# 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series

The 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series was the tenth season of the NASCAR Pinty's Series. Beginning on May 22 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, the season consisted of twelve races at eleven different venues in Canada. The season ended at Kawartha Speedway on September 18. Scott Steckly was the defending Drivers' Champion. Cayden Lapcevich won the 2016 championship when the Green Flag dropped at the last race, as there were not enough entries for Lapcevich to lose that many points that Andrew Ranger could have taken the championship. Lapcevich won the championship by a 54-point margin over Ranger.
The season was the first since naming rights of the series were transferred from Canadian Tire to frozen chicken supplier Pinty's.

## Drivers

| No. | Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief |
| 01 | Chevrolet | Dennis LaForce | Shania LaForce (R) 1 | Dennis LaForce |
| 1 | Dodge 3 | Bud Morris | Robin Buck 3 | Alan Haringa 3 |
| 1 | Ford 8 | Bud Morris | Larry Jackson 4 | Ed Wrong 6 Frank Millman 1 Dave Stephens 1 |
| 1 | Ford 8 | Bud Morris | Kevin Poitras (R) 1 | Ed Wrong 6 Frank Millman 1 Dave Stephens 1 |
| 1 | Ford 8 | Bud Morris | Joey McColm 3 | Ed Wrong 6 Frank Millman 1 Dave Stephens 1 |
| 02 | Ford | Susan Micks | Kerry Micks 5 | Rino Montanari |
| 02 | Ford | Susan Micks | Mark Dilley 7 | Rino Montanari |
| 03 | Dodge | Marc Arseneau | Elie Arseneau 1 | Brandon White |
| 3 | Chevrolet | Ed Hakonson | Jason Hathaway | Craig Masters |
| 04 | Dodge | Eric Kerub | Jean-François Dumoulin 6 | Robin McCluskey |
| 06 | Dodge | Carlos de Quesada | Carlos de Quesada (R) 2 | Randy Smith |
| 06 | Dodge | Carlos de Quesada | Daniel Morad 2 | Randy Smith |
| 8 | Ford 2 | Bud Morris | Kevin Poitras (R) 2 | Ed Wrong 2 |
| 8 | Dodge 2 | Bud Morris | Larry Jackson 1 | David Stephens 1 |
| 8 | Dodge 2 | Bud Morris | Paul Geniole Jr. (R) 1 | Paul Geniole Sr. 1 |
| 09 | Dodge | Trevor Seibert | Jamie Krzysik (R) 2 | Jeff Walt |
| 9 | Ford 8 | Susan Micks | Adam Martin 6 | Don Jacobson 5 Terry Wilson 3 Kevin Hein 2 |
| 9 | Ford 8 | Susan Micks | Kerry Micks 2 | Don Jacobson 5 Terry Wilson 3 Kevin Hein 2 |
| 9 | Dodge 1 | Susan Micks | Jason Hankewich 2 | Don Jacobson 5 Terry Wilson 3 Kevin Hein 2 |
| 9 | Chevrolet 1 | Susan Micks | Jason Hankewich 2 | Don Jacobson 5 Terry Wilson 3 Kevin Hein 2 |
| 11 | Dodge | Martin Cote | Martin Cote (R) 2 | Dave Coursol |
| 17 | Dodge | Doug Kennington 1 | D. J. Kennington | Ted McAlister |
| 17 | Dodge | D. J. Kennington 11 | D. J. Kennington | Ted McAlister |
| 18 | Chevrolet | Colin Livingston | Pier-Luc Ouellette (R) 1 | Tyler Case |
| 18 | Chevrolet | Colin Livingston | Alex Tagliani 11 | Tyler Case |
| 20 | Dodge | Anthony Parisien | Raymond Guay (R) 2 | Herby Drescher |
| 21 | Dodge | Rob McConnell | Jason White 2 | Rob McConnell |
| 22 | Dodge | Scott Steckly | Kaz Grala 2 | Randy Steckly |
| 22 | Dodge | Scott Steckly | Donald Theetge 2 | Randy Steckly |
| 22 | Dodge | Scott Steckly | John Farrano 1 | Randy Steckly |
| 25 | Ford | Bud Morris | Joey McColm 1 | Ryan Weiss 1 Joey McColm 5 Paul Geniole 1 Ed Wrong 2 Frank Millman 1 |
| 25 | Ford | Bud Morris | Josh Collins (R) 4 | Ryan Weiss 1 Joey McColm 5 Paul Geniole 1 Ed Wrong 2 Frank Millman 1 |
| 25 | Ford | Bud Morris | Larry Jackson 3 | Ryan Weiss 1 Joey McColm 5 Paul Geniole 1 Ed Wrong 2 Frank Millman 1 |
| 25 | Ford | Bud Morris | Kevin Poitras (R) 1 | Ryan Weiss 1 Joey McColm 5 Paul Geniole 1 Ed Wrong 2 Frank Millman 1 |
| 25 | Ford | Bud Morris | Simon Dion-Viens 1 | Ryan Weiss 1 Joey McColm 5 Paul Geniole 1 Ed Wrong 2 Frank Millman 1 |
| 27 | Dodge | Doug Kennington | Andrew Ranger | Lawrence Roy 1 |
| 27 | Dodge | Doug Kennington | Andrew Ranger | Dave Wight 11 |
| 32 | Ford | Alain Lord Mounir | Alex Labbé | Mario Gosselin 1 |
| 32 | Ford | Alain Lord Mounir | Alex Labbé | Ron Easton 9 |
| 32 | Ford | Alain Lord Mounir | Alex Labbé | Randy Smith 1 |
| 32 | Ford | Alain Lord Mounir | Alex Labbé | Dave Jacombs 1 |
| 36 | Ford | Dave Jacombs | Jeffrey Earnhardt 1 | Randy Smith |
| 37 | Dodge | Clement Samson | Simon Dion-Viens 2 | Clement Samson |
| 40 | Dodge | Mario Michaud 1 | David Michaud (R) 2 | Frederick Cyr 1 |
| 40 | Dodge | David Michaud 1 | David Michaud (R) 2 | Jonathan Lavoie 1 |
| 42 | Chevrolet | Peter Klutt | Ryan Klutt 1 | Jason Humphries |
| 42 | Chevrolet | Peter Klutt | Peter Klutt 3 | Jason Humphries |
| 46 | Dodge | Scott Steckly | Brett Taylor (R) 3 | Mike Knott 3 |
| 46 | Dodge | Scott Steckly | Waylon Farrell (R) 1 | Randy Steckly 1 |
| 47 | Dodge | Marc-André Bergeron | Louis-Philippe Dumoulin | Bill Burns |
| 48 | Dodge | Gordon Coates | Dwayne Baker (R) 3 | Kyle Baker |
| 51 | Dodge | Murray Haukaas | Nick Jewell 1 | Dave Hall |
| 53 | Dodge | Kevin Dowler | Noel Dowler 2 | Kevin Dowler |
| 56 | Dodge 10 | Dan Bray 1 Jim Bray 11 | Matthew Scannell 3 | Howie Scannell Jr. 5 Deven Brown 3 Jonathan Lavoie 1 Gene Depot 1 |
| 56 | Dodge 10 | Dan Bray 1 Jim Bray 11 | David Michaud (R) 2 | Howie Scannell Jr. 5 Deven Brown 3 Jonathan Lavoie 1 Gene Depot 1 |
| 56 | Dodge 10 | Dan Bray 1 Jim Bray 11 | Robin Buck 1 | Howie Scannell Jr. 5 Deven Brown 3 Jonathan Lavoie 1 Gene Depot 1 |
| 56 | Dodge 10 | Dan Bray 1 Jim Bray 11 | Kelly Admiraal 3 | Howie Scannell Jr. 5 Deven Brown 3 Jonathan Lavoie 1 Gene Depot 1 |
| 56 | Dodge 10 | Dan Bray 1 Jim Bray 11 | Derek Lynch 1 | Howie Scannell Jr. 5 Deven Brown 3 Jonathan Lavoie 1 Gene Depot 1 |
| 56 | Chevrolet 1 | Dan Bray 1 Jim Bray 11 | Bryan Cathcart (R) 1 | Derek Lynch 1 |
| 59 | Dodge | Peter Klutt | Gary Klutt | John Fletcher |
| 67 | Chevrolet | David Thorndyke | David Thorndyke 3 | Kattie Smilovsky |
| 69 | Dodge | Trevor Seibert | Trevor Seibert 3 | Al Lebert |
| 69 | Dodge | Trevor Seibert | Ryley Seibert 1 | Al Lebert |
| 71 | Dodge | Patrice Brisebois | Patrick Dussault (R) 5 | Jonathan Cote |
| 74 | Dodge | Sylvain Lacroix | Kevin Lacroix | Don Thomson Jr. |
| 75 | Chevrolet 2 | Denise McCullough | Bryan Cathcart (R) 2 | Derek Lynch 2 |
| 75 | Dodge 1 | Denise McCullough | Derek Lynch 1 | Gene Depot 1 |
| 76 | Dodge | Sherri Lapcevich | Cayden Lapcevich (R) | Jeff Lapcevich |
| 77 | Dodge | Katherine Almeida | Jocelyn Fecteau 3 | Eric-Pierre Martel |
| 83 | Chevrolet | Menno Admiraal | Ian Admiraal 3 | Craig Raudman 2 |
| 83 | Chevrolet | Menno Admiraal | Ian Admiraal 3 | Daniel Vaandrager 1 |
| 84 | Dodge | Brian Barton | Larry Jackson 1 | Dave Stephens |
| 87 | Chevrolet 1 | Bud Morris | Mel Shaw (R) 1 | Al Lebert 1 |
| 87 | Dodge 1 | Bud Morris | Larry Jackson 1 | Dave Stephens 1 |
| 89 | Ford | Donald Chisholm | Donald Chisholm 1 | George Koszkulics |
| 95 | Dodge | Peter Simone | Anthony Simone 9 | Jeff Walt |
| 99 | Chevrolet | Brandon White | Marc-Antoine Camirand 1 | Brandon White |

## Schedule

The 2016 Pinty's Series schedule was released on December 16, 2015 and featured twelve events, one more than the 2015 season. The additional race was held on July 16 at Exhibition Place in Toronto, which returned to the schedule after a five-year absence.
| No. | Race title | Tracks | Date |
| 1 | Clarington 200 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville | May 22 |
| 2 | Leland Industries 300 presented by Dickies | Sunset Speedway, Innisfil | June 18 |
| 3 | CRS Express 300 | Autodrome Chaudière, Vallée-Jonction | June 24 |
| 4 | Ecko Unlimited 100 | Circuit ICAR, Mirabel | July 3 |
| 5 | Pinty's Grand Prix of Toronto | Exhibition Place, Toronto | July 16 |
| 6 | Alberta Has New Energy 300 | Edmonton International Raceway, Wetaskiwin | July 23 |
| 7 | Prairie Velocity Thunder 250 | Wyant Group Raceway, Saskatoon | July 27 |
| 8 | Can-Am 50 Tours | Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières | August 14 |
| 9 | Bumper to Bumper 300 | Riverside International Speedway, Antigonish | August 20 |
| 10 | Can-Am 200 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville | September 4 |
| 11 | Lucas Oil 250 | Autodrome Saint-Eustache, Saint-Eustache | September 10 |
| 12 | Kawartha 250 | Kawartha Speedway, Fraserville | September 18 |

### Notes

* ↑ The CRS Express 300 was postponed thirteen days due to the forecast for rain throughout the weekend.
* ↑ The Kawartha 250 was postponed a day due to continued rain throughout the afternoon and heavy rain forecasted for later Saturday night.

## Results and standings
### Races

| No. | Race | Pole position | Most laps led | Winning driver | Manufacturer |
| 1 | Clarington 200 | Alex Labbé | Jason Hathaway | Andrew Ranger | Dodge |
| 2 | Leland Industries 300 presented by Dickies | Cayden Lapcevich | Alex Tagliani | Alex Tagliani | Chevrolet |
| 3 | CRS Express 300 | Alex Labbé | Alex Labbé | Alex Labbé | Ford |
| 4 | Ecko Unlimited 100 | Alex Labbé | Andrew Ranger | Andrew Ranger | Dodge |
| 5 | Pinty's Grand Prix of Toronto | Andrew Ranger | Alex Tagliani | Alex Tagliani | Chevrolet |
| 6 | Alberta Has New Energy 300 | Kevin Lacroix | Alex Tagliani | Alex Tagliani | Chevrolet |
| 7 | Prairie Velocity Thunder 250 | Andrew Ranger | Cayden Lapcevich | Cayden Lapcevich | Dodge |
| 8 | Can-Am 50 Tours | Kevin Lacroix | Kevin Lacroix | Kevin Lacroix | Dodge |
| 9 | Bumper to Bumper 300 | Donald Chisholm | Alex Tagliani | Cayden Lapcevich | Dodge |
| 10 | Can-Am 200 | Alex Tagliani | Kevin Lacroix | Kevin Lacroix | Dodge |
| 11 | Lucas Oil 250 | Alex Labbé | D. J. Kennington | Cayden Lapcevich | Dodge |
| 12 | Kawartha 250 | Donald Theetge | Jason Hathaway | Jason Hathaway | Chevrolet |

### Drivers' championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owner's points. * – Most laps led.
| Pos. | Driver | MSP | SUN | ACD | ICAR | TOR | EIR | WYA | CTR | RIV | MSP | STE | KAW | Points |
| 1 | Cayden Lapcevich (R) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1* | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 505 |
| 2 | Andrew Ranger | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1* | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 451 |
| 3 | Alex Tagliani | | 1* | 3 | 6 | 1* | 1* | 4 | 3 | 9* | 17 | 5 | 8 | 446 |
| 4 | Kevin Lacroix | 23 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 1* | 10 | 1* | 11 | 12 | 443 |
| 5 | Louis-Philippe Dumoulin | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 443 |
| 6 | D. J. Kennington | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2* | 4 | 438 |
| 7 | Alex Labbé | 5 | 15 | 1* | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 423 |
| 8 | Gary Klutt | 10 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 407 |
| 9 | Jason Hathaway | 9* | 17 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1* | 401 |
| 10 | Larry Jackson | 13 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 24 | 11 | | 11 | | 12 | 6 | 11 | 320 |
| 11 | Mark Dilley | | 14 | 5 | | | 5 | 10 | | 7 | | 3 | 6 | 261 |
| 12 | Kerry Micks | 7 | | 16 | 14 | 5 | | | 20 | | 9 | | 7 | 230 |
| 13 | Adam Martin | | 4 | | 15 | 17 | | | | 6 | 18 | 4 | | 200 |
| 14 | Anthony Simone | 19 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 26 | | | 21 | | 19 | 15 | Wth | 199 |
| 15 | Jean-François Dumoulin | 6 | | | 9 | 10 | | | 10 | | 20 | 12 | | 197 |
| 16 | Patrick Dussault (R) | 16 | | | 10 | 20 | | | 16 | | 11 | | | 147 |
| 17 | Simon Dion-Viens | 8 | | | 12 | | | | 17 | | | 13 | | 127 |
| 18 | Josh Collins (R) | | 7 | 14 | 18 | 16 | | | | | | | | 122 |
| 19 | David Michaud (R) | 18 | | 9 | 11 | | | | 19 | | | | | 119 |
| 20 | Joey McColm | 14 | | | | | 13 | 19 | | | | | 16 | 114 |
| 21 | Robin Buck | 2 | | | Wth | 22 | | | | | 4 | | | 104 |
| 22 | Kelly Admiraal | | | | | | 8 | 11 | | 11 | | | | 102 |
| 23 | Kevin Poitras (R) | 21 | | | 20 | 21 | | 14 | | | | | | 100 |
| 24 | Dwayne Baker (R) | | 16 | | | | | | | 5 | | | 15 | 96 |
| 25 | Peter Klutt | | | | 23 | 9 | | | | | 7 | | | 93 |
| 26 | Brett Taylor (R) | 17 | | | | 19 | | | | | 10 | | | 86 |
| 27 | Matthew Scannell | 25 | 9 | | | 13 | | | | | | | | 85 |
| 28 | Jocelyn Fecteau | | | | 22 | | | | 13 | | 13 | | | 84 |
| 29 | Bryan Cathcart (R) | 15 | | | | 14 | | | | | 22 | | | 81 |
| 30 | Daniel Morad | | | | | 7 | | | 5 | | | | | 77 |
| 31 | David Thorndyke | 26 | | | | 18 | | | | | 14 | | | 74 |
| 32 | Donald Theetge | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | 13 | 72 |
| 33 | Jamie Krzysik (R) | | | | | | 4 | 13 | | | | | | 71 |
| 34 | Derek Lynch | | 11 | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 67 |
| 35 | Jason Hankewich | | | | | | 12 | 12 | | | | | | 64 |
| 36 | Noel Dowler | | | | | | 16 | 9 | | | | | | 63 |
| 37 | Ian Admiraal | | | | | | 18 | 15 | | 16 | | | | 63 |
| 38 | Raymond Guay (R) | | | | 16 | | | | 12 | | | | | 60 |
| 39 | Martin Cote (R) | | | | | | | | 14 | | 16 | | | 58 |
| 40 | Jason White | | 18 | | | 15 | | | | | | | | 55 |
| 41 | Kaz Grala | 20 | | | | | | | | | 15 | | | 53 |
| 42 | Carlos de Quesada (R) | 22 | | | | | | | | | 24 | | | 42 |
| 43 | Donald Chisholm | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | 41 |
| 44 | Elie Arseneau | | | | 5 | | | | | | | | | 39 |
| 45 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | 37 |
| 46 | Trevor Seibert | | 10 | Wth | | | | Wth | | | | | | 34 |
| 47 | Pier-Luc Ouellette (R) | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | 33 |
| 48 | Ryley Seibert | | | | | | 14 | | | | | | | 30 |
| 49 | Marc-Antoine Camirand | | | | | | | | 15 | | | | | 29 |
| 50 | Waylon Farrell (R) | | | | | | | | | 15 | | | | 29 |
| 51 | Shania LaForce (R) | | | | | | | 16 | | | | | | 28 |
| 52 | Paul Geniole Jr. (R) | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | 27 |
| 53 | Nick Jewell | | | | | | | 18 | | | | | | 26 |
| 54 | John Farrano | | | | | 23 | | | | | | | | 21 |
| 55 | Mel Shaw (R) | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 |
| 56 | Ryan Klutt | 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 |
| Pos. | Driver | MSP | SUN | ACD | ICAR | TOR | EIR | WYA | CTR | RIV | MSP | STE | KAW | Points |