2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
Season
Races	14
Start date	May 28
End date	September 24
Awards
Champion	Scott Steckly
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
2010	2012

The 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season is 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 Shepard won their first 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

Number	Driver	Maker	Owner	Chief Crew	Rounds
02	Kerry Micks	Ford	Susan Micks	Tyler Case	1–12
03	Elie Arseneau	Chevrolet	Jason Roussakis	TBA	2
3	Jason Hathaway	Dodge	Ed Hakonson	Craig Masters	1–12
04	Jean-Francois Dumoulin	Dodge	Paul Corbeil	Tony Pratte	2
5	Pete Vanderwyst	Dodge	Kevin Dowler	TBA	1
	Noel Dowler				2
07	Isabelle Tremblay	Ford	Dave Jacombs	TBA	1–2
7	Pete Shepherd	Dodge	Sharon Shepherd	Don Jacobson	1–2
8	Don Thomson, Jr.	Dodge	Ed Hakonson	Sandy Hamilton	1–12
9	Mark Dilley	Dodge	Ian Farwell	Rino Montanari	1–12
12	Alex Tagliani	Dodge	Dave Jacombs		2
15	Steven Mathews	Ford	Bill Mathews	Rick McColl	1–2
17	D. J. Kennington	Dodge	Doug Kennington	Dave Wight	1–12
19	Brad Graham	Dodge	Reg Arsenault	Bill Dobson	1–2
21	Jason White	Dodge	Skip Ambrose	Derek Lynch	1–12
22	Scott Steckly	Dodge	Scott Steckly	Giulio Montanari	1–12
23	Jeff Lapcevich	Dodge	Joe Lapcevich	Tim Ellas	1–2
27	Andrew Ranger	Dodge	Dave Jacombs	TBA	2
42	Peter Klutt	Chevrolet	Peter Klutt	Ken Stewart	2
44	Jarrad Whissell	Ford	Brian Whissell	Donald Barhardt	4-9
47	Louis Phillipe Dumolin	Dodge	Marc-Andre Bergeron	Jimmy Briere	2
55	Dexter Stacey	Dodge	Kristin Hamelin	TBA	1–12
56	Doug Brown	Dodge	James Bray	TBA
60	Ron Beauchamp, Jr.	Dodge	Ronald Beauchamp Sr	TBA	1–12
82	Dave Connelly	Dodge	David Connelly	Mike Kenyon	1
84	J. R. Fitzpatrick	Chevrolet	John Fitzpatrick	TBA	1–12
89	Donald Chisholm	Ford	John Chisholm	George Koszkulics	1
95	Anthony Simone	Chevrolet	Peter Simone	TBA
97	Hugo Vannini	Ford	Yvon Vannini	Yvon Vannini	1
99	Derek White	Chevrolet	Derek White	Jonathan Cote	1–2

Schedule

Bowmanville

Mirabel

Delaware

Toronto

Vernon

Saskatoon

Trois-Rivières

Montreal

Barrie

Antigonish

Peterborough

2011 venues

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.^[1]

Race	Name	Track	Date	Time
				Local	UTC
1	Dickies 200	Mosport Speedway, Bowmanville	May 28	19:00	23:00
2	Grand Prix ICAR Mirabel	Circuit ICAR, Mirabel	June 5	15:30	19:30
3	Keystone Light 200	Delaware Speedway, Delaware	June 11	19:00	23:00
4	Vortex Brake Pads 200	Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville	June 26
5	Streets of Toronto 100	Exhibition Place, Toronto	July 9
6	A&W Crusin' The Dub 300	SunValley Speedway, Vernon	July 23
7	Velocity Prairie Thunder	Auto Clearing Motor Speedway, Saskatoon	July 27
8	GP3R 100	Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières	August 7
9	NAPA Autopro 100	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	August 20
10	Wild Wing 300	Barrie Speedway, Barrie	September 10
11	Komatsu 300	Riverside Speedway, Antigonish	September 17
12	Kawartha 250	Kawartha Speedway, Peterborough	September 24

Results

Races

Date	Event	Pole Winner	Most Laps Led	Race Winner	Manufacturer Winner
May 28	Dickies 200	J. R. Fitzpatrick	Scott Steckly	Scott Steckly	Dodge
June 5	Grand Prix ICAR Mirabel	Alex Tagliani	Alex Tagliani	Robin Buck	Dodge
June 11	Keystone Light 200	Peter Shepherd III	J. R. Fitzpatrick	Don Thomson, Jr.	Dodge
June 26	Vortex Brake Pads 200	Scott Steckly ‡	J. R. Fitzpatrick	D. J. Kennington	Dodge
July 9	Streets of Toronto 100	Jason Bowles	Andrew Ranger	Andrew Ranger	Dodge
July 23	A&W Cruisin' the Dub 300	Scott Steckly	D. J. Kennington	Scott Steckly	Dodge
July 27	Velocity Prairie Thunder	D. J. Kennington	D. J. Kennington	Peter Shepherd III	Dodge
August 7	GP3R 100	Andrew Ranger	Robin Buck	Robin Buck	Dodge
August 20	NAPA Autopro 100	Andrew Ranger	Andrew Ranger	Andrew Ranger	Dodge
September 10	Wild Wing 300	Scott Steckly	Scott Steckly	Mark Dilley	Dodge
September 17	Komatsu 300	Scott Steckly	Scott Steckly	Scott Steckly	Dodge
September 24	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.

Pos	Driver	BOW	MIR	DEL	BOW	TOR	VER	SAS	TRI	MON	BAR	ANT	KAW	Pts
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-Francois 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
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References

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