The 2025 Bud Light 250 was the sixth stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Canada Series. It was held on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at Autodrome Chaudière, a 0.250 mi (0.402 km) oval shaped racetrack in Vallée-Jonction, Quebec, Canada. Originally scheduled for May 31 as the second event of the season, the race was moved due to inclement weather. The race took the scheduled 250 laps to complete. The race was won by Will Larue in just his fourth career start in the series. Polesitter Donald Theetge finished in second, and Kevin Lacroix rounded out the podium in third.
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Background Autodrome Chaudière is a 0.250 mi (0.402 km), high banked, asphalt short track located in Vallée-Jonction, Quebec, Canada, about 65 km (40 mi) south of Quebec City. The circuit opened in 1992 as a dirt track. In 2005, the track underwent resurfacing to convert it into an asphalt track.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
#DriverTeamMake3Dexter StaceyEd Hakonson RacingChevrolet04Jean-François DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge9Mathieu KingsburyInnovation Auto SportChevrolet17D. J. KenningtonDJK RacingDodge27Andrew RangerPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet28Ryan VargasDJK RacingDodge36Alex LabbéLL MotorsportsChevrolet37Simon Dion-ViensSDV AutosportDodge39Alex GuenetteJASS RacingChevrolet45Will Larue (R)Larue MotorsportsChevrolet47L. P. DumolinDumoulin CompétitionDodge54Dave CoursolCoursol PerformanceChevrolet74Kevin LacroixInnovation Auto SportChevrolet80Donald TheetgeGroup TheetgeChevrolet84Larry JacksonLarry Jackson RacingDodge96Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet97Maxime Gauvreau (R)Equipe de CourseChevrolet
Practice The first and only practice session was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 31, at 12:00 PM EST. It was held on Saturday, August 2, at 12:00 PM EST. Donald Theetge would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 13.245 seconds and a speed of 67.950 mph (109.355 km/h). Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed180Donald TheetgeGroup TheetgeChevrolet13.24567.950245Will LarueLarue MotorsportsChevrolet13.28967.72539Mathieu KingsburyInnovation Auto SportChevrolet13.33167.512Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 31, at 4:00 PM EST. It was held on Saturday, August 2, at 4:00 PM EST. Donald Theetge, driving for Group Theetge, would win the pole with a lap of 13.374 seconds and a speed of 67.295 mph (108.301 km/h). Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed180Donald TheetgeGroup TheetgeChevrolet13.37467.295239Alex GuenetteJASS RacingChevrolet13.47666.785396Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet13.47866.77549Mathieu KingsburyInnovation Auto SportChevrolet13.49866.677597Maxime Gauvreau (R)Equipe de CourseChevrolet13.51166.612636Alex LabbéLL MotorsportsChevrolet13.52666.539728Ryan VargasDJK RacingDodge13.52766.534845Will Larue (R)Larue MotorsportsChevrolet13.54466.450954Dave CoursolCoursol PerformanceChevrolet13.55266.4111074Kevin LacroixInnovation Auto SportChevrolet13.57566.2981127Andrew RangerPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet13.61266.1181247L. P. DumolinDumoulin CompétitionDodge13.64265.9731317D. J. KenningtonDJK RacingDodge13.67765.804143Dexter StaceyEd Hackonson RacingChevrolet13.69065.7411584Larry JacksonLarry Jackson RacingDodge13.71765.6121637Simon Dion-ViensSDV AutosportDodge13.74465.4831704Jean-François DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge13.80065.217
Race results PosSt#DriverTeamManufacturerLapsLedStatusPoints1845Will Larue (R)Larue MotorsportsChevrolet25099Running472180Donald TheetgeGroup TheetgeChevrolet250114Running4431074Kevin LacroixInnovation Auto SportChevrolet2500Running4141317D.J. KenningtonDJK RacingDodge2500Running40549Matthieu KingsburyInnovation Auto SportChevrolet25037Running406636Alex LabbéLL MotorsportsChevrolet2500Running387728Ryan VargasDJK RacingDodge2500Running378954Dave CoursolCoursol PerformanceChevrolet2500Running369143Dexter StaceyEd Hackonson RacingChevrolet2500Running35101584Larry JacksonLarry Jackson RacingDodge2500Running34111637Simon Dion-ViensSDV AutosportDodge2500Running3312239Alex GuenetteJASS RacingChevrolet2460Running32131247L.P. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge2330Running31141127Andrew RangerPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet2300Running30151704Jean-François DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge2200Vibration2916396Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet1450Accident2817597Maxime Gauvreau (R)Equipe de CourseChevrolet1330Engine27
Standings after the race PosDriverPoints 1 1D. J. Kennington 239 1 2Marc-Antoine Camirand 236 (–3) 2 3Kevin Lacroix 226 (–13) 1 4Andrew Ranger 224 (–15) 1 5L. P. Dumoulin 222 (–17) 6Mathieu Kingsbury 219 (–20) 7Ryan Vargas 210 (–29) 1 8Donald Theetge 153 (–86) 1 9Jason Hathaway 149 (–90) 10Larry Jackson 118 (–121)
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