2018 NASCAR Pinty's Series

The 2018 NASCAR Pinty's Series was the twelfth season of the Pinty's Series, the national stock car racing series in Canada sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Clarington 200 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on 20 May and concluded with the Pinty's Fall Brawl at Jukasa Motor Speedway on 29 September. Alex Labbé entered the season as the defending Drivers' champion. Louis-Philippe Dumoulin won the championship, seven points in front of Alex Tagliani.

Drivers Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver Crew Chief 1 Ford Dodge Bud Morris James Vance (R) Joey McColm Francis Bacon Dave Stephens Joey McColm Larry Jackson Julia Landauer 02 Ford Susan Micks Kerry Micks Rick Walz Clare Bartlett Terry Wilson Rino Montanari Mark Dilley 3 Chevrolet Ed Hakonson Cole Powell Craig Masters Jason Hathaway 04 Dodge Eric Kerub Jean-François Dumoulin Gerard Bouffard Larry Jackson Benoit Laganiere Kerry Micks 4 Dodge Rob McConnell Trevor Monaghan Rob McConnell 5 Dodge Kevin Dowler Noel Dowler Kevin Dowler 07 Dodge Jean-François Dumoulin Frédéric Gabillon (R) Bill Burns 9 Ford Susan Micks Jean-Frédéric Laberge (R) Kerry Micks Christopher Sahakian (R) Rino Montanari 10 Dodge Murray Haukaas Luc Haukaas (R) David Hall Nick Jewell 11 Dodge Martin Cote Martin Cote (R) Lus Drapeau Chevrolet Denis Nadeau 17 Dodge D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Ted McAlister Scott Fletcher Doug Thorne 18 Chevrolet Scott Steckly Alex Tagliani Tyler Case 19 Ford Dave Jacombs Adam Martin Ron Easton 20 Dodge Anthony Parisien Raymond Guay (R) Herby Drescher 21 Dodge Melissa McKenzie Jason White Rob McConnell 22 Chevrolet Scott Steckly Marc-Antoine Camirand Randy Steckly Warren Jones 24 Chevrolet Scott Steckly Donald Theetge Greg Gibson 25 Dodge Ford Bud Morris Larry Jackson Dave Stephens Julia Landauer Todd Cresswell Joey McColm Ryan Weiss Francis Bacon 27 Dodge Doug Kennington Andrew Ranger David Wight 28 Dodge Chevrolet Ford D. J. Kennington Noah Gragson Doug Thorne Zack Yeo Rob McConnell Dave Stephens Rick Verberne Ed Wrong Donald Reinhart Jason White Joey McColm Larry Jackson Brandon McReynolds Robin Buck Julia Landauer 34 Chevrolet Lewis Krzysik Jamie Krzysik (R) Lewis Krzysik 36 Chevrolet Dave Jacombs Alex Labbé Dave Jacombs 37 Dodge Ford Clement Samson Simon Dion-Viens Zack Yeo Randy Smith Ben Beauchamps 42 Chevrolet Peter Klutt Peter Klutt Jason Humphries Ryan Klutt 43 Dodge Ford Ben Busch Shantel Kalika (R) Ben Busch Larry Jackson Dave Stephens 46 Dodge Joey McColm Brett Taylor (R) Ed Wrong Joey McColm Todd Cresswell 47 Dodge Marc-André Bergeron Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Robin McCluskey 56 Chevrolet Dan Bray Brad Graham Mike Knott David Michaud (R) Luc Lesage (R) Malcolm Strachan (R) 59 Dodge Peter Klutt Gary Klutt John Fletcher 67 Chevrolet David Thorndyke David Thorndyke Kattie Smilovsky 74 Dodge Sylvain Lacroix Kevin LacroixKevin Lacroix drove in the Pinty's Grand Prix of Toronto with a Chevrolet-powered backup car from Scott Steckly, after a crash in Qualifying with his Dodge-powered primary car. Don Thomson Jr. 77 Dodge Katherine Almeida Jocelyn Fecteau Eric-Pierre Martel 79 Ford Dave Jacombs Peter Shepherd III Ray McCaughey Steve Cote (R) Jonathan Cote 89 Ford Donald Chisholm Donald Chisholm George Koszkulics 95 Dodge Peter Simone Anthony Simone Jeremy Coulter Greg Franklin 97 Dodge Peter Simone Connor James (R) Patrick Ripley Rob James Armani Williams Glen Schnurr Sources: Notes

Schedule On 27 November 2017, NASCAR announced the 2018 schedule. Delaware and ICAR were dropped from the schedule in favor of a second race at Jukasa and a race at New Hampshire, which marked the first race in series history outside Canada. No. Race title Track Date 1 Clarington 200 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville 20 May 2 Rankin 200 Jukasa Motor Speedway, Cayuga 16 June 3 Bumper to Bumper 300 Autodrome Chaudière, Vallée-Jonction 30 June 4 Pinty's Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place, Toronto 14 July 5 Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125ssponsored by Bayer CropScience Wyant Group Raceway, Saskatoon 25 July 6 7 LUXXUR 300 presented by Bayer Edmonton International Raceway, Wetaskiwin 28 July 8 Le 50 tours Can-Am Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières 12 August 9 Bumper to Bumper 300 Riverside International Speedway, Antigonish 19 August 10 Total Quartz 200 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville 26 August 11 Lucas Oil 250 Autodrome Saint-Eustache, Saint-Eustache 8 September 12 Visit New Hampshire 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon 22 September 13 Pinty's Fall Brawl Jukasa Motor Speedway, Cayuga 29 September Notes

Results and standings

Races No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver 1 Clarington 200 Kevin Lacroix Kevin Lacroix Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Dodge 2 Rankin 200 Andrew Ranger Kevin Lacroix Kevin Lacroix Dodge 3 Bumper to Bumper 300 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Andrew Ranger Dodge 4 Pinty's Grand Prix of Toronto Alex Tagliani Alex Tagliani Andrew Ranger Dodge 5 Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125s sponsored by Bayer CropScience Kevin Lacroix Donald Theetge Donald Theetge Chevrolet 6 Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125s sponsored by Bayer CropScience Louis-Philippe Dumoulin1 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Cole Powell Chevrolet 7 LUXXUR 300 presented by Bayer Kevin Lacroix Kevin Lacroix Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Dodge 8 Le 50 tours Can-Am Marc-Antoine Camirand Marc-Antoine Camirand Alex Tagliani Chevrolet 9 Bumper to Bumper 300 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin2 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Dodge 10 Total Quartz 200 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Alex Tagliani Alex Tagliani Chevrolet 11 Lucas Oil 250 Kevin Lacroix Marc-Antoine Camirand Marc-Antoine Camirand Chevrolet 12 Visit New Hampshire 100 Cole Powell Kevin Lacroix Kevin Lacroix Dodge 13 Pinty's Fall Brawl D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Dodge Notes 1 – Starting grid was set by the fastest lap times from the first Port of Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125 race. 2 – The qualifying session for the Bumper to Bumper 300 was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Owners' championship.

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led. Driver MSP JUK ACD TOR WYA WYA EIR CTR RIV MSP STE NHA JUK Points 1 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 1 7 2* 5 16 2* 1 2 1* 3 10 8 10 523 2 Alex Tagliani 14 3 11 2* 3 6 3 1 5 1* 2 7 13 516 3 D. J. Kennington 4 6 5 8 5 5 5 6 3 6 7 5 1* 511 4 Cole Powell 6 2 4 12 2 1 4 11 2 14 3 4 6 508 5 Kevin Lacroix 5* 1* 16 16 6 7 2* 20 8 2 132 1* 3 490 6 Marc-Antoine Camirand 2 4 6 6 4 3 6 5* 13 25 1* 10 7 488 7 Donald Theetge 13 16 3 9 1* 4 15 7 7 10 5 3 2 483 8 Andrew Ranger 121 5 1 1 12 10 12 15 4 8 8 16 5 474 9 Adam Martin 10 12 13 11 17 16 13 12 12 12 14 11 8 411 10 Brett Taylor (R) 9 8 15 14 10 15 9 14 11 13 12 12 386 11 Jean-François Dumoulin 22 15 7 3 4 10 4 17 15 11 333 12 Larry Jackson 17 10 18 18 18 8 13 16 15 11 21 319 13 Kerry Micks 7 18 12 17 17 21 4 13 243 14 Joey McColm 17 17 8 11 16 15 14 20 234 15 Peter Shepherd III 9 8 10 6 2 4 225 16 Mark Dilley 7 8 10 10 18 14 197 17 Anthony Simone 18 13 19 5 6 9 194 18 Jason White 15 11 15 14 17 15 177 19 Simon Dion-Viens 9 17 11 16 123 20 James Vance (R) 8 7 18 26 117 21 Noel Dowler 9 9 7 107 22 Gary Klutt 19 4 7 103 23 Jamie Krzysik (R) 11 13 11 97 24 Luc Haukaas (R) 13 12 17 90 25 Connor James (R) 10 14 19 89 26 Julia Landauer 15 16 12 89 27 Shantel Kalika (R) 15 14 14 89 28 Jocelyn Fecteau 20 19 17 76 29 Martin Cote (R) Wth 21 19 17 75 30 Raymond Guay (R) 21 16 23 72 31 David Michaud (R) 14 6 68 32 Peter Klutt 11 13 64 33 Brad Graham 14 18 56 34 David Thorndyke 16 Wth 18 54 35 Noah Gragson 3 41 36 Alex Labbé 3 41 37 Frédéric Gabillon (R) 8 36 38 Luc Lesage (R) 9 35 39 Brandon McReynolds 9 35 40 Malcolm Strachan (R) 9 35 41 Steve Cote (R) 9 35 42 Armani Williams 9 35 43 Trevor Monaghan 16 28 44 Donald Chisholm 17 27 45 Ryan Klutt 20 24 46 Jean-Frédéric Laberge (R) 22 22 47 Christopher Sahakian (R) 22 22 48 Robin Buck 24 20 Glenn Styres (R) Wth Driver MSP JUK ACD TOR WYA WYA EIR CTR RIV MSP STE NHA JUK Points Notes 1 – Andrew Ranger was assessed a time penalty for over-aggressive driving on the white-flag lap, dropping him to the end of the lead lap. 2 – Kevin Lacroix was parked for over-aggressive driving three laps before the finish.

2018 NASCAR Pinty's Series

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