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NASCAR Pinty’s Series Trip West Will Help Decide 2018 Title

Jason Christley/ NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications by Jason Christley/ NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications
July 25, 2018
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL (July 25, 2018)- The NASCAR Pinty’s Series heads out on its annual West swing, with the Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125s sponsored by Bayer CropScience on deck first on Wednesday at Wyant Group Raceway in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Then the series heads to Alberta for Saturday’s LUXXUR 300 presented by Bayer at Edmonton International Raceway.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

NASCAR Pinty’s Series at Saskatoon

Since 2012, Saskatoon is perfect on predicting the NASCAR Pinty’s Series championship.

Vpt Twin 125Race winners DJ Kennington (2012), Scott Steckly (2013), LP Dumoulin (2014) , Scott Steckly (2015) and Cayden Lapcevich (2016) all went on to win the series title. Last year, Alex Labbe won the first of two twin 100-lap features (and finished third in the other) en route to his title.

What does that mean for current points leader Andrew Ranger, whose two titles pre-date the series’ visit to the Saskatoon track? The Roxton Pond, Quebec, driver has three top fives and seven top 10s there. But he missed last year’s race because of illness that effectively took him out of title contention. Dumoulin, who is tied with Ranger in points, has a three top fives and five top 10s in seven starts. Meanwhile, Cole Powell will be making his debut there, Marc-Antoine Camirand is racing there for just the second time, and Kevin Lacroix has three top 10s in all three of his starts at the track.

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DJ Kennington finished runner-up in both races a year ago.

 

RACE FACTS

RACE

VELOCITY PRAIRIE THUNDER TWIN 125S SPONSORED BY BAYER CROPSCIENCE

PLACE

Wyant Group Raceway, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

DATE

Wednesday, July 25

TIME

6:05 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. (approx.) MT

TELEVISION

TSN, Saturday, Aug 4 – 1:30 p.m. ET; RDS2, Tuesday, Aug 21 – 10 p.m.

TRACK LAYOUT

third-mile oval

2017 WINNER

Alex Labbe / Cayden Lapcevich

2017 POLE

Kevin Lacroix / DJ Kennington

EVENT SCHEDULE

Wednesday — Garage opens: 10:15 a.m. MT; Practice: 12:20-1:30 p.m.; Qualifying: 3 p.m.; Autograph session: 4:35 p.m.; Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125s sponsored by Bayer CropScience Race 1: 6:05 p.m.; Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125s sponsored by Bayer CropScience Race 2: 8:30 p.m. (approx.)

TWITTER

@wyantgrprace; @NASCARPintys

HASHTAG

#NPSWesternSwing, #VelocityBayerTwin125s

CREW CHIEF HANDOUT: The maximum starting field is 24 cars, for each race, including provisionals.

The first 21 cars will secure starting positions based on qualifying. The remaining three spots will be awarded through the provisional process.

Qualifying for the VELOCITY PRAIRIE THUNDER TWIN 125s SPONSORED BY BAYER CROPSCIENCE Race 1 will consist of two consecutive qualifying laps per vehicle. Faster lap determines qualifying position.

Qualifying for the VELOCITY PRAIRIE THUNDER TWIN 125s SPONSORED BY BAYER CROPSCIENCE Race 2 will be determined by each vehicles best lap time during the running of the first event.

The VELOCITY PRAIRIE THUNDER TWIN 125s SPONSORED BY BAYER CROPSCIENCE will be two 125 lap (41.25 mile) championship points races.

The maximum tire allotment available for the first event is as follows: One (1) tire for practice, four (4) tires for qualifying and the race for a total of five (5) tires. If this is a driver’s first event on an oval, the maximum tire allotment available is as follows: Four (4) tires for practice, four (4) tires for qualifying and the race for a total of eight (8) tires.

The maximum tire allotment available for the second event is as follows: four (4) tires for the race for a total of four (4) tires.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

NASCAR Pinty’s Series at Edmonton

Edmonton could be a key venue for Alex Tagliani.

Luxxur 300 Logo 1In the series’ first visit in 2014, he led 268 laps but a late-race battle with eventual winner Andrew Ranger relegated him to 13th. After a top-10 run the following year, the Montreal driver led the final 213 laps on the quarter-mile in 2016 en route to the victory. Last year, he finished fourth. He enters the week sitting sixth in points, but is just 18 out of the lead.

The western swing will go along way toward deciding the title. The top seven drivers are all within 22 points, and three races and a scheduled 550 laps will transpire before the series returns to Quebec in August. Those drivers who get through Saskatoon will have their work cut out for them on the tough Edmonton bullring.

RACE FACTS

RACE

LUXXUR 300 PRESENTED BY BAYER

PLACE

Edmonton International Raceway, Wetaskiwin, Alberta

DATE

Saturday, July 28

TIME

7:30 p.m. ET

TELEVISION

TSN, Saturday, Aug 11 – 1:30 p.m. ET; RDS2, Tuesday, Aug 28 – 10:30 p.m.

TRACK LAYOUT

quarter-mile oval

2017 WINNER

Alex Labbe

2017 POLE

Alex Labbe

EVENT SCHEDULE

Saturday — Garage opens: 10 a.m. PT; Practice: 12:35-1:45 p.m.; Qualifying: 4:05 p.m.; Autograph session: 6:10 p.m.; LUXXOR 300 presented by Bayer: 7:30 p.m.

TWITTER

@EIRNASCAR; @NASCARPintys

HASHTAG

#NPSWesternSwing, #NASCARWeek, #LUXXUR300

CREW CHIEF HANDOUT: The maximum starting field is 24 cars, including provisionals.

The first 21 cars will secure starting positions based on qualifying. The remaining three spots will be awarded through the provisional process.

Qualifying will consist of two consecutive qualifying laps per vehicle. Faster lap determines qualifying position.

The LUXXOR 300 PRESENTED BY BAYER will be 300 laps (75 miles), to be run in two (2) segments. The five (5) minute breaks will occur at or near the conclusion of Laps 150 and 100. Tires may only be changed during the break. In addition, during the break, changing of major components (ie: sealed parts, rear gear, spring, shocks, sway bars, etc.) will not be permitted unless authorized by the Technical Director. Unauthorized changing of major components may result in a discretionary penalty of a minimum of one (1) lap. At the conclusion of the break, vehicles will line up with lead lap cars to the front.

The maximum tire allotment available for this event is as follows: One (1) tire for practice, four (4) tires for qualifying and to begin the race and four (4) additional tires for use during the race for a total of nine (9) tires. If this is a driver’s first event on an oval, the maximum tire allotment available is as follows: Four (4) tires for practice, four (4) tires for qualifying and to begin the race and four (4) additional tires for use during the race for a total of twelve (12) tires

 

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