2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

The 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season was the eighth season of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, which took place in the summer of 2014. 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 18 and ended with the Pinty's 250 at Kawartha Speedway on September 20.[1] Scott Steckly entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion.

Louis-Philippe Dumoulin won the championship.
J. R. Fitzpatrick finished second by three points.
D. J. Kennington finished third by 51 points.
The start of the Alberta Has Energy 300 at Edmonton International Raceway, the fourth round of the championship.

Louis-Philippe Dumoulin won his first series championship at Kawartha Speedway, finishing three points ahead of J. R. Fitzpatrick.[2] Dumoulin won two races during the season, at Saskatoon and Trois-Rivières, and finished every race inside the top nine placings; this run included nine top-five finishes. Fitzpatrick won one more race than Dumoulin – winning both Canadian Tire Motorsport Park races, as well as the Kawartha finale – but only recorded three further top-five finishes. Despite not winning a race, D. J. Kennington finished third in the championship, eight points ahead of defending champion Steckly, who won at Saint-Eustache.

Three other drivers won races during the season, including Jason Hathaway and Andrew Ranger, who each won two races; Hathaway won the series' inaugural race at the quarter-mile Autodrome Chaudière as well as winning at Barrie Speedway, while Ranger won back-to-back races at ICAR and Edmonton International Raceway, another new venue to the 2014 schedule. The season's other winner was Donald Chisholm, who only contested two races during the year. Chisholm was the winner at Riverside International Speedway, a track that his father owned until his death in July 2014; it was his maiden series victory.

Drivers

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No. Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver Crew Chief
00 Chevrolet Derek White Derek White 2 TBA
Dominic Jacques 1 (R)
02 Ford Susan Micks Kerry Micks 3 Rino Montanari
Mark Dilley 8
03 Dodge Marc Arseneau Elie Arseneau 2 TBA
3 Chevrolet Ed Hakonson Jason Hathaway Craig Masters
04 Dodge Paul Corbeil Jean-François Dumoulin 3 TBA
5 Dodge 7 Kevin Dowler Noel Dowler Dave Jacombs
Chevrolet 4
7 Dodge Dave Jacombs Jacques Villeneuve 1 TBA
9 Ford 4 Susan Micks Russ Bond 1 (R) TBA
Vaughn Gittin Jr. 1 (R)[3]
Kerry Micks 1
Curtis Fielding 1 (R)
Dodge 2 Kerry Micks 1
Dwayne Baker 1 (R)
13 Dodge Rob McConnell Trevor Monaghan 1 TBA
14 Chevrolet James Van Domselaar James Van Domselaar 4 TBA
15 Ford Bill Mathews Steve Mathews 3 Rick McColl
16 Chevrolet Benoit Theetge Benoit Theetge 1 (R) TBA
17 Dodge Doug Kennington D. J. Kennington Dave Wight
18 Dodge Bronte Tagliani Stefan Rzadzinski 2 (R) Tyler Case
Alex Tagliani 9
19 Ford Reginald Arseneault Brad Graham 1 TBA
22 Dodge Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Randy Steckly
24 Dodge Scott Steckly Luc Lesage 4 (R) TBA
Ray Courtemanche Jr. 2
Stefan Rzadzinski 2 (R)
John Flemming 1
James White 1 (R)
25 Dodge Bud Morris Joey McColm Ryan Weiss
27 Dodge D. J. Kennington Andrew Ranger Bill Burns
28 Dodge 6 D. J. Kennington Jason White 4 Lawrence Roy
Jamie Krzysik 1 (R)
Ian Admiraal 1 (R)
Ford 2 Donald Chisholm 2
29 Dodge Ray Courtemanche Jr. Ray Courtemanche Jr. 4 Mike Knott
33 Chevrolet Bob DeLorme Bob DeLorme 1 (R) TBA
36 Dodge Ghislain Labbé Alex Labbé 2 TBA
37 Dodge Clement Samson Simon Dion-Viens 4 (R) TBA
39 Dodge Jacques Guenette Alex Guenette 4 Martin Roy
42 Chevrolet Peter Klutt Peter Klutt 4 TBA
47 Dodge Marc-Andre Bergeron Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Mario Gosselin
48 Chevrolet Kevin Kozack Steve Mathews 2 TBA
51 Dodge Murray Haukaas Nick Jewell 2 TBA
56 Dodge Dan Bray Matthew Scannell 8 (R) Howie Scannell Jr.
Larry Jackson 2
57 Chevrolet Dennis LaForce Shania LaForce 1 (R) TBA
Dennis LaForce 1 (R)
59 Chevrolet Peter Klutt Ryan Klutt 1 (R) TBA
Gary Klutt 3
61 Dodge Peter Klutt Ryan Klutt 1 (R) TBA
Gary Klutt 1
66 Dodge Fraser Bull Robin Buck 2 Fraser Bull
67 Chevrolet David Thorndyke David Thorndyke 2 TBA
71 Dodge Patrice Brisebois Patrice Brisebois 2 TBA
72 Dodge Dave Jacombs Erica Thiering 5 (R) TBA
Xavier Coupal 2
Alex Labbé 2
76 Dodge Sherri Lapcevich Jeff Lapcevich 7 Chris Couvillon
77 Dodge Katherine Almeida Jocelyn Fecteau 4 (R) TBA
83 Dodge Menno Admiraal Bob Attrell 1 (R) TBA
Ian Admiraal 1 (R)
84 Chevrolet John Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick Don Thomson Jr.
87 Ford Bud Morris Steve Mathews 2 Rick McColl
88 Chevrolet Derek White Marc-Antoine Camirand3 TBA
Derek White 1
90 Dodge Normand Roy Paul Jean 1 (R) TBA
94 Dodge Ray Courtemanche Jr. Dave Coursol 1 TBA
95 Dodge Peter Simone Anthony Simone 7 Jeff Walt
97 Ford 5 Yvon Vannini Hugo Vannini 5 Yvon Vannini
Chevrolet 2 Jason Hankewich 2
98 Dodge Jim Bray Larry Jackson 3 TBA
99 Chevrolet Derek White Matt Pritiko 3 (R) TBA
Marc-Antoine Camirand 2

Schedule

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No. Race Title Track Date[4]
1 Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville May 18
2 Budweiser 300 Autodrome Chaudière, Vallée-Jonction June 15[a]
3 Jiffy Lube 100 presented by La Petite Bretonne Circuit ICAR, Mirabel July 6
4 Alberta Has Energy 300 Edmonton International Raceway, Wetaskiwin July 11
5 Velocity Prairie Thunder 250 Auto Clearing Motor Speedway, Saskatoon July 16
6 National 250 Autodrome Saint-Eustache, Saint-Eustache July 26
7 JuliaWine.com le 50 Tours[b] Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières August 10
8 Wilson Equipment 300 Riverside International Speedway, James River August 16
9 Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville August 31
10 Wahta Springs 300 Barrie Speedway, Oro-Medonte September 6
11 Pinty's 250 Kawartha Speedway, Cavan–Monaghan September 20
Notes
  1. ^ The Budweiser 300 was postponed a day because of persistent rain.[5]
  2. ^ The JuliaWine.com le 50 Tours event had been extended due to a green–white–checker finish, but finished under a red flag due to time constraints, after an incident involving Xavier Coupal and Marc-Antoine Camirand, which launched Coupal's car into a series of rolls.[6]

Results and standings

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Races

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Race Name Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 Andrew Ranger J. R. Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick Chevrolet
2 Budweiser 300 Steve Mathews Jason Hathaway Jason Hathaway Chevrolet
3 Jiffy Lube 100 presented by La Petite Bretonne Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Dodge
4 Alberta Has Energy 300 Alex Tagliani Alex Tagliani Andrew Ranger Dodge
5 Velocity Prairie Thunder 250 Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Dodge
6 National 250 Alex Labbé Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Dodge
7 JuliaWine.com le 50 Tours Marc-Antoine Camirand Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Dodge
8 Wilson Equipment 300 Donald Chisholm Andrew Ranger Donald Chisholm Ford
9 Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 Andrew Ranger J. R. Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick Chevrolet
10 Wahta Springs 300 J. R. Fitzpatrick Jason Hathaway Jason Hathaway Chevrolet
11 Pinty's 250 J. R. Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick Chevrolet

Drivers' championship

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

Pos. Driver MSP ACD ICAR EIR VER STE CTR RIV MSP BAR KAW Points
1 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 4 5 3 2 1 3 1* 6 4 4 9 453
2 J. R. Fitzpatrick 1* 8 6 4 7 10 5 7 1* 2 1* 450
3 D. J. Kennington 5 7 12 5 8 9 18 3 7 3 5 402
4 Scott Steckly 25 4 7 8 3* 1* 16 15 5 13 2 394
5 Jason Hathaway 24 1* 9 3 2 11 8 12 30 1* 3 393
6 Andrew Ranger 21 12 1* 1 4 8 2 4* 29 15 23 378
7 Noel Dowler 22 9 11 10 9 6 9 8 13 7 16 366
8 Joey McColm 17 16 26 6 6 17 10 11 10 6 14 347
9 Alex Tagliani 14 5 13* 5 12 25 20 10 21 273
10 Mark Dilley 2 19 19 14 7 5 12 4 271
11 Jeff Lapcevich 2 27 5 6 2 5 6 255
12 Matthew Scannell (R) 12 18 15 29 10 28 9 8 223
13 Steve Mathews 23 3 12 15 16 17 7 218
14 Anthony Simone 28 15 13 4 31 11 13 194
15 Ray Courtemanche Jr. 10 17 17 14 12 24 170
16 Kerry Micks 6 3 16 14 14 168
17 Alex Guenette 6 2 2 7 161
18 Erica Thiering (R) 13 11 10 8 19 159
19 Larry Jackson 7 13 17 16 15 153
20 Alex Labbé 4 16 15 2 139
21 Hugo Vannini 7 11 23 13 27 139
22 Marc-Antoine Camirand 19 28 20 3 17 135
23 Stefan Rzadzinski (R) 13 9 11 14 129
24 James Van Domselaar 17 18 15 11 115
25 Gary Klutt 8 28 6 22 112
26 Luc Lesage (R) 8 22 19 21 106
27 Jean-François Dumoulin 14 4 12 102
28 Peter Klutt 9 10 33 31 93
29 Jocelyn Fecteau (R) 14 25 30 18 89
30 Jason White 27 10 29 26 84
31 Simon Dion-Viens (R) DNQ1 15 21 27 84
32 Matt Pritiko (R) 16 11 22 83
33 Donald Chisholm 1 12 79
34 Robin Buck 3 8 77
35 Derek White 20 16 25 71
36 Nick Jewell 14 12 62
37 David Thorndyke 11 19 58
38 Ian Admiraal (R) 18 17 53
39 Ryan Klutt (R) 26 11 51
40 Patrice Brisebois 21 22 45
41 Xavier Coupal (R) 24 23 41
42 Elie Arseneau 20 32 36
43 John Flemming 9 35
44 Brad Graham 9 35
45 James White (R) 10 34
46 Dave Coursol 13 31
47 Paul Jean (R) 13 31
48 Vaughn Gittin Jr. (R) 14 30
49 Bob Attrell (R) 15 29
50 Bob DeLorme (R) 15 29
51 Jamie Krzysik (R) 16 28
52 Dennis LaForce (R) 16 28
53 Dominic Jacques (R) 17 27
54 Russ Bond (R) 18 26
55 Trevor Monaghan 18 26
56 Jason Hankewich (R) Wth 19 25
57 Shania LaForce (R) 20 24
58 Dwayne Baker (R) 20 24
59 Curtis Fielding (R) 23 21
60 Jacques Villeneuve 24 20
61 Benoit Theetge (R) 26 18
Pos. Driver MSP ACD ICAR EIR VER STE CTR RIV MSP BAR KAW Points
Notes
  • 1 – Simon Dion-Viens received championship points, despite the fact that he did not qualify for the race.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NCATS Schedule/Results". Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  2. ^ "NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Standings". Archived from the original on 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  3. ^ Cunningham, Jason (August 4, 2014). "Canadian Tire Series News & Notes: GP3R". NASCAR Home Tracks. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
  4. ^ "NCATS Schedule/Results". Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  5. ^ Cunningham, Jason (June 14, 2014). "Canadian Tire Series Postponed". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  6. ^ Southers, Tim (August 10, 2014). "Dumoulin Celebrates Hometown Win". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR. Archived from the original on August 11, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014. Due to time constraints and the amount of clean up needed, the race was called after the two-car accident on Lap 51.
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