Owner(s) | Kevin Lacroix Mathieu Kingsbury |
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Series | NASCAR Canada Series |
Race drivers | 9. Mathieu Kingsbury 27. Andrew Ranger 74. Kevin Lacroix |
Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
Career | |
Debut | 2024 |
Races competed | 20 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 11 |
Innovation Auto Sport, also spelled as Innovation Autosport, is a Canadian professional auto racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Canada Series. Drivers Kevin Lacroix and Mathieu Kingsbury formed the team in 2024. [1]
The team fielded the No. 9 part-time for Mathieu Kingsbury in 2024. Kingsbury would continue driving the car in 2025, this time on a full time basis. [2]
NASCAR Canada Series results | |||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NCSC | Pts | Ref |
2024 | Mathieu Kingsbury | 9 | Dodge | MSP | ACD 15 | AVE 15 | RIS | RIS | OSK | SAS | EIR | CTR | ICAR | MSP | DEL | AMS 4 | 98 | [3] | |
2025 | Chevy | MSP 15 | RIS 5 | EDM 7 | SAS 7 | CMP 7 | ACD 5 | CTR 13 | ICAR | MSP | DEL | DEL | AMS | -* | -* | [4] |
The team fields the No. 27 for Andrew Ranger in partnership with Paillé Course//Racing. He scored the team's first win in 2024 at Autodrome Chaudière. [5] He would win the next race of the season at Eastbound International Speedway. [6] He would score a third win later in the season at Circuit ICAR. [7] Ranger returned in 2025, continuing to drive Innovation Auto Sport cars under the Paillé Course//Racing banner. [8]
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Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NCSC | Pts | Ref |
2024 | Andrew Ranger | 27 | Chevy | MSP 8 | ACD 1 | AVE 1* | RIS 6 | RIS 8 | OSK 2 | SAS 3 | EIR 7 | CTR 14 | ICAR 1 | MSP 4 | DEL 2 | AMS 19 | 488 | [9] | |
2025 | MSP 6 | RIS 4 | EDM 4 | SAS 8 | CMP 5 | ACD 14 | |CTR 1* | ICAR | MSP | DEL | DEL | AMS | -* | -* | [10] |
Kevin Lacroix would drive the No. 74 in 2024. [1] Lacroix would score six wins during the season and finish second in points, only 10 points behind Marc-Antoine Camirand. [11] Lacroix returned full time in 2025, originally set to drive a Dodge as he had in past seasons. [12] However, would end up running a Chevrolet like his teammates. In the 2025 Leland Industries 250, Lacroix lost the lead on the final lap to Marc-Antoine Camirand, but Camirand was penalized for rough driving and Lacroix was awarded the win, his first of the season. [13]
NASCAR Canada Series results | |||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NCSC | Pts | Ref |
2024 | Kevin Lacroix | 74 | Dodge | MSP 28 | ACD 2 | AVE 2 | RIS 1* | RIS 1* | OSK 7 | SAS 2 | EIR 1* | CTR 23 | ICAR 2* | MSP 1* | DEL 1* | AMS 1* | 538 | [14] | |
2025 | Chevy | MSP 8 | RIS 6 | EDM 3 | SAS 1* | CMP 24 | ACD 3 | CTR 10 | ICAR | MSP | DEL | DEL | AMS | -* | -* | [15] |