NASCAR Pinty’s Series News & Notes: The Streets of Toronto Kick off Summer Campaign for NASCAR Pinty’s Series
NASCAR Pinty's Series News & Notes:
The Streets of Toronto Kick off Summer Campaign for NASCAR Pinty's Series
While Treyten Lapcevich has held a firm grip on the checkered flags throughout the first third of the season, the months of July and August are where championships can be made and lost.
The 19-year-old has won three of the first four races, claiming victory in the season opener at Sunset Speedway, at the first road course race of the year at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP), and the most recent race at Eastbound International Speedway, in Newfoundland & Labrador.
The only race he has not won, was at Autodrome Chaudière where reigning champion, Marc-Antoine Camirand took the checkered flag. Lapcevich still finished second.
"It's really solid momentum to start the season," said Lapcevich. "We had a lot of bad luck plague our 2022 season so hopefully we can keep logging these consistent finishes, run up front week in and week out and we'll be there at the end of the year."
Now for the fifth stop of the 2023 season, the series heads to Exhibition Place for the Tiffany Gate Grand Prix of Toronto.
One of the biggest race weekends in Canada will feature several of the country's best drivers battling it out through the tight turns on the Streets of Toronto.
Only three drivers have won the Grand Prix of Toronto - Andrew Ranger (3), Alex Tagliani (2), and defending race winner Kevin Lacroix (2).
Last year, it was Lacroix, in the No. 74 Dodge who dominated, leading 29 of 35 laps, en-route to his second victory of the season with Ranger and L.P. Dumoulin filling out the podium.
Now, Lacroix sits second in the standings, 23 points behind Lapcevich, as the series enters its busiest, and arguably challenging point of the season.
Following the Tiffany Gate Grand Prix of Toronto, teams will head west to Alberta and Saskatchewan for three races, one at Edmonton International Raceway (Wetaskiwin, AB), and two at Sutherland Automotive Speedway (Saskatoon, SK).
The month of August features the historic race on the Streets of Trois-Rivières, QC, two dirt races at Ohsweken Speedway, and the airport tarmac road course of Circuit ICAR.
Alex Guenette, who has been a dark horse so far this year, claimed his first series win last year at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, while Lapcevich will look to go back-to-back at Ohsweken Speedway after winning the inaugural event.
This season the single dirt event has been expanded into a doubleheader on Monday, August 14, and Tuesday, August 15, with the series celebrating its 200th race on the second night.
To kick off the final month, September starts with the last road course of the season, returning to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, where Camirand mathematically clinched his 2022 Championship with a victory.
Delaware Speedway will once again host the season finale and set the stage for crowning a champion.
Free Admission for Honda Indy's Fan Friday
The Tiffany Gate Grand Prix of Toronto will highlight Honda Indy's Fan Friday event. Fans will be able to attend the NASCAR Pinty's race for free with a voluntary donation to Make-A-Wish Canada.
To date, a cumulative total of $905,000 has been raised and each dollar will go toward granting wishes for children living with critical illnesses.
After the Tiffany Gate Grand Prix of Toronto, the inaugural REV & RUN event, where runners and walkers will take to the Honda Indy course. A number of NASCAR Pinty's drivers are set to take part in the event, including L.P. Dumoulin and D.J. Kennington.
NASCAR Pinty's etc.
- Canadian National Go-Karting Champion, Darryl Timmers, is set to make his series debut this Friday in the No. 98 CURB Records/Darkhorse Trailer Chevrolet.
- A number of road course ringers return to the series, including father-son duo, Peter and Gary Klutt, Daniel Bois, Matthew Scannell, J.F. Laberge, and the eldest Dumoulin brother, J.F.
- Other notable drivers who are local to the Toronto area are Trevor Monaghan, Sam Fellows, and Kyle Steckly.
- The Tiffany Gate Grand Prix of Toronto at Exhibition Place will stream live on TSN+ in Canada and on FloRacing in the United States at 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, July 14, 2023. The race will broadcast on tape delay on TSN on Sunday, July 23 at 3:00 p.m. ET and on RDS2 on Sunday, July 30 at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Race Tiffany Gate Grand Prix of Toronto
Date / Start Time Friday, Julu 14, 2023 / 5:10 p.m. ET.
Track / Location Exhibition Place (Toronto, ON)
TV TSN: Sunday, July 23 @ 3:00 p.m. ET / RDS2: Sunday, July 30 @ 11:00 a.m. ET
Live Stream Canada: TSN+
USA: FloRacing
Fans can stay connected to the NASCAR Pinty's Series – and all things NASCAR in Canada – at www.nascar.ca, on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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