2015 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

Race #1 - Pinty's Presents the Clarington 200

It was a cloudy day in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada as the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series entered Round 1 of the 2015 season at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the Pinty's Presents the Clarington 200.

Gary Klutt led the field to the Green Flag and would lead the first four laps as earlier in the year it was announced that title sponsor Canadian Tire decided to not renew their contract and would be leaving NASCAR, so the field of twenty seven drivers were prepared to give the best show possible to give their thanks. Defending race winner Jeff Lapcevich would battle Klutt all race long as a caution with less then five to go set up a two lap shootout, a battle that Gary Klutt would win, scoring his first ever win in NASCAR.

Other Noticeables:
Gary Klutt scored his 1st win of the season,
Klutt led 2 times for 29 laps, including the final 24 laps,
It was the 1st win of his career in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in his 7th career start,
Pier-Luc Ouellette(5th), Cayden Lapcevich(19th), Kevin O'Connell(21st), Kevin Poitras(24th) and Kevin Lacroix(27th) made their NASCAR Canadian Tire Series debuts,
Gary Klutt, who finished 1st, has a 5 point over Jeff Lapcevich

1.59-Gary Klutt (29 laps led)
2.76-Jeff Lapcevich (12 laps led)
3.3-Jason Hathaway (8 laps led)
4.69-Trevor Seibert
5.18-Pier-Luc Ouellette
6.94-Dave Coursol
7.27-Andrew Ranger
8.42-Ryan Klutt
9.87-Erica Thiering
10.95-Anthony Simone
11.99-Marc-Antoine Camirand
12.02-Kerry Micks
13.04-Jean Francois Dumoulin
14.17-D.J. Kennington
15.98-Larry Jackson
16.25-Joey McColm
17.22-Scott Steckly (2 laps led)
18.47-Louis-Philippe Dumoulin
19.34-Cayden Lapcevich
20.37-Simon Dion-Viens
21.00-Kevin O'Connell
22.56-Matthew Scannell
23.29-Ray Courtemanche Jr.
24.8-Kevin Poitras
25.67-David Thorndyke-3 laps
26.36-Alex Labbe-8 laps
27.74-Kevin Lacroix-42 laps (Accident)

Gary Klutt-1-4
Jeff Lapcevich-5-16
Jason Hathaway-17-24
Scott Steckly-25-26
Gary Klutt-27-51

4 Lead Changes among 4 drivers

Caution Flags: 3 for 6 laps
Lap 10 (Car #74 Accident Turn 10),
Lap 22 (Cars #36, 18 and 29 Accident Backstretch),
Lap 45 (Cars #36, 69, 37 and 94 Accident Backstretch)

Margin of Victory: 1.422 Seconds

Time of Race: 1 Hour, 33 Minutes and 11 Seconds

The field has finished qualifying for the 2nd race of the season the Budweiser 300 at the Autodrome Chaudiere.

Alex Tagliani won the pole, with a time of 13.895 seconds, beating Gary Klutt by 0.005 seconds.

Other Noticeables:
Alex Tagliani won his 1st pole of the year,
Tagliani won his 4th career pole in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series and his first since 2013 at Circuit de Trois-Rivieres; 18 races ago,
Steven Mathews, the winner of this race one year ago, is not entered in this event,
Gary Klutt, who will start 2nd, will be trying to improve on his 5 point lead over Jeff Lapcevich

1.18-Alex Tagliani
2.59-Gary Klutt
3.36-Alex Labbe
4.47-Louis-Philippe Dumoulin
5.99-Marc-Antoine Camirand
6.95-Anthony Simone
7.17-D.J. Kennington
8.27-Andrew Ranger
9.25-Joey McColm
10.56-Matthew Scannell
11.98-Larry Jackson
12.76-Cayden Lapcevich
13.3-Jason Hathaway
14.02-Mark Dilley
15.87-Erica Thiering
16.04-Jean Francois Dumoulin
17.9-Dwayne Baker
18.22-Scott Steckly

Race #2 - Budweiser 300

It was a clear day in Vallee-Jonction, Quebec, Canada as the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series entered Round 2 of the 2015 season at the Autodrome Chaudiere for the second annual Budweiser 300.

Alex Tagliani led the field to the Green Flag but it would be Gary Klutt who would lead the first lap as Alex Labbe would drive up from his third starting spot and quickly began to lap the field. D.J. Kennington would prove to be Labbe's toughest challenger as he would fight with Labbe all day before a caution would come out right around pitstops, ensuring that everyone would have enough gas so the final half of the event was a battle between Labbe, Kennington and Larry Jackson as the crowd cheered all the intense racing until with five laps to go a caution would fly, setting up the Green, White, Checkered(GWC) rule setting up a two lap shootout.

Alex Labbe was able to get a good jump on the bottom lane and was unstoppable as he would go on and score his first ever win in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series.

Other Noticeables:
Alex Labbe scored his 1st win of the season,
Labbe led 3 times for 212 laps, including the final 74 laps,
It was the 1st win of his career in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in his 11th career start,
Gary Klutt, who finished 3rd, kept his points lead, leading Jason Hathaway by 17 points

1.36-Alex Labbe (212 laps led)
2.98-Larry Jackson (6 laps led)
3.59-Gary Klutt (1 lap led)
4.17-D.J. Kennington (81 laps led)
5.47-Louis-Philippe Dumoulin
6.95-Anthony Simone-2 laps
7.18-Alex Tagliani-2 laps (2 laps led)
8.22-Scott Steckly-2 laps
9.87-Erica Thiering-2 laps
10.25-Joey McColm-2 laps
11.27-Andrew Ranger-3 laps
12.99-Marc-Antoine Camirand-3 laps
13.3-Jason Hathaway-3 laps
14.9-Dwayne Baker-3 laps
15.04-Jean Francois Dumoulin-4 laps
16.56-Matthew Scannell-4 laps
17.02-Mark Dilley-6 laps
18.76-Cayden Lapcevich-7 laps

Alex Tagliani-Pole
Gary Klutt-1
Alex Tagliani-2-3
Alex Labbe-4-71
D.J. Kennington-72-143
Alex Labbe-144-212
D.J. Kennington-213-221
Larry Jackson-222-227
Alex Labbe-228-302

7 Lead Changes among 5 drivers

Caution Flags: 2 for 10 laps
Lap 202 (Cars #3 and 18 Spin Turn 2),
Lap 295 (Car #99 Spin Frontstretch)

Margin of Victory: 1.032 Seconds

Time of Race: 1 Hour, 20 Minutes and 37 Seconds

The field has finished qualifying for the 3rd race of the season the inaugural Leland Industries 300 Pres. by Johnsonville at the Sunset Speedway.

Scott Steckly won the pole, with a time of 17.620 seconds, beating Alex Tagliani by 0.067 seconds.

Other Noticeables:
Scott Steckly won his 1st pole of the year,
Steckly won his 9th career pole in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series and his first since 2013 at Barrie; 16 races ago,
Gary Klutt, who will start 17th, will be trying to improve on his 17 point lead over Jason Hathaway

1.22-Scott Steckly
2.18-Alex Tagliani
3.5-Noel Dowler
4.47-Louis-Philippe Dumoulin
5.76-Cayden Lapcevich
6.3-Jason Hathaway
7.36-Alex Labbe
8.98-Larry Jackson
9.04-Jean Francois Dumoulin
10.99-Marc-Antoine Camirand
11.02-Mark Dilley
12.56-Matthew Scannell
13.87-Erica Thiering
14.9-Dwayne Baker
15.17-D.J. Kennington
16.25-Joey McColm
17.59-Gary Klutt
18.21-Jason White
19.95-Anthony Simone
20.27-Andrew Ranger