Donald Chisholm (born April 14, 1976 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian professional racing driver. He currently drives the No. 89 Keltic Ford/Nova Construction Ford Fusion for NOVA Racing in the Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour and part-time in NASCAR Pinty's Series driving the No. 89 NOVA Racing Ford Fusion.
Racing career Maritime Pro Stock Tour
In 2015, Chisholm came into the season with hopes of capturing his first Pro Stock Tour championship. Despite picking up just one win in the Lucas Oil 150 at Riverside International Speedway, Chisholm put together one of the most consistent performances of his career. He would record eight top-five finishes, along with eleven top-tens in twelve starts to capture the title by just nine points over second place Dylan Blenkhorn.
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
Chisholm made his NASCAR Canadian Tire Series debut at Riverside International Speedway, his hometown track, in 2007. He was forced to retire with steering issues on lap 243, finishing a disappointing 16th. He returned to Riverside the following season, but didn't fare much better, finishing the race in 14th. Chisholm added a second race to his schedule in 2008, finishing all the laps at Kawartha Speedway on his way to a tenth-place finish for his first career top-ten.
Chisholm picked up his first career pole at the 2014 Wilson Equipment 300 at Riverside with a speed of 82.443 mph. He would go on to lead 103 laps in the event to pick up his first career win, beating out series regular Andrew Ranger who faded late after leading 106 laps to finish fourth. The win was an emotional one for the Chisholm family as Donald lost his father, John "Nova" Chisholm, earlier in the year.
Personal life
Donald is the son of entrepreneur and philanthropist John Chisholm. John built Riverside International Speedway in 1969 and repurchased the track in 2005, renovating it into its current state. John Chisholm was inducted into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2015.
Motorsports career results
NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Pinty's Series NASCAR Pinty's Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points 2007 NOVA Racing 98 Chevy HAM MSP BAR MPS EDM CGV MSP CTR HAM BAR RIS16 KWA 42nd 115 2008 HAM MSP BAR ASE MPS EDM CGV MSP CTR HAM BAR RIS14 KWA10 34th 255 2009 ASE DEL MSP ASE MPS EDM SAS MSP CTR CGV BAR RIS5 KWA17 31st 267 2010 89 Ford DEL17 MSP ASE TOR EDM MPS SAS CTR MSP CGV BAR RIS16 KWA11 32nd 362 2011 MSP ICARDEL19 MSP TOR MPS SAS CTR CGV BAR RIS3 KWA22 33rd 368 2012 MSP ICAR MSP DEL MPS EDM SAS CTR CGV BAR RIS6 KWA9 37th 73 2013 DJK Racing 28 Ford MSP DEL MSP ICAR MPS SAS ASE CTR RIS7 MSP BAR 29th 75 Dodge KWA7 2014 Ford MSP ACD ICAR EIR SAS ASE CTR RIS1 MSP BAR KWA12 32nd 80 2015 NOVA Racing 89 Ford MSP ACD SSS ICAR EIR SAS ASE CTR RIS15 MSP KWA 45th 29 2016 MSP SSS ACD ICAR TOR EIR SAS CTR RIS4 MSP ASE KWA 43rd 41 2017 MSP DEL ACD ICAR TOR SAS SAS EIR CTR RIS13 MSP ASE JUK8 31st 68 2018 MSP JUK ACD TOR SAS SAS EIR CTR RIS17 MSP ASE NHA JUK 44th 27 2019 MSP JUK ACD TOR SAS SAS EIR CTR RIS9 MSP ASE NHA JUK 37th 36
Maritime Pro Stock Tour Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour results Year Team Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points 2009 NOVA Racing 89SSW26RIS4 PEI2- 6601- SSW226 IWK29 OBS- SSW38 SSW47 RIS33 660-2- SSW53 20th 1689 2010 SSW16 RIS3 OBS7 SSW24 IWK13 6607 OBS24 SSW35 RIS31 660-225 SSW42 3rd 2131 2011 SSW7 PIR2 RIS1 OBS5 SSW28 66010 IWK16 OBS226 SSW38 RIS314 PIR23 SSW421 8th 2192 2012 SSW8 PIR- RIS20 SSW22 OBS1 6608 IWK21 OBS215 SSW319 RIS39 PIR25 SSW412 7th 2181 2013 SSW16 PIR1- RIS1 SSW219 PIR214 66025 IWK2 OBS- SSW312 PIR3- RIS32 SSW420 17th 1621 2014 SSW7 PIR11 RIS13 SSW28 PIR216 660- IWK2 OBS- SSW310 PIR3- RIS34 SSW410 14th 1691 2015 SSW4 PIR5 RIS2 SSW26 PIR27 6604 IWK9 OBS12 SSW33 PIR35 RIS31 SSW45 1st 2348
1Race delayed due to weather and held later in the season than shown.
2Race cancelled and combined with Round 7
IWK 250 results Year Make Finish Team 2007* Chevrolet 27 NOVA Racing 2008 23 2009 Ford 29 2010 13 2011 16 2012 21 2013 2 2014 2 2015 9 2016 1 2017 14 2018 23
Event run as part of the Pro All Stars Series
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