Donald Chisholm (racing driver) explained

Donald Chisholm
Birth Date:	14 April 1976
Birth Place:	Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
Total Canada Races:	23
Years In Canada:	13
Prev Canada Pos:	37th
Prev Canada Year:	2019
Best Canada Pos:	29th (2013)
First Canada Race:	2007 Atlantic Dodge Dealers 300 (Riverside)
Last Canada Race:	2019 Bumper to Bumper 300 (Riverside)
First Canada Win:	2014 Wilson Equipment 300 (Riverside)
Last Canada Win:	2014 Wilson Equipment 300 (Riverside)
Canada Wins:	1
Canada Top Tens:	11
Canada Poles:	3
Updated:	September 29, 2019

Donald Chisholm (born April 14, 1976 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian professional racing driver. Chisholm currently drives the No. 89 Keltic Ford/Nova Construction Ford Fusion for NOVA Racing in the Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour and part-time in NASCAR Pinty's Series driving the No. 89 NOVA Racing Ford Fusion.

Racing career

Maritime Pro Stock Tour

In 2015 Chisholm came into the season with hopes of capturing his first Pro Stock Tour championship. Despite picking up just one win in the Lucas Oil 150 at Riverside International Speedway, Chisholm put together one of the most consistent performances of his career. He would record eight top five finishes, along with eleven top tens in twelve starts to capture the title by just nine points over 2nd place Dylan Blenkhorn.^[1]

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

Donald Chisholm made his NASCAR Canadian Tire Series debut at Riverside International Speedway, his hometown track, in 2007. He was forced to retire with steering issues on lap 243, finishing a disappointing 16th. He returned to Riverside the following season, but didn't fare much better, finishing the race in 14th. Chisholm added a second race to his schedule in 2008, finishing all the laps at Kawartha Speedway on his way to a 10th-place finish for his first career top 10.

Chisholm picked up his first career pole at the 2014 Wilson Equipment 300 at Riverside with a speed of 82.443 mph. He would go on to lead 103 laps in the event to pick up his first career win, beating out series regular Andrew Ranger who faded late after leading 106 laps to finish 4th. The win was an emotional one for the Chisholm Family as Donald lost his father, John "Nova" Chisholm, earlier in the year.^[2]

Personal life

Donald is the son of entrepreneur and philanthropist John Chisholm. John built Riverside International Speedway in 1969 and repurchased the track in 2005, renovating it into its current state. John Chisholm was inducted into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2015.^[3]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Pinty's Series

NASCAR Pinty's Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
2007	NOVA Racing	98	Chevy	HAM	MSP	BAR	MPS	EDM	CGV	MSP	CTR	HAM	BAR	RIS 16	KWA		42nd	115
2008				HAM	MSP	BAR	ASE	MPS	EDM	CGV	MSP	CTR	HAM	BAR	RIS 14	KWA 10	34th	255
2009				ASE	DEL	MSP	ASE	MPS	EDM	SAS	MSP	CTR	CGV	BAR	RIS 5	KWA 17	31st	267
2010		89	Ford	DEL 17	MSP	ASE	TOR	EDM	MPS	SAS	CTR	MSP	CGV	BAR	RIS 16	KWA 11	32nd	362
2011				MSP	ICAR	DEL 19	MSP	TOR	MPS	SAS	CTR	CGV	BAR	RIS 3	KWA 22		33rd	368
2012				MSP	ICAR	MSP	DEL	MPS	EDM	SAS	CTR	CGV	BAR	RIS 6	KWA 9		37th	73
2013	DJK Racing	28	Ford	MSP	DEL	MSP	ICAR	MPS	SAS	ASE	CTR	RIS 7	MSP	BAR			29th	75
			Dodge												KWA 7
2014			Ford	MSP	ACD	ICAR	EIR	SAS	ASE	CTR	RIS 1	MSP	BAR	KWA 12			32nd	80
2015	NOVA Racing	89	Ford	MSP	ACD	SSS	ICAR	EIR	SAS	ASE	CTR	RIS 15	MSP	KWA			45th	29
2016				MSP	SSS	ACD	ICAR	TOR	EIR	SAS	CTR	RIS 4	MSP	ASE	KWA		43rd	41
2017				MSP	DEL	ACD	ICAR	TOR	SAS	SAS	EIR	CTR	RIS 13	MSP	ASE	JUK 8	31st	68
2018				MSP	JUK	ACD	TOR	SAS	SAS	EIR	CTR	RIS 17	MSP	ASE	NHA	JUK	44th	27
2019				MSP	JUK	ACD	TOR	SAS	SAS	EIR	CTR	RIS 9	MSP	ASE	NHA	JUK	37th	36

Maritime Pro Stock Tour

Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour

Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour results
Year	Team	Number	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2009	NOVA Racing	89	SSW 26	RIS 4	PEI^2 -	660^1 -	SSW2 26	IWK 29	OBS -	SSW3 8	SSW4 7	RIS3 3	660-2 -	SSW5 3	20th	1689
2010			SSW^1 6	RIS 3	OBS 7	SSW2 4	IWK 13	660 7	OBS2 4	SSW3 5	RIS3 1	660-2 25	SSW4 2		3rd	2131
2011			SSW 7	PIR 2	RIS 1	OBS 5	SSW2 8	660 10	IWK 16	OBS2 26	SSW3 8	RIS3 14	PIR2 3	SSW4 21	8th	2192
2012			SSW 8	PIR -	RIS 20	SSW2 2	OBS 1	660 8	IWK 21	OBS2 15	SSW3 19	RIS3 9	PIR2 5	SSW4 12	7th	2181
2013			SSW 16	PIR^1 -	RIS 1	SSW2 19	PIR2 14	660 25	IWK 2	OBS -	SSW3 12	PIR3 -	RIS3 2	SSW4 20	17th	1621
2014			SSW 7	PIR 11	RIS^1 3	SSW2 8	PIR2 16	660 -	IWK 2	OBS -	SSW3 10	PIR3 -	RIS3 4	SSW4 10	14th	1691
2015			SSW 4	PIR 5	RIS 2	SSW2 6	PIR2 7	660 4	IWK 9	OBS 12	SSW3 3	PIR3 5	RIS3 1	SSW4 5	1st	2348

¹Race delayed due to weather and held later in the season than shown.

²Race cancelled and combined with Round 7

IWK 250 results

Year	Make	Finish	Team
2007*	Chevrolet	align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;"	27	NOVA Racing
2008		align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;"	23
2009	Ford	align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;"	29
2010		align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;"	13
2011		align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;"	16
2012		align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;"	21
2013		align=center style="background:#DFDFDF;"	2
2014		align=center style="background:#DFDFDF;"	2
2015		align=center style="background:#FFDF9F;"	9
2016		align=center style="background:#FFFFBF;"	1
2017		align=center style="background:#DFFFDF;"	14
2018		align=center style="background:#EFCFFF;"	23

Event run as part of the Pro All Stars Series

Notes and References

1. Web site: DONALD CHISHOLM WINS PARTS FOR TRUCKS PRO STOCK TOUR TITLE. Maritime Pro Stock Series. 2015-09-28.
2. Web site: Donald Chisholm takes NASCAR series win | The Chronicle Herald. thechronicleherald.ca. 2015-08-24.
3. Web site: John Chisholm named to Canadian motorsport hall - Sports - The News. ngnews.ca. 2015-08-24.