| 2018 NASCAR Pinty's Series | |||
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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.
| 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] | ||||
On 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 [lower-alpha 1] |
| 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 |
(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 |
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