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[/media-credit]The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series takes on an oval track for the first time in 2012 at the Speedway at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The Clarington 200 is set for Saturday, June 16 at 7 p.m. ET. Below is a statistical look at the recent performance of selected drivers at ICAR, as well as some other statistical trends:
Ron Beauchamp Jr. (No. 60 Mopar/Mobil 1 Dodge)
• Finished ninth last season in the Clarington 200.
• Scored fourth-place finishes on the Speedway at CTMP in both 2009 and 2010.
• Has a streak of three straight top 10s on the half-mile oval.
• Finished seventh in last season’s final point standings.
• One of five drivers to start all 65 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races.
Mark Dilley (No. 02 Leland/BDI/PartSource Ford)
• Placed 18th a season ago at CTMP.
• Is a two-time runner-up at the track – 2007 and 2008.
• Has led 72 laps on the half-mile oval.
• Has just one top 10 in last three Speedway at CTMP starts.
• Making his 2012 debut in the Clarington 200.
• Sharing time with Kerry Micks this season behind the wheel of the No. 02 Ford.
Steve Côté (No. 99 White Motorsports Chevrolet)
• Making his track debut in this year’s Clarington 200 and his first series start on an oval track.
• Was the 2010 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Quebec provincial champion while competing at Autodrome St. Eustache (Que.).
• Finished second in Modified division last season at All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif., an annual stop on the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West schedule.
Noel Dowler (No. 5 EMCO-Kohler/Rheem Dodge)
• Making his track debut in this year’s Clarington 200.
• Scored a season-best finish of 11th last season at Riverside International Speedway in Antigonish, N.S.
• Finished third in last year’s Rookie of the Year standings.
L.P. Dumoulin (No. 47 WeatherTech Canada/Bellmare Dodge)
• Making his track debut in this year’s Clarington 200.
• Making just his fourth career start on an oval.
• Has scored back-to-back top fives to open the season.
• Was the 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Rookie of the Year.
• Now a teammate of defending series champion Scott Steckly.
• Made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut on Aug. 20, 2012 at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
J.R. Fitzpatrick (No. 84 Equipment Express Chevrolet)
• Finished seventh a season ago at CTMP after starting on the pole.
• Career-best finish at the track was second in 2010.
• Has three top-10 finishes in four starts on the half-mile oval.
• Has led a total of 19 laps at the CTMP Speedway.
• Six of his seven career series wins have come on road courses – CTMP (3), Edmonton (2) and Montreal.
• Has made a pair of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts this season.
Jason Hathaway (No. 3 Snap-on Tools/Rockstar Energy Drink/Vortex Brake Pads Dodge)
• Finished sixth a season ago in the Clarington 200.
• Career-best finish of fourth came in 2007 at the track.
• Has top-10 finishes in four of his five Speedway at CTMP starts.
• One of five drivers to start all 65 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races.
D.J. Kennington (No. 17 Castrol Edge/Mahindra Tractors Dodge)
• Finished fifth last season at the Speedway at CTMP.
• Has scored a top-10 finish in all five of his outings at the track.
• Has led a total of 123 laps on the half-mile oval.
• Has a current streak of four consecutive top-five finishes and five straight top 10s.
• Has 11 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series victories – tied with Scott Steckly for second on the all-time list.
• Won 2010 series championship.
• One of five drivers to start all 65 NCATS races.
Jeff Lapcevich (No. 23 Tim Hortons Dodge)
• Scored an eighth-place finish last year on the Speedway at CTMP for his first top 10 at the track in three tries.
• Has a streak of six straight top-10 finishes in Canadian Tire Series action.
• In 2012, is competing fulltime in the Canadian Tire Series for the first time.
Steve Mathews (No. 15 Bill Mathews Motors Ford)
• Logged a 10th-place finish last season on the Speedway at CTMP.
• Finished sixth in the 2009 race at the former Mosport Speedway in his series debut.
Andrew Ranger (No. 27 Dodge/GC Motorsport Dodge)
• Has not competed at the track since winning the 2009 Clarington 200.
• Has top-five finishes in his last five Canadian Tire Series starts.
• Has finished inside the top 10 in 24 of his last 25 series starts dating back to the 2008 season.
• Is the series’ all-time leader with 15 victories.
• Tied with Don Thomson Jr. at 11 atop the all-time list for pole wins.
• Won the series championship in 2007 and 2009.
Martin Roy (No. 90 Veloce/Gamache Truck Center Dodge)
• Making his track debut in this year’s Clarington 200 and his first series start on an oval track.
• Is the current leader in the Rookie of the Year standings.
Pete Shepherd III (No. 7 National Exhaust Dodge)
• Finished second last season in the Clarington 200.
• Scored a fifth-place finish in 2010 at the track.
• Has led a total of 76 laps in his two starts on the half-mile track.
• Closed 2011 with a pair of top-10 finishes.
• Has top 10s in five of his last seven Canadian Tire Series starts.
Scott Steckly (No. 22 Canadian Tire Dodge)
• Won the 2011 edition of the Clarington 200.
• Has three top-10 performances in five starts on the half-mile Ontario oval.
• Has four consecutive top-five finishes dating back to last season.
• Has scored a top-10 finish in six of his last seven series starts.
• Has 11 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series victories – tied with D.J. Kennington for second on the all-time list.
• Won 2008 and 2011 series championships.
• One of five drivers to start all 65 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races.
Jason White (No. 21 A&W/Bowers & Wilkins Dodge)
• Finished 15th last season in the Clarington 200.
• Was 2008 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Rookie of the Year.
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series At The Speedway At Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
• This is the series’ sixth season to compete on the half-mile oval at CTMP.
• The series also races on the 2.459-mile road course, adjacent to the oval track at CTMP.
• Chevrolet and Ford each have a pair of wins while Dodge has one at the track.
• There has been an average of 7.2 caution periods for an average of 50.8 laps in the five prior races with the earliest coming at Lap 5 in 2011 and the latest at Lap 201 in 2007.
• The average starting position of the winner is 4.8, while the polesitter has an average finish of 8.2.
• The most laps led by a race winner are 181 by Don Thomson Jr. in 2007 and the fewest is two by Kerry Micks in 2008.
• Andrew Ranger (2009) and Scott Steckly (2011) are the only two former winners at the track entered in the event.
• The Clarington 200 has been run in August four times and once in May. This is the first June date for the event.
• Eight drivers – Steve Côté, Ray Courtemanche Jr., Noel Dowler, L.P. Dumoulin, Larry Jackson, Martin Roy, Howie Scannell Jr., Mike Scholz – are making their track debut.
• Côté, Courtemanche, Jackson, Roy, Scannell and Scholz are making their first series start on an oval.
• The race’s television premier is scheduled for Sunday, June 24 at 1 p.m. ET on TSN and Wednesday, July 11 at 10 p.m. ET on RDS2.
