2021 NASCAR Pinty's Series

The 2021 NASCAR Pinty's Series is the fifteenth season of the Pinty's Series, the national stock car racing series in Canada sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Frontline Workers 125 at Sunset Speedway on August 1 and concluded with the Pinty's Fall Brawl at Delaware Speedway on September 26.

Louis-Philippe Dumoulin, the 2021 Pinty's Series champion. This was his third championship in the series.
Andrew Ranger, the 2007, 2009 and 2019 series champion, finished second behind Dumoulin in the championship by just 8 points.
D. J. Kennington, the 2010 and 2012 series champion, finished third in the championship.

Jason Hathaway entered the season as the defending drivers' champion. Louis-Philippe Dumoulin won the championship, his third in the series after previously winning the 2014 and 2018 titles.

Teams and drivers

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Complete Schedule

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Manufacturer Car Owner No. Driver
Chevrolet Jim Bray Motorsports with Mike Curb 98 Shantel Kalika 2
Sam Fellows 8
Team 3 Red/Ed Hakonson Racing 3 Brett Taylor
8 Shae Gemmell (R) 6
Ray Courtemanche Jr. 4
92 Dexter Stacey
Wight Motorsport Inc. 64 Mark Dilley 6
Brandon Watson (R) 3
J. R. Fitzpatrick 1
80 Raphael Lessard 3
Jean-Frédéric Laberge (R) 3
Donald Theetge 4
22 Racing 18 Alex Tagliani
20 Treyten Lapcevich (R)
22 Marc-Antoine Camirand
Dodge DJK Racing 17 D. J. Kennington
Dumoulin Compétition 47 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin
Lacroix Motorsport 74 Kevin Lacroix
Larry Jackson Racing 84 Larry Jackson
Rick Ware Racing 51 Andrew Ranger
52 Alex Guenette
Chevrolet 5
Ford 5
Jacombs Racing 7 Peter Shepherd III 6
Kyle Marcelli 3
Matthew Scannell 1

Limited Schedule

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Manufacturer Car Owner No. Driver Round(s)
Chevrolet JF77 Racing 77 Jocelyn Fecteau 3
Jim Bray Motorsports 56 Malcolm Strachan 6
Luc Lesage Racing 25 Luc Lesage (R) 2
Promotive Racing 67 David Thorndyke 2
Wight Motorsports Inc. 2 T. J. Rinomato 9
19 Jean-Frederic Laberge (R) 1
Brandon Watson (R) 1
Glenn Styres (R) 2
Legendary Motorcar Company 42 Peter Klutt 1
Ryan Klutt 1
59 Gary Klutt 2
Dodge Brent Wheller Motorsports 61 Brent Wheller (R) 7
Dumoulin Compétition 04 Jean-François Dumoulin 1
07 Louis-Philippe Montour 1
Larry Jackson Racing 99 Matthew Scannell 2
Ford Jacombs Racing 36 Cole Powell 3
SDV Autosport 37 Simon Dion-Viens 1

Schedule

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On 4 February 2021, NASCAR announced the 2021 schedule. It included an inaugural race at Ohsweken Speedway, which would have become the first dirt track race in series history, after being cancelled for the 2020 season[1] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the season's start was delayed and multiple races were cancelled.[2]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 FrontLine Workers 125 Sunset Speedway, Innisfil 1 August
2 General Tire 125
3 Guardian Angels 60 Presented by Dermathermes Circuit de Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres 15 August
4 LaFernandiere 75 Circuit ICAR, Mirabel 28 August
5 Olymel Grand Prix of Ontario Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Bowmanville 4 September
6 Clarington 200 5 September
7 Motomaster Batteries 125 Flamboro Speedway, Flamborough 12 September
8 Canadian Tire 125 Delaware Speedway, Delaware 24 September
9 QwickWick 125 26 September
10 Pinty's Fall Brawl

Results and standings

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Races

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No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 FrontLine Workers 125[3] Peter Shepherd III Peter Shepherd III Raphael Lessard Chevrolet
2 General Tire 125[4] Andrew Ranger Raphael Lessard Raphael Lessard Chevrolet
3 Guardian Angels 60 Presented by Dermathermes[5] L.P. Dumoulin Alex Tagliani Alex Tagliani Chevrolet
4 LaFernandiere 75[6] Andrew Ranger Kevin Lacroix Kevin Lacroix Dodge
5 Olymel Grand Prix of Ontario[7] Gary Klutt Gary Klutt L.P. Dumoulin Dodge
6 Clarington 200[8] Kevin Lacroix Alex Tagliani Marc-Antoine Camirand Chevrolet
7 Motomaster Batteries 125[9] Treyten Lapcevich Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger Dodge
8 Canadian Tire 125 Treyten Lapcevich Treyten Lapcevich D. J. Kennington Dodge
9 QwickWick 125 Treyten Lapcevich Treyten Lapcevich D. J. Kennington Dodge
10 Pinty's Fall Brawl Treyten Lapcevich Treyten Lapcevich Andrew Ranger Dodge

Drivers' championship

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(keyBold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.

Pos. Driver SUN SUN CTR ICAR MSP MSP FLA DEL DEL DEL Points
1 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 6 3 5 3 1 11 7 8 6 6 389
2 Andrew Ranger 2 16 19 2 19 5 1* 3 3 1 381
3 D. J. Kennington 17 2 6 6 6 24 2 1 1 5 378
4 Alex Tagliani 3 9 1* 4 4 2* 4 14 18 17 371
5 Treyten Lapcevich (R) 9 4 4 17 3 21 9 2* 5* 15* 361
6 Kevin Lacroix 4 17 3 1* 24 4 18 4 19 2 352
7 Alex Guenette 8 6 16 5 11 10 8 7 4 18 347
8 Brett Taylor 15 5 21 10 8 8 3 12 13 8 337
9 Dexter Stacey 18 18 10 7 7 9 17 10 7 7 330
10 Larry Jackson 10 7 11 14 15 20 16 11 8 10 318
11 Marc-Antoine Camirand 7 12 23 18 2 1 15 20 10 21 315
12 T. J. Rinomato 16 15 18 15 23 17 18 12 9 253
13 Sam Fellows 20 12 14 13 14 15 11 12 241
14 Brent Wheller (R) 14 14 20 22 12 15 13 198
15 Peter Shepherd III 12 13 5 19 20 3 195
16 Shae Gemmell 5 10 13 6 16 20 195
17 Mark Dilley 11 8 17 11 12 12 193
18 Malcolm Strachan 21 18 11 17 17 16 164
19 Brandon Watson (R) 6 16 2 4 150
20 Donald Theetge 10 13 9 11 133
21 Raphael Lessard 1 1* 14 125
22 Ray Courtemanche Jr. 12 13 17 15 119
23 Matthew Scannell 8 9 7 108
24 Jean-Frédéric Laberge (R) 22 16 13 23 102
25 Kyle Marcelli 15 22 3 92
26 Cole Powell 5 21 19 87
27 Jocelyn Fecteau 13 16 19 84
28 Gary Klutt 5* 6 80
29 Luc Lesage (R) 9 9 70
30 Shantel Kalika 13 11 64
31 Glenn Styres 14 14 60
32 David Thorndyke 18 16 54
33 Jean-François Dumoulin 2 42
34 Simon-Dion Viens 7 38
35 Louis-Philippe Mountour (R) 8 36
36 J. R. Fitzpatrick 9 35
37 Peter Klutt 10 34
38 Ryan Klutt 14 30
Pos. Driver SUN SUN CTR ICAR MSP MSP FLA DEL DEL DEL Points

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NASCAR Pinty's Series Returns with Full Schedule for 2021". nascar.ca. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ^ "NASCAR Announces Revised Pinty's Series Schedule for 2021". nascar.ca. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 FrontLine Workers 125 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ "2021 General Tire 125 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 Guardian Angels 60 Presented by Dermathermes race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. ^ "2021 LaFernandiere 75 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 Olymel Grand Prix of Ontario race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  8. ^ "2021 Clarington 200 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  9. ^ "2021 Motomaster Batteries 125 race results". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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