Andrew Ranger

Andrew Ranger
Born	November 20, 1986 (1986-11-20) Roxton Pond, Quebec, Canada
Achievements	2007, 2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Champion 2003 North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Champion
Awards	2004 Toyota Atlantic Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
1 race(s) run over 1 year(s)
First race	2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
12 race(s) run over 4 year(s)
Car no., team	No. 67 (GC Motorsports International)
2011 position	49th
Best finish	49th – 2011
First race	2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series career
47 race(s) run over 6 year(s)
2011 position	22nd
Best finish	1st - 2007, 2009
First race	2006 St. Eustache 200 (Saint-Eustache)
Last race	2011 NAPA Autopro 100 (Montreal)
First win	2007 Dickies 200 (Bowmanville)
Last win	2011 NAPA Autopro 100 (Montreal)
Wins Top tens Poles 14 40 11
Statistics current as of January 10, 2012.

Andrew Ranger at Long Beach, 2005

Andrew Ranger (born November 20, 1986 in Roxton Pond, Quebec) is a Canadian professional racing driver. A veteran of both open-wheel and stock car racing, he will be driving in 2012 in the ARCA Racing Series and in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Go Canada Racing.

Champ Car

The 2002 Canadian Formula A Karting Champion and 2003 North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Champion raced in the Toyota Atlantic series in 2004, scoring six podiums (top 3 finishes) and winning rookie of the year.

Ranger made his debut in the Champ Car World Series in 2005 and became the youngest driver in the series' history to finish on the podium. (2nd place, Monterrey, Mexico.) After a few solid finishes at the beginning of the season, Ranger's year went downhill as he mostly struggled in the second half of the season, but held on to 10th in the points championship. In 2006, he remained with the Mi-Jack Conquest Racing team, finishing 10th in the standings with a best finish of 5th at the 2006 Lexmark Indy 300.

NASCAR career

With no sponsorship and Champ Car merging with the Indy Racing League, Andrew Ranger changed to stock car racing in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. He won the second race in the series at Mosport International Raceway, and the season points championship. He has also won at Montreal and Trois-Rivières during 2008. He has four poles to go along with his wins at, Mosport Int’l Raceway, Edmonton (2007); Edmonton (2008).

In 2009, he was the class of the field for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series winning the Dickies 200 at Mosport International Raceway, the A&W 300 at SunValley Speedway (his first ever oval), The Rexal Edmonton Indy, Vortex Brake Pads 200 at Mosport International Raceway, the GP3R 300 at Circuit Trois-Rivières and the Komatsu 300 At Riverside Speedway. On top of all of this he has 2 poles and many podium finishes. Ranger ended up winning the title by 167 points for his 2nd Championship in 3 years.

Andrew's 2009 Championship winning car

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Racing in Nationwide at Road America in 2011

He drove for Fitz Motorsports at the August 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal and he also drove for the team in four of the remaining 10 races of the 2008 with a best finish of 19th at Bristol Motor Speedway. In 2009, he drove the number 11 Tide/Ridemakerz.com /Toyota Camry to a 3rd place finish after leading many laps in the 2009 Napa Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. For 2010 he will drive for the #27 Baker-Curb Racing Nationwide team with sponsorship from Dodge including Montreal.

For 2010, he did not run for the Canadian Tire series title but will only run part time as he diversified his career. He ran some races for the #35 Waste Management Chevy in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West series. He won the race at Infineon Raceway in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West on June 20. He picked up the win from pole in Lime Rock Park in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East series. On July 17, he won from the pole at the Toronto Indy Jumpstart 100 being the first driver to win all 3 NASCAR regional touring series in one year. His 3rd win of the year was at Trios-Rivers and at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve where he bumped Jason Bowles from the last turn for the win both times from the pole.

Ranger raced in the K&N Pro Series and the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series again in 2011. On May 22, 2011, Andrew won the ARCA race on the road course at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey. On June 25, 2011, Andrew competed the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Road America finishing sixth. Ranger made his Sprint Cup Series debut at Watkins Glen finishing 35th for FAS Lane Racing.

For 2012, Ranger plans to compete in a minimum of 15 races in the Nationwide Series with GC Motorsports International and the ARCA Racing Series with Cunningham Motorsport.

Motorsports career results

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2004	Sierra Sierra Racing	LBH 2	MTY Ret	MIL 3	POR1 3	POR2 4	CLE 12	TOR 2	VAN 7	ROA 3	DEN 4	MTL 5	LS 3	4th	257

Champ Car

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2005	Conquest Racing	LBH 17	MTY 2	MIL 16	POR 7	CLE 8	TOR 11	EDM 18	SJO 16	DEN 10	MTL 11	LVG 14	SRF 10	MXC 9		10th	140
2006	Conquest Racing	LBH 6	HOU 6	MTY 7	MIL 7	POR 9	CLE 11	TOR 10	EDM 7	SJO Ret	DEN Ret	MTL Ret	ROA 8	SRF 5	MXC 8	10th	200

See also

• List of Canadians in Champ Car

External links

• Andrew Ranger at Racing Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by J. R. Fitzpatrick	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Champion 2007	Succeeded by Scott Steckly
Preceded by Scott Steckly	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Champion 2009	Succeeded by D. J. Kennington
Preceded by Bruno Spengler	North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Champion 2003	Succeeded by Colin Braun