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NASCAR Canada Series
SportAuto racing
Founded1981
Country Canada
Most recent
champion(s)		Scott Steckly

The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series is a NASCAR racing series in Canada. It is the successor to the former CASCAR Super Series. All 13 events of the 2008 season were broadcast tape delayed on TSN.[1]

NASCAR's purchase of CASCAR

NASCAR began talking with the former CASCAR series in November 2004, when the two bodies signed a multi-year marketing and operational agreement. Giving the series a Major Uplift. The purchase came in September 2006. The series replaced CASCAR's Super Series. The series title sponsor is Canadian Tire.[2]

The Canadian Tire Series champion (Scott Stec is given an opportunity to participate in the Toyota All-Star Showdown in Irwindale Speedway in California.

The cars

The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series uses steel tube-framed silhouette cars powered by carbureted V8 engines. The cars have a relatively high minimum weight, so development of lightweight components is minimal. A number of components are specified by the rules, as parity is given priority over vehicle development. Manufacturer involvement is therefore limited largely to supply arrangements for long-developed 'crate' motors, and branding on the largely standard bodywork.

The Specs

Horsepower: 550

Weight: 3000 LBS

Height: 49 Inches

Length: 198 Inches

Width: 75 Inches

2008 Schedule

Date Event Track Location Pole Winner Race Winner
May 24, 2008 The Crown Jewel 200 Cayuga International Speedway Hamilton, ON Don Thomson, Jr. Scott Steckly
June 15, 2008 Dickies 200 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, ON Scott Steckly J.R. Fitzpatrick
June 28, 2008 A&W 300 Barrie Speedway Barrie, ON Don Thomson, Jr. Scott Steckly
July 5, 2008 National Kodak 250 Autodrome St-Eustache St-Eustache, QC Don Thomson, Jr. Scott Steckly
July 19, 2008 A&W 300 SunValley Speedway Vernon, BC Don Thomson, Jr. Don Thomson, Jr.
July 25, 2008 Rexall Edmonton Indy Rexall Edmonton Indy Edmonton, AB Andrew Ranger Alex Tagliani
August 2, 2008 NAPA 100 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, QC Kerry Micks Andrew Ranger
August 9, 2008 Full Throttle Energy Drink 200 Mosport International Raceway Bowmanville, ON Scott Steckly* Kerry Micks
August 17, 2008 GP3R 100 Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, QC JR Fitzpatrick Andrew Ranger
August 30, 2008 Coke Zero 200 Cayuga International Speedway Hamilton, ON Don Thomson, Jr. Mark Dilley
September 6, 2008 Pizza Pizza 300 Barrie Speedway Barrie, ON Don Thomson, Jr. Scott Steckly
September 20, 2008 Atlantic Dodge Dealers 300 Riverside Speedway Antigonish, NS JR Fitzpatrick Don Thomson, Jr.
September 27, 2008 Dodge Ram 250 Kawartha Speedway Fraserville, ON Don Thomson, Jr. Jason Hathaway
  • = Set By Owners Points

Champion Scott Steckly

See also

References

  1. ^ About at cascar.com, Retrieved July 3 2007
  2. ^ NASCAR buys Canada's top stock car racing association, launches new series from CBC
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