BOWMANVILLE, ON – #NCATS – @OfficialMOPAR – @andrew_ranger – Andrew Ranger collected his 13th career pole in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 in record fashion in Saturday qualifying for Sunday’s season opener.
The pole position for the Pinty’s presents the Clarington 200 is the fourth in seven appearances at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the Roxton Pond, Que., driver.
Ranger posted a lap of 1 minute, 22.956 seconds in his No. 27 Mopar/Exide Dodge around the 2.459-mile, 10-turn road course for an average speed of 106.712 to eclipse the previous series track record that J.R. Fitzpatrick established in this event a year ago.
Fitzpatrick, who was fastest in practice, qualified second at 1:23.111 (106.513). Fitzpatrick is the series’ career pole leader with 14.
Jeff Lapcevich qualified third at 1:23.237 (106.352), followed by Jason Hathaway and L.P. Dumoulin. Dumoulin swept the two races at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park road course last season.
In addition to Ranger, Fitzpatrick and Lapcevich were also under the previous qualifying record of 1:23.286 that Fitzpatrick recorded on May 18, 2013.
Peter Klutt, Robin Buck, rookies Luc Lesage and Marc-Antoine Camirand, and defending series champion Scott Steckly rounded out the top 10.
The Pinty’s presents the Clarington 200 is scheduled to take the green flag Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
Qualifying Results
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series pres. by Mobil 1
Pinty’s presents the Clarington 200 Lineup
Race Sunday; Qualifying Saturday
at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
Bowmanville, Ont.
Lap Length: 2.459 miles
1. (27) Andrew Ranger, Roxton Pond, Que., Dodge, 106.712
2. (84) J.R. Fitzpatrick, Ayr, Ont., Chevrolet, 106.513
3. (76) Jeff Lapcevich, Grimsby, Ont., Dodge, 106.352
4. (3) Jason Hathaway, Dutton, Ont., Chevrolet, 106.162
5. (47) L.P. Dumoulin, Trois-Rivières, Que., Dodge, 106.043
6. (42) Peter Klutt, Halton Hills, Ont., Chevrolet, 105.975
7. (66) Robin Buck, Campbellville, Ont., Dodge, 105.943
8. (24) Luc Lesage, Trois-Rivières, Que., Dodge, 105.903
9. (88) Marc-Antoine Camirand, Saint-Leonard-d’Aston, Que., Chevrolet, 105.901
10. (22) Scott Steckly, Milverton, Ont., Dodge, 105.667
11. (18) Stefan Rzadzinski, Edmonton, Alta., Dodge, 105.654
12. (02) Kerry Micks, Mount Albert, Ont., Ford, 104.812
13. (17) D.J. Kennington, St. Thomas, Ont., Dodge, 104.744
14. (59) Ryan Klutt, Milton, Ont., Chevrolet, 104.670
15. (5) Noel Dowler, Sherwood Park, Alta., Dodge, 104.584
16. (56) Matthew Scannell, Milton. Ont., Dodge, 104.075
17. (25) Joey McColm, Ajax, Ont., Dodge, 103.897
18. (95) Anthony Simone, Holland Landing, Ont., Dodge, 103.234
19. (99) Matt Pritiko, London, Ont., Chevrolet, 103.009
20. (97) Hugo Vannini, Repentigny, Que., Ford, 102.971
21. (87) Steve Mathews, New Liskeard, Ont., Ford, 102.785
22. (29) Ray Courtemanche Jr., Montreal, Que., Dodge, 102.701
23. (9) Russ Bond, Toronto, Ont., Ford, 102.667
24. (28) Jason White, Sun Peaks, B.C., Dodge, 102.335
25. (83) Bob Attrell, Brampton, Ont., Dodge, 100.600
26. (67) David Thorndyke, Oshawa, Ont., Chevrolet, 100.552
27. (00) Derek White, Kahnawake, Que., Chevrolet, 98.501
28. (77) Jocelyn Fecteau, Montreal, Que., Dodge, 87.553
From Jason Cunningham / NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications
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