Alex Tagliani celebrates his first NASCAR Pinty’s Series win of 2018 at Circuit de Trois-Rivieres. Photo by Matthew Manor/ NASCAR
All season long, Alex Tagliani has been close to winning.
The last time the NASCAR Pinty’s Series visited a road course, in Toronto, Tagliani started from the pole, lead every regulation lap, but lost the race to Andrew Ranger in a heartbreaking overtime finish.
Tagliani came into Sunday’s Circuit de Trois-Rivieres as the defending winner, and this time he wasn’t going to be denied.
The 44-year-old driver from Lachenaie, Quebec, battled hard and aggressively at the front of the field all race long.
Trading paint with Kevin Lacroix, Andrew Ranger and teammate Marc-Antoine Camirand, when the dust finally settled it was Tagliani’s No. 18 Rona/ Epipen Chevrolet scoring the victory in Le 50 Tours CanAm.
Tagliani took the lead off a hectic last corner pass of teammate Camirand on lap 38 and never looked back. Tagliani’s win marks the sixth different winner in eight races this season.
In a race that saw a record eight caution flags, no car left Trois-Rivieres unscathed. Emotions were high and the racing was intense.
Points leader and Trois-Rivieres native L.P. Dumoulin fought his way through the field and made a daring last-lap pass on Camirand to come home second for his fifth podium of the season and sixth at Circuit Trois-Rivieres.
Alex Labbe started at the rear and fought all the way up to a third-place finish. Labbe, the 2017 series champion, was making his return to the series and was coming fresh off his best career NASCAR Xfinity Series finish of ninth Saturday at Mid-Ohio. Sunday’s run was Labbe’s first podium and best career finish at the historic 1.530-mile street course.
Fellow Trois-Rivieres native J.F. Dumoulin came home fourth. Pole sitter Camirand, who led the first 37 laps, finished fifth.
D.J. Kennington and Donald Theetge finished sixth and seventh, respectively.
French driver Frederic Gabillon recovered after a mid-race spin to finish eighth in his series debut. Gabillon was running at GP3R as part of a unique exchange program with J.F. Dumoulin, with Gabillon earning the race as the regular-season champion of the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.
Luc Lesage and Mark Dilley completed the top 10.
Following Le 50 Tours CanAm, Dumoulin has extended his points lead over Camirand to 10 points. Tagliani is only a point behind Camirand and is two in front of Cole Powell.
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NASCAR Pinty’s Series
Circuit de Trois-Rivieres – Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
Le 50 Tours Can-Am – August 12, 2018
1. Alex Tagliani
2. L.P. Dumoulin
3. Alex Labbe
4. J.F. Dumoulin
5. Marc-Antoine Camirand
6. D.J. Kennington
7. Donald Theetge
8. Frederic Gabillon
9. Luc Lesage
10. Mark Dilley
11. Cole Powell
12. Adam Martin
13. Larry Jackson
14. Brett Taylor
15. Andrew Ranger
16. Raymond Guay
17. Simon Dion-Viens
18. James Vance
19. Jocelyn Fecteau
20. Kevin Lacroix
21. Martin Cote
22. J.F. Laberge
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