The 2018 NASCAR Pinty's Series was the twelfth season of the Pinty's Series, the national stock car racing series in Canada sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Clarington 200 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on 20 May and concluded with the Pinty's Fall Brawl at Jukasa Motor Speedway on 29 September. Alex Labbé entered the season as the defending Drivers' champion. Louis-Philippe Dumoulin won the championship, seven points in front of Alex Tagliani.
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Drivers
edit| No. | Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ford 6 Dodge 5 |
Bud Morris | James Vance (R) 4 | Joey McColm 5 Francis Bacon 4 Dave Stephens 2 |
| Joey McColm 3 | ||||
| Larry Jackson 3 | ||||
| Julia Landauer 1 | ||||
| 02 | Ford | Susan Micks | Kerry Micks 7 | Rick Walz 5 Clare Bartlett 2 Terry Wilson 2 Rino Montanari 4 |
| Mark Dilley 6 | ||||
| 3 | Chevrolet | Ed Hakonson | Cole Powell | Craig Masters 12 |
| Jason Hathaway 1 | ||||
| 04 | Dodge | Eric Kerub | Jean-François Dumoulin 10 | Gerard Bouffard 10 |
| Larry Jackson 2 | Benoit Laganiere 3 | |||
| Kerry Micks 1 | ||||
| 4 | Dodge | Rob McConnell | Trevor Monaghan 1 | Rob McConnell |
| 5 | Dodge | Kevin Dowler | Noel Dowler 3 | Kevin Dowler |
| 07 | Dodge | Jean-François Dumoulin | Frédéric Gabillon (R) 1 | Bill Burns |
| 9 | Ford | Susan Micks | Jean-Frédéric Laberge (R) 1 | Kerry Micks 1 |
| Christopher Sahakian (R) 1 | Rino Montanari 1 | |||
| 10 | Dodge | Murray Haukaas | Luc Haukaas (R) 3 | David Hall 2 |
| Nick Jewell 1 | ||||
| 11 | Dodge 2 | Martin Cote | Martin Cote (R) 3 | |
| Lus Drapeau 2 | ||||
| Chevrolet 1 | Denis Nadeau 1 | |||
| 17 | Dodge | D. J. Kennington | D. J. Kennington | Ted McAlister 9 |
| Scott Fletcher 1 | ||||
| Doug Thorne 3 | ||||
| 18 | Chevrolet | Scott Steckly | Alex Tagliani | Tyler Case |
| 19 | Ford | Dave Jacombs | Adam Martin | Ron Easton |
| 20 | Dodge | Anthony Parisien | Raymond Guay (R) 3 | Herby Drescher |
| 21 | Dodge | Melissa McKenzie | Jason White 1 | Rob McConnell |
| 22 | Chevrolet | Scott Steckly | Marc-Antoine Camirand | Randy Steckly 10 |
| Warren Jones 3 | ||||
| 24 | Chevrolet | Scott Steckly | Donald Theetge | Greg Gibson |
| 25 | Dodge 5 Ford 2 |
Bud Morris | Larry Jackson 3 | Dave Stephens 3 |
| Julia Landauer 1 | Todd Cresswell 1 | |||
| Joey McColm 2 | Ryan Weiss 1 | |||
| Francis Bacon 1 | ||||
| 27 | Dodge | Doug Kennington | Andrew Ranger | David Wight |
| 28 | Dodge 10 Chevrolet 1 Ford 1 |
D. J. Kennington | Noah Gragson 1 | Doug Thorne 3 Zack Yeo 4 Rob McConnell 1 Dave Stephens 1 Rick Verberne 1 Ed Wrong 1 Donald Reinhart 1 |
| Jason White 5 | ||||
| Joey McColm 2 | ||||
| Larry Jackson 1 | ||||
| Brandon McReynolds 1 | ||||
| Robin Buck 1 | ||||
| Julia Landauer 1 | ||||
| 34 | Chevrolet | Lewis Krzysik | Jamie Krzysik (R) 3 | Lewis Krzysik |
| 36 | Chevrolet | Dave Jacombs | Alex Labbé 1 | Dave Jacombs |
| 37 | Dodge 3 Ford 1 |
Clement Samson | Simon Dion-Viens 4 | Zack Yeo 1 |
| Randy Smith 2 | ||||
| Ben Beauchamps 1 | ||||
| 42 | Chevrolet | Peter Klutt | Peter Klutt 2 | Jason Humphries |
| Ryan Klutt 1 | ||||
| 43 | Dodge 4 Ford 1 |
Ben Busch | Shantel Kalika (R) 3 | Ben Busch 3 |
| Larry Jackson 2 | Dave Stephens 2 | |||
| 46 | Dodge | Joey McColm | Brett Taylor (R) 12 | Ed Wrong 12 |
| Joey McColm 1 | Todd Cresswell 1 | |||
| 47 | Dodge | Marc-André Bergeron | Louis-Philippe Dumoulin | Robin McCluskey |
| 56 | Chevrolet | Dan Bray | Brad Graham 2 | Mike Knott |
| David Michaud (R) 2 | ||||
| Luc Lesage (R) 1 | ||||
| Malcolm Strachan (R) 1 | ||||
| 59 | Dodge | Peter Klutt | Gary Klutt 3 | John Fletcher |
| 67 | Chevrolet | David Thorndyke | David Thorndyke 2 | Kattie Smilovsky |
| 74 | Dodge | Sylvain Lacroix | Kevin Lacroix[N 1] | Don Thomson Jr. |
| 77 | Dodge | Katherine Almeida | Jocelyn Fecteau 3 | Eric-Pierre Martel |
| 79 | Ford | Dave Jacombs | Peter Shepherd III 6 | Ray McCaughey 6 |
| Steve Cote (R) 1 | Jonathan Cote 1 | |||
| 89 | Ford | Donald Chisholm | Donald Chisholm 1 | George Koszkulics |
| 95 | Dodge | Peter Simone | Anthony Simone 6 | Jeremy Coulter 2 |
| Greg Franklin 4 | ||||
| 97 | Dodge | Peter Simone | Connor James (R) 3 | Patrick Ripley 2 |
| Rob James 1 | ||||
| Armani Williams 1 | Glen Schnurr 1 | |||
| Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] | ||||
- Notes
- ^ Kevin Lacroix drove in the Pinty's Grand Prix of Toronto with a Chevrolet-powered backup car from Scott Steckly, after a crash in Qualifying with his Dodge-powered primary car.
Schedule
editOn 27 November 2017, NASCAR announced the 2018 schedule. Delaware and ICAR were dropped from the schedule in favor of a second race at Jukasa and a race at New Hampshire, which marked the first race in series history outside Canada.[14]
| No. | Race Title | Track | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clarington 200 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville | 20 May |
| 2 | Rankin 200 | Jukasa Motor Speedway, Cayuga | 16 June |
| 3 | Bumper to Bumper 300 | Autodrome Chaudière, Vallée-Jonction | 30 June |
| 4 | Pinty's Grand Prix of Toronto | Exhibition Place, Toronto | 14 July |
| 5 | Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125s sponsored by Bayer CropScience |
Wyant Group Raceway, Saskatoon | 25 July |
| 6 | |||
| 7 | LUXXUR 300 presented by Bayer | Edmonton International Raceway, Wetaskiwin | 28 July |
| 8 | Le 50 tours Can-Am | Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières | 12 August |
| 9 | Bumper to Bumper 300 | Riverside International Speedway, Antigonish | 19 August[a] |
| 10 | Total Quartz 200 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville | 26 August |
| 11 | Lucas Oil 250 | Autodrome Saint-Eustache, Saint-Eustache | 8 September |
| 12 | Visit New Hampshire 100 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | 22 September |
| 13 | Pinty's Fall Brawl | Jukasa Motor Speedway, Cayuga | 29 September |
- Notes
Results and standings
editRaces
edit- Notes
- 1 – Starting grid was set by the fastest lap times from the first Port of Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125 race.
- 2 – The qualifying session for the Bumper to Bumper 300 was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Owners' championship.
Drivers' championship
edit(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.
| Pos. | Driver | MSP | JUK | ACD | TOR | WYA | WYA | EIR | CTR | RIV | MSP | STE | NHA | JUK | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louis-Philippe Dumoulin | 1 | 7 | 2* | 5 | 16 | 2* | 1 | 2 | 1* | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 523 |
| 2 | Alex Tagliani | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2* | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1* | 2 | 7 | 13 | 516 |
| 3 | D. J. Kennington | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1* | 511 |
| 4 | Cole Powell | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 508 |
| 5 | Kevin Lacroix | 5* | 1* | 16 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 2* | 20 | 8 | 2 | 132 | 1* | 3 | 490 |
| 6 | Marc-Antoine Camirand | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5* | 13 | 25 | 1* | 10 | 7 | 488 |
| 7 | Donald Theetge | 13 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 1* | 4 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 483 |
| 8 | Andrew Ranger | 121 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 474 |
| 9 | Adam Martin | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 411 |
| 10 | Brett Taylor (R) | 9 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 386 | |
| 11 | Jean-François Dumoulin | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 333 | |||
| 12 | Larry Jackson | 17 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 319 | ||
| 13 | Kerry Micks | 7 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 243 | |||||
| 14 | Joey McColm | 17 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 234 | |||||
| 15 | Peter Shepherd III | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 225 | |||||||
| 16 | Mark Dilley | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 197 | |||||||
| 17 | Anthony Simone | 18 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 194 | |||||||
| 18 | Jason White | 15 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 177 | |||||||
| 19 | Simon Dion-Viens | 9 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 123 | |||||||||
| 20 | James Vance (R) | 8 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 117 | |||||||||
| 21 | Noel Dowler | 9 | 9 | 7 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Gary Klutt | 19 | 4 | 7 | 103 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Jamie Krzysik (R) | 11 | 13 | 11 | 97 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Luc Haukaas (R) | 13 | 12 | 17 | 90 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Connor James (R) | 10 | 14 | 19 | 89 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Julia Landauer | 15 | 16 | 12 | 89 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Shantel Kalika (R) | 15 | 14 | 14 | 89 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Jocelyn Fecteau | 20 | 19 | 17 | 76 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Martin Cote (R) | Wth | 21 | 19 | 17 | 75 | |||||||||
| 30 | Raymond Guay (R) | 21 | 16 | 23 | 72 | ||||||||||
| 31 | David Michaud (R) | 14 | 6 | 68 | |||||||||||
| 32 | Peter Klutt | 11 | 13 | 64 | |||||||||||
| 33 | Brad Graham | 14 | 18 | 56 | |||||||||||
| 34 | David Thorndyke | 16 | Wth | 18 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Noah Gragson | 3 | 41 | ||||||||||||
| 36 | Alex Labbé | 3 | 41 | ||||||||||||
| 37 | Frédéric Gabillon (R) | 8 | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 38 | Luc Lesage (R) | 9 | 35 | ||||||||||||
| 39 | Brandon McReynolds | 9 | 35 | ||||||||||||
| 40 | Malcolm Strachan (R) | 9 | 35 | ||||||||||||
| 41 | Steve Cote (R) | 9 | 35 | ||||||||||||
| 42 | Armani Williams | 9 | 35 | ||||||||||||
| 43 | Trevor Monaghan | 16 | 28 | ||||||||||||
| 44 | Donald Chisholm | 17 | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 45 | Ryan Klutt | 20 | 24 | ||||||||||||
| 46 | Jean-Frédéric Laberge (R) | 22 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| 47 | Christopher Sahakian (R) | 22 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| 48 | Robin Buck | 24 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| Glenn Styres (R) | Wth | ||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | MSP | JUK | ACD | TOR | WYA | WYA | EIR | CTR | RIV | MSP | STE | NHA | JUK | Points |
- Notes
- 1 – Andrew Ranger was assessed a time penalty for over-aggressive driving on the white-flag lap, dropping him to the end of the lead lap.
- 2 – Kevin Lacroix was parked for over-aggressive driving three laps before the finish.
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ "2018 Clarington 200 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "2018 Rankin 200 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "2018 Bumper to Bumper 300 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Pinty's Grand Prix Toronto entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125s Race 1 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125s Race 2 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 LUXXUR 300 presented by Bayer entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Le 50 Tours Can-Am entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Bumper to Bumper 300 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Total Quartz 200 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Lucas Oil 250 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 Visit New Hampshire 100 entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 Pinty's Fall Brawl entry list". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 Schedule Unveiled For Pinty's Series". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ "Bumper to Bumper 300 Postponed to Sunday". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Clarington 200 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ "2018 Rankin 200 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "2018 Bumper to Bumper 300 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Pinty's Grand Prix Toronto race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125s Race 1 results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125s Race 2 results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 LUXXUR 300 presented by Bayer race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Le 50 Tours Can-Am race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Bumper to Bumper 300 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Total Quartz 200 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Lucas Oil 250 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 Visit New Hampshire 100 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "2018 Pinty's Fall Brawl race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.