2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

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2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
Season
Races14
Start dateMay 28
End dateSeptember 24
Awards
Champion Scott Steckly
  2010
2012  

The 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season is the fifth season of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. This season comprised twelve races at eleven different venues, seven of which were contested on oval courses.

Contents

Overview

The fifth season of racing had a few different race procedures for the 12 events to be run this season spanning across 5 provinces featuring 12 events. New procedures include a new rookie of the year format, the introduction of the wave around and three attempts at a green-white-checker finish. All of the races were televised on TSN in one-hour tape delayed episodes, excluding Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Toronto which were aired live on the network.

The season started off May 28 at Mosport International Raceway, where 2008 champion Scott Steckly led most of race and went on to win the event. He won three events and finished in the runner up position 4 times on his way to capture his second championship over D. J. Kennington, who had a pair of wins. Long time road racer Robin Buck and Rookie Peter Shepherd III won their first career events respectively. Andrew Ranger won the two biggest events of the year in dominant fashion at Montreal and Toronto. Former champion Don Thomson Jr. retired after a lengthy career.

Drivers

No.ManufacturerCar OwnerRace DriverCrew Chief
00 Dodge Pierre Bourque Pierre Bourque 5Brandon Suk 1
Al Lebert 3
Tyler Case 1
01 Dodge Garry McColman Chris Raabe 3Tyler Case
02 Ford Susan Micks Kerry Micks Tyler Case 6
Ray McCaughey 6
03 Chevrolet Jason Roussakis Elie Arseneau 4Jason Roussakis 2
Yvon Turcotte 2
3 Dodge Ed Hakonson Jason Hathaway Craig Masters
04 Dodge Paul Corbeil Jean-François Dumoulin 5Tony Pratte
5 Dodge 6
Ford 6
Kevin Dowler Pete Vanderwyst 1Kevin Dowler 2
Chris Wright 10
Noel Dowler 10
Kenny Forth 1
07 Ford Dave Jacombs Isabelle Tremblay 11Randy Smith
7 Dodge Sharon Shepherd Peter Shepherd III 7Don Jacobson
8 Dodge Ed Hakonson Don Thomson Jr. Sandy Hamilton 10
Mike Wallace 2
9 Dodge Ian Farwell Mark Dilley Rino Montanari
10 Chevrolet Derek White Brandon White 1Jonathan Côté
11 Dodge Marty Gaunt Jason Bowles 2Jeff Fultz 1
Jonathan Davis 1
12 Dodge 2
Chevrolet 1
Dave Jacombs Alex Tagliani 2Brian Ellas 1
Tyler Case 2
Jim White 1
13 Chevrolet Christopher Ecklund Trevor Monaghan 1Rob McConnell
14 Chevrolet James Van Domselaar James Van Domselaar 3Jim Van Domselaar
15 Ford Bill Mathews Steven Mathews 8Rick McColl 2
Bill Mathews 1
Steve Mifsud 2
Alex Nagy 3
17 Dodge Doug Kennington D. J. Kennington Dave Wight
19 Dodge 4
Ford 1
Reg Arsenault Brad Graham 5Bill Dobson
21 Dodge Rob Zimmer 5
Skip Ambrose 7
Jason White Derek Lynch
22 Dodge Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Giulio Montanari
23 Dodge Joe Lapcevich Jeff Lapcevich 9Tim Ellas
25 Chevrolet Jason White Sarah Cornett-Ching 1Joe Cornett-Ching
27 Dodge Dave Jacombs Andrew Ranger 4Bill Burns 1
Harry Misener 3
29 Dodge Ray Courtemanche Jr. Ray Courtemanche Jr. 3Jean-Pierre LeClerc
36 Chevrolet Les Harding Shannon Harding 2Les Harding
42 Chevrolet Peter Klutt Peter Klutt 5Ken Stewart
44 Ford 4
Chevrolet 2
Brian Whissell Jarrad Whissell 6Donald Barhardt 2
Rob Hamilton 4
46 Chevrolet Rob Howlett Dan Shirley 1Rob Howlett
47 Dodge Marc-Andre Bergeron Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 8Jimmy Briere 5
Vic Decker 3
48 Chevrolet Kevin Kozack Nathan Weenk 2Howard Chappell
50 Dodge John Atto Joey McColm 5Frank Millman
51 Dodge Murray Haukass Nick Jewell 2Dave Hall
55 Dodge 9
Chevrolet 3
Kristin Hamelin Dexter Stacey Robin McCluskey
56 Dodge Jim Bray Doug Brown 1Kevin Blacklock
Howie Scannell Jr. 4Carl Williams
John Fletcher 1
59 Chevrolet 5
Dodge 1
John Farano John Farano 6Ken Stewart
60 Dodge Ronald Beauchamp Sr. Ron Beauchamp Jr. Mike Knott
66 Dodge Sandra D'Angelo Robin Buck 5Randy Gray
67 Chevrolet David Thorndyke David Thorndyke 4Adam Thorndyke
69 Ford 3
Dodge 1
Trevor Seibert Trevor Seibert 3Dave Bruin
Ryley Seibert 1
71 Dodge 2
Chevrolet 1
Patrice Brisebois Patrice Brisebois 3Dominique Chagnon 1
Yves Boisvert 2
80 Chevrolet Donald Theetge Donald Theetge 2Benoit Theetge
82 Dodge Dave Connelly Dave Connelly 5Mike Kenyon
84 Chevrolet John Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick Ted McAlister
85 Chevrolet Sayda Nsairi Michel Pilon 3Claude Vigeant
89 Ford John Chisholm Donald Chisholm 3George Koszkulics
90 Dodge Normand Roy Martin Roy 4François Adam
94 Chevrolet Andre Coursol Dave Coursol 2Andre Coursol
96 Dodge Ron Beauchamp, Sr. Sebastien Dussault 1Ron Beauchamp, Sr.
97 Ford Yvon Vannini Hugo Vannini 8Yvon Vannini
98 Chevrolet John Chisholm John Flemming 1Andrew Hicken
99 Chevrolet Derek White Derek White 8Jonathan Côté
Steve Côté 1

Schedule

The 2011 calendar consists of twelve races at eleven different venues. Circuit ICAR in Mirabel, Quebec will make its debut in the series this year. [1]

RaceNameTrackDateTime
LocalUTC
1 Dickies 200 Mosport Speedway, Bowmanville May 2819:0023:00
2Grand Prix ICAR Mirabel Circuit ICAR, Mirabel June 515:3019:30
3Keystone Light 200 Delaware Speedway, Delaware June 1119:0023:00
4 Vortex Brake Pads 200 Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville June 26
5 Streets of Toronto 100 Exhibition Place, Toronto July 9
6A&W Crusin' the Dub 300 SunValley Speedway, Vernon July 23
7Velocity Prairie Thunder Auto Clearing Motor Speedway, Saskatoon July 27
8GP3R 100 Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières August 7
9 NAPA Autopro 100 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal August 20
10Wild Wing 300 Barrie Speedway, Barrie September 10
11Komatsu 300 Riverside Speedway, Antigonish September 17
12Kawartha 250 Kawartha Speedway, Peterborough September 24

Results

Races

RaceName Pole position Most laps ledWinning driverManufacturer
1 Dickies 200 J. R. Fitzpatrick Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Dodge
2Grand Prix ICAR Mirabel Alex Tagliani Alex Tagliani Robin Buck Dodge
3Keystone Light 200 Peter Shepherd III J. R. Fitzpatrick Don Thomson Jr. Dodge
4 Vortex Brake Pads 200 Scott Steckly J. R. Fitzpatrick D. J. Kennington Dodge
5 Streets of Toronto 100 Jason Bowles Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Dodge
6A&W Cruisin' the Dub 300 Scott Steckly D. J. Kennington Scott Steckly Dodge
7Velocity Prairie Thunder D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Peter Shepherd III Dodge
8GP3R 100 Andrew Ranger Robin Buck Robin Buck Dodge
9 NAPA Autopro 100 Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Dodge
10Wild Wing 300 Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Mark Dilley Dodge
11Komatsu 300 Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Dodge
12Kawartha 250 Steven Mathews D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Dodge

Standings

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.

PosDriver MSP ICARDEL MSP TOR VERSASCTRCGVBARANTKAWPts
1 Scott Steckly 1*22521203714*1*21960
2 D. J. Kennington 5203152*2*918741*1881
3 J. R. Fitzpatrick 7752*19891569631774
4 Kerry Micks 13196134342123541754
5 Don Thomson Jr. 33126863161441561731
6 Mark Dilley 1851120655192311051631
7 Ron Beauchamp Jr. 91491511471412158171571
8 Jason White 1510106251119615181681499
9 Jason Hathaway 61582120186263227211450
10 Dexter Stacey 162315712161725161218111396
11 Jeff Lapcevich 861341344591313
12 Isabelle Tremblay (R)1425828191430291113201163
13 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin (R)42375101317161045
14 Peter Shepherd III 21771212101042
15 Noel Dowler (R)271622171328201711251042
16 Derek White 121320167251426909
17 Steven Mathews (R)10184253035167893
18 Hugo Vannini (R)1916332330221919761
19 Robin Buck 1331*13734
20 John Farano (R)924188819728
21 Brad Graham 4710624681
22 Andrew Ranger 211*21*660
23 Jarrad Whissell 121420212434603
24 Dave Connelly (R)1714151022582
25 Jean-François Dumoulin 222217129571
26 Pete Klutt 111891833550
27 Joey McColm 103131813540
28 Pierre Bourque 2713123120506
29 Elie Arseneau (R)12241719436
30 Martin Roy (R)26141321430
31 Howie Scannell Jr. 9321137387
32 David Thorndyke 17232727370
33 Donald Chisholm 19322368
34 Chris Raabe (R)10923366
35 Trevor Seibert 191511354
36 James Van Domselaar 261210346
37 Alex Tagliani 8*5307
38 Patrice Brisebois (R)172228288
39 Nathan Weenk (R)911268
40 Michel Pilon (R)243226243
41 Nick Jewell (R)1515236
42 Dave Coursol (R)1620218
43 Shannon Harding (R)2118209
44 Ray Courtemanche Jr. (R)292936207
45 Donald Theetge (R)3317176
46 Jason Bowles 213170
47 Dan Shirley (R)8142
48 Jim White 10134
49 Pete Vanderwyst (R)11130
50 Steve Côté (R)11130
51 Kenny Forth (R)12127
52 John Flemming (R)12127
53 John Fletcher (R)12127
54 Sarah Cornett-Ching (R)14121
55 Brandon White (R)14121
56 Ryley Seibert (R)16115
57 Doug Brown 18109
58 Trevor Monaghan 18109
59 Sebastien Dussault (R)2491
PosDriver MSP ICARDEL MSP TOR VERSASCTRCGVBARANTKAWPts
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