# 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

The 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season was the sixth season of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series taking place in the summer of 2012. The season composed of twelve races at eleven different venues. Seven of those events were contested on oval courses.

## Summary

The sixth season consisted of 12 events spanning across 5 provinces featuring 12 events. New this season were the standardised rule changes for NASCAR's regional series matching that of the national series (green-white-checker finish and points system). All of the races were aired on TSN in one-hour tape-delayed episodes, excluding Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Trois-Rivières being aired live on the network.
The season started on May 20 at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with J. R. Fitzpatrick winning his first event in almost 2 years, Andrew Ranger also returned to victory lane the following week at Circuit ICAR. D. J. Kennington went to win a NASCAR touring record of 5 consecutive races at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Delaware Speedway, Motoplex Speedway, Edmonton Indy and Auto Clearing Motor Speedway. Ranger and Fitzpatrick won the two premier road course events at Circuit Trois-Rivières and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in August. Then at Barrie Speedway, Peter Shepherd III took advantage of an accident involving leaders Steve Matthews and Fitzpatrick, who were involved in an accident on a green-white-checker finish to pick up the Victory. Points leader Kennington suffered a mechanical failure and finished down in the running order but rebounded strong winning the final two events of the year at Kawartha and Riverside capturing 2 championships in 3 years.

## Drivers

| Number | Driver | Maker | Owner | Chief Crew |
| 02 | Kerry Micks | Ford | Susan Micks | Tyler Case |
| 02 | Mark Dilley | Ford | Susan Micks | Rino Montanari |
| 03 | Elie Arseneau | Chevrolet | Jason Roussakis | TBA |
| 3 | Jason Hathaway | Dodge | Ed Hakonson | Craig Masters |
| 04 | Jean-François Dumoulin | Dodge | Paul Corbeil | Tony Pratte |
| 5 | Noel Dowler | Dodge | Kevin Dowler | TBA |
| 07 | Isabelle Tremblay | Ford | Dave Jacombs | TBA |
| 7 | Peter Shepherd III | Dodge | Sharon Shepherd | Don Jacobson |
| 15 | Steven Mathews | Ford | Bill Mathews | Rick McColl |
| 17 | D. J. Kennington | Dodge | Doug Kennington | Dave Wight |
| 19 | Brad Graham | Dodge | Reg Arsenault | Bill Dobson |
| 21 | Jason White | Dodge | Melissa Mckenzie | Derek Lynch |
| 22 | Scott Steckly | Dodge | Scott Steckly | Giulio Montanari |
| 23 | Jeff Lapcevich | Dodge | Joe Lapcevich | Tim Ellas |
| 27 | Andrew Ranger | Dodge | Dave Jacombs | TBA |
| 42 | Peter Klutt | Chevrolet | Peter Klutt | Ken Stewart |
| 44 | Jarrad Whissell | Ford | Brian Whissell | Donald Barhardt |
| 47 | Louis-Philippe Dumoulin | Dodge | Marc-Andre Bergeron | Jimmy Briere |
| 50 | Joey McColm | Dodge | John Atto | TBA |
| 55 | Dexter Stacey | Dodge | Kristin Hamelin | TBA |
| 56 | Howie Scannell Jr. | Dodge | James Bray | TBA |
| 60 | Ron Beauchamp Jr. | Dodge | Ronald Beauchamp Sr. | TBA |
| 66 | Robin Buck | Dodge | Sandra D'Angelo | TBA |
| 81 | Larry Jackson | Dodge | Brian Barton | TBA |
| 82 | Dave Connelly | Dodge | David Connelly | Mike Kenyon |
| 84 | J. R. Fitzpatrick | Chevrolet | John Fitzpatrick | Don Thomson Jr. |
| 89 | Donald Chisholm | Ford | John Chisholm | George Koszkulics |
| 94 | Dave Coursol | Dodge | Andre Coursol | TBA |
| 97 | Hugo Vannini | Ford | Yvon Vannini | Yvon Vannini |
| 99 | Derek White | Chevrolet | Derek White | Jonathan Cote |

## Schedule

| Race | Name | Track | Track Type | Date |
| 1 | Vortex Brake Pads 200 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville | Road | May 20 |
| 2 | ICAR Lucas Oil Grand Prix | Circuit ICAR, Mirabel | Road | June 3 |
| 3 | Clarington 200 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville | Oval | June 16 |
| 4 | EMCO 200 | Delaware Speedway, Delaware | Oval | June 23 |
| 5 | A&W Crusin' the Dub 300 | Motoplex Speedway, Vernon | Oval | July 14 |
| 6 | Rexall 100 | Edmonton Indy, Edmonton | Street | July 22 |
| 7 | Velocity Prairie Thunder | Auto Clearing Motor Speedway, Saskatoon | Oval | July 25 |
| 8 | JuliaWine.com 100 | Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières | Street | August 5 |
| 9 | NAPA Autopro 100 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal | Road | August 18 |
| 10 | Wahta Springs 300 | Barrie Speedway, Barrie | Oval | September 8 |
| 11 | Wilson Equipment 300 | Riverside Speedway, Antigonish | Oval | September 15 |
| 12 | Pinty's 250 | Kawartha Speedway, Peterborough | Oval | September 22 |

## Results
### Races

| Race | Name | Pole position | Most laps led | Winning driver | Manufacturer |
| 1 | Vortex Brake Pads 200 | Scott Steckly | J. R. Fitzpatrick | J. R. Fitzpatrick | Chevrolet |
| 2 | ICAR Lucas Oil Grand Prix | Scott Steckly ‡ | Andrew Ranger | Andrew Ranger | Dodge |
| 3 | Clarington 200 | Peter Shepherd III | D. J. Kennington | D. J. Kennington | Dodge |
| 4 | EMCO 200 | D. J. Kennington | D. J. Kennington | D. J. Kennington | Dodge |
| 5 | A&W Crusin' the Dub 300 | Ron Beauchamp Jr. | D. J. Kennington | D. J. Kennington | Dodge |
| 6 | Rexall 100 | Scott Steckly | Scott Steckly | D. J. Kennington | Dodge |
| 7 | Velocity Prairie Thunder | J. R. Fitzpatrick | J. R. Fitzpatrick | D. J. Kennington | Dodge |
| 8 | JuliaWine.com 100 | Louis-Philippe Dumoulin | Andrew Ranger | Andrew Ranger | Dodge |
| 9 | NAPA Autopro 100 | J. R. Fitzpatrick | J. R. Fitzpatrick | J. R. Fitzpatrick | Chevrolet |
| 10 | Wahta Springs 300 | Steven Mathews | Peter Shepherd III | Peter Shepherd III | Dodge |
| 11 | Wilson Equipment 300 | J. R. Fitzpatrick | D. J. Kennington | D. J. Kennington | Dodge |
| 12 | Pinty's 250 | J. R. Fitzpatrick | D. J. Kennington | D. J. Kennington | Dodge |

### Final championship standings

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.
| Pos | Driver | MSP | ICAR | MSP | DEL | VER | EDM | SAS | CTR | CGV | BAR | ANT | KAW | Pts |
| 1 | D. J. Kennington | 2 | 5 | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 1* | 1* | 517 |
| 2 | J. R. Fitzpatrick | 1* | 2 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 3* | 3 | 1* | 6 | 2 | 3 | 490 |
| 3 | Andrew Ranger | 4 | 1* | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 482 |
| 4 | Scott Steckly | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4* | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 471 |
| 5 | Ron Beauchamp Jr. | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 422 |
| 6 | Louis-Philippe Dumoulin | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 396 |
| 7 | Jason Hathaway | 6 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 390 |
| 8 | Martin Roy (R) | 18 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 383 |
| 9 | Jason White | 12 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 375 |
| 10 | Noel Dowler | 26 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 355 |
| 11 | Michael Scholz (R) | 24 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 26 | 297 |
| 12 | Jeff Lapcevich | 8 | 8 | 4 | 19 | | | | 9 | 19 | 12 | | 8 | 265 |
| 13 | Mark Dilley | | | 2 | 7 | 13 | | 2 | | | 20 | 3 | 7 | 255 |
| 14 | Larry Jackson (R) | 16 | 12 | 17 | 18 | | | | 27 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 248 |
| 15 | Hugo Vannini | 23 | 17 | 18 | 22 | | | | 17 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 221 |
| 16 | Ray Courtemanche Jr. (R) | 27 | 15 | 15 | 16 | | | | 26 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 214 |
| 17 | Joey McColm | 25 | | 13 | 8 | | 13 | | | 29 | 13 | 20 | 28 | 203 |
| 18 | Kerry Micks | 7 | 21 | | | | 6 | | 12 | 10 | | 18 | | 190 |
| 19 | Howie Scannell Jr. | 13 | 16 | 20 | 15 | | | | 16 | 24 | | | 17 | 187 |
| 20 | Steven Mathews | 20 | | 6 | 17 | | | | | 15 | 4 | | 23 | 181 |
| 21 | Jarrad Whissell | 19 | 20 | | | 17 | 9 | 11 | | 27 | | | 25 | 180 |
| 22 | Isabelle Tremblay | 21 | 25 | | | | | | 10 | DNQ$^2$ | 16 | 10 | 16 | 171 |
| 23 | Robin Buck | 9 | 26 | | | | 12 | | 4 | 3 | | | | 167 |
| 24 | Peter Shepherd III | | | 16 | 5 | | | | | | 1* | | 4 | 155 |
| 25 | Dave Connelly | | 29 | | 13 | | | | 29 | DNQ$^2$ | 14 | 19 | 15 | 151 |
| 26 | Trevor Seibert | | | | | 12 | 3 | 22 | | 8 | | | | 131 |
| 27 | Derek White | 14 | 24 | | | | | | 14 | 23 | | | 22 | 123 |
| 28 | Ryley Seibert (R) | | | | | 18 | 10 | 13 | | 16 | | | | 119 |
| 29 | Steve Côté (R) | 22 | 11 | 9 | 20 | | | | | | | | | 114 |
| 30 | Dexter Stacey | | 27 | | | | | | 23 | 31 | 5 | | 27 | 107 |
| 31 | Peter Klutt | 10 | | | | | | | 11 | 11 | | | | 100 |
| 32 | Dave Coursol (R) | 15 | 14 | | | | | | 25 | DNQ$^2$ | | | | 87 |
| 33 | Jean-François Dumoulin | | 7 | | | | | | 6 | 34 | | | | 85 |
| 34 | James Van Domselaar | | | | | 15 | 19 | 19 | | | | | | 79 |
| 35 | Elie Arseneau (R) | | 28 | | | | | | 30 | 20 | | | 20 | 78 |
| 36 | Jim White | | | | | 7 | | 5 | | | | | | 76 |
| 37 | Donald Chisholm | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 9 | 73 |
| 38 | Alex Labbé (R) | | 6 | | | | | | 31 | 30 | | | | 65 |
| 39 | Bob DeLorme (R) | | | | | 14 | | 15 | | | | | | 59 |
| 40 | David Thorndyke | 17 | | | | | | | 20 | DNQ$^2$ | | | | 58 |
| 41 | Kevin Dowler (R) | | | | | 19 | 15 | | | | | | | 54 |
| 42 | Jason Hankewich (R) | | | | | 20 | | 17 | | | | | | 51 |
| 43 | Patrice Brisebois | | | | | | | | 22 | 17 | | | | 49 |
| 44 | Timmy Hill | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | | 38 |
| 45 | Austin Dillon | | | | | | | | | 7 | | | | 37 |
| 46 | Michel Pilon | | 19 | | | | | | Wth$^1$ | | | | | 37 |
| 47 | Nick Jewell (R) | | | | | | | 9 | | | | | | 35 |
| 48 | Xavier Coupal (R) | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | | 35 |
| 49 | Benoit Theetge (R) | | | | | | | | 28 | 28 | | | | 32 |
| 50 | François Lessard (R) | | | | | | | | 13 | | | | | 31 |
| 51 | Dan Shirley (R) | | | | | | | 14 | | | | | | 30 |
| 52 | Todd Nichol | | | | | | 18 | | | | | | | 26 |
| 53 | Nathan Weenk | | | | | | | 18 | | | | | | 26 |
| 54 | Kelly Admiraal (R) | | | | | | 21 | | | | | | | 23 |
| 55 | Max Papis | | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 23 |
| 56 | Brandon White (R) | | | | | | | | | DNQ$^2$ | | | | 8 |
| Pos | Driver | MSP | ICAR | MSP | DEL | VER | EDM | SAS | CTR | CGV | BAR | ANT | KAW | Pts |
* $^1$ – Michel Pilon received championship points, despite the fact that he withdrew from the race after an injury in practice.
* $^2$ – Dave Coursol, Brandon White, David Thorndyke, Dave Connelly and Isabelle Tremblay received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race.