2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

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.

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

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-Rivières 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
NumberDriverMakerOwnerChief Crew
02 Kerry Micks Ford Susan Micks Tyler Case
Mark Dilley Rino Montanari
03Elie ArseneauChevroletJason RoussakisTBA
3Jason HathawayDodgeEd HakonsonCraig Masters
04Jean-François DumoulinDodgePaul CorbeilTony Pratte
5Noel DowlerDodgeKevin DowlerTBA
07Isabelle TremblayFordDave JacombsTBA
7Peter Shepherd IIIDodgeSharon ShepherdDon Jacobson
15Steven MathewsFordBill MathewsRick McColl
17D. J. KenningtonDodgeDoug KenningtonDave Wight
19Brad GrahamDodgeReg ArsenaultBill Dobson
21Jason WhiteDodgeMelissa MckenzieDerek Lynch
22Scott StecklyDodgeScott StecklyGiulio Montanari
23Jeff LapcevichDodgeJoe LapcevichTim Ellas
27Andrew RangerDodgeDave JacombsTBA
42Peter KluttChevroletPeter KluttKen Stewart
44Jarrad WhissellFordBrian WhissellDonald Barhardt
47Louis-Philippe DumoulinDodgeMarc-Andre BergeronJimmy Briere
50Joey McColmDodgeJohn AttoTBA
55Dexter StaceyDodgeKristin HamelinTBA
56Howie Scannell Jr.DodgeJames BrayTBA
60Ron Beauchamp Jr.DodgeRonald Beauchamp Sr.TBA
66Robin BuckDodgeSandra D'AngeloTBA
81Larry JacksonDodgeBrian BartonTBA
82Dave ConnellyDodgeDavid ConnellyMike Kenyon
84J. R. FitzpatrickChevroletJohn FitzpatrickDon Thomson Jr.
89Donald ChisholmFordJohn ChisholmGeorge Koszkulics
94Dave CoursolDodgeAndre CoursolTBA
97Hugo VanniniFordYvon VanniniYvon Vannini
99Derek WhiteChevroletDerek WhiteJonathan 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 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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