Andrew Ranger was excited to participate in the inaugural event for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series at the Autodrome Chaudière this past weekend. Ranger battled hard to put the #27 Mopar Parts Dodge in position for a solid result but late contact would dampen their results.
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.
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.
After rain washed out Friday’s test session and Saturday’s race schedule, the Budweiser 300 and inaugural visit to Autodrome Chaudiere by the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, presented by Mobil 1 finally took the green flag at 1:30 on Sunday afternoon.
NASCAR, along with the ARCA Menards Series, head out to Phoenix Raceway for the first of two trips this season. The weekend in the desert culminates with a 312-lap race for the Cup Series on Sunday.
JR Motorsports has competed at Phoenix Raceway a combined 117 times in the NOAPS. In those starts at the 1-mile oval, the organization has recorded four wins, 31 top-fives and 61 top-10s. The average finish is 12.9.
Josh Berry and Wood Brothers Racing head to one of Berry’s strongest tracks this weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series visits Phoenix Raceway for Sunday’s Straight Talk Wireless 500.
