2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

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2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
Season
Races12
Start dateMay 20
End dateSeptember 22
Awards
ChampionD. J. Kennington
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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.

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-Rivieres 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[]

Number Driver Maker Owner Chief Crew
02 Kerry Micks Ford Susan Micks Tyler Case
Mark Dilley Rino Montanari
03 Elie Arseneau Chevrolet Jason Roussakis TBA
3 Jason Hathaway Dodge Ed Hakonson Craig Masters
04 Jean-François Dumoulin Dodge Paul Corbeil Tony Pratte
5 Noel Dowler Dodge Kevin Dowler TBA
07 Isabelle Tremblay Ford Dave Jacombs TBA
7 Peter Shepherd III Dodge Sharon Shepherd Don Jacobson
15 Steven Mathews Ford Bill Mathews Rick McColl
17 D. J. Kennington Dodge Doug Kennington Dave Wight
19 Brad Graham Dodge Reg Arsenault Bill Dobson
21 Jason White Dodge Melissa Mckenzie Derek Lynch
22 Scott Steckly Dodge Scott Steckly Giulio Montanari
23 Jeff Lapcevich Dodge Joe Lapcevich Tim Ellas
27 Andrew Ranger Dodge Dave Jacombs TBA
42 Peter Klutt Chevrolet Peter Klutt Ken Stewart
44 Jarrad Whissell Ford Brian Whissell Donald Barhardt
47 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Dodge Marc-Andre Bergeron Jimmy Briere
50 Joey McColm Dodge John Atto TBA
55 Dexter Stacey Dodge Kristin Hamelin TBA
56 Howie Scannell Jr. Dodge James Bray TBA
60 Ron Beauchamp Jr. Dodge Ronald Beauchamp Sr. TBA
66 Robin Buck Dodge Sandra D'Angelo TBA
81 Larry Jackson Dodge Brian Barton TBA
82 Dave Connelly Dodge David Connelly Mike Kenyon
84 J. R. Fitzpatrick Chevrolet John Fitzpatrick Don Thomson Jr.
89 Donald Chisholm Ford John Chisholm George Koszkulics
94 Dave Coursol Dodge Andre Coursol TBA
97 Hugo Vannini Ford Yvon Vannini Yvon Vannini
99 Derek White Chevrolet Derek White Jonathan Cote

Schedule[]

2012 venues
Race Name Track Track Type Date
1 Vortex Brake Pads 200 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville Road May 20
2 ICAR Lucas Oil Grand Prix Circuit ICAR, Mirabel Road June 3
3 Clarington 200 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville Oval June 16
4 EMCO 200 Delaware Speedway, Delaware Oval June 23
5 A&W Crusin' the Dub 300 Motoplex Speedway, Vernon Oval July 14
6 Rexall 100 Edmonton Indy, Edmonton Street July 22
7 Velocity Prairie Thunder Auto Clearing Motor Speedway, Saskatoon Oval July 25
8 JuliaWine.com 100 Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières Street August 5
9 NAPA Autopro 100 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal Road August 18
10 Wahta Springs 300 Barrie Speedway, Barrie Oval September 8
11 Wilson Equipment 300 Riverside Speedway, Antigonish Oval September 15
12 Pinty's 250 Kawartha Speedway, Peterborough Oval September 22

Results[]

Races[]

Race Name Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Winning manufacturer
1 Vortex Brake Pads 200 Scott Steckly J. R. Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick Chevrolet
2 ICAR Lucas Oil Grand Prix Scott Steckly ‡ Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Dodge
3 Clarington 200 Peter Shepherd III D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Dodge
4 EMCO 200 D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Dodge
5 A&W Crusin' the Dub 300 Ron Beauchamp Jr. D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Dodge
6 Rexall 100 Scott Steckly Scott Steckly D. J. Kennington Dodge
7 Velocity Prairie Thunder J. R. Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick D. J. Kennington Dodge
8 JuliaWine.com 100 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Dodge
9 NAPA Autopro 100 J. R. Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick Chevrolet
10 Wahta Springs 300 Steven Mathews Peter Shepherd III Peter Shepherd III Dodge
11 Wilson Equipment 300 J. R. Fitzpatrick D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Dodge
12 Pinty'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.
Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

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

Pos Driver MSP ICAR MSP DEL VER EDM SAS CTR CGV BAR ANT KAW Pts[1]
1 D. J. Kennington 2 5 1* 1* 1* 1 1 5 5 21 1* 1* 517
2 J. R. Fitzpatrick 1* 2 3 14 4 17 3* 3 1* 6 2 3 490
3 Andrew Ranger 4 1* 7 4 11 7 6 1* 2 2 12 2 482
4 Scott Steckly 3 3 14 2 3 4* 4 7 4 9 4 6 471
5 Ron Beauchamp Jr. 11 9 8 11 8 8 8 8 14 7 5 11 422
6 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 5 4 12 10 9 20 7 2 33 11 11 10 396
7 Jason Hathaway 6 23 5 3 2 2 21 15 26 7 17 12 390
8 Martin Roy (R) 18 10 19 12 6 5 10 24 12 18 8 5 383
9 Jason White 12 13 11 6 5 14 20 21 13 17 7 14 375
10 Noel Dowler 26 18 10 9 10 11 16 19 18 3 9 24 355
11 Michael Scholz (R) 24 22 21 21 16 16 12 18 25 15 15 26 297
12 Jeff Lapcevich 8 8 4 19 9 19 12 8 265
13 Mark Dilley 2 7 13 2 20 3 7 255
14 Larry Jackson (R) 16 12 17 18 27 22 10 13 13 248
15 Hugo Vannini 23 17 18 22 17 21 22 16 19 221
16 Ray Courtemanche Jr. (R) 27 15 15 16 26 32 19 14 18 214
17 Joey McColm 25 13 8 13 29 13 20 28 203
18 Kerry Micks 7 21 6 12 10 18 190
19 Howie Scannell Jr. 13 16 20 15 16 24 17 187
20 Steven Mathews 20 6 17 15 4 23 181
21 Jarrad Whissell 19 20 17 9 11 27 25 180
22 Isabelle Tremblay 21 25 10 DNQ2 16 10 16 171
23 Robin Buck 9 26 12 4 3 167
24 Peter Shepherd III 16 5 1* 4 155
25 Dave Connelly 29 13 29 DNQ2 14 19 15 151
26 Trevor Seibert 12 3 22 8 131
27 Derek White 14 24 14 23 22 123
28 Ryley Seibert (R) 18 10 13 16 119
29 Steve Côté (R) 22 11 9 20 114
30 Dexter Stacey 27 23 31 5 27 107
31 Peter Klutt 10 11 11 100
32 Dave Coursol (R) 15 14 25 DNQ2 87
33 Jean-François Dumoulin 7 6 34 85
34 James Van Domselaar 15 19 19 79
35 Elie Arseneau (R) 28 30 20 20 78
36 Jim White 7 5 76
37 Donald Chisholm 6 9 73
38 Alex Labbé (R) 6 31 30 65
39 Bob DeLorme (R) 14 15 59
40 David Thorndyke 17 20 DNQ2 58
41 Kevin Dowler (R) 19 15 54
42 Jason Hankewich (R) 20 17 51
43 Patrice Brisebois 22 17 49
44 Timmy Hill 6 38
45 Austin Dillon 7 37
46 Michel Pilon 19 Wth1 37
47 Nick Jewell (R) 9 35
48 Xavier Coupal (R) 9 35
49 Benoit Theetge (R) 28 28 32
50 François Lessard (R) 13 31
51 Dan Shirley (R) 14 30
52 Todd Nichol 18 26
53 Nathan Weenk 18 26
54 Kelly Admiraal (R) 21 23
55 Max Papis 21 23
56 Brandon White (R) DNQ2 8
Pos Driver MSP ICAR MSP DEL VER EDM SAS CTR CGV BAR ANT KAW Pts[2]
  • 1 – Michel Pilon received championship points, despite the fact that he withdrew from the race after an injury in practice.
  • 2 – Dave Coursol, Brandon White, David Thorndyke, Dave Connelly and Isabelle Tremblay received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2012 Official Driver Standings: Delaware | NASCAR Home Tracks". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  2. ^ "2012 Official Driver Standings: Delaware | NASCAR Home Tracks". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
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