Kevin Lacroix celebrates his victory in Saturday’s NASCAR Pinty’s Series race at Toronto, giving him his third series win of the season. Photo by Matt Manor/NASCAR
It only took Kevin Lacroix seven laps to get the lead, once he got there he didn’t look back.
The 28-year-old driver from Saint- Eustache, Quebec, held off hard charges from Marc- Antoine Camirand, LP Dumoulin and Adam Andretti to win Sunday’s NASCAR Pinty’s Series race Sunday at Toronto’s Exhibition Place.
This race win was Lacroix’s second consecutive win following his win at Quebec’s Circuit ICAR last week. This marked the championship points leader’s third win of the season, extending his points lead over Alex Labbe by 13 points. Lacroix nearly lost his lead to Camirand with six laps to go when the St. Leonard d’Aston, Quebec, native hit the wall forcing a late race yellow. Lacroix then continued his dominating performance holding off L.P. Dumoulin and Andretti to claim his first victory in Toronto.
L.P. Dumoulin picked up his best finish of 2017 finishing second. Adam Andretti finished third and became the first American to sit on the podium since Jason Bowles in 2010.
Alex Labbe finished in fourth, while J.F. Dumoulin ended up fifth notching his first top five since CTMP in 2015.
D.J. Kennington, Cayden Lapcevich, Anthony Simone, Gary Klutt, and Peter Klutt rounded out the top ten.
Polesitter Andrew Ranger limped home in 15th after an early run in with Alex Tagliani. Tagliani went on to finish 14th.
The NASCAR Pinty’s Series heads west to Wyant Group Raceway for the Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 100s presented by Bayer on July 26.
NASCAR Pinty’s Series
Toronto Exhibition Place – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pinty’s Grand Prix of Toronto – July 15, 2017
| Fin | Str | Car | Driver | Team | Laps | Points | B/Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 74 | Kevin Lacroix | Bumper to Bumper/Total/Gates/Go Fast Dodge | 35 | 48 | 5 | Running |
| 2 | 7 | 47 | L.P. Dumoulin | WeatherTech Canada/Bellemare Dodge | 35 | 42 | Running | |
| 3 | 4 | 44 | Adam Andretti * | Engineered Components/Anchor Bolt & Screw | 35 | 41 | Running | |
| 4 | 6 | 32 | Alex Labbe | Can-Am/Kappa/Cyclops Gear/Lou’s BBQ Ford | 35 | 40 | Running | |
| 5 | 10 | 4 | J.F. Dumoulin | Spectra Premium/Bellemare/Bernier Dodge | 35 | 39 | Running | |
| 6 | 11 | 17 | D.J. Kennington | Castrol Edge Dodge | 35 | 38 | Running | |
| 7 | 13 | 76 | Cayden Lapcevich | Bay King Chrysler Dodge | 35 | 37 | Running | |
| 8 | 8 | 95 | Anthony Simone | Innovative Plumbing/InkYourRide Dodge | 35 | 36 | Running | |
| 9 | 9 | 59 | Gary Klutt | Pioneer Family Pools Dodge | 35 | 35 | Running | |
| 10 | 12 | 42 | Peter Klutt | Legendary Motorcar Chevrolet | 35 | 34 | Running | |
| 11 | 18 | 69 | Trevor Seibert | Lake Excavating/Avion Motorsports Chevrolet | 35 | 33 | Running | |
| 12 | 20 | 25 | Larry Jackson | Wonder/Dunright Foam/CBRT/B&B Decals Dodge | 35 | 32 | Running | |
| 13 | 17 | 9 | Adam Martin * | Johsonville/Oliviers/Reser’s Ford | 35 | 31 | Running | |
| 14 | 1 | 27 | Andrew Ranger | Mopar/Pennzoil/Mopar Express Lane Dodge | 33 | 31 | 1 | Running |
| 15 | 2 | 18 | Alex Tagliani | Epipen/Lowe’s/St. Hubert/Fast Wheels Dodge | 33 | 30 | 1 | Running |
| 16 | 5 | 22 | Marc-Antoine Camirand | GM Paillè Chevrolet | 29 | 28 | Accident | |
| 17 | 16 | 43 | Robin Buck | Ontario Chrysler Dealers Ad Assoc. Dodge | 22 | 27 | Off Track | |
| 18 | 15 | 8 | Brett Taylor * | Piloti/CBRT/365 Security Dodge | 15 | 26 | Accident | |
| 19 | 19 | 11 | Martin Cote | GO-VR.com Dodge | 8 | 25 | Off Track | |
| 20 | 14 | 2 | Matthew Scannell | OMVIC/Leland/Beyond Digital Ford | 1 | 24 | Accident |
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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Andrew Ranger, Time: 76.785 Seconds, Speed: 82.282 mph
Time of Race: 0 hrs., 57 mins, 3 secs Average Speed: 64.601 mph Margin of Victory: 1.207 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 2-3 (Car 02 contact with tire wall {free pass[none]}); 9-11 (Car 11 contact with trire wall [none]); 30-31 (Car 44 stopped on track [27]). 3 for 7 laps.
Lap Leaders: Andrew Ranger 1-3, Alex Tagliani 4, Andrew Ranger 5, Alex Tagliani 6, Kevin Lacroix 7-35.
Total Laps Led: Kevin Lacroix 29, Andrew Ranger 4, Alex Tagliani 2. 4 changes involving 3 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Kevin Lacroix 222, Alex Labbe 209, L.P. Dumoulin 192, Andrew Ranger 188, Cayden Lapcevich 186, D.J. Kennington 183, J.F. Dumoulin 180, Alex Tagliani 179, Adam Martin * 162, Larry Jackson 153
* Jostens Rookie of the Year contender
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