2007 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

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The 2007 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series was the inaugural season for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series with the first event being held on May 26, 2007 at Cayuga Motor Speedway and Don Thomson Jr. won in a spirited battle for the first series win. Andrew Ranger, in his first year of stock-car competition, won the second race at Mosport International Raceway. He took over the lead in the point standings after that event and never relinquished it on his way to the first championship. The first season saw no less than five races decided on last lap passes.

Schedule[edit]

Race Name Track Date
1 Dodge Dealers 200 Cayuga International Speedway, Hamilton May 26
2 Dickies 200 presented by Canadian Shield Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville June 17
3 Mopar 300 Barrie Speedway, Barrie July 1
4 BC Dodge Dealers Dodge Avenger 300 SunValley Speedway, Vernon July 15
5 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton City Centre Airport, Edmonton July 21
6 NAPA Autopro 100 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal August 4
7 Full Throttle Energy Drink 200 Mosport International Raceway, Bowmanville August 11
8 GP3R 100 Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières August 19
9 Subway 200 Cayuga International Speedway, Hamilton September 1
10 ATTO 200 Barrie Speedway, Barrie September 8
11 Atlantic Dodge Dealers 300 Riverside Speedway, Antigonish September 15
12 Dodge Dealers of Ontario Dodge Charger 250 Kawartha Speedway, Peterborough September 23

Results[edit]

Race Name Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Dodge Dealers 200 D. J. Kennington Don Thomson Jr. Don Thomson Jr. Chevrolet
2 Dickies 200 presented by Canadian Shield Andrew Ranger J. R. Fitzpatrick Andrew Ranger Ford
3 Mopar 300 Mark Dilley D. J. Kennington D. J. Kennington Dodge
4 BC Dodge Dealers Dodge Avenger 300 Don Thomson Jr. Scott Steckly J. R. Fitzpatrick Chevrolet
5 Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger J. R. Fitzpatrick Chevrolet
6 NAPA Autopro 100 J. R. Fitzpatrick Kerry Micks Kerry Micks Ford
7 Full Throttle Energy Drink 200 J. R. Fitzpatrick Don Thomson Jr. Don Thomson Jr. Chevrolet
8 GP3R 100 J. R. Fitzpatrick Kerry Micks Kerry Micks Ford
9 Subway 200 Don Thomson Jr. Andrew Ranger Derek Lynch Dodge
10 ATTO 300 Kerry Micks Peter Gibbons D. J. Kennington Dodge
11 Atlantic Dodge Dealers 300 Peter Gibbons Peter Gibbons Mark Dilley Dodge
12 Dodge Dealers of Ontario Dodge Charger 250 Mark Dilley Don Thomson Jr. Scott Steckly Dodge

Standings[edit]

The top 10
Position Driver Wins Poles Top 5s Points
1 Andrew Ranger 1 2 7 1896
2 D. J. Kennington 2 1 8 1793
3 Peter Gibbons 0 1 8 1770
4 Don Thomson Jr. 2 2 5 1739
5 Derek Lynch 1 0 5 1713
6 J. R. Fitzpatrick 2 3 4 1710
7 Kerry Micks 2 1 6 1696
8 Mark Dilley 1 2 4 1688
9 Jason Hathaway 0 0 1 1631
10 Scott Steckly 1 0 7 1630

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