2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series


The 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season was the sixth season of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series taking place in the summer of 2012. The season composed of twelve races at eleven different venues. Seven of those events were contested on oval courses.

Summary

The sixth season consisted of 12 events spanning across 5 provinces featuring 12 events. New this season were the standardised rule changes for NASCAR's regional series matching that of the national series. All of the races were aired on TSN in one-hour tape-delayed episodes, excluding Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Trois-Rivières being aired live on the network.
The season started on May 20 at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with J. R. Fitzpatrick winning his first event in almost 2 years, Andrew Ranger also returned to victory lane the following week at Circuit ICAR. D. J. Kennington went to win a NASCAR touring record of 5 consecutive races at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Delaware Speedway, Motoplex Speedway, Edmonton Indy and Auto Clearing Motor Speedway. Ranger and Fitzpatrick won the two premier road course events at Circuit Trois-Rivieres and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in August. Then at Barrie Speedway, Peter Shepherd III took advantage of an accident involving leaders Steve Matthews and Fitzpatrick, who were involved in an accident on a green-white-checker finish to pick up the Victory. Points leader Kennington suffered a mechanical failure and finished down in the running order but rebounded strong winning the final two events of the year at Kawartha and Riverside capturing 2 championships in 3 years.

Drivers

NumberDriverMakerOwnerChief Crew
02Kerry MicksFordSusan MicksTyler Case
02Mark DilleyFordSusan MicksRino Montanari
03Elie ArseneauChevroletJason RoussakisTBA
3Jason HathawayDodgeEd HakonsonCraig Masters
04Jean-François DumoulinDodgePaul CorbeilTony Pratte
5Noel DowlerDodgeKevin DowlerTBA
07Isabelle TremblayFordDave JacombsTBA
7Peter Shepherd IIIDodgeSharon ShepherdDon Jacobson
15Steven MathewsFordBill MathewsRick McColl
17D. J. KenningtonDodgeDoug KenningtonDave Wight
19Brad GrahamDodgeReg ArsenaultBill Dobson
21Jason WhiteDodgeMelissa MckenzieDerek Lynch
22Scott StecklyDodgeScott StecklyGiulio Montanari
23Jeff LapcevichDodgeJoe LapcevichTim Ellas
27Andrew RangerDodgeDave JacombsTBA
42Peter KluttChevroletPeter KluttKen Stewart
44Jarrad WhissellFordBrian WhissellDonald Barhardt
47Louis-Philippe DumoulinDodgeMarc-Andre BergeronJimmy Briere
50Joey McColmDodgeJohn AttoTBA
55Dexter StaceyDodgeKristin HamelinTBA
56Howie Scannell Jr.DodgeJames BrayTBA
60Ron Beauchamp Jr.DodgeRonald Beauchamp Sr.TBA
66Robin BuckDodgeSandra D'AngeloTBA
81Larry JacksonDodgeBrian BartonTBA
82Dave ConnellyDodgeDavid ConnellyMike Kenyon
84J. R. FitzpatrickChevroletJohn FitzpatrickDon Thomson Jr.
89Donald ChisholmFordJohn ChisholmGeorge Koszkulics
94Dave CoursolDodgeAndre CoursolTBA
97Hugo VanniniFordYvon VanniniYvon Vannini
99Derek WhiteChevroletDerek WhiteJonathan Cote

Schedule

RaceNameTrackTrack TypeDate
1Vortex Brake Pads 200Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, BowmanvilleRoadMay 20
2ICAR Lucas Oil Grand PrixCircuit ICAR, MirabelRoadJune 3
3Clarington 200Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, BowmanvilleOvalJune 16
4EMCO 200Delaware Speedway, DelawareOvalJune 23
5A&W Crusin' The Dub 300Motoplex Speedway, VernonOvalJuly 14
6Rexall 100Edmonton Indy, EdmontonStreetJuly 22
7Velocity Prairie ThunderAuto Clearing Motor Speedway, SaskatoonOvalJuly 25
8JuliaWine.com 100Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-RivièresStreetAugust 5
9NAPA Autopro 100Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, MontrealRoadAugust 18
10Wahta Springs 300Barrie Speedway, BarrieOvalSeptember 8
11Wilson Equipment 300Riverside Speedway, AntigonishOvalSeptember 15
12Pinty's 250Kawartha Speedway, PeterboroughOvalSeptember 22

Results

Races

Final championship standings

BoldPole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.
DriverMSPICARMSPDELVEREDMSASCTRCGVBARANTKAW
1D. J. Kennington251*1*1*1155211*1*517
2J. R. Fitzpatrick1*23144173*31*623490
3Andrew Ranger41*7411761*22122482
4Scott Steckly3314234*474946471
5Ron Beauchamp Jr.1198118888147511422
6Louis-Philippe Dumoulin5412109207233111110396
7Jason Hathaway623532221152671712390
8Martin Roy '18101912651024121885383
9Jason White121311651420211317714375
10Noel Dowler261810910111619183924355
11Michael Scholz '242221211616121825151526297
12Jeff Lapcevich88419919128265
13Mark Dilley271322037255
14Larry Jackson '161217182722101313248
15Hugo Vannini231718221721221619221
16Ray Courtemanche Jr. '271515162632191418214
17Joey McColm251381329132028203
18Kerry Micks7216121018190
19Howie Scannell Jr.13162015162417187
20Steven Mathews2061715423181
21Jarrad Whissell1920179112725180
22Isabelle Tremblay212510DNQ2161016171
23Robin Buck9261243167
24Peter Shepherd III1651*4155
25Dave Connelly291329DNQ2141915151
26Trevor Seibert123228131
27Derek White1424142322123
28Ryley Seibert '18101316119
29Steve Côté '2211920114
30Dexter Stacey272331527107
31Peter Klutt101111100
32Dave Coursol '151425DNQ287
33Jean-François Dumoulin763485
34James Van Domselaar15191979
35Elie Arseneau '2830202078
36Jim White7576
37Donald Chisholm6973
38Alex Labbé '6313065
39Bob DeLorme '141559
40David Thorndyke1720DNQ258
41Kevin Dowler '191554
42Jason Hankewich '201751
43Patrice Brisebois221749
44Timmy Hill638
45Austin Dillon737
46Michel Pilon19Wth137
47Nick Jewell '935
48Xavier Coupal '935
49Benoit Theetge '282832
50François Lessard '1331
51Dan Shirley '1430
52Todd Nichol1826
53Nathan Weenk1826
54Kelly Admiraal '2123
55Max Papis2123
56Brandon White DNQ28
DriverMSPICARMSPDELVEREDMSASCTRCGVBARANTKAW