CASCAR: Dave Whitlock wins the Hot Head Henry 200 CASCAR Super Series race at Cayuga Int’l Speedway

HAMILTON, ON, ON – Less than month after making his first trip to victory lane in almost two years, Dave Whitlock repeated the feat with a win in Sunday night’s ‘Hot Head Henry 200 Powered by Griddly Headz’ CASCAR Super Series race at Cayuga Int’l Speedway.

Whitlock’s NTN Bower / Griddly Headz / NMT Dodge Charger lined up fifth in the field of 27 starters for the event and powered past race leader and eventual runner-up finisher Ron Beauchamp Jr. (MOPAR Dodge Charger) on lap 143 of the 200-lap chase around the 5/8-mile speedway, located south of Hamilton, ON. Over the remainder of the race, Beauchamp fought to regain the position, but he wasn’t able to recover the lead from the three-time CASCAR National champ.

“Ronnie [Beauchamp] got a little bit wide going around a lapped car and I nosed it in there,” said Whitlock, in victory lane. “I took the hole and made a clean pass. I wasn’t going to wait two years before winning again. Ron was driving for all he was worth after I got past him, but we managed to stay ahead.”

Finishing third at Cayuga was Dodge-sponsored Charger driver Mark Dilley, of Barrie, ON. The top-three finishers delivered a podium sweep for Dodge. Dilley was running fifth on the final lap when Brad Graham (Challenger / Logel’s Dodge) and Don Thomson Jr. (Home Hardware Chevy), who were in third and fourth, respectively, at the time, came together in turn 3 with disastrous results for both. Graham ended up seventh, while Thomson was scored in 12th, the last car on the lead lap.

Peter Gibbons (Canadian Tire Chevy) was scored fourth at the end of the Hot Head Henry 200. The Stouffville, ON racer earned the pole position for the race by posting the fastest time during time trials earlier in the afternoon. He also won his 50-lap Sprint race and showed the way for the first 103 laps of the feature race, in spite of fighting a loose condition with his car throughout the first half.

CASCAR’s top rookie in 2006, Jason Hathaway (Snap On Dodge Charger) finished fifth, ahead of Canadian road racing star Patrick Carpentier (#88 Cayugaracing.com / Lou’s BBQ Ford), who climbed from 21st on the starting grid to take an impressive sixth in his first-ever stock car race.

Points leader J.R. Fitzpatrick (Milwaukee Tools Chevy) was eighth at Cayuga. The bright spot of his day came during his 50-lap sprint race when he took the checkered flag. The young Ayr, ON racer holds a 44-point lead over Kerry Micks (Berkshire Ford) heading to next weekend’s CASCAR Super Series race at Montreal’s Autodrome St-Eustache. The race was postponed by rain earlier in the season.


UNOFFICIAL POINTS: CASCAR SUPER SERIES (After 8 events, as of September 3, 2006): 1. #84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (1584 pts.); 2. #02 Kerry Micks (1540); 3. #39 Dave Whitlock (1539); 4. #4 Don Thomson Jr. (1526); 5. #22 Scott Steckly (1508); 6. #9 Mark Dilley (1480); 7. #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (1475); 8. #1 Peter Gibbons (1436); 9. #19 Brad Graham (1431); 10. #25 Jim Lapcevich (1400); 10. #10 Doug Brown (1400); 12. #17 DJ Kennington (1396); 13. #3 Jason Hathaway (1367); 14. #11 Ron Van Es (1242); 15. #09 Kent Nuhn (1212)

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CASCAR Super Series
RESULTS: Hot Head Henry 200 Powered by Griddly Headz
Round #9 // September 3, 2006 // Cayuga Int’l Speedway
Hamilton, Ontario // 5/8-mile banked oval

FIN. ST. # DRIVER (HOMETOWN) SPONSOR(S) / MAKE LAPS
1 3 39 Dave Whitlock (Wyoming, ON) NTN Bower / Griddly Headz / NMT Dodge Charger 200
2 6 60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (Windsor, ON) MOPAR / Mobil1 / Exide / Chrysler Jeep Dodge Svc. Dodge Charger 200
3 5 9 Mark Dilley (Barrie, ON) Dodge / Mobil 1 / Exide / Leland / Avenue M.W. / CRS Dodge Charger 200
4 1 1 Peter Gibbons (Stouffville, ON) Canadian Tire / Monroe Brakes Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
5 13 3 Jason Hathaway (Appin, ON) ® Snap-On Tools / Arctic Cat / Super 8 Dodge Charger 200
6 21 88 Patrick Carpentier (Ville La Salle, QC) Lou's BBQ / Cayugaracing.com / CPS Flooring Ford Taurus 200
7 11 19 Brad Graham (Glencoe, ON) Challenger Motor Freight / Logel’s Dodge Charger 200
8 2 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (Ayr, ON) Milwaukee Tools Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
9 8 22 Scott Steckly (Milverton, ON) ERB / AW Millwrights Dodge Charger 200
10 26 10 Doug Brown (Brantford, ON) NAPA / AUTOPRO Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
11 17 25 Jim Lapcevich (Hamilton, ON) EMCEA Transport / Tim Hortons Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
12 7 4 Don Thomson Jr. (Hamilton, ON) Home Hardware Chevrolet Monte Carlo 200
13 9 17 DJ Kennington (St. Thomas, ON) Castrol Dodge Charger 199
14 24 23 Jeff Lapcevich (Caistor Centre, ON) CARHARTT / Tim Hortons / EMCEA Transport Chevrolet Monte Carlo 199
15 12 43 Bob Merrifield (Belle River, ON) Re/Max Preferred Team Dodge Charger 197
16 15 71 Bryan Cathcart (Peterborough, ON) Mid-America Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 196
17 23 18 Chad McGlynn (Kitchener, ON) McGlynn Motorsports Ford Taurus 175
18 4 02 Kerry Micks (Mt. Albert, ON) Berkshire / Cdn. Detailing Services Ford Taurus 171
19 18 44 Marv Wilder (Toronto, ON) Longbow Freight Systems Ford Taurus 167
20 10 11 Ron Van Es (Smithville, ON) Star Van Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 151
21 14 50 Joey McColm (Ajax, ON) ® ATTO Dodge Charger 135
22 20 93 Joe Goncalves (Concord, ON) Bolt-On Performance / Pro-Spray Chevrolet Monte Carlo 133
23 27 09 Kent Nuhn (Williamsford, ON) ® Nuhn Motorsports Pontiac Grand Prix 53
24 22 12 Richard Durivage (Montreal, QC) ® MIAPOXY Chevrolet Monte Carlo 52
25 19 13 Nik Lapcevich (St. William, ON) Hal-Nor Plumbing & Heating Chevrolet Monte Carlo 49
26 16 77 Derek Lynch (Warkworth, ON) Canadian Shield / JJ Stewart Motors Dodge Charger 37
27 25 36 Al Lebert (Stoney Point, ON) Yard Works Garden Centre Pontiac Grand Prix 2


POLESITTER: #1 Peter Gibbons (21.024 seconds) // TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 46 minutes and 35 seconds // AVERAGE SPEED: 61.922 mph // MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.471 seconds // CAUTIONS: 8 for a total of 49 // LAP LEADERS: #1 Peter Gibbons (1-103), #84 J.R. Fitzpatrick (104), #60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. (105-142), #39 Dave Whitlock (143-200) // GOODYEAR BELTS & HOSES FASTEST LAP: #1 Peter Gibbons (21.483 seconds) // FAST EDDIE HARD CHARGER: #10 Doug Brown (Advanced 16 positions)

® after the hometown denotes Rookie contender.

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Prepared by Inside Track Communications.