2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

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2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
17 D.J. Kennington.jpg
Season
Races12
Start dateMay 20
End dateSeptember 22
Awards
Champion D. J. Kennington
  2011
2013  

The 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season was the sixth season of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series taking place in the summer of 2012. The season composed of twelve races at eleven different venues. Seven of those events were contested on oval courses.

Contents

Summary

The sixth season consisted of 12 events spanning across 5 provinces featuring 12 events. New this season were the standardised rule changes for NASCAR's regional series matching that of the national series (green-white-checker finish and points system). All of the races were aired on TSN in one-hour tape-delayed episodes, excluding Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Trois-Rivières being aired live on the network.

The season started on May 20 at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with J. R. Fitzpatrick winning his first event in almost 2 years, Andrew Ranger also returned to victory lane the following week at Circuit ICAR. D. J. Kennington went to win a NASCAR touring record of 5 consecutive races at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Delaware Speedway, Motoplex Speedway, Edmonton Indy and Auto Clearing Motor Speedway. Ranger and Fitzpatrick won the two premier road course events at Circuit Trois-Rivières and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in August. Then at Barrie Speedway, Peter Shepherd III took advantage of an accident involving leaders Steve Matthews and Fitzpatrick, who were involved in an accident on a green-white-checker finish to pick up the Victory. Points leader Kennington suffered a mechanical failure and finished down in the running order but rebounded strong winning the final two events of the year at Kawartha and Riverside capturing 2 championships in 3 years.

Drivers

NumberDriverMakerOwnerChief Crew
02 Kerry Micks Ford Susan MicksTyler Case
Mark Dilley Rino Montanari
03Elie Arseneau Chevrolet Jason RoussakisTBA
3 Jason Hathaway Dodge Ed HakonsonCraig Masters
04 Jean-François Dumoulin Dodge Paul CorbeilTony Pratte
5Noel Dowler Dodge Kevin DowlerTBA
07Isabelle Tremblay Ford Dave JacombsTBA
7 Peter Shepherd III Dodge Sharon ShepherdDon Jacobson
15Steven Mathews Ford Bill MathewsRick McColl
17 D. J. Kennington Dodge Doug KenningtonDave Wight
19Brad Graham Dodge Reg ArsenaultBill Dobson
21 Jason White Dodge Melissa MckenzieDerek Lynch
22 Scott Steckly Dodge Scott StecklyGiulio Montanari
23Jeff Lapcevich Dodge Joe LapcevichTim Ellas
27 Andrew Ranger Dodge Dave JacombsTBA
42Peter Klutt Chevrolet Peter KluttKen Stewart
44Jarrad Whissell Ford Brian WhissellDonald Barhardt
47 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Dodge Marc-Andre BergeronJimmy Briere
50Joey McColm Dodge John AttoTBA
55 Dexter Stacey Dodge Kristin HamelinTBA
56Howie Scannell Jr. Dodge James BrayTBA
60Ron Beauchamp Jr. Dodge Ronald Beauchamp Sr.TBA
66Robin Buck Dodge Sandra D'AngeloTBA
81 Larry Jackson Dodge Brian BartonTBA
82Dave Connelly Dodge David ConnellyMike Kenyon
84 J. R. Fitzpatrick Chevrolet John Fitzpatrick Don Thomson Jr.
89 Donald Chisholm Ford John ChisholmGeorge Koszkulics
94Dave Coursol Dodge Andre CoursolTBA
97Hugo Vannini Ford Yvon VanniniYvon Vannini
99 Derek White Chevrolet Derek White Jonathan Cote

Schedule

RaceNameTrackTrack TypeDate
1 Vortex Brake Pads 200 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville RoadMay 20
2ICAR Lucas Oil Grand Prix Circuit ICAR, Mirabel RoadJune 3
3 Clarington 200 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville OvalJune 16
4EMCO 200 Delaware Speedway, Delaware OvalJune 23
5A&W Crusin' the Dub 300 Motoplex Speedway, Vernon OvalJuly 14
6 Rexall 100 Edmonton Indy, Edmonton StreetJuly 22
7Velocity Prairie Thunder Auto Clearing Motor Speedway, Saskatoon OvalJuly 25
8JuliaWine.com 100 Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières StreetAugust 5
9NAPA Autopro 100 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal RoadAugust 18
10Wahta Springs 300 Barrie Speedway, Barrie OvalSeptember 8
11Wilson Equipment 300 Riverside Speedway, Antigonish OvalSeptember 15
12Pinty's 250 Kawartha Speedway, Peterborough OvalSeptember 22

Results

Races

RaceName Pole position Most laps ledWinning driverManufacturer
1 Vortex Brake Pads 200 Scott Steckly J. R. Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick Chevrolet
2ICAR Lucas Oil Grand Prix Scott Steckly Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Dodge
3 Clarington 200 Peter Shepherd III D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Dodge
4EMCO 200 D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Dodge
5A&W Crusin' the Dub 300Ron Beauchamp Jr. D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Dodge
6 Rexall 100 Scott Steckly Scott Steckly D. J. Kennington Dodge
7Velocity Prairie Thunder J. R. Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick D. J. Kennington Dodge
8JuliaWine.com 100 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Dodge
9NAPA Autopro 100 J. R. Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick Chevrolet
10Wahta Springs 300Steven Mathews Peter Shepherd III Peter Shepherd III Dodge
11Wilson Equipment 300 J. R. Fitzpatrick D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Dodge
12Pinty's 250 J. R. Fitzpatrick D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Dodge

Final championship standings

The Canadian Tire Series leaders following the pace car at Motoplex Speedway in July 2012. Nascarvernon.jpg
The Canadian Tire Series leaders following the pace car at Motoplex Speedway in July 2012.

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

PosDriver MSP ICAR MSP DELVER EDM SASCTRCGVBARANTKAWPts [1]
1 D. J. Kennington 251*1*1*1155211*1*517
2 J. R. Fitzpatrick 1*23144173*31*623490
3 Andrew Ranger 41*7411761*22122482
4 Scott Steckly 3314234*474946471
5Ron Beauchamp Jr.1198118888147511422
6 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 5412109207233111110396
7 Jason Hathaway 623532221152671712390
8 Martin Roy (R)18101912651024121885383
9 Jason White 121311651420211317714375
10Noel Dowler261810910111619183924355
11Michael Scholz (R)242221211616121825151526297
12Jeff Lapcevich88419919128265
13 Mark Dilley 271322037255
14 Larry Jackson (R)161217182722101313248
15Hugo Vannini231718221721221619221
16 Ray Courtemanche Jr. (R)271515162632191418214
17Joey McColm251381329132028203
18 Kerry Micks 7216121018190
19Howie Scannell Jr.13162015162417187
20Steven Mathews2061715423181
21Jarrad Whissell1920179112725180
22Isabelle Tremblay212510DNQ2161016171
23Robin Buck9261243167
24 Peter Shepherd III 1651*4155
25Dave Connelly291329DNQ2141915151
26Trevor Seibert123228131
27 Derek White 1424142322123
28Ryley Seibert (R)18101316119
29Steve Côté (R)2211920114
30 Dexter Stacey 272331527107
31Peter Klutt101111100
32Dave Coursol (R)151425DNQ287
33 Jean-François Dumoulin 763485
34James Van Domselaar15191979
35Elie Arseneau (R)2830202078
36Jim White7576
37 Donald Chisholm 6973
38 Alex Labbé (R)6313065
39Bob DeLorme (R)141559
40David Thorndyke1720DNQ258
41Kevin Dowler (R)191554
42Jason Hankewich (R)201751
43 Patrice Brisebois 221749
44 Timmy Hill 638
45 Austin Dillon 737
46Michel Pilon19Wth137
47Nick Jewell (R)935
48Xavier Coupal (R)935
49Benoit Theetge (R)282832
50François Lessard (R)1331
51Dan Shirley (R)1430
52Todd Nichol1826
53Nathan Weenk1826
54 Kelly Admiraal (R)2123
55 Max Papis 2123
56Brandon White (R)DNQ28
PosDriver MSP ICAR MSP DELVER EDM SASCTRCGVBARANTKAWPts [2]

See also

References

  1. "2012 Official Driver Standings: Delaware | NASCAR Home Tracks". Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  2. "2012 Official Driver Standings: Delaware | NASCAR Home Tracks". Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012.