2023 NASCAR Pinty's Series

The 2023 NASCAR Pinty's Series was the seventeenth season of the Pinty's Series, the national stock car racing series in Canada sanctioned by NASCAR. The season began with a race at Sunset Speedway on May 13 and concluded with the race at Delaware Speedway on September 24.

Treyten Lapcevich won his first Pinty's Series championship after winning seven races during the season. Marc-Antoine Camirand, who entered the season as the defending champion, finished second in the final standings behind Lapcevich. Alex Tagliani finished third in the championship.

Treyten Lapcevich is the younger brother of Cayden Lapcevich, the 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series champion. After Treyten's championship in 2023, they became the first brothers to both win Pinty's Series championships.

This was also the last season of the series with the NASCAR Pinty's Series name as NASCAR decided to move to a premier partner title sponsorship model for its Canadian Series, with the series' new name being the NASCAR Canada Series with Pinty's staying on as a premier partner along with Evirum becoming another premier partner.[1]

Teams and drivers

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Complete schedule

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Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief
Chevrolet Team 3 Red/Ed Hakonson Racing 3 Alex Guenette Jason Hathaway
92 Dexter Stacey Craig Masters
Paille Racing Team 96 Marc-Antoine Camirand Robin McCluskey
Wight Motorsports 0 Glenn Styres Jim Ireland 5
Doug Brown 9
27 Andrew Ranger Jeff Wilcox
22 Racing 18 Alex Tagliani Terry Simpson
20 Treyten Lapcevich Jeff Lapcevich
Dodge DJK Racing 17 D. J. Kennington Rick Verberne
Dumoulin Compétition 47 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Benoit Laganiere
Lacroix Motorsport 74 Kevin Lacroix Don Thomson Jr.
Larry Jackson Racing 84 Larry Jackson Howie Scannell Jr. 5
David Stephens 9
Ford Jacombs Racing 1 Jean-Philippe Bergeron Ron Easton
24 Thomas Nepveu (R) 13 Ray McCaughey
Alex Labbé 1

Limited schedule

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Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Round(s)
Chevrolet Team 3 Red/Ed Hakonson Racing 66 Wallace Stacey Ben Carswell 5
Gary Mead 3
8
Groupe Theetge 80 Donald Theetge (R) Martin Roy 8
ICAR Canada Racing Team 03 Justin Arseneau Joe Cote 2
Jacques Guenette, Sr. 93 Jacques Guenette, Sr. Sylvain Gagnon 1
Jean-Frédéric Laberge 91 Jean-Frédéric Laberge James Ireland 4
JF77 Racing 77 Jocelyn Fecteau Eric-Pierre Martel 2
Jim Bray Motorsports 98 Malcolm Strachan Mike Knott 2
Unknown 2
Don Barnhart 2
6
Darryl Timmers Brandon Mitic 3
John Fletcher 1
Josh Collins Racing 23 Brandon Mcfarlane Glen Mcfarlane 3
56 Josh Collins Carl Neary 3
Krzysik Racing 46 Jamie Krzysik Louis Krzysik 3
Mark Dilley 9 Brandon Watson Rino Montanari 13
MBS Motorsports 31 Daniel Bois Brian Ellas 8
Paille Racing Team 01 David Hébert Kevin Ether 2
87 Sam Fellows Unknown 1
Mike Knott 4
5
Promotive Racing 67 David Thorndyke Adam Thorndyke 1
Wight Motorsports 19 Stewart Friesen Andrew Reaume 2
Jesse Kennedy Jamie Hartley 1
22 Racing 22 Kyle Steckly Scott Steckly 3
Peter Shepherd II 2
5[N 1]
Ken Schrader Kyle Steckly 2[N 1]
Dodge Andre Coursol 54 Dave Coursol Andre Coursol 2
Brent Wheller Motorsports 61 Brent Wheller Kevin Gallant 1
Busch Racing 43 Shantel Kalika Ben Busch 3
DJK Racing 06 Sara Thorne Rob McConnell 1
11 Wayne Hanlon Jr. TBA 1[N 2]
Amber Balcaen Donald Teinhardt 1
28 Matthew Shirley TBA 3
88 Simon Charbonneau TBA 1
Dumoulin Compétition 04 Jean-François Dumoulin Richard Dumoulin 1
Duroking Autosport 12 Mathieu Kingsbury TBA 1
Raphaël Lessard Jean-Pierre Cyr 2
Herby Motorsports 53 Herby Drescher Vick Decker 2
Martin Goulet 2
Anna Romatowska 1
5
75 Benoit Couture Vick Decker 1
Kasey Jones Racing 30 Noah Gragson Jim Ireland 1
Legendary Motorcar Company 6 Peter Klutt Nick Sheridan 1
Jason Humphries 2
3
42 Ryan Klutt Jason Humphries 1
Nick Sheridan 1
2
59 Gary Klutt John Fletcher 4
Monaghan Motorsports 4 Trevor Monaghan Rob McConnell 4
Serge Bourdeau 55 Serge Bourdeau Yannick Bourdeau 3
Dodge 1
Chevrolet 2
Dumoulin Compétition 13 Jean-François Dumoulin Richard Dumoulin 1
Louis-Philippe Montour Dany Emond 3
Chevrolet 3
Ford 2
Jacombs Racing 36 Alex Labbé Marc Beaudoin 3
Dave Bailey Bob Slack 2
Ford 2
Chevrolet 2
Michael Goudie 38 Mike Goudie Ryan Goudie 4
Dodge 4
Ford 2
Larry Jackson Racing 99 Matthew Scannell Howie Scannell Jr. 3
Owen Groves 1
Aaron Turkey 2

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Ken Schrader was scheduled to run the 2nd race at Ohsweken Speedway (race #11) but since the race was postponed one day due to rain, Schrader had a scheduling conflict with SRX Series race so he was replaced in the race #11 at Ohsweken by Kyle Steckly.
  2. ^ Entry was fielded in collaboration with Hanlon Motorsports.

Schedule

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On 17 January 2023, NASCAR announced the 2023 schedule. It will be the first season in history to run 14 races. It includes an additional race at Ohsweken Speedway.[2]

No. Race Title Track Location Date
1 NTN Ultimate Bearing Experience 250 Sunset Speedway Innisfil 13 May
2 Ebay Motors 200 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario 21 May
3 Bud Light 300 Autodrome Chaudière Vallée-Jonction 10 June
4 Proline 250 Presented by NL Chevrolet Dealers Eastbound International Speedway Avondale, Newfoundland and Labrador 24 June
5 Tiffany Gate Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto 14 July
6 Bayer 300 Edmonton International Raceway Wetaskiwin 22 July
7 Leland Industries Twin 125's Sutherland Automotive Speedway Saskatoon 26 July
8
9 Les 60 Tours Rousseau Metal Presented by Groupe Olivier & Prolon Controls Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières 6 August
10 Freshtone Dirt Classic Ohsweken Speedway Ohsweken 14 August
11 The Pinty's 100 Ohsweken Speedway Ohsweken 16 August[N 1]
12 Evirum 125 Circuit ICAR Mirabel, Quebec 26 August
13 WeatherTech 200 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario 3 September
14 Pintys Fall Brawl Delaware Speedway Delaware, Ontario 24 September

Notes:

  1. ^ The Pinty's 100 was originally scheduled for August 15, but was postponed one day due to rain.

Results and standings

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Races

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No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 NTN Ultimate Bearing Experience 250 Treyten Lapcevich Treyten Lapcevich Treyten Lapcevich Chevrolet
2 Ebay Motors 200 Marc-Antoine Camirand Gary Klutt Treyten Lapcevich Chevrolet
3 Bud Light 300 Treyten Lapcevich Treyten Lapcevich Marc-Antoine Camirand Chevrolet
4 Proline 250 Presented by NL Chevrolet Dealers Donald Theetge Kevin Lacroix Treyten Lapcevich Chevrolet
5 Tiffany Gate Grand Prix of Toronto Alex Tagliani Alex Tagliani Alex Tagliani Chevrolet
6 Bayer 300 Marc-Antoine Camirand Marc-Antoine Camirand Marc-Antoine Camirand Chevrolet
7 Leland Industries Twin 125s Race 1 Treyten Lapcevich Treyten Lapcevich Treyten Lapcevich Chevrolet
8 Leland Industries Twin 125s Race 2 Donald Theetge Treyten Lapcevich Treyten Lapcevich Chevrolet
9 Les 60 Tours Rousseau Metal Marc-Antoine Camirand Marc-Antoine Camirand Marc-Antoine Camirand Chevrolet
10 Freshstone Dirt Classic Ken Schrader Treyten Lapcevich Ken Schrader Chevrolet
11 Pinty's 100 Treyten Lapcevich Treyten Lapcevich Treyten Lapcevich Chevrolet
12 Evirum 125 Marc-Antoine Camirand Alex Tagliani Marc-Antoine Camirand Chevrolet
13 WeatherTech 200 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Alex Labbé Kevin Lacroix Dodge
14 Pinty's Fall Brawl Kyle Steckly Treyten Lapcevich Treyten Lapcevich Chevrolet

Drivers' championship

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(keyBold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. L –Led race lap (1 point). * – Led most race laps (1 point). (R) - Rookie of the Year candidate.

Pos. Driver SUN MSP ACD AVE TOR EDM SAS SAS CTR OSK OSK ICAR MSP DEL Points
1 Treyten Lapcevich 1L* 1L 2L* 1L 6 2 1L* 1L* 6L 4L* 1L* 4 6L 1L* 612
2 Marc-Antoine Camirand 4 2L 1L 3 3 1L* 3 5 1L* 5 13 1L 3L 22 551
3 Alex Tagliani 19 6 7 6 1L* 5 4 2L 3L 10L 15 3L* 8L 13 524
4 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 7 5L 5 8 4 3 18 3 2L 16 6 5 2L 14 520
5 Kevin Lacroix 3 4L 4 5L* 2 4 9 9 30 2 9 22 1L 5 514
6 D. J. Kennington 6 8 6 19 9 17 10 12 5 3 5 10 4 3L 500
7 Alex Guenette 2L 7 10 4 8 18 5 6 8 9 11 19 12 6 493
8 Jean-Philippe Bergeron 8 10 13 10 7 9 13 17 9 14 4 9 14 8 471
9 Larry Jackson 9 13 9 7 13 11 15 13 11 19 8 13 11L 11 453
10 Andrew Ranger 17 18 20 17L 5L 15 6 10 29 11 3 6 23L 4 435
11 Dexter Stacey 12 9 3 9 24 16 8 7 26 17 12 11 27 9 428
12 Brandon Watson 10 21 8 16L 19 8 7 4 7 15 23 13 18 404
13 Thomas Nepveu (R) 20 25 14 18 7 11 8 10 8 18 24 22 7 380
14 Glenn Styres 21 20 21 14 21 13 16 18 17 24 10 25 20 20 356
15 Donald Theetge 5 19 20L 6 2 11 20 2 269
16 Daniel Bois (R) 14 11 25 21 7 17 8 7 242
17 Wallace Stacey 16 16 17 22 21 18 25 12 205
18 Malcolm Strachan 13 12 12 21 18 14 174
19 Kyle Steckly (R) 18 12 2L 10 21L 159
20 Sam Fellows 11 16 15 12 17 149
21 Alex Labbé 2 23L 2 5L* 147
22 Herby Drescher (R) 19 15 16 15 16 139
23 Gary Klutt 3L* 23 4L 24 125
24 Trevor Monaghan 17 21 19 15 104
25 Matthew Shirley (R) 10 12 15 95
26 Brandon McFarlane (R) 11 15 13 93
27 Matthew Scannell 14 10 19 89
28 Jamie Krzysik 12 17 14 89
29 Shantel Kalika 14 14 16 88
30 Josh Collins (R) 15 18 12 87
31 Darryl Timmers (R) 14 12 21 85
32 Jean-Frédéric Laberge 20 27 20 30 79
33 Peter Klutt 23 22 15 72
34 Serge Bourdeau (R) 26 19 17 70
35 Mike Goudie (R) 22 23 Wth 18 69
36 David Hébert (R) 13 7 68
37 Justin Arseneau (R) 14 7 67
38 Ryan Klutt 17 9 62
39 Dave Coursol 13 14 61
40 Stewart Friesen 6 22 60
41 Dave Bailey (R) 12 16 60
42 Louis-Philippe Montour (R) 24L 23 26 60
43 Jean-François Dumoulin 11 28 49
44 Jocelyn Fecteau 15 25 48
45 Aaron Turkey (R) 20 20 48
46 Ken Schrader 1L QL 47
47 Raphaël Lessard 22 21 45
48 Noah Gragson 10 34
49 Sara Thorne (R) 11 33
50 Wayne Hanlon Jr. (R) 15 29
51 Mathieu Kingsbury 16 28
52 Jacques Guenette, Sr. (R) 16 28
53 John Fletcher 16 28
54 Amber Balcaen 17 27
55 Owen Groves (R) 18 26
56 Benoit Couture (R) 18 26
57 Jesse Kennedy (R) 19 25
58 Simon Charbonneau (R) 24 20
59 David Thorndyke 28 16
60 Brent Wheller 29 15

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NASCAR Canada Series Receives New Name with Presenting Partner Model". NASCAR Canada. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "NASCAR Pinty's Series 2023 Schedule Announced". nascar.ca. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  3. ^ "NASCAR Pinty's Series Penalty Report – Post Ohsweken Speedway". 17 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  4. ^ "NASCAR Pinty's Series Penalty – Post Autodrome Chaudière". 14 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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