J.R. Fitzpatrick won the Pinty’s 250 at Kawartha Speedway making L.P. Dumoulin the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Championship.
Starting from pole Car 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick Equipment Express/Autism Speaks Chevrolet won the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Pinty’s 250 at Kawartha Speedway. This was J.R. Fitzpatrick’s 3rd win of 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series it just was not enough to win the Championship. 2nd place was last years champion Car 22 Scott Steckly Canadian Tire/AW Millwrights Dodge started from 3rd place. 3rd Place Car 3 Jason Hathaway Rockstar Energy Drink/Fast Eddie Chevrolet started from 12th place.
4th place Car 2 Mark Dilley Leland/Johnsonville/BDI Ford started from 9th place followed by 5th place Car 17 D.J. Kennington Castrol Edge/Mahindra Tractors Dodge started from 11th place. 6th place Car 76 Jeff Lapcevich Tim Hortons Dodge started from 13th place followed by 7th place Car 15 Steve Mathews Mathews Motors/Mathews Automotive Ford started from 5th place. 8th Place Car 56 Matthew Scannell OMVIC Dodge started from 18th place followed by 9th place Car 47 L.P. Dumoulin WeatherTech Canada/Bellemare Dodge started from 15th place who won the 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Championship. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 24 James White AW Millwright/Sturdy Form Concrete Dodge in 10th place started from 8th place.
The race had 5 Cautions for 52 laps: 1st Caution on lap 7 for Car 25 Joey McColm TSC Stores Dodge spinout in Turn 3, 2nd Caution on lap 52 for Car 15 Steve Mathews Mathews Motors/Mathews Automotive Ford & Car 13 Trevor Monaghan Bomb Energy/Seven Star Express Line Dodge spinout in Turn 2, 3rd Caution on lap 168 for Car 95 Anthony Simone Innovative Plumbing & Mechanical Dodge spinout for Turn 4, 4th Caution on lap 207 for debris on the Backstretch, 5th Caution on lap 229 for Car 15 Steve Mathews Mathews Motors/Mathews Automotive Ford & Car 9 Dwayne Baker GD Coates Superstore/Baker Perf. Dodge spinout in Turn 3.
The race also had 6 Lead changes among 5 drivers. Lap Leaders: J.R. Fitzpatrick 1-55, Anthony Simone 56-58, Larry Jackson 59-63, Steve Mathews 64-95, J.R. Fitzpatrick 96-133, Scott Steckly 134-172, J.R. Fitzpatrick 173-250. Total Laps Led: J.R. Fitzpatrick 171, Scott Steckly 39, Steve Mathews 32, Larry Jackson 5, Anthony Simone 3.
9th Place Car 47 L.P. Dumoulin WeatherTech Canada/Bellemare Dodge won his 1st NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Championship by 3 points over race winner Car 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick Equipment Express/Autism Speaks Chevrolet. L.P. Dumoulin had 453 Points in 11 starts with 2 wins, 9 Top 5’s, 11 Top 10’s. 2nd Place J.R. Fitzpatrick 450 Points in 11 starts with 3 wins, 6 Top 5’s, 11 Top 10’s. 3rd Place D.J. Kennington 402 Points in 11 starts, 5 Top 5’s, 9 Top 10’s.
4th Place Scott Steckly 394 Points in 11 starts with 1 win, 5 Top 5’s, 7 Top 10’s. 5th Place Jason Hathaway 393 Points in 11 starts with 2 wins, 5 Top 5’s, 7 Top 10’s. 6th Place Andrew Ranger 378 Points in 11 starts with 2 wins, 5 Top 5’s, 6 Top 10’s.
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Rookies: 12th Place Matthew Scannell 223 Points in 8 starts with 3 Top 10’s. 18th Place Erica Thiering 159 Points in 5 starts with 2 Top 10’s. 20th Place Alex Labbe 139 Points in 4 starts with 2 Top 5’s, 2 Top 10’s.
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
Race Results: Pinty’s 250 at Kawartha Speedway September 20, 2014
Finishing Position Starting Position Car # Driver Sponsor Laps Status
1. 1. Car 84 J.R. Fitzpatrick Equipment Express/Autism Speaks Chevrolet 250 Running
2. 3. Car 22 Scott Steckly Canadian Tire/AW Millwrights Dodge 250 Running
3. 12. Car 3 Jason Hathaway Rockstar Energy Drink/Fast Eddie Chevrolet 250 Running
4. 9. Car 2 Mark Dilley Leland/Johnsonville/BDI Ford 250 Running
5. 11. Car 17 D.J. Kennington Castrol Edge/Mahindra Tractors Dodge 250 Running
6. 13. Car 76 Jeff Lapcevich Tim Hortons Dodge 250 Running
7. 5. Car 15 Steve Mathews Mathews Motors/Mathews Automotive Ford 250 Running
8. 18. Car 56 Matthew Scannell OMVIC Dodge 250 Running
9. 15. Car 47 L.P. Dumoulin WeatherTech Canada/Bellemare Dodge 250 Running
10. 8. Car 24 James White AW Millwright/Sturdy Form Concrete Dodge 250 Running
11. 20. Car 14 James Van Domselaar Steel-Craft Door Products Chevrolet 249 Running
12. 10. Car 28 Donald Chisholm Keltic Ford/Nova Construction Ford 249 Running
13. 6. Car 95 Anthony Simone Innovative Plumbing & Mechanical Dodge 249 Running
14. 7. Car 25 Joey McColm TSC Stores Dodge 248 Running
15. 14. Car 98 Larry Jackson OMVIC/B&B Decals Dodge 248 Running
16. 21. Car 5 Noel Dowler EMCO/Empire Mechanical Dodge 248 Running
17. 17. Car 99 Marc-Antoine Camirand 99 Resto Bar Chevrolet 247 Running
18. 22. Car 13 Trevor Monaghan Bomb Energy/Seven Star Express Line Dodge 246 Running
19. 23. Car 72 Erica Thiering AlbertaIsHiring.com/Lou’s BBQ Dodge 246 Running
20. 16. Car 9 Dwayne Baker GD Coates Superstore/Baker Perf. Dodge 241 Running
21. 4. Car 18 Alex Tagliani EpiPen/Dicom Express Dodge 193 Mechanical
22. 19. Car 61 Gary Klutt CTL Financing/Legendary Motorcar Dodge 179 Clutch
23. 2. Car 27 Andrew Ranger Mopar/Exide Dodge 144 Steering
RACE STATISTICS
Race Comments: J.R. Fitzpatrick won the Pinty’s 250, his 11th career NASCAR Canadian Tire Series pres. by Mobil 1 victory overall, and first at Kawartha Speedway. It was his series-leading third win of the year. Fastest Qualifier: J.R. Fitzpatrick, Time: 17.726 Seconds, Speed: 76.159 mph Time of Race: 1 hrs., 43 mins, 33 secs Average Speed: 54.322 mph Margin of Victory: .229 Seconds 5 Caution Flags for 52 laps. 6 Lead changes among 5 drivers.
CONTINGENCY AWARDS
3M LAP LEADER AWARD: J.R. Fitzpatrick, 84 Equipment Express/Autism Speaks Chevrolet.
BREMBO BRAKETHROUGH PERFORMANCE AWARD: Mark Dilley, 02 Leland/Johnsonville/BDI Ford.
COCA-COLA MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Matthew Scannell *, 56 OMVIC Dodge.
DODGE/MOPAR QUICK THREE
– 1ST: Scott Steckly, 22 Canadian Tire/AW Millwrights Dodge.
– 2ND: D.J. Kennington, 17 Castrol Edge/Mahindra Tractors Dodge
– 3RD: Jeff Lapcevich, 76 Tim Hortons Dodge
DODGE/MOPAR-POWERED QUICK THREE
– 1ST: Anthony Simone, 95 Innovative Plumbing & Mechanical Dodge.
– 2ND: Trevor Monaghan, 13 Bomb Energy/Seven Star Express Line Dodge.
– 3RD: Andrew Ranger, 27 Mopar/Exide Dodge.
MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: J.R. Fitzpatrick, 84 Equipment Express/Autism Speaks Chevrolet.
PINTY’S WINGMAN OF THE RACE AWARD: J.R. Fitzpatrick, 84 Equipment Express/Autism Speaks Chevrolet.
VTECH FREE PASS AWARD: Matthew Scannell *, 56 OMVIC Dodge
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Top 10 Drivers Points
Matthew Scannell 56
Erica Thiering 46
Alex Labbe 36
Stefan Rzadzinski 33
Marc-Antoine Camirand 28
Luc Lesage 27
Gary Klutt 24
Matt Pritiko 20
Jocelyn Fecteau 19
Simon Dion-Viens 14
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD
Driver Awards
Erica Thiering 3
Matthew Scannell 2
Alex Labbe 2
Stefan Rzadzinski 1
Marc-Antoine Camirand 1
Luc Lesage 1
Matt Pritiko 1
BREMBO BRAKETHROUGH CHALLENGE
Driver Awards
Jason Hathaway 3
Mark Dilley 2
L.P. Dumoulin 1
J.R. Fitzpatrick 1
Scott Steckly 1
Alex Labbe 1
Jeff Lapcevich 1
Kerry Micks 1
COCA-COLA MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD
Driver Awards
Erica Thiering 2
L.P. Dumoulin 1
Scott Steckly 1
Joey McColm 1
Matthew Scannell 1
Alex Labbe 1
Ray Couremanche Jr. 1
Stefan Rzadzinski 1
Derek White 1
David Thorndyke 1
DODGE/MOPAR QUICK THREE AWARD
Driver 1st 2nd 3rd
Robin Buck 1
J.F. Dumoulin 1
L.P. Dumoulin 2 4 3
D.J. Kennington 1 2 1
Alex Labbe 1
Jeff Lapcevich 2 2
Alex Guenette 2 1
Andrew Ranger 2 1 2
Scott Steckly 3 1 1
DODGE/MOPAR-POWERED QUICK THREE AWARD
Driver 1st 2nd 3rd
Ian Admiraal 1
Ray Courtemanche Jr. 1
Jocelyn Fecteau 2
Larry Jackson 1
D.J. Kennington 5 4 1
Trevor Monaghan 1
Andrew Ranger 4 2 3
Anthony Simone 2 1 2
Jason White 1
MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD
Driver Awards
L.P. Dumoulin 3
J.R. Fitzpatrick 3
Jason Hathaway 2
Scott Steckly 2
Andrew Ranger 1
Donald Chisholm 1
PINTY’S WINGMAN OF THE RACE AWARD
Crew Chief Awards
Don Thomson Jr. (J.R. Fitzpatrick) 4
Bill Burns (Andrew Ranger) 2
Randy Steckly (Scott Steckly) 2
Mario Gosselin (L.P. Dumoulin) 1
Craig Masters (Jason Hathaway) 1
George Koszkulics (Donald Chisholm) 1
VTECH FREE PASS AWARD
Driver Awards
J.R. Fitzpatrick 2
Matthew Scannell 2
L.P. Dumoulin 1
D.J. Kennington 1
Noel Dowler 1
Anthony Simone 1
Jocelyn Fecteau 1
Vaughn Gittin Jr. 1
POLES
Driver Poles
Andrew Ranger 3
J.R. Fitzpatrick 2
Scott Steckly 1
Alex Tagliani 1
Steve Mathews 1
Alex Labbe 1
Marc-Antoine Camirand 1
Donald Chisholm 1
2014 Official Driver Standings: Season Complete
Canadian Tire Series
Position Driver Name Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10
1. L.P. Dumoulin 453 11 2 9 11
2. J.R. Fitzpatrick 450 11 3 6 11
3. D.J. Kennington 402 11 0 5 9
4. Scott Steckly 394 11 1 5 7
5. Jason Hathaway 393 11 2 5 7
6. Andrew Ranger 378 11 2 5 6
7. Noel Dowler 366 11 0 0 7
8. Joey McColm 347 11 0 0 5
9. Alex Tagliani 273 9 0 2 3
10. Mark Dilley 271 8 0 3 4
11. Jeff Lapcevich 255 7 0 4 6
12. Matthew Scannell * 223 8 0 0 3
13. Steve Mathews 218 7 0 1 2
14. Anthony Simone 194 7 0 1 1
15. Ray Courtemanche Jr 170 6 0 0 1
16. Kerry Micks 168 5 0 1 2
17. Alex Guenette 161 4 0 2 4
18. Erica Thiering * 159 5 0 0 2
19. Larry Jackson 153 5 0 0 1
20. Alex Labbe * 139 4 0 2 2
21. Hugo Vannini 139 5 0 0 1
22. Marc-Antoine Camirand * 135 5 0 1 1
23. Stefan Rzadzinski * 129 4 0 0 1
24. James Van Domselaar 115 4 0 0 0
25. Gary Klutt * 112 4 0 0 2
26. Luc Lesage * 106 4 0 0 1
27. J.F. Dumoulin 102 3 0 1 1
28. Peter Klutt 93 4 0 0 2
29. Jocelyn Fecteau * 89 4 0 0 0
30. Jason White 84 4 0 0 1
31. Simon Dion-Viens * 84 3 0 0 0
32. Matt Pritiko * 83 3 0 0 0
33. Donald Chisholm 79 2 1 1 1
34. Robin Buck 77 2 0 1 2
35. Derek White 71 3 0 0 0
36. Nick Jewell 62 2 0 0 0
37. David Thorndyke 58 2 0 0 0
38. Ian Admiraal * 53 2 0 0 0
39. Ryan Klutt * 51 2 0 0 0
40. Patrice Brisebois 45 2 0 0 0
41. Xavier Coupal * 41 2 0 0 0
42. Elie Arseneau 36 2 0 0 0
43. John Flemming * 35 1 0 0 1
44. Brad Graham 35 1 0 0 1
45. James White * 34 1 0 0 1
46. Dave Coursol * 31 1 0 0 0
47. Paul Jean * 31 1 0 0 0
48. Vaughn Gittin Jr. * 30 1 0 0 0
49. Bob Attrell * 29 1 0 0 0
50. Bob DeLorme * 29 1 0 0 0
51. Jamie Krzysik * 28 1 0 0 0
52. Dennis LaForce * 28 1 0 0 0
53. Dominic Jacques * 27 1 0 0 0
54. Russ Bond * 26 1 0 0 0
55. Trevor Monaghan 26 1 0 0 0
56. Jason Hankewich * 25 1 0 0 0
57. Shania LaForce * 24 1 0 0 0
58. Dwayne Baker * 24 1 0 0 0
59. Curtis Fielding * 21 1 0 0 0
60. Jacques Villeneuve 20 1 0 0 0
61. Benoit Theetge * 18 1 0 0 0