Driver for Canada's Best Racing Team (CBRT) Joey McColm looked to be on their way to a solid result at round number two of the NASCAR Canadian Tire series at the Autodrome Chaudière this past weekend. Sadly a mechanical failure left the team without that result.
Fresh off a victory in Round 2 of the OSCAAR Super Late Model Tour at Kawartha Speedway, Andrew Gresel turned in another impressive performance on June 14th, capturing runner-up honours in Round 3 of the tour at Barrie Speedway.
The second round of the 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Presented by Mobile 1 championship took the tour to the rugged .25 mile oval at Autodrome Chaudiere at Vallee Jonction Quebec, a short drive from Quebec City.
On Saturday night at Barrie Speedway, Tyler Hawn would make his 2014 OSCAAR Super Late Model season debut. The night didn’t go as hoped, though, as Hawn would fight handling issues on his way to finishing 10th in the 50-lap feature.
Gary Mclean used a lap twenty seven restart to claim first place and record his second feature event win in 2014. Race long leader #36 of Gary Elliott said there was nothing he could do, he lost his power steering and on the restart did not want to push up into McLean.
#10 Jesse Kennedy lead the field to green and held onto the point until lap eleven of the fifty lap event. Current point leader Andrew Gresel would pace the field till a lap thirty three caution allowed the second running #17 Kevin Cornelius to close the gap.
All of the TriStar Motorsports drivers battled through the "Irish Hills" of Michigan International Speedway and brought home three top-25 finishes. Below are the results for the Ollie's Bargain Outlet 250:
Rookie driver, Justin Allison earns his career best finish of 3rd in his Michigan debut on Friday. The finish marks his third career best finish this year after finishing 7th at Toledo and then 5th at Pocono.
After starting 8th for the Corrigan Oil 200 at Michigan Int’l Speedway, Team BCR and Grant Enfinger gained another top-10 finish of 8th in the No. 90 Motor Honey - Advance Auto Parts Ford.
NASCAR's first Hispanic driver, Carlos Contreras, will be behind the wheel of the No. 44 TriStar Motorsports Toyota Camry for the road course races on the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule. He will pilot a TriStar Motorsports Camry at Road America (June 21st), Watkins Glen (August 9th) and Mid-Ohio (August 16th).
Shane van Gisbergen started on the pole, led the most laps and captured the checkered flag in today’s Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Sonoma Raceway.
The three-time Supercars champion from Auckland, New Zealand, led a race-high 66 of 79 laps and had enough fuel to notch his second O'Reilly Auto Parts Series victory at Sonoma in three years.
