The Dodge Canada Day Shootout started out being about Kenny, Sterling and Geoff[rey]. It ended up being a great battle of the Petes. Peter Gibbons of Stouffville led all but 12 of 200 laps to win the CASCAR Super Series race last night before 7,000 people at Cayuga Speedway . Pete Vanderwyst of St. Thomas, who hadn’t raced since May 18 in the Mopar 300 at Delaware, shook off the cobwebs to finish second. NASCAR Winston Cup drivers Kenny Wallace, Sterling Marlin and Geoffrey Bodine finished 18th, 23rd and 32nd respectively in the 37-car field. Last year, NASCAR’s Matt Kenseth drove around CASCAR champion Don Thomson Jr. of Hamilton with two laps remaining to win the inaugural Canada Day Shootout. Wallace started last in that 19-car field and passed 12, nudging a few out of his way, to finish seventh. “We just had to move ’em out of the way a little bit and get on with the program. I’m glad nobody got spun,” he said. “These are great race car drivers up here. You just can’t come in and whoop ’em.” Marlin finished fifth in the second 50-lapper. Bodine wasn’t happy with the car he was provided. He didn’t finish the second 50-lapper. “Hopefully the crew got it all glued back together,” he said before the 200. Adding to his embarrassment was the car stalled on the front straightaway before the feature.( London Free Press / Toronto Sun )(6-30-2003)
