| The Dodge Dealers 200 NASCAR Canadian Tire | | | | deserved it and I've got no problem with that." |
| Series is the first NASCAR stock car race in | | | | After Dilley was pushed at the back of the field, |
| Canadian soil and Dodge Avenger driver Mark | | | | his team worked on the steering system of his |
| Dilley aimed to win it to complement his feat of | | | | car with it's Dodge body parts to enable him to |
| winning the last CASCAR race last September. | | | | get back to the race. The improvements took |
| While he has prepared well for the race, he fell | | | | three stops which finally gave him the chance to |
| short and only finished second after Don | | | | get back to the front of the field. "We came in |
| Thomson Jr. Nevertheless, his performance was | | | | and could only take two right-side tires during our |
| good enough to make him a strong contender for | | | | first stop because of when the caution happened |
| the series' championship early in the season. On | | | | and how far back we were. Then when we did |
| September 12 last year, NASCAR completed the | | | | make the stop for the two left-side tires, the set |
| purchase of CASCAR and announced that the | | | | just didn't match up. We came in after that and |
| Canadian Tire Series will take over the previous | | | | made an adjustment and then the car was good |
| racing activities in Canada. | | | | at the end." |
| Early in the race, Dilley seems to be in control and | | | | During the later stages of the race, Dilley made |
| at one time even led the race. An incident with | | | | his move and with 15 laps remaining, he managed |
| Kerry Micks though saw Dilley pushed at the back | | | | to get to the fifth spot. After a yellow flag flew, |
| of the field. "It was pretty crazy, that's for sure," | | | | Dilley found himself on the third spot. With five |
| says Dilley about the whole race. "One of the | | | | laps remaining, he managed to overtake Peter |
| things I feel badly about was getting into Kerry. | | | | Gibbons. Eventually, he caught up with the race |
| That was my fault. I just drove it in way too | | | | winner Thomson during the last lap. Going on a |
| hard. Then we got sent to the back and we had | | | | tight race to the finish, Dilley was not able to take |
| some different issues. I was spun around and that | | | | the win but he finished only 0.126 seconds behind |
| may have been a bit of a payback, but I kind of | | | | Thomson. |