2018 NASCAR Pinty's Series
The 2018 NASCAR Pinty's Series was the twelfth season of the Pinty's Series, the national stock car racing series in Canada sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Clarington 200 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on 20 May and concluded with the Pinty's Fall Brawl at Jukasa Motor Speedway on 29 September. Alex Labbé entered the season as the defending Drivers' champion. Louis-Philippe Dumoulin won the championship, seven points in front of Alex Tagliani.
Drivers
;Notes:Schedule
On 27 November 2017, NASCAR announced the 2018 schedule. Delaware and ICAR were dropped from the schedule in favor of a second race at Jukasa and a race at New Hampshire, which marked the first race in series history outside Canada.No. | Race Title | Track | Date |
1 | Clarington 200 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville | 20 May |
2 | Rankin 200 | Jukasa Motor Speedway, Cayuga | 16 June |
3 | Bumper to Bumper 300 | Autodrome Chaudière, Vallée-Jonction | 30 June |
4 | Pinty's Grand Prix Toronto | Exhibition Place, Toronto | 14 July |
5 | Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125s sponsored by Bayer CropScience | Wyant Group Raceway, Saskatoon | 25 July |
6 | Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125s sponsored by Bayer CropScience | Wyant Group Raceway, Saskatoon | 25 July |
7 | LUXXUR 300 presented by Bayer | Edmonton International Raceway, Wetaskiwin | 28 July |
8 | Le 50 Tours Can-Am | Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières | 12 August |
9 | Bumper to Bumper 300 | Riverside International Speedway, Antigonish | 19 August |
10 | Total Quartz 200 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville | 26 August |
11 | Lucas Oil 250 | Autodrome Saint-Eustache, Saint-Eustache | 8 September |
12 | Visit New Hampshire 100 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | 22 September |
13 | Pinty's Fall Brawl | Jukasa Motor Speedway, Cayuga | 29 September |
;Notes:
Results and standings
Races
;Notes:- 1 – Starting grid was set by the fastest lap times from the first Port of Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125 race.
- 2 – The qualifying session for the Bumper to Bumper 300 was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Owners' championship.
Drivers' championship
Driver | MSP | JUK | ACD | TOR | WYA | WYA | EIR | CTR | RIV | MSP | STE | NHA | JUK | Points | |
1 | Louis-Philippe Dumoulin | 1 | 7 | 2* | 5 | 16 | 2* | 1 | 2 | 1* | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 523 |
2 | Alex Tagliani | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2* | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1* | 2 | 7 | 13 | 516 |
3 | D. J. Kennington | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1* | 511 |
4 | Cole Powell | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 508 |
5 | Kevin Lacroix | 5* | 1* | 16 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 2* | 20 | 8 | 2 | 132 | 1* | 3 | 490 |
6 | Marc-Antoine Camirand | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5* | 13 | 25 | 1* | 10 | 7 | 488 |
7 | Donald Theetge | 13 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 1* | 4 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 483 |
8 | Andrew Ranger | 121 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 474 |
9 | Adam Martin | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 411 |
10 | Brett Taylor ' | 9 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 386 | |
11 | Jean-François Dumoulin | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 333 | |||
12 | Larry Jackson | 17 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 319 | ||
13 | Kerry Micks | 7 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 243 | |||||
14 | Joey McColm | 17 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 234 | |||||
15 | Peter Shepherd III | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 225 | |||||||
16 | Mark Dilley | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 197 | |||||||
17 | Anthony Simone | 18 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 194 | |||||||
18 | Jason White | 15 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 177 | |||||||
19 | Simon Dion-Viens | 9 | 17 | 11 | 16 | 123 | |||||||||
20 | James Vance ' | 8 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 117 | |||||||||
21 | Noel Dowler | 9 | 9 | 7 | 107 | ||||||||||
22 | Gary Klutt | 19 | 4 | 7 | 103 | ||||||||||
23 | Jamie Krzysik ' | 11 | 13 | 11 | 97 | ||||||||||
24 | Luc Haukaas ' | 13 | 12 | 17 | 90 | ||||||||||
25 | Connor James ' | 10 | 14 | 19 | 89 | ||||||||||
26 | Julia Landauer | 15 | 16 | 12 | 89 | ||||||||||
27 | Shantel Kalika ' | 15 | 14 | 14 | 89 | ||||||||||
28 | Jocelyn Fecteau | 20 | 19 | 17 | 76 | ||||||||||
29 | Martin Cote ' | Wth | 21 | 19 | 17 | 75 | |||||||||
30 | Raymond Guay ' | 21 | 16 | 23 | 72 | ||||||||||
31 | David Michaud ' | 14 | 6 | 68 | |||||||||||
32 | Peter Klutt | 11 | 13 | 64 | |||||||||||
33 | Brad Graham | 14 | 18 | 56 | |||||||||||
34 | David Thorndyke | 16 | Wth | 18 | 54 | ||||||||||
35 | Noah Gragson | 3 | 41 | ||||||||||||
36 | Alex Labbé | 3 | 41 | ||||||||||||
37 | Frédéric Gabillon ' | 8 | 36 | ||||||||||||
38 | Luc Lesage ' | 9 | 35 | ||||||||||||
39 | Brandon McReynolds | 9 | 35 | ||||||||||||
40 | Malcolm Strachan ' | 9 | 35 | ||||||||||||
41 | Steve Cote ' | 9 | 35 | ||||||||||||
42 | Armani Williams | 9 | 35 | ||||||||||||
43 | Trevor Monaghan | 16 | 28 | ||||||||||||
44 | Donald Chisholm | 17 | 27 | ||||||||||||
45 | Ryan Klutt | 20 | 24 | ||||||||||||
46 | J. F. Laberge ' | 22 | 22 | ||||||||||||
47 | Christopher Sahakian ' | 22 | 22 | ||||||||||||
48 | Robin Buck | 24 | 20 | ||||||||||||
Glenn Styres ' | Wth | ||||||||||||||
Driver | MSP | JUK | ACD | TOR | WYA | WYA | EIR | CTR | RIV | MSP | STE | NHA | JUK | Points |
;Notes:
- 1 – Andrew Ranger was assessed a time penalty for over-aggressive driving on the white-flag lap, dropping him to the end of the lead lap.
- 2 – Kevin Lacroix was parked for over-aggressive driving three laps before the finish.