page_title: NASCAR Pinty's Series
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: NASCAR Pinty's Series / History
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: - Autodrome Chaudière - 13 juin 2015 (Photo Paul-Émile Poulin-Jacques)
context_page_description: The NASCAR Pinty's Series, commonly abbreviated as NPS, is a national NASCAR racing series in Canada, with one race in the United States, that is a continuation of the old CASCAR Super Series which was founded in 1981.
context_section_description: In September 2006 NASCAR announced the purchase of the Cascar Super Series, the top Canadian stock-car racing series at the time. At the same time, they announced a long-term sponsorship agreement with Canadian Tire  as the title sponsor. They also announced a television contract with TSN to carry all events with select races being aired live.
  Three of the series races, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal, had crowds in excess of 50,000 fans.
  
  The 2007 season was the inaugural season for the series with the first event being held on May 26, 2007, at Cayuga Motor Speedway with Don Thomson Jr. winning in a spirited battle. 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 points standings after that event and never relinquished it on his way to the first championship. The first season saw five races decided on last-lap passes.
  The 2008 season featured Scott Steckly who dominated many events. He won three of the first four events of the year and held the lead in the driver championship point standings all season long. He set a series record with four victories throughout the year.
  The third season had Andrew Ranger taking centre stage by winning his second series championship in three seasons. He completed his transition from the open-wheel racing world by incorporating his road courses experience with a strong performances on the oval tracks. During the season, he won a single-season series record six races—three on road courses and three on ovals.
  The 2010 season belonged to D.J. Kennington. He won his first series title on the power of five wins, nine top-fives and eleven top-10 finishes. Kennington battled JR Fitzpatrick for the points lead all season as the two exchanged the top spot an unprecedented five times. Kennington also finished second to fellow Pinty's Series competitor Jason Bowles in the Toyota All-Star Showdown.
  In 2011, Steckly had a strong season where he won three events and finished in the runner-up position four times on his way to capture his second championship over Kennington, who had a pair of wins. Long-time road racer Robin Buck and rookie Peter Shepherd  won their first events. Ranger won the two biggest events of the year in dominant fashion at Montreal and Toronto. Former champion Don Thomson Jr. retired after a lengthy career.
  In 2012, Kennington won a record seven events, including five consecutively, during the summer. Kennington won his second championship in three years. He faced competition from runners-up J.R. Fitzpatrick and Ranger who both won two events.
  On February 17, 2015, Canadian Tire announced they would not renew their sponsorship of the series after the 2015 season. On December 7, NASCAR and Pinty's Delicious Foods Inc. announced a six-year agreement to sponsor the series beginning with the 2016 season.
  The 2018 Pinty's Series also included its first race in the United States, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, replacing the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series on their fall race weekend that continues to feature the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, now the featured division with the Musket 250.
  For the 2019 season Continental AG replaced Goodyear as exclusive tire supplier for the series with their General Tire branding. Also it was announced that all races would be live in the United States through fanschoice.tv and six races live through TSN in Canada.
  In December of 2019, NASCAR announced a change to their schedule. The series would be returning to two previous tracks - Sunset Speedway and Circuit ICAR. The series also announced their first-ever dirt race at Ohsweken Speedway in August of 2020.
caption: NASCAR Pinty's Series cars at Autodrome Chaudiere in 2015
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