2015 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

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Scott Steckly, the 2015 champion Scott steckly.jpg
Scott Steckly, the 2015 champion

The 2015 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series was the ninth season of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, which took place in the summer of 2015. The season consisted of 11 races at 10 different venues, of which 7 were held on ovals. It began with the Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on May 17 and ended with the Pinty's 250 at Kawartha Speedway on September 19. [1] Louis-Philippe Dumoulin entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion; 2015 was the final season that Canadian Tire sponsored the series, [2] with Pinty's taking over the title sponsorship from 2016.

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Scott Steckly won his fourth series championship by four points, holding off an end-of-season points surge by Jason Hathaway. After taking three top-five finishes in the first four races, Steckly won back-to-back events at Edmonton and Saskatoon, before adding a third win at Antigonish and ultimately sealed the championship with second place in the final race. Hathaway won at Chaudière before winning the final two races to close in on Steckly. Andrew Ranger completed the championship top-3, 14 points in arrears of Hathaway. Ranger won one race during the season, winning at Saint-Eustache. Rookie Kevin Lacroix was the only other driver to win more than once; he won two Quebec races at Circuit ICAR and Circuit Trois-Rivières. Gary Klutt (Canadian Tire Motorsport Park) and Alex Tagliani (Sunset Speedway) completed the season's winners, the former taking Rookie of the Year honors ahead of Marc-Antoine Camirand.

Drivers

No.ManufacturerCar OwnerRace DriverCrew Chief
00 Chevrolet Derek White Kevin O'Connell (R)1Vic Decker
Derek White 1
Paul Jean (R)1
Olivier Bedard (R)1
Brandon White 1Simone Charron
01 Chevrolet Dennis LaForceDennis LaForce (R)1Jim McIntosh
02 Ford Susan Micks Kerry Micks 4Rino Montanari
Mark Dilley 7
03 Dodge Marc ArseneauElie Arseneau 1 Julien Jousse
3 Chevrolet Ed Hakonson Jason Hathaway Craig Masters
04 Dodge Eric Kerub Jean-François Dumoulin Eric Laperle
5 Chevrolet 1Kevin DowlerNoel Dowler 4Dave Jacombs
Dodge 3
06 Dodge Carlos de QuesadaCarlos de Quesada (R)2Ron Easton
8 Ford Bud MorrisKevin Poitras (R)1Rob White
09 Chevrolet Trevor SeibertRyley Seibert 1Al Lebert
9 Dodge Susan MicksDwayne Baker (R)4Ray McCaughui
10 Dodge Pat RyderD. J. Casey 1Greg Yeomans
11 Dodge Charles HarveyCharles Harvey (R)1Al Lebert
14 Chevrolet James Van DomselaarJames Van Domselaar 4Steve Yakimchuk
17 Dodge Doug Kennington D. J. Kennington Dave Wight
18 Chevrolet Colin LivingstonPier-Luc Ouellette (R)1Tyler Case
Alex Tagliani 9
David Michaud (R)1
21 Dodge Rob McConnell Jason White 2Rob McConnell
22 Dodge Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Randy Steckly
24 Dodge Scott Steckly Spencer Gallagher 1Mike Knott
25 Ford Bud MorrisJoey McColmRyan Weiss
27 Dodge Dwight Kennedy Andrew Ranger Bill Burns
28 Dodge D. J. Kennington Jamie Krzysik (R)2Al Lebert
29 Dodge Ray Courtemanche Jr. Ray Courtemanche Jr. 4Serge Labelle
34 Dodge Jeff Lapcevich Cayden Lapcevich (R)2Rob McConnell
36 Dodge Dave Jacombs Alex Labbé 7Randy Smith
37 Dodge Clement SamsonSimon Dion-Viens 4Clement Samson
42 Chevrolet Peter KluttRyan Klutt 3Luigi Ciarafoni
47 Dodge Martin Roy Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Mario Gosselin
51 Dodge Murray HaukaasNick Jewell 2Dave Hall
53 Dodge Kevin DowlerAdam Dowler (R)3Ron Easton
56 Dodge Dan BrayMatthew ScannellHowie Scannell Jr.
59 Chevrolet 4Peter Klutt Gary Klutt (R)John Fletcher
Dodge 7
67 Chevrolet David ThorndykeDavid Thorndyke 2Kattie Smilovsky
69 Chevrolet Trevor SeibertTrevor Seibert 2Al Lebert
71 Dodge Patrice Brisebois Patrice Brisebois 2Yves Boisvert
74 Dodge Sylvain Lacroix Kevin Lacroix (R)6Jean-Pierre Cyr
76 Dodge 7Sherri LapcevichJeff Lapcevich 3 Don Thomson Jr.
Cayden Lapcevich (R)4
Chevrolet 2Jason Hankewich 2Kevin Hein
77 Dodge Katherine AlmeidaJocelyn Fecteau 2Sebastien Berube
87 Ford Bud MorrisErica Thiering (R)6Ed Wrong
Kevin Poitras (R)2
Josh Collins (R)2
89 Ford Donald Chisholm Donald Chisholm 1George Koszkulics
94 Dodge Ray Courtemanche Jr. Dave Coursol 4Andre Coursol
95 Dodge Peter SimoneAnthony Simone 7Jeff Walt
98 Dodge Jim Bray Larry Jackson 5Dave Stephens
99 Chevrolet Derek White Marc-Antoine Camirand Robin McCluskey

Schedule

The series' 2015 schedule was released on December 18, 2014. [1] In February 2015, Sunset Speedway was added to the schedule to replace Barrie Speedway, after circuit owners halted racing at the track. [3]

Alex Labbe leads the field just before the start of the Budweiser 300 at Chaudiere. Nascar Canadian Tire Series Chaudiere.jpg
Alex Labbé leads the field just before the start of the Budweiser 300 at Chaudière.
No.Race Title Track Date [1]
1 Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville May 17 [4]
2Budweiser 300 Autodrome Chaudière, Vallée-Jonction June 13
3Leland Industries 300 presented by Johnsonville Sunset Speedway, Innisfil [3] June 20
4Ecko Unlimited 100 Circuit ICAR, Mirabel July 5
5Alberta Has Energy 300 Edmonton International Raceway, Wetaskiwin July 11
6Velocity Prairie Thunder 250 Auto Clearing Motor Speedway, Saskatoon July 15
7Lucas Oil National 250 presented by Lacroix Tuning Autodrome Saint-Eustache, Saint-Eustache July 25
8JuliaWine.com le 50 Tours Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières August 2
9Wounded Warriors Canada 300 Riverside International Speedway, James River August 15
10 Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville August 30 [4]
11Pinty's 250 Kawartha Speedway, Cavan Monaghan September 19

Results and standings

Races

No.Race Pole position Most laps ledWinning driverManufacturer
1 Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 Gary Klutt Scott Steckly Gary Klutt Chevrolet
2Budweiser 300 Alex Labbé Scott Steckly Jason Hathaway Chevrolet
3Leland Industries 300 presented by Johnsonville Gary Klutt Alex Tagliani Alex Tagliani Chevrolet
4Ecko Unlimited 100 Alex Tagliani Kevin Lacroix Kevin Lacroix Dodge
5Alberta Has Energy 300 Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Dodge
6Velocity Prairie Thunder 250 Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Dodge
7Lucas Oil National 250 presented by Lacroix Tuning Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Andrew Ranger Dodge
8JuliaWine.com le 50 Tours Andrew Ranger Kevin Lacroix Kevin Lacroix Dodge
9Wounded Warriors Canada 300 D. J. Kennington Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Dodge
10 Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Jason Hathaway Chevrolet
11Pinty's 250 Scott Steckly Jason Hathaway Jason Hathaway Chevrolet

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

PosDriver MSP ACD SUN ICAR EIR VER STE CTR RIV MSP KAW Points
1 Scott Steckly 5*16*451*1*10*91*72446
2 Jason Hathaway 7121132158611*442
3 Andrew Ranger 94202631236*10428
4 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 61010421345724420
5 Gary Klutt (R)1768101472281111383
6 Marc-Antoine Camirand 23118755362275382
7 D. J. Kennington 43169416571643382
8 Jean-François Dumoulin 314514118821559381
9 Alex Tagliani 51*3776387356
10Joey McColm189111281517179138348
11Matthew Scannell1212141313171211132419326
12 Mark Dilley 17171442413239
13 Alex Labbé DNS127611423229
14 Cayden Lapcevich (R)171831596197
15 Kevin Lacroix (R)261*161*2621184
16Anthony Simone256192392918179
17Erica Thiering (R)161313201718167
18Noel Dowler912615134
19James Van Domselaar991414130
20 Kerry Micks 14151610121
21Jeff Lapcevich2103119
22Simon Dion-Viens13171017119
23Dave Coursol15161215118
24 Larry Jackson 2481513116
25Dwayne Baker (R)15121420115
26 Ray Courtemanche Jr. 2018DNS11895
27Kevin Poitras (R)10231287
28Adam Dowler (R)19101687
29Ryan Klutt11242572
30Josh Collins (R)101266
31Jamie Krzysik (R)161260
32Nick Jewell201157
33Jocelyn Fecteau132055
34Jason Hankewich151954
35David Thorndyke191950
36 Patrice Brisebois 192049
37 Jason White 182248
38Trevor Seibert222145
39Carlos de Quesada (R)182842
40Pier-Luc Ouellette (R)836
41D. J. Casey1133
42David Michaud (R)1232
43 Derek White 1430
44Charles Harvey (R)1430
45 Donald Chisholm 1529
46Olivier Bedard (R)1628
47Brandon White1727
48Dennis LaForce (R)1826
49Paul Jean (R)QL21925
50 Kevin O'Connell (R)2123
51Ryley Seibert2123
52Elie Arseneau2222
53 Spencer Gallagher 2222
PosDriver MSP ACD SUN ICAR EIR VER STE CTR RIV MSP KAW Points
Notes

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bonkowski, Jerry (December 18, 2014). "NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2015 schedule released". MotorSportsTalk. NBC Sports . Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  2. Pappone, Jeff (February 17, 2015). "Canadian Tire ending partnership with Canadian NASCAR series". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Bonkowski, Jerry (February 5, 2015). "Canada's Barrie Speedway sold/closed, NASCAR race events moved to nearby Sunset Speedway". MotorSportsTalk. NBC Sports . Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Nesbitt, Wally (November 19, 2014). "CTMP unveils 2015 major events schedule". InsideTrackNews.com. Inside Track Motorsports News. Retrieved November 19, 2014.