D.J. Kennington won it all. Kennington capped his 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 championship with a victory Saturday in the final race of the season, the Pinty’s 250 presented by Dodge, at Kawartha Speedway.
It’s been four weeks since Finley’s last race at his home track on the 2012 JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance, the fast 3/8s (0.375) mile high-banked paved oval of Owosso Speedway in Ovid, Michigan located 20 minutes northeast of the Chad Finley Racing headquarters in Dewitt, Michigan for the Big “O” Classic 100 Presented by JEGS.com were he would come home with a solid second place showing.
For the second time in the last three seasons DJ Kennington is the 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Champion. The driver of the #17 Castrol Edge Dodge scored his seventh race win of the season in the final event at Kawartha Speedway near Peterborough, ON on Saturday night to secure the points title.
The final event of the 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire series took place Saturday night at Kawartha Speedway near Peterborough, ON. It marked another spectacular run for Martin Roy driver of the #90 Batteries Expert/Veloce/Gamache Truck Centre Dodge who is the series rookie of the year and teammate Isabelle Tremblay pilot of the #07 Frank Lyman Design Dodge also showed well.
Sherwood Park, Alberta’s Noel Dowler, the #5 EMCO Dodge team approached the final round of the 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series at Kawartha Speedway near Peterborough, ON looking for another strong finish and to finish as high as possible in the overall standings.
Jason White was satisfied on Saturday with the performance of his #21 Bowers & Wilkins Dodge at the Pinty’s 250, calling it the “best running car we’ve had this season.” Unfortunately for White, the car’s performance wasn’t quite enough to give him the edge he needed to move up in the season standings.
Ron Beauchamp Jr. closed out the 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season with a hard-fought race narrowly missing out on a top-ten finish at the Kawartha Speedway in the Pinty’s 250.
In spite of being forced to take a provisional starting position and a few other speed bumps during the final round of the 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season, Jarrad Whissell was proud of his #44 SMS Equipment/Komatsu Chevrolet’s team in the Pinty’s 250 at the Kawartha Speedway. The team showed grit and determination throughout the final event.
There is not a dirt track on the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series schedule that Tracy Hines has been more prolific at than the famed Eldora Speedway. The native of New Castle, Ind., continued his proficiency in a sprint car at the half-mile during the 4-Crown Nationals on Saturday, Sept. 22, earning his second win of the season at Eldora and the ninth of his career at the Ohio oval aboard a sprinter.
Abel kept alive his faint hopes for the INDY NXT by Firestone championship by passing points leader Louis Foster on the first lap and winning the Grand Prix of Portland on Sunday at Portland International Raceway.
Wood Brothers Racing won its 100th NASCAR Cup Series race on Saturday night when Harrison Burton captured the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway.
Austin Cindric finished 18th in Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 after a late-race incident put a damper on his stout performance throughout the night.
