TROIS-RIVIERES, QC - The No. 39 Dickies Dodge Charger of Dave Whitlock, was one of twenty-eight NASCAR Canadian Tire Series cars to attend the GP3R 100 event on Sunday. Whitlock started the 100 km race in fourteenth but a transmission failure relegated them to near the back of the twenty-eight car field.
Whitlock, driver of the Dickies/Hamilton Tiger Cats/NMT Dodge Charger, got caught up in a wreck in practice on Friday when NASCAR Canadian Tire Series point leader Andrew Ranger lost an engine at the start/finish line while Whitlock was following him. It would take the team several hours but the car was good as new when they headed out to the track for qualifying on Saturday morning . A fourteenth quickest time was considered to be a good effort and the No. 39 driver was ready to take the green and move toward the front.
Whitlock would start the GP3R 100 before a packed house of enthusiastic race fans from the seventh row. After getting through turn one on the first lap and dodging a couple of early race incidents in front of him, Whitlock looked ready to post another solid top ten finish. Alas that was not to happen as the No. 39 experienced a broken transmission.
Williamson-Dickie Canada Co. is a subsidiary of Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company of Fort Worth, Texas. Since its beginnings in Forth Worth, Texas in 1922, the Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company has grown from a humble manufacturer of bib overalls into a global brand powerhouse, with Dickies work pants, shirts, denim, outerwear, school uniforms, outdoor gear, medical and chefs apparel and an extensive licensing program offering sturdy head-to-toe clothing options for hardworking men and women of all ages, professions, regions and interests. Williamson-Dickie operates through subsidiaries in North America, Canada and Europe as well as exclusive distributorship around the world. Dickies products are available at select retailers across Canada and the Dickies Factory Outlet store in Hanover, Ont. For more information please visit www.dickiescanada.com
For more information on the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series please visit www.nascar.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 CASCAR Championships, 1991, 1997 and 1998 along with several top three National Championship finishes, while teammate Mark Dilley has one National CASCAR 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
From Linda Jones
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