In the first practice for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, L.P. Dumoulin topped the speed charts with a lap of one minute and 24.2 seconds.
The driver of the No. 47 WeatherTech Canada/Bellemare Dodge won the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park race in May and currently sits fourth in points.
Points leader Scott Steckly was second quickest, 0.083 seconds off of Dumoulin, in his No. 22 Canadian Tire Dodge as he looks for his fourth win of the season. Steckly, who finished third at CTMP in May, currently holds a four point lead over D.J. Kennington.
Rookie Alex Guenette was third quickest on the speed charts, 0.373 seconds off of Dumoulin’s quick time. Guenette is looking for his first NCATs win this weekend. The Quebec native didn’t fair well at CTMP in the spring as he finished 26th, though had a second place finish at St. Eustache about a month ago.
Fellow Quebec native and series past champion Andrew Ranger was fourth quickest, 0.459 seconds off of Dumoulin. Ranger has made two NCATs starts this year, finishing first at Circuit ICAR and second at Trois Rivieres. In five starts at CTMP, he has two wins with his worst finish being a sixth.
J.R. Fitzpatrick rounded out the top five as he looks to turn his season around after blowing the motor the last time the NCATs were out in Antoganish. Fitzpatrick has been great at CTMP in the past, winning in his three of his seven starts.
D.J. Kennington was sixth quickest, followed by Gary Klutt, Jason Hathaway, Peter Klutt and Jeff Lapcevich.
Four NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regulars are running the NCATs race this weekend for extra experience. Ty Dillon was the highest of them in practice, laying down the 15th quickest lap. Chad Hackenbracht was 21st, followed by James Buescher in 22nd and Jeb Burton in 23rd.
The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series will have one more practice this afternoon before they qualify.
