2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series

Race #1 - Clarington 200

It was a cloudy day in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada as the newly renamed NASCAR Pinty's Series entered Round 1 of the 2016 season at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the Clarington 200.

Andrew Ranger led the field to the Green Flag but it would be Robin Buck who would lead the first three laps as with a new series sponsor, Pinty's, the twenty seven drivers in the field wanted to show that their series was a right choice to sponsor as the legendary road course was another exciting event as eight lead changes and no cautions led to exciting racing and a great show for the fans in attendance however for much of the day, pole sitter Andrew Ranger paced the field, leading 43 of the 51 laps to score a dominating win.

Other Noticeables:
Andrew Ranger scored his 1st win of the season,
Ranger led 4 times for 43 laps, including the final 20 laps,
It was the 20th win of his career in the newly renamed NASCAR Pinty's Series and his first since 2015 at Autodrome St. Eustache; 6 races ago,
Patrick Dussault(14th), Brett Taylor(16th), Kaz Grala(19th) and Mel Shaw(26th) made their NASCAR Pinty's Series debuts,
Andrew Ranger, who finished 1st, is the points leader, leading Robin Buck by 5 points

1.27-Andrew Ranger (43 laps led)
2.1-Robin Buck (7 laps led)
3.17-D.J. Kennington
4.76-Cayden Lapcevich (1 lap led)
5.32-Alex Labbe
6.3-Jason Hathaway
7.37-Simon Dion-Viens
8.18-Pier-Luc Ouellette
9.04-Jean Francois Dumoulin
10.59-Gary Klutt
11.02-Kerry Micks
12.84-Larry Jackson
13.47-Louis-Philippe Dumoulin
14.71-Patrick Dussault-1 lap
15.25-Joey McColm-1 lap
16.46-Brett Taylor-1 lap
17.8-Kevin Poitras-1 lap
18.95-Anthony Simone-1 lap
19.22-Kaz Grala-1 lap
20.56-Matthew Scannell-1 lap
21.75-Bryan Cathcart-1 lap
22.06-Carlos de Quesada-1 lap
23.40-David Michaud-1 lap
24.74-Kevin Lacroix-1 lap
25.67-David Thorndyke-1 lap
26.87-Mel Shaw-2 laps
27.42-Ryan Klutt-2 laps

Andrew Ranger-Pole
Robin Buck-1-3
Andrew Ranger-4
Robin Buck-5
Andrew Ranger-6
Robin Buck-7-8
Andrew Ranger-9-29
Robin Buck-30
Cayden Lapcevich-31
Andrew Ranger-32-51

8 Lead Changes among 3 drivers

Caution Flags: 0 for 0 laps

Margin of Victory: 3.519 Seconds

Time of Race: 1 Hour, 26 Minutes and 26 Seconds

The field has finished qualifying for the 2nd race of the season the Leland Industries 300 Pres. by Dickies at the Sunset Speedway.

Alex Tagliani won the pole, with a time of 17.631 seconds, beating Mark Dilley by 0.014 seconds.

Other Noticeables:
Alex Tagliani won his 1st pole of the year,
Tagliani won his 5th career pole in the NASCAR Pinty's Series and his first since 2015 at Autodrome Chaudiere; 12 races ago,
Scott Steckly, who won this race one year ago, is not entered in this event,
Andrew Ranger, who will start 6th, will be trying to improve his 5 point lead over Robin Buck

1.18-Alex Tagliani
2.02-Mark Dilley
3.75-Derek Lynch
4.95-Anthony Simone
5.74-Kevin Lacroix
6.27-Andrew Ranger
7.56-Matthew Scannell
8.25-Josh Collins
9.76-Cayden Lapcevich
10.59-Gary Klutt
11.48-Dwayne Baker
12.17-D.J. Kennington
13.69-Trevor Seibert
14.9-Adam Martin
15.32-Alex Labbe
16.3-Jason Hathaway
17.1-Larry Jackson
18.47-Louis-Philippe Dumoulin
19.21-Jason White

Race #2 - Leland Industries 300 Pres. by Dickies

It was a cloudy day in Innisfil, Ontario, Canada as the NASCAR Pinty's Series entered Round 2 of the 2016 season at the Sunset Speedway for the Leland Industries 300 Pres. by Dickies.

Alex Tagliani led the field to the Green Flag and quickly began to lap drivers by lap twenty as for only the second time in the series history drivers raced at the Sunset Speedway. Defending race winner Scott Steckly wasn't able to defend his win having decided to sit out the season citing a business decision, as only one caution would fly resulting in drivers choosing what pit strategy would lead them to victory lane. D.J. Kennington would dominate much of the day, leading 126 of the 300 laps but it would be another driver who would not only made headlines but also had an impressive day.

After the last round of pit stops, Matthew Scannell became the new race leader when Kennington had a slow stop. It took Kennington less then forty laps to retake the lead and appeared to be on his way to his record breaking 21st career win. But with less then ten laps to go Kennington ran into lap traffic allowing Matthew Scannell to catch up and with one lap to go Scannell passed Kennington in Turn 3 on the final lap and scored his second career win in a photo finish.

Other Noticeables:
Matthew Scannell scored his 1st win of the season,
Scannell led 4 times for 54 laps, including the final lap,
It was the 2nd win of his career in the NASCAR Pinty's Series and his first since 2014 at Barrie; 15 races ago,
Adam Martin(3rd) made his NASCAR Pinty's Series debut,
D.J. Kennington, who finished 2nd, is the new points leader, leading Andrew Ranger and Cayden Lapcevich by 10 points

1.56-Matthew Scannell (54 laps led)
2.17-D.J. Kennington (126 laps led)
3.9-Adam Martin (10 laps led)
4.18-Alex Tagliani (38 laps led)
5.69-Trevor Seibert
6.47-Louis-Philippe Dumoulin (69 laps led)
7.25-Josh Collins-1 lap (2 laps led)
8.1-Larry Jackson-1 lap
9.32-Alex Labbe-1 lap
10.76-Cayden Lapcevich-1 lap
11.59-Gary Klutt-1 lap
12.3-Jason Hathaway-2 laps
13.21-Jason White-3 laps
14.74-Kevin Lacroix-4 laps
15.75-Derek Lynch-5 laps (1 lap led)
16.02-Mark Dilley-7 laps
17.27-Andrew Ranger-7 laps
18.95-Anthony Simone-10 laps
19.48-Dwayne Baker-170 laps (Header)

Alex Tagliani-1-38
Derek Lynch-39
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin-40-108
Matthew Scannell-109-114
D.J. Kennington-115-192
Matthew Scannell-193-194
Adam Martin-195-204
Josh Collins-205-206
Matthew Scannell-207-251
D.J. Kennington-252-299
Matthew Scannell-300

10 Lead Changes among 7 drivers

Caution Flags: 1 for 5 laps
Lap 36 (Car #76 Stalled Turn 2)

Margin of Victory: 0.197 Seconds

Time of Race: 1 Hour, 38 Minutes and 18 Seconds

The field has finished qualifying for the 3rd race of the season the CRS Express 300 at the Autodrome Chaudiere.

Gary Klutt won the pole, with a time of 13.886 seconds, beating Alex Labbe by 0.038 seconds.

Other Noticeables:
Gary Klutt won his 1st pole of the year,
Klutt won his 2nd career pole in the NASCAR Pinty's Series and his first since 2015 at CTMP; 14 races ago,
Alex Labbe, who won this race one year ago, will be starting 2nd,
D.J. Kennington, who will start 11th, will be trying to improve his 10 point lead over Andrew Ranger and Cayden Lapcevich

1.59-Gary Klutt
2.32-Alex Labbe
3.02-Mark Dilley
4.76-Cayden Lapcevich
5.22-Donald Theetge
6.18-Alex Tagliani
7.25-Josh Collins
8.74-Kevin Lacroix
9.27-Andrew Ranger
10.1-Larry Jackson
11.17-D.J. Kennington
12.56-David Michaud
13.95-Anthony Simone
14.47-Louis-Philippe Dumoulin
15.3-Jason Hathaway
16.9-Kerry Micks