The 2015 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series was the ninth season of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, which took place in the summer of 2015. The season consisted of 11 races at 10 different venues, of which 7 were held on ovals. It began with the Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on May 17 and ended with the Pinty's 250 at Kawartha Speedway on September 19.[1] Louis-Philippe Dumoulin entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion; 2015 was the final season that Canadian Tire sponsored the series,[2] with Pinty's taking over the title sponsorship from 2016.
Scott Steckly won his fourth series championship by four points, holding off an end-of-season points surge by Jason Hathaway. After taking three top-five finishes in the first four races, Steckly won back-to-back events at Edmonton and Saskatoon, before adding a third win at Antigonish and ultimately sealed the championship with second place in the final race. Hathaway won at Chaudière before winning the final two races to close in on Steckly. Andrew Ranger completed the championship top-3, 14 points in arrears of Hathaway. Ranger won one race during the season, winning at Saint-Eustache. Rookie Kevin Lacroix was the only other driver to win more than once; he won two Quebec races at Circuit ICAR and Circuit Trois-Rivières. Gary Klutt (Canadian Tire Motorsport Park) and Alex Tagliani (Sunset Speedway) completed the season's winners, the former taking Rookie of the Year honors ahead of Marc-Antoine Camirand.
| Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Chevrolet | Derek White | Kevin O'Connell (R) | Vic Decker | |
| Derek White | |||||
| Paul Jean (R) | |||||
| Olivier Bedard (R) | |||||
| Brandon White | Simone Charron | ||||
| 01 | Chevrolet | Dennis LaForce | Dennis LaForce (R) | Jim McIntosh | |
| 02 | Ford | Susan Micks | Kerry Micks | Rino Montanari | |
| Mark Dilley | |||||
| 03 | Dodge | Marc Arseneau | Elie Arseneau | Julien Jousse | |
| 3 | Chevrolet | Ed Hakonson | Jason Hathaway | Craig Masters | |
| 04 | Dodge | Eric Kerub | Jean-François Dumoulin | Eric Laperle | |
| 5 | Chevrolet | Kevin Dowler | Noel Dowler | Dave Jacombs | |
| Dodge | |||||
| 06 | Dodge | Carlos de Quesada | Carlos de Quesada (R) | Ron Easton | |
| 8 | Ford | Bud Morris | Kevin Poitras (R) | Rob White | |
| 09 | Chevrolet | Trevor Seibert | Ryley Seibert | Al Lebert | |
| 9 | Dodge | Susan Micks | Dwayne Baker (R) | Ray McCaughui | |
| 10 | Dodge | Pat Ryder | D. J. Casey | Greg Yeomans | |
| 11 | Dodge | Charles Harvey | Charles Harvey (R) | Al Lebert | |
| 14 | Chevrolet | James Van Domselaar | James Van Domselaar | Steve Yakimchuk | |
| 17 | Dodge | Doug Kennington | D. J. Kennington | Dave Wight | |
| 18 | Chevrolet | Colin Livingston | Pier-Luc Ouellette (R) | Tyler Case | |
| Alex Tagliani | |||||
| David Michaud (R) | |||||
| 21 | Dodge | Rob McConnell | Jason White | Rob McConnell | |
| 22 | Dodge | Scott Steckly | Scott Steckly | Randy Steckly | |
| 24 | Dodge | Scott Steckly | Spencer Gallagher | Mike Knott | |
| 25 | Ford | Bud Morris | Joey McColm | Ryan Weiss | |
| 27 | Dodge | Dwight Kennedy | Andrew Ranger | Bill Burns | |
| 28 | Dodge | D. J. Kennington | Jamie Krzysik (R) | Al Lebert | |
| 29 | Dodge | Ray Courtemanche Jr. | Ray Courtemanche Jr. | Serge Labelle | |
| 34 | Dodge | Jeff Lapcevich | Cayden Lapcevich (R) | Rob McConnell | |
| 36 | Dodge | Dave Jacombs | Alex Labbé | Randy Smith | |
| 37 | Dodge | Clement Samson | Simon Dion-Viens | Clement Samson | |
| 42 | Chevrolet | Peter Klutt | Ryan Klutt | Luigi Ciarafoni | |
| 47 | Dodge | Martin Roy | Louis-Philippe Dumoulin | Mario Gosselin | |
| 51 | Dodge | Murray Haukaas | Nick Jewell | Dave Hall | |
| 53 | Dodge | Kevin Dowler | Adam Dowler (R) | Ron Easton | |
| 56 | Dodge | Dan Bray | Matthew Scannell | Howie Scannell Jr. | |
| 59 | Chevrolet | Peter Klutt | Gary Klutt (R) | John Fletcher | |
| Dodge | |||||
| 67 | Chevrolet | David Thorndyke | David Thorndyke | Kattie Smilovsky | |
| 69 | Chevrolet | Trevor Seibert | Trevor Seibert | Al Lebert | |
| 71 | Dodge | Patrice Brisebois | Patrice Brisebois | Yves Boisvert | |
| 74 | Dodge | Sylvain Lacroix | Kevin Lacroix (R) | Jean-Pierre Cyr | |
| 76 | Dodge | Sherri Lapcevich | Jeff Lapcevich | Don Thomson Jr. | |
| Cayden Lapcevich (R) | |||||
| Chevrolet | Jason Hankewich | Kevin Hein | |||
| 77 | Dodge | Katherine Almeida | Jocelyn Fecteau | Sebastien Berube | |
| 87 | Ford | Bud Morris | Erica Thiering (R) | Ed Wrong | |
| Kevin Poitras (R) | |||||
| Josh Collins (R) | |||||
| 89 | Ford | Donald Chisholm | Donald Chisholm | George Koszkulics | |
| 94 | Dodge | Ray Courtemanche Jr. | Dave Coursol | Andre Coursol | |
| 95 | Dodge | Peter Simone | Anthony Simone | Jeff Walt | |
| 98 | Dodge | Jim Bray | Larry Jackson | Dave Stephens | |
| 99 | Chevrolet | Derek White | Marc-Antoine Camirand | Robin McCluskey |
The series' 2015 schedule was released on December 18, 2014.[1] In February 2015, Sunset Speedway was added to the schedule to replace Barrie Speedway, after circuit owners halted racing at the track.[3]
| No. | Race Title | Track | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville | May 17[4] | |
| 2 | Budweiser 300 | Autodrome Chaudière, Vallée-Jonction | June 13 | |
| 3 | Leland Industries 300 presented by Johnsonville | Sunset Speedway, Innisfil | June 20 | |
| 4 | Ecko Unlimited 100 | Circuit ICAR, Mirabel | July 5 | |
| 5 | Alberta Has Energy 300 | Edmonton International Raceway, Wetaskiwin | July 11 | |
| 6 | Velocity Prairie Thunder 250 | Auto Clearing Motor Speedway, Saskatoon | July 15 | |
| 7 | Lucas Oil National 250 presented by Lacroix Tuning | Autodrome Saint-Eustache, Saint-Eustache | July 25 | |
| 8 | JuliaWine.com le 50 Tours | Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières | August 2 | |
| 9 | Wounded Warriors Canada 300 | Riverside International Speedway, James River | August 15 | |
| 10 | Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville | August 30 | |
| 11 | Pinty's 250 | Kawartha Speedway, Cavan Monaghan | September 19 |
| No. | Race | Pole position | Most laps led | Winning driver | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 | Gary Klutt | Scott Steckly | Gary Klutt | Chevrolet | |
| 2 | Budweiser 300 | Alex Labbé | Scott Steckly | Jason Hathaway | Chevrolet | |
| 3 | Leland Industries 300 presented by Johnsonville | Gary Klutt | Alex Tagliani | Alex Tagliani | Chevrolet | |
| 4 | Ecko Unlimited 100 | Alex Tagliani | Kevin Lacroix | Kevin Lacroix | Dodge | |
| 5 | Alberta Has Energy 300 | Scott Steckly | Scott Steckly | Scott Steckly | Dodge | |
| 6 | Velocity Prairie Thunder 250 | Scott Steckly | Scott Steckly | Scott Steckly | Dodge | |
| 7 | Lucas Oil National 250 presented by Lacroix Tuning | Scott Steckly | Scott Steckly | Andrew Ranger | Dodge | |
| 8 | JuliaWine.com le 50 Tours | Andrew Ranger | Kevin Lacroix | Kevin Lacroix | Dodge | |
| 9 | Wounded Warriors Canada 300 | D. J. Kennington | Scott Steckly | Scott Steckly | Dodge | |
| 10 | Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 | Andrew Ranger | Andrew Ranger | Jason Hathaway | Chevrolet | |
| 11 | Pinty's 250 | Scott Steckly | Jason Hathaway | Jason Hathaway | Chevrolet |
See also: List of NASCAR points scoring systems.
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Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.| Driver | MSP | ACD | SUN | ICAR | EIR | VER | STE | CTR | RIV | MSP | KAW | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Steckly | 5* | 16* | 4 | 5 | 1* | 1* | 10* | 9 | 1* | 7 | 2 | 446 | |
| 2 | Jason Hathaway | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1* | 442 | |
| 3 | Andrew Ranger | 9 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6* | 10 | 428 | |
| 4 | Louis-Philippe Dumoulin | 6 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 420 | |
| 5 | Gary Klutt (R) | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 383 | |
| 6 | Marc-Antoine Camirand | 23 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 382 | |
| 7 | D. J. Kennington | 4 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 8 | Jean-François Dumoulin | 3 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 381 | |
| 9 | Alex Tagliani | 5 | 1* | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 356 | |||
| 10 | Joey McColm | 18 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 348 | |
| 11 | Matthew Scannell | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 19 | 326 | |
| 12 | Mark Dilley | 17 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 239 | |||||
| 13 | Alex Labbé | DNS1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 229 | |||||
| 14 | Cayden Lapcevich (R) | 17 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 197 | ||||||
| 15 | Kevin Lacroix (R) | 26 | 1* | 16 | 1* | 26 | 21 | 184 | ||||||
| 16 | Anthony Simone | 25 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 29 | 18 | 179 | |||||
| 17 | Erica Thiering (R) | 16 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 167 | ||||||
| 18 | Noel Dowler | 9 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 134 | ||||||||
| 19 | James Van Domselaar | 9 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 130 | ||||||||
| 20 | Kerry Micks | 14 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 121 | ||||||||
| 21 | Jeff Lapcevich | 2 | 10 | 3 | 119 | |||||||||
| 22 | Simon Dion-Viens | 13 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 119 | ||||||||
| 23 | Dave Coursol | 15 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 118 | ||||||||
| 24 | Larry Jackson | 24 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 116 | ||||||||
| 25 | Dwayne Baker (R) | 15 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 115 | ||||||||
| 26 | Ray Courtemanche Jr. | 20 | 18 | DNS1 | 18 | 95 | ||||||||
| 27 | Kevin Poitras (R) | 10 | 23 | 12 | 87 | |||||||||
| 28 | Adam Dowler (R) | 19 | 10 | 16 | 87 | |||||||||
| 29 | Ryan Klutt | 11 | 24 | 25 | 72 | |||||||||
| 30 | Josh Collins (R) | 10 | 12 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Jamie Krzysik (R) | 16 | 12 | 60 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Nick Jewell | 20 | 11 | 57 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Jocelyn Fecteau | 13 | 20 | 55 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Jason Hankewich | 15 | 19 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 35 | David Thorndyke | 19 | 19 | 50 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Patrice Brisebois | 19 | 20 | 49 | ||||||||||
| 37 | Jason White | 18 | 22 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Trevor Seibert | 22 | 21 | 45 | ||||||||||
| 39 | Carlos de Quesada (R) | 18 | 28 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Pier-Luc Ouellette (R) | 8 | 36 | |||||||||||
| 41 | D. J. Casey | 11 | 33 | |||||||||||
| 42 | David Michaud (R) | 12 | 32 | |||||||||||
| 43 | Derek White | 14 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 44 | Charles Harvey (R) | 14 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 45 | Donald Chisholm | 15 | 29 | |||||||||||
| 46 | Olivier Bedard (R) | 16 | 28 | |||||||||||
| 47 | Brandon White | 17 | 27 | |||||||||||
| 48 | Dennis LaForce (R) | 18 | 26 | |||||||||||
| 49 | Paul Jean (R) | QL2 | 19 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 50 | Kevin O'Connell (R) | 21 | 23 | |||||||||||
| 51 | Ryley Seibert | 21 | 23 | |||||||||||
| 52 | Elie Arseneau | 22 | 22 | |||||||||||
| 53 | Spencer Gallagher | 22 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Driver | MSP | ACD | SUN | ICAR | EIR | VER | STE | CTR | RIV | MSP | KAW | Points |