie after posting a ninth place finish here at event #1 on the Victoria Day long weekend. Since then they have posted a fifth at the famed Mosport Road Course and sit sixth in the National Point Standings.
In Team News: Whitlock Motorsports is pleased to welcome back former crew member Steve Mifsud who will be taking on the Crew Chief duties for Pierre Bourque for his three race foray into CASCAR this year. Mifsud a long time crew chief for CASCAR teams such as Dave Whitlock, Bryan Cathcart and Pete Shepherd III will oversee the Whitlock prepared Dodge being raced by Pierre Bourque at the three events.
Pierre Bourque will compete at the Grand Prix of Edmonton in July, the Grand Prix Trois Rivieres and the Grand Prix of Montreal both in August. Bourque has been busy this year competing in the entire Busch East Championship Series and he is the only Canadian competing full time in NASCAR. Bourque currently sits seventeenth in the points chase just two points out of the lead for Rookie of the Year. He is also competing in selected ARCA events, the first one being at Winchester, IN where he finished thirteenth.
NTN Bearing corporation of Canada, based in Mississauga, Ontario manufactures and distributes a wide range of ball and roller bearings, serving the automotive, industrial and recreational markets. Established in 1968, NTN Bearing Corporation of Canada Ltd. has enjoyed continuous growth and expansion over the past 30 years. NTN Bearings are available through more than three hundred distribution outlets across Canada. With this extensive network, NTN is able to offer prompt, off the shelf service anywhere in the country. For more information on NTN Bearings please visit their website at www.ntn.ca
Whitlock Motorsports is a professional racing business located in Wyoming, ON just outside of Sarnia. The 5,000 square foot dedicated motorsports facility houses up to eight race cars, a chassis dyno and all the necessary tools to field a competitive two car race team. Dave Whitlock boasts three National Championships, 1991, 1997 and 1998 along with several top three National Championship finishes, while teammate Mark Dilley has one National Championship to his credit in 1994. Both teams have consistently posted finishes in the Top Six in the National Point Standings since Dilley joined the Whitlock team in 1999. www.whitlockmotorsports.com
For more information please contact:Linda Jones (705) 458-4044 or email: ljmmarketing@look.ca
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