Donald Theetge

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Donald Theetge
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Theetge at Autodrome Chaudière in 2012
Born (1966-10-03) October 3, 1966 (age 57)
Quebec, Canada
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
6 races run over 3 years
2020 position66th
Best finish66th (2020)
First race 2018 Lakes Region 200 (Loudon)
Last race 2020 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 200 (Phoenix)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Pinty's Series career
46 races run over 7 years
2020 position5th
Best finish5th (2020)
First race 2011 GP3R 100 (Trois-Rivières)
Last race 2022 Pro-Line 225 (Newfoundland)
First win 2018 Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125s Race 1 (Saskatoon)
WinsTop tens Poles
1312
ARCA Menards Series East career
3 races run over 1 year
First race 2022 Race to Stop Suicide 200 (New Smyrna)
Last race 2022 Music City 200 (Nashville Fairgrounds)
WinsTop tens Poles
030
Statistics current as of November 7, 2020.

Donald Theetge (born October 3, 1966) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 74 Toyota Camry for Visconti Motorsports, as well as the NASCAR Pinty's Series driving his own No. 80 Chevrolet Camaro.

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Racing career

CASCAR / NASCAR Pinty's Series

Xfinity Series

In July 2018, Theetge made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at New Hampshire. He finished 33rd, driving the No. 90 for fellow Canadian Mario Gosselin's DGM Racing team. He returned to make another start for them in the race at ISM Raceway (Phoenix) in November, scoring a 25th-place finish. In 2019, Theetge would again run two races that year for DGM, which came at Las Vegas in the No. 90 and Richmond in the No. 36. In 2020, Theetge would return to the team and the Xfinity Series for the third straight year, although not until the very end of the season. He was announced to be running the final two races of the year, Martinsville and Phoenix. in the No. 90. [1] [2]

Other racing

Theetge won the Série IMAX LMS Québec in 2004, followed by the Série nationale Castrol LMS Québec in 2006 and Quebec's ACT Series in 2009. He won 19 races in the ACT Series and Série nationale Castrol LMS Québec. Theetge also won two races in the US-based ACT Tour Series, both at Circuit Riverside Speedway Ste-Croix in 2006 and 2007.[ citation needed ]

Theetge also made some road racing starts with his brother Benoit, including in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, where they finished third at the Daytona International Speedway in 2010.[ citation needed ]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
2018 DGM Racing 90 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA
33
IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO
25
HOM 67th16 [3]
2019 DAY ATL LVS
37
PHO CAL TEX BRI 72nd13 [4]
36 RCH
25
TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM
2020 90 DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL POC IND KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DAY DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR
31
PHO
36
66th7 [5]

ARCA Menards Series

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567AMSECPtsRef
2022 Visconti Motorsports 74 Toyota NSM
5
FIF
9
DOV NSV
8
IOW MLW BRI 10th110 [6]

Pinty's Series

NASCAR Pinty's Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213NPSCPtsRef
2011 Donald Theetge80 Chevy MSP ICAR DEL MSP TOR MPS SAS CTR
33
CGV
17
BAR RIS KWA 45th176 [7]
2016 22 Racing 22 Dodge MSP SSS ACD
4
ICAR TOR EIR SAS CTR RIS MSP ASE KWA
13
32nd72 [8]
2017 MSP DEL
18
ACD
5
ICAR TOR SAS
4
SAS
6
EIR
2
CTR RIS
10
MSP ASE
2
JUK
2*
11th308 [9]
2018 24 Chevy MSP
13
JUK
16
ACD
3
TOR
9
SAS
1*
SAS
4
EIR
15
CTR
7
RIS
7
MSP
10
ASE
5
NHA
3
JUK
2
7th483 [10]
2019 MSP
13
JUK
10
ACD
10
TOR
11
SAS
7
SAS
7
EIR
5
CTR
10
RIS
13
MSP
12
ASE
5
NHA
20
JUK
3
6th447 [11]
2020 Wight Motorsports Inc.80 SUN
6
SUN
5
FLA
8
FLA
12
JUK
8
JUK
2
5th225 [12]
2021 SUN SUN CTR ICAR MSP MSP FLA
10
DEL
13
DEL
9
DEL
11
20th133 [13]
2022 Donald Theetge SUN
Wth
MSP ACD
21
AVE
21
TOR
Wth
EDM
5
SAS
22
SAS
10
CTR OSK ICAR MSP DEL
2
21st184 [14]

CASCAR

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

CASCAR Super Series

CASCAR Super Series results
YearCar ownerNo.Make123456789101112CSSCPtsRef
2001 Donald Theetge80 Chevy DEL
15
PET
18
MSP
23
MSP
19
KWA
26
TOR
8
ASE
20
CTR
17
HAM CAL VAN DEL
38
21st1116 [15]
2002 DEL PET ASE MSP MSP HAM TOR CAL VAN MNT
22
KWA DEL 65th108 [16]
2003 DEL PET MSP
19
HAM TOR
4
CAL VAN ASE MSP DEL PET HAM 23rd650 [17]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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