The 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series was the fifth season of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. This season comprised twelve races at eleven different venues, seven of which were contested on oval courses.

Overview The fifth season of racing had a few different race procedures for the 12 events to be run this season spanning across 5 provinces featuring 12 events. New procedures include a new rookie of the year format, the introduction of the wave around and three attempts at a green-white-checker finish. All of the races were televised on TSN in one-hour tape delayed episodes, excluding Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Toronto which were aired live on the network.

The season started off May 28 at Mosport International Raceway, where 2008 champion Scott Steckly led most of race and went on to win the event. He won three events and finished in the runner up position 4 times on his way to capture his second championship over D. J. Kennington, who had a pair of wins. Long time road racer Robin Buck and Rookie Peter Shepherd III won their first career events respectively. Andrew Ranger won the two biggest events of the year in dominant fashion at Montreal and Toronto. Former champion Don Thomson Jr. retired after a lengthy career.

Drivers ManufacturerCar OwnerRace DriverCrew Chief 00 Dodge Pierre Bourque Pierre Bourque Brandon Suk Al Lebert Tyler Case 01 Dodge Garry McColman Chris Raabe Tyler Case 02 Ford Susan Micks Kerry Micks Tyler Case Ray McCaughey 03 Chevrolet Jason Roussakis Elie Arseneau Jason Roussakis Yvon Turcotte 3 Dodge Ed Hakonson Jason Hathaway Craig Masters 04 Dodge Paul Corbeil Jean-François Dumoulin Tony Pratte 5 Dodge Ford Kevin Dowler Pete Vanderwyst Kevin Dowler Chris Wright Noel Dowler Kenny Forth 07 Ford Dave Jacombs Isabelle Tremblay Randy Smith 7 Dodge Sharon Shepherd Peter Shepherd III Don Jacobson 8 Dodge Ed Hakonson Don Thomson Jr. Sandy Hamilton Mike Wallace 9 Dodge Ian Farwell Mark Dilley Rino Montanari 10 Chevrolet Derek White Brandon White Jonathan Côté 11 Dodge Marty Gaunt Jason Bowles Jeff Fultz Jonathan Davis 12 Dodge Chevrolet Dave Jacombs Alex Tagliani Brian Ellas Tyler Case Jim White 13 Chevrolet Christopher Ecklund Trevor Monaghan Rob McConnell 14 Chevrolet James Van Domselaar James Van Domselaar Jim Van Domselaar 15 Ford Bill MathewsSteven Mathews Rick McColl Bill Mathews Steve Mifsud Alex Nagy 17 Dodge Doug Kennington D. J. Kennington Dave Wight 19 Dodge Ford Reg Arsenault Brad Graham Bill Dobson 21 Dodge Rob Zimmer Skip Ambrose Jason White Derek Lynch 22 Dodge Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Giulio Montanari 23 Dodge Joe Lapcevich Jeff Lapcevich Tim Ellas 25 Chevrolet Jason White Sarah Cornett-Ching Joe Cornett-Ching 27 Dodge Dave Jacombs Andrew Ranger Bill Burns Harry Misener 29 Dodge Ray Courtemanche Jr. Ray Courtemanche Jr. Jean-Pierre LeClerc 36 Chevrolet Les Harding Shannon Harding Les Harding 42 Chevrolet Peter Klutt Peter Klutt Ken Stewart 44 Ford Chevrolet Brian Whissell Jarrad Whissell Donald Barhardt Rob Hamilton 46 Chevrolet Rob Howlett Dan Shirley Rob Howlett 47 Dodge Marc-Andre Bergeron Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Jimmy Briere Vic Decker 48 Chevrolet Kevin Kozack Nathan Weenk Howard Chappell 50 Dodge John Atto Joey McColm Frank Millman 51 Dodge Murray Haukass Nick Jewell Dave Hall 55 Dodge Chevrolet Kristin Hamelin Dexter Stacey Robin McCluskey 56 Dodge Jim Bray Doug Brown Kevin Blacklock Howie Scannell Jr. Carl Williams John Fletcher 59 Chevrolet Dodge John Farano John Farano Ken Stewart 60 Dodge Ronald Beauchamp Sr. Ron Beauchamp Jr. Mike Knott 66 Dodge Sandra D'Angelo Robin Buck Randy Gray 67 Chevrolet David Thorndyke David Thorndyke Adam Thorndyke 69 Ford Dodge Trevor Seibert Trevor Seibert Dave Bruin Ryley Seibert 71 Dodge Chevrolet Patrice Brisebois Patrice Brisebois Dominique Chagnon Yves Boisvert 80 Chevrolet Donald Theetge Donald Theetge Benoit Theetge 82 Dodge Dave Connelly Dave Connelly Mike Kenyon 84 Chevrolet John Fitzpatrick J. R. Fitzpatrick Ted McAlister 85 Chevrolet Sayda Nsairi Michel Pilon Claude Vigeant 89 Ford John Chisholm Donald Chisholm George Koszkulics 90 Dodge Normand Roy Martin Roy François Adam 94 Chevrolet Andre Coursol Dave Coursol Andre Coursol 96 Dodge Ron Beauchamp, Sr. Sebastien Dussault Ron Beauchamp, Sr. 97 Ford Yvon Vannini Hugo Vannini Yvon Vannini 98 Chevrolet John Chisholm John Flemming Andrew Hicken 99 Chevrolet Derek White Derek White Jonathan Côté Steve Côté

Schedule

The 2011 calendar consists of twelve races at eleven different venues. Circuit ICAR in Mirabel, Quebec will make its debut in the series this year.

RaceNameTrackDateTimeLocalUTC1Dickies 200Mosport Speedway, BowmanvilleMay 2819:0023:002Grand Prix ICAR MirabelCircuit ICAR, MirabelJune 515:3019:303Keystone Light 200Delaware Speedway, DelawareJune 1119:0023:004Vortex Brake Pads 200Mosport International Raceway, BowmanvilleJune 26 5Streets of Toronto 100Exhibition Place, TorontoJuly 9 6A&W Crusin' the Dub 300SunValley Speedway, VernonJuly 23 7Velocity Prairie ThunderAuto Clearing Motor Speedway, SaskatoonJuly 27 8GP3R 100Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-RivièresAugust 7 9NAPA Autopro 100Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, MontrealAugust 20 10Wild Wing 300Barrie Speedway, BarrieSeptember 10 11Komatsu 300Riverside Speedway, AntigonishSeptember 17 12Kawartha 250Kawartha Speedway, PeterboroughSeptember 24

Results

Races Race Name Pole position Most laps led Winning driver 1 Dickies 200 J. R. Fitzpatrick Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Dodge 2 Grand Prix ICAR Mirabel Alex Tagliani Alex Tagliani Robin Buck Dodge 3 Keystone Light 200 Peter Shepherd III J. R. Fitzpatrick Don Thomson Jr. Dodge 4 Vortex Brake Pads 200 Scott Steckly J. R. Fitzpatrick D. J. Kennington Dodge 5 Streets of Toronto 100 Jason Bowles Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Dodge 6 A&W Cruisin' the Dub 300 Scott Steckly D. J. Kennington Scott Steckly Dodge 7 Velocity Prairie Thunder D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Peter Shepherd III Dodge 8 GP3R 100 Andrew Ranger Robin Buck Robin Buck Dodge 9 NAPA Autopro 100 Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Dodge 10 Wild Wing 300 Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Mark Dilley Dodge 11 Komatsu 300 Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Scott Steckly Dodge 12 Kawartha 250 Steven Mathews D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Dodge

Standings

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led. Driver MSP ICAR DEL MSP TOR VER SAS CTR CGV BAR ANT KAW 1 Scott Steckly 1* 2 2 5 2 1 20 3 7 14* 1* 2 1960 2 D. J. Kennington 5 20 3 1 5 2* 2* 9 18 7 4 1* 1881 3 J. R. Fitzpatrick 7 7 5 2* 19 8 9 15 6 9 6 3 1774 4 Kerry Micks 13 19 6 13 4 3 4 21 2 3 5 4 1754 5 Don Thomson Jr. 3 3 1 26 8 6 3 16 14 4 15 6 1731 6 Mark Dilley 18 5 11 20 6 5 5 19 23 1 10 5 1631 7 Ron Beauchamp Jr. 9 14 9 15 11 4 7 14 12 15 8 17 1571 8 Jason White 15 10 10 6 25 11 19 6 15 18 16 8 1499 9 Jason Hathaway 6 15 8 21 20 18 6 26 32 2 7 21 1450 10 Dexter Stacey 16 23 15 7 12 16 17 25 16 12 18 11 1396 11 Jeff Lapcevich 8 6 13 4 13 4 4 5 9 1313 12 Isabelle Tremblay (R) 14 25 8 28 19 14 30 29 11 13 20 1163 13 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin (R) 4 23 7 5 10 13 17 16 1045 14 Peter Shepherd III 2 17 7 1 21 2 10 1042 15 Noel Dowler (R) 27 16 22 17 13 28 20 17 11 25 1042 16 Derek White 12 13 20 16 7 25 14 26 909 17 Steven Mathews (R) 10 18 4 25 30 35 16 7 893 18 Hugo Vannini (R) 19 16 33 23 30 22 19 19 761 19 Robin Buck 1 3 3 1* 13 734 20 John Farano (R) 9 24 18 8 8 19 728 21 Brad Graham 4 7 10 6 24 681 22 Andrew Ranger 21 1* 2 1* 660 23 Jarrad Whissell 12 14 20 21 24 34 603 24 Dave Connelly (R) 17 14 15 10 22 582 25 Jean-François Dumoulin 22 22 17 12 9 571 26 Pete Klutt 11 18 9 18 33 550 27 Joey McColm 10 31 31 8 13 540 28 Pierre Bourque 27 13 12 31 20 506 29 Elie Arseneau (R) 12 24 17 19 436 30 Martin Roy (R) 26 14 13 21 430 31 Howie Scannell Jr. 9 32 11 37 387 32 David Thorndyke 17 23 27 27 370 33 Donald Chisholm 19 3 22 368 34 Chris Raabe (R) 10 9 23 366 35 Trevor Seibert 19 15 11 354 36 James Van Domselaar 26 12 10 346 37 Alex Tagliani 8* 5 307 38 Patrice Brisebois (R) 17 22 28 288 39 Nathan Weenk (R) 9 11 268 40 Michel Pilon (R) 24 32 26 243 41 Nick Jewell (R) 15 15 236 42 Dave Coursol (R) 16 20 218 43 Shannon Harding (R) 21 18 209 44 Ray Courtemanche Jr. (R) 29 29 36 207 45 Donald Theetge (R) 33 17 176 46 Jason Bowles 21 3 170 47 Dan Shirley (R) 8 142 48 Jim White 10 134 49 Pete Vanderwyst (R) 11 130 50 Steve Côté (R) 11 130 51 Kenny Forth (R) 12 127 52 John Flemming (R) 12 127 53 John Fletcher (R) 12 127 54 Sarah Cornett-Ching (R) 14 121 55 Brandon White (R) 14 121 56 Ryley Seibert (R) 16 115 57 Doug Brown 18 109 58 Trevor Monaghan 18 109 59 Sebastien Dussault (R) 24 91 Driver MSP ICAR DEL MSP TOR VER SAS CTR CGV BAR ANT KAWReferences

See also 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2011 ARCA Racing Series 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2011 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 2011 NASCAR Corona Series 2011 NASCAR Stock V6 Series

References

External links Canadian Tire Series Standings and Statistics for 2011