HAMILTON, Ontario — Mark Dilley won the NASCAR Candian Tire Series Coke Zero 200 Saturday at Cayuga Motor Speedway by holding off Andrew Ranger and Derek Lynch on a green-white-checkered finish.
It took longer than it should have due to a malfunction of the lighting system at the track, but the trip to victory lane was just as sweet for Dilley, who picked up his first win of the season and the second of his NASCAR Canadian Tire Series career.
“We weren’t very good in practice today and the crew changed just about everything,” said Dilley. “Going into qualifying, we weren’t sure if this thing would turn. I’m amazed at how good it was.”
Ranger, coming off a win at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres two weeks ago, crossed the line .737 second behind Dilley. Lynch  followed closely for third place.
Jason Hathaway logged his second-consecutive top-five finish by coming home in fourth, and Ron Beauchamp, Jr. rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Mark Dilley, Andrew Ranger, Derek Lynch, Jason Hathaway, Ron Beauchamp, Jr., Jim Lapcevich, Don Thomson, Jr., Dave Whitlock, Peter Gibbons, D.J. Kennington, Kent Nuhn, J.R. Fitzpatrick, Kerry Micks, John Gaunt, Jason White, Pete Shepherd, John Fletcher, Scott steckly, Brad Graham, Nik Lapcevich, Doug Brown, Anthony Simone.