2019-08-26

JEAN-FRANÇOIS DUMOULIN CLÔTURE SA SAISON SUR LE PODIUM

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JEAN-FRANÇOIS DUMOULIN CLÔTURE SA SAISON SUR LE PODIUM
NASCAR Pinty's Series – Canadian Tire Motorsport Park – 25 août 2019

Clarington (Ontario, Canada)le 25 août 2019. Au volant de la voiture #04 Spectra Premium | Groupe Bellemare | Trois-Rivières Mitsubishi | MIA | Bernier Crépeau Chrysler Fiat, Jean-François Dumoulin s'est présenté au Canadian Tire Motorsport Park avec la ferme intention de terminer sur le podium pour sa dernière course de la saison. Mission accomplie ! Dixième sur la grille de départ, Jean-François Dumoulin nous a servi son pilotage exceptionnel de bout en bout, en dépassant stratégiquement avec toute la détermination que nous lui connaissons jusqu'à mener un tour de piste. Toujours à surveiller, ce maître de l'attaque promettait de piloter de façon intelligente et efficace et d'être présent dans le peloton de tête en fin de course. En effet, après une bataille dans les derniers tours, c'est en troisième position que l'aîné des frères Dumoulin a franchi la ligne d'arrivée.
 
« Je suis plus que satisfait de notre course aujourd'hui. Nous avons effectué plusieurs changements pendant les essais pour améliorer la voiture. En qualification, nous n'avons pas réussi à faire un bon tour de piste avec nos pneus neufs, ralenti par des drapeaux jaunes, toutefois nous étions confiants pour la course. La voiture #04 Spectra Premium | Groupe Bellemare | Trois-Rivières Mitsubishi | MIA | Bernier Crépeau Chrysler Fiat était rapide malgré un léger sous-virage auquel et j'ai pu adapter mon pilotage.  Au 47e tour, en cinquième position près des meneurs, j'ai opté pour gérer mon rythme et me laisser un peu de pneus pour toutes les éventualités dans les derniers tours. Cela a fonctionné puisque la dernière relance m'a ouvert la porte pour terminer sur le podium, » conclut Jean-François Dumoulin, fier de son équipe.


Saison 2019
Si la saison de course se clôture pour Jean-François Dumoulin, celle de Dumoulin Compétition n'est pas terminée et ses fonctions à titre de directeur général se poursuivent. Avec deux podiums, un top-5 et une sixième position, ses performances en piste ont été des plus intéressantes.

 
BLIZT de défoulement contre le cancer

Le Grand Défoulement Dumoulin Compétition au profit de la Fondation québécoise du cancer se poursuit. Chaque geste est un pas de plus vers le podium. Rendez-vous au paddock de l'équipe le 7 septembre prochain à l'Autodrome St-Eustache pour signer les coffres des voitures de Jean-François et Louis-Philippe Dumoulin.

Pour faire un don en ligne : La course contre le cancer

 
« L'Espace Dumoulin » de retour au Musée Gilles-Villeneuve

Le 8 mai 2018, c'est avec fierté que les frères Jean-François et Louis-Philippe Dumoulin ont dévoilé « L'Espace Dumoulin » au Musée Gilles-Villeneuve. À l'occasion des « 50 ans sur le volant » de la famille Dumoulin, les amateurs de course qui n'ont pas pu découvrir « L'Espace Dumoulin » l'an dernier, auront la possibilité de le faire cette année, puisque l'exposition se poursuit. Vous aurez l'occasion de voir la création de Luc Pilon qui a inspiré le logo des 50 ans.

« Passion – Performance – Partenariats »
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Fin de semaine parfaite pour Kevin Lacroix avec sa cinquième victoire au CTMP

Kevin Lacroix a quitté le Riverside International Speedway d'Antigonish (Nouvelle-Écosse) la semaine dernière avec un arrière-goût d'en avoir échappé une. Il avait mené le plus grand nombre de tours en course, jusqu'à l'entrée du virage 1du dernier tour, avant que Jason Hathaway ne le frappe, ce qui provoque une dernière neutralisation, et « vole » la victoire que Lacroix pensait dans le sac en sa faveur à la suite d'une prolongation palpitante de deux tours.

 

Cette semaine, Lacroix s'est lancé sur une piste qu'il connaît bien - le Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) - dans l'espoir de relancer ses espoirs pour le titre 2019.  Lacroix a exécuté un week-end « parfait », remportant la pole et le TOTAL Quartz 200 dans la foulée.

 

« Nous avons été assez secoués après la course [Riverside], ayant marqué moins de points que prévu. Maintenant, nous sommes ici [CTMP] et nous voilà avec un week-end parfait, c'était le plan et c'est ce qui s'est passé. Nous sommes donc vraiment heureux, » de dire le pilote après la course.

 

Lacroix a mené les 20 premiers tours au volant de sa Bumper to Bumper Dodge No. 74 avant que la catastrophe ne frappe. Lacroix a fait un arrêt au stand imprévu, le repoussant à plus de 10 secondes derrière les meneurs.

 

Le pilote de Saint-Eustache a alors profité des relances pour se frayer rapidement un chemin vers les meneurs. Un accident de fin de course a mis en place une relance en prolongation NASCAR, dont Lacroix a parfaitement profité. La victoire de Lacroix, jumelée à des problèmes pour Andrew Ranger, le meneur aux points, a maintenant placé les deux protagonistes sur un pied d'égalité pour le titre, à seulement trois courses de l'arrivée.

 

« Andrew Ranger n'a pas eu de chance, un peu comme nous en début de saison et ça nous lie avant les trois prochaines courses. Ce sera une fin de saison excitante. Nous attendons avec impatience les dernières courses, je suis très confiant, mais je sais qu'Andrew sera bon là-bas aussi, alors nous devons rester à la hauteur, » déclarait Lacroix.

 

Alex Tagliani domine la partie médiane de l'épreuve et conteste les relances avec Lacroix. Comme des multiples fins de courses depuis des années, d'innombrables camions et voitures négociant le virage 10, le dernier, Lacroix a plongé à l'intérieur de Tagliani dans ce virage à droite, où Tagliani avait laissé une petite ouverture. Lacroix s'est frayé un chemin et doublé la Chevrolet Rona/EpiPen pour remporter sa cinquième victoire au CTMP, balayant les deux épreuves annuelles pour la deuxième fois de sa carrière.

 

Dans le nuage de poussière qui a suivi la fin de la course, Marc-Antoine Camirand a réussi à se faufiler et à décrocher la deuxième place, son premier podium en 2019. Il égalise ainsi son meilleur résultat au CTMP, datant de mai 2018.

 

« Je suis heureux d'être de retour sur le podium. C'était une course folle, nous nous sommes battus pour la première place tout au long de la course et à la dernière relance, quand Kevin était troisième, je savais qu'il allait pousser fort pour doubler Alex et je les ai laissés partir, » ajoutait Marc-Antoine Camirand.

 

Dans un acte d'indignation post-course, Tagliani a frotté la n°74 contre sa no 18, forçant Lacroix à quitter la piste et rouler sur le gazon.

Pour sa deuxième course consécutive sur circuit routier, Jean-François Dumoulin s'est retrouvé sur le podium. En tête d'un tour et en pilotant proprement tout au long de la course, Dumoulin a pu doubler Tagliani en route vers le damier lors de la dernière relance et remporter son quatrième podium en carrière.

 

Bien que Tagliani ait perdu l'avantage dans le dernier virage, il a réussi à conserver sa quatrième place. Anthony Simone, du CBRT, a obtenu son meilleur résultat de sa saison en cinquième place.

 

Jason Hathaway et D.J. Kennington ont terminé respectivement sixième et septième.

 

Simon Dion-Viens a pu reprendre le temps perdu lors d'un dérapage bien contrôlé et termine huitième. Andrew Ranger, le meneur aux points en début de weekend, a crevé le pneu arrière droit après une touchette avec le no 20 de Raymond Guay, laissant Ranger neuvième au final. Julia Landauer a été impliquée dans un incident avec Chandler Smith, dont la voiture était bien amochée. Pour sa part, Landauer a terminé dixième.

 

Les amateurs pourront voir la course sur TSN, dimanche, le 1er septembre à 13 h 30, et sur RDS2 le vendredi, 20 septembre à 22 h. La série NASCAR Pinty's Series sera de retour en action samedi le 7 septembre pour le Lucas Oil 250, la dernière course NASCAR à l'Autodrome Saint-Eustache.

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Kevin Lacroix Caps off Perfect Weekend with Fifth CTMP Win

Kevin Lacroix left Riverside International Speedway last week feeling like he had let one get away. After leading the most laps, including the white flag lap, Lacroix lost to Jason Hathaway in a thrilling overtime finish.

 

This week, Lacroix came into a track he knows well –  Canadian Tire Motorsports Park – looking to jumpstart his title hopes.  Lacroix put together a 'perfect' weekend, taking the pole award before winning the TOTAL Quartz 200 in heart pounding fashion.

 

"We were pretty much shaken after the race [Riverside] for points" Lacroix said.  And now we're here [CTMP] and we had the chance to make a perfect weekend, that was the plan, thats what happened so we're really happy."

 

Lacroix's led the first 20 laps in his No.74 Bumper to Bumper Dodge before calamity struck. Lacroix made an unscheduled pit stop, pushing him down the order and over 10 seconds back from the leaders.


The Saint-Eustache, Quebec driver took advantage of restarts to fight his way up to front. A late race accident set a up a NASCAR Overtime finish, which Lacroix took perfect advantage of. Lacroix's win, coupled with trouble for points leader Andrew Ranger has the pair tied atop the standings with three races to go.

 

"Andrew Ranger had some bad luck and it ties us heading into the next three races. That's going to be an exciting end of the season" Lacroix added "We're really looking forward to the last few races, I'm really confident but I know Andrew is going be good there too so we have to keep up."

 

Alex Tagliani had dominated the middle portion of the event leading 24 laps. In NASCAR overtime it was a two-man fight. Like countless Trucks and Pinty's races past, Lacroix made his move in the infamous turn 10. Diving to the inside, Lacroix muscled his way by the Rona/EpiPen Chevrolet to claim his fifth CTMP victory, sweeping both events for the second time in his career. 

 

In a post-race act of displeasure, Tagliani hit the door of the No.74 forcing him into the grass. No further altercations occurred post race. 

 

In the ensuing dust cloud, Marc-Antoine Camirand was able to sneak through and claim his first podium of 2019. Camirand's No. 22 GM Paille Chevrolet equals his best CTMP finish that he scored last May. 

 

"I'm just happy to be back on the podium," Camirand said. "It was a crazy race, we battled for the lead all race long and on the last restart when Kevin was in third place, I knew he was going to push hard to pass Alex and I let them go."

 

For his second road course race in a row, JF Dumoulin found himself on the podium. Leading a lap and running clean all race long, Dumoulin snuck by Tagliani in the final corner to claim his fourth career podium. 

 

Despite having the lead taken away in the final curve, Tagliani was able to hold on for a fourth-place finish. CBRT's Anthony Simone would score his best finish of the season in fifth. 

 

Jason Hathaway and D.J Kennington were sixth and seventh, respectively.

 

Simon Dion-Viens rebounded after a mid-race spin to finish eighth. Points leader Andrew Ranger blew a right rear tire after contact with the No.20 of Raymond Guay, Ranger would come home ninth. Julia Landauer was involved in a crash with Chandler Smith, suffering heavy rear-end damage Landauer would complete the top ten on the lead lap. 

 

Fans can catch the race on TSN, Sunday, September. 1 at 1:30 p.m. and on RDS2 – Friday, September. 20 at 10 p.m. The NASCAR Pinty's Series will be back in action Saturday September 7 for the Lucas Oil 250, the final NASCAR race at Autodrome Saint-Eustache.

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2019-08-23

Time Running Out for Championship Contenders

Time Running Out for Championship Contenders

 

From the start of the season, the championship points battle has seemed to be a two-horse race.  While Andrew Ranger and Kevin Lacroix have been the class of the field, defending champion L.P. Dumoulin and Alex Tagliani have done enough to keep themselves in the running. But with only four races remaining, time is running out for one of them to make a move.

 

Ranger and Lacroix have spent the entire season one-two in the standings, having swapped the points lead after each of the first six races. If history is any indication, this could be the weekend they separate from the pack – the two have seven combined wins at CTMP, including five of the last seven races.

 

Coincidentally, the other two winners in that span are Dumoulin and Tagliani, who just about need to reach victory lane to stay in the title hunt past Sunday.

 

Typically, the Western Swing to Saskatoon and Edmonton can define a driver's championship push. With three races in four days, opportunities are aplenty to gain points.  If Ranger emerges as the 2019 champion, he can point to his two wins there as the defining moment. He went out west with a 2 point lead and returned up 18.

 

But Dumoulin also kickstarted his season with a win in the first Saskatoon race. Since then he has exploded with a win and four top fives. He has gone from 30 points back after Edmonton to an easily fixable 17 points back.

 

It has helped that Ranger has hit a bit of a slide in the last two races, finishing seventh and eighth, respectively. That has allowed Lacroix, Dumoulin and even Tagliani to tighten the gap heading into the homestretch of the season.

 

Tagliani was seemingly out of the championship running, 44 points back after Edmonton. But two straight podium finishes have helped the defending race winner gain back 11 points. Anything short of a win at CTMP could end Tagliani's shot at this year's title. 

 

Trouble at CTMP could be impactful in the standings. With 25 cars entered, any poor run can result in a massive points loss.

 

Four drivers enter CTMP in the title hunt, who will emerge entering the final three races?

 

 

Canadian Flavour in the Gander Trucks

 

Canadian fans will see five of their homegrown heroes take on the tricky CTMP road course in the Gander Outdoors Truck Series. Alex Tagliani will make his debut with Kyle Busch Motorsports in the No. 51 Toyota. Tagliani has run the event four prior times, with two starts for each Brad Keselowski Racing and Young's Motorsports. Tagliani scored two pole positions for BKR, and a best finish of fifth. This year may be as good an opportunity for a win in one of NASCAR's main three series as Tagliani has ever had.

 

Gary Klutt with make his third attempt at the race, this time for championship contending team Niece Motorsports. Klutt has a best finish of 11th for KBM in 2016.

 

Canadian phenom Raphael Lessard ran GP3R to prepare himself for his first road course start in a truck, piloting the No.54 FRL Express Toyota for DGR Crosley.  Lessard has 4 starts this season with a best finish of 9th at Iowa. 

 

Sun Peaks, B.C native Jason White, who stepped away from Pinty's Series competition in July after his 100th career start, will attempt his third Gander Trucks race.

 

Full-time Gander Trucks driver and Playoff contender Stewart Friesen hails from Niagara-on-the-Lake.

 

 

Chandler Smith to Make Pinty's Series Debut

 

The NASCAR Pinty's Series has seen a plethora of drivers from the States make their debuts in preparation for the August Gander Trucks race. Noah Gragson, Riley Herbst, Kaz Grala and James Buescher are just a handful of drivers who trekked North. 

 

This week 17-year-old ARCA Menard's Series standout Chandler Smith will be the next American standout to try his hand at Canada's top series, in preparation for a potential run in the Gander Trucks in 2020. He will pilot the No.26 Quick Wick/ 828 Logistics Chevrolet for 22 Racing.

 

The Talking Rock, Georgia native has 6 wins in 18 starts in the ARCA Menard's Series and a pole in his Gander Trucks debut at Iowa.

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Fans in Canada can live stream Gander Trucks Playoff race this weekend

Fans in Canada can live stream Gander Trucks Playoff race this weekend

 

Fans in Canada can watch Sunday's NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Playoffs race via a live stream on NASCAR.com.

 

The race, which is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET, will be available for Canadian fans athttps://www.nascar.com/trucksincanada/. Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio have the radio calls. Fans in the United States can watch on FS1.

 

Prior to the Gander Trucks race, fans in both Canada and the United States can watch the NASCAR Pinty's Series race live beginning at 11 a.m. TSN subscribers can watch on TSN.ca or the TSN app, while American fans can watch live on FansChoice.tv.

 

After opening the Playoffs last year, the 2019 race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park serves as the second race in the opening Round of 8.

 

In years past fans have often seen last-lap contact when battling for the win. Last year it was Noah Gragson getting into teammate Todd Gilliland — spinning them both out — near the final corner.

 

Defending series champion Brett Moffitt leads the eight-driver playoff field into Canada, and he's automatically advanced into the next round by virtue of his win in the postseason opener at Bristol.  Veteran Johnny Sauter currently holds the last transfer spot, sitting three points above Austin Hill and 13 points above Tyler Ankrum on the cutline.

 

The Playoff field will be trimmed to six following the third race of the Round 8, Sept. 13 at Las Vegas.



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2019-08-22

Busy Weekend in Store for 22 Racing with Four Cars Entered in NASCAR Pinty's Series Race at CTMP

Busy Weekend in Store for 22 Racing with Four Cars Entered in NASCAR Pinty's Series
Race at CTMP

 

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Milverton, ON – Wednesday August 21, 2019
:  A busy weekend is in store for the 22 Racing team as they will be fielding four entries in the Total Quartz 200 NASCAR Pinty's Series race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
 
Event number ten on the 13-race schedule takes place starting on Saturday August 24th with practice and qualifying and on Sunday August 25th when they will share race day with the NASCAR Gander Outdoor Truck Series. 
 
"It will definitely be busy here with four teams but we are excited to add Chandler to our great team of drivers this weekend," said team owner Scott Steckly.  "It is always a great event when we pair up with the truck series and we look forward to seeing all the fans in attendance."
 
Alex Tagliani driver of the #18 Rona/EpiPen entry will look to add another win here at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park after his first checkered flag came here last year on this weekend.  Tagliani will be busy as he is pulling double duty with his #18 car in the Pinty's Series and the #51 truck in the Gander Outdoor Truck Series.
 
Marc-Antoine Camirand driver of the #22 GM Paille Chevrolet looks to get back on the podium here this weekend.  He has ten career starts at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with two top 5 finishes, including a best 2nd place finish in 2018. 
 
Donald Theetge driver of the #24 Mercedes-Benz St Nicholas/Circuit Acura car looks to improve on his 13th place finish earlier in the year here.  Theetge has three previous starts here with one top ten finish and currently sits 8th in the National Championship standings.
 
Chandler Smith will drive the #26 Qwick Wick/828 Logistics entry for 22 Racing this weekend.  This will be Smith's first foray into the NASCAR Pinty's Series and his first road course event.  He has three starts this year in the NASCAR Gander Outdoor Truck Series with his most recent race at Bristol Motor Speedway last weekend where he posted an impressive 2nd place finish.  Smith is also competing part time in the ARCA Racing Series.
 
The NASCAR Pinty's Series will start the weekend off on Saturday with practice at 1:05 p.m. followed by Driver Autograph Session at 3:15 p.m. and Qualifying at 5 p.m.  Sunday's Total Quartz 200 green flag will wave at 11:05 a.m.
 
For more information and tickets for this event please visitcanadiantiremotorsportpark.com
 
All NASCAR Pinty's Series races in 2019 are live streamed on TSN.ca and the TSN app in Canada and on FansChoice.tv in the United States.
 
Download the new 22 Racing Augmented Reality app powered by WorldCAST here at 22racing.ca/app  This next generation app delivers fun interactive augmented experiences to race fans through a layer of multimedia information and visuals in real time while scanning designated print items such as team driver hero cards, NASCAR Pinty's Series program ads, handouts and much more.
 
Follow the 22 Racing team on social media for behind the scenes updates on; Twitter @22RacingTeamFacebook Fan Page22racingteam and Instagram 22racingteam
 
 
About 22 Racing:  
22 Racing is owned by Four-Time NASCAR Pinty's Series Champion and Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame Inductee Scott Steckly. 22 Racing provides highly competitive race cars built in their world-class 7,500 square foot Milverton-based facility and maintained by a team of highly experienced crew members. 22 Racing offer turnkey solutions that range from research and development, construction, testing, logistics to marketing support. In 2019 they will field three full-time teams in the NASCAR Pinty's Series ­­­with drivers Alex Tagliani, Marc-Antoine Camirand and Donald Theetge.  Visit 22racing.ca for additional details and a list of previous notable drivers the team has prepared cars for.
 
The 22 Racing Team is supported by the following sponsors:  Erb Group of Companies, AW Millwrights, WorldCAST, Castrol, Wendell Motors, Auto Glym, Mechanix Wear, Great Dane Glasvan, Safety Kleen, Wilride Transport, Lincoln Electric, Dickies, Rustoleum, Dayco, Trico Products, Fram, Autolite, Driving Force, Qwick Wick and Mathias Sports.

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ALEX TAGLIANI: DRIVER, NO. 51 CANTORQUE TUNDRA | CANADA PREVIEW

ALEX TAGLIANI: DRIVER, NO. 51 CANTORQUE TUNDRA | CANADA PREVIEW

#51 TruckNews

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Overview

Event:  Gander Truck Series 250 (Race 18 of 23), 64 Laps – 20/20/24; 157.37 Miles

Location: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario (2.459-mile road course)

Date/Broadcast: Aug. 25, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR 90

What You Need to Know

  •  O Canada, this weekend the No. 51 team will head north to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for a 64-lap event on Sunday, with Canadian road-course ace Alex Tagliani behind the wheel and three Canadian companies on the side of the Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) Tundra. The Canadian has two poles, 15 laps led, one top-five and two top-10 finishes across four career NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series starts, all coming at the 2.459-mile road course north of the border. In addition to four Gander Truck Series starts, Tagliani has compiled four poles, 92 laps led, four top-five and five top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 13.0 across eight NASCAR Xfinity Series starts, all on road courses.
  • Tagliani currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Pinty's Series where he has recorded one win, one pole, 42 laps led, five top-five and seven top-10 finishes across nine starts and sits fourth in the championship standings this season. Overall across 80 career Pinty's Series starts Tagliani has collected nine wins, 10 poles, 35 top-five and 55 top-10 finishes. He led a race-high 23 laps en route to victory in last year's Pinty's Series race, which was held prior to the Gander Truck Series event, and will also be pulling double duty again Sunday.
  • Last weekend at Bristol, Toyota Racing Development protégé Chandler Smith earned a second-place finish in the iBUYPOWER Tundra in just his third Gander Trucks start and helped the No. 51 team get off to a strong start in the owner's portion of the Round of 8. The young driver started seventh and then made his way through the field to contend for the win in the closing laps. After one race in the Round of 8, the No. 51 team is ranked third in the owner's points standings with 2064 markers, 22 above the cutoff line for advancing to the Round of 6. The No. 51 team, which has earned five wins with owner-driver Kyle Busch behind the wheel and one win with veteran driver Greg Biffle at Texas Motor Speedway, will looking to bring home the organization's seventh owner's title. Overall across 17 starts the No. 51 team has two poles, 10 top-five and 12 top-10 finishes.
  • Veteran crew chief Rudy Fugle leads the No. 51 team this season. Fugle has guided his team to four Owner's Championships (2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017) as a crew chief at KBM, including combined Owner's/Driver's Championships with Erik Jones in 2015 and Christopher Bell in 2017. The New York native's drivers have combined for 28 wins, 22 poles, 66 top-five and 102 top-10 finishes across his 130 races calling the shots for the organization. North of the border at CTMP, Fugle's drivers have one win, Erik Jones in 2015, two top-five and four top-10 finishes across five starts at the 10-turn road course.
  • CanTorque will adorn the hood of the No. 51. Founded in 2000, CanTorque Inc. is an Edmonton based designer and manufacturer of industrial bolting tools and accessories. Our range includes square drive hydraulic torque wrenches, low profile hydraulic torque wrenches, pneumatic torque wrenches, stud tensioning systems & calibration equipment. We've been a sponsor of Alex Tagliani since he rejoined IndyCar in 2008 and have worked with him in numerous series since then. More information can be found at www.cantorque.com. Also, on the side of the KBM Tundra are Canadian companies Spectra Premium and RONA.

Alex Tagliani, Driver Q&A

 

Are you excited to return to CTMP in a KBM Tundra?

"First of all, it's a fantastic opportunity. Thanks to Kyle and Rudy and the entire KBM team for the trust — driving this No. 51 very iconic truck up in Canada is really big for me. Hopefully we can bring the truck in Victory Lane and give the fans some excitement."

How does your experience at this track help you this weekend?
"Everything helps. I think the series is very competitive, they've come to that track a couple times and every team has improved their road course package. The drivers are using the simulator these days to get better at it, so knowing it and knowing all the little tricks and bits of the track, hopefully we can use it to our advantage and get a good result."

How bad do you want to get a Truck Series victory at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park?
"I've come so close so many times, I feel that track owes me a couple of wins. If we can have one in the truck it will make up for all of the bad luck that we've had. Everybody seems to be tired of second place and I am one of those guys and hopefully this weekend will be the right one."

What does it mean to race a truck in Canada sponsored by three Canadian companies?
"Timing is everything and showing up in Canada and showing up in Canada in a truck that is red, black and white and having three Canadian companies on the truck, one that has been with me for so many years, CanTorque, and they're manufacturing tools right now so great timing for that. Spectra Premium having their high-performance radiator in the truck, it's amazing. And RONA as well, we are bringing some contest winners to have a VIP experience with the KBM team. Thanks to all these sponsors and, like I said, hopefully everyone is going to come out of there waving the Canadian flag."

Alex Tagliani Career Highlights

  • Overall across 80 career Pinty's Series starts Tagliani has collected nine wins, including a win in last year's race at CTMP, 10 poles, 35 top-five and 55 top-10 finishes. He finished second in the championship standings in 2018 and third in 2016.
  • The veteran driver also has eight NASCAR Xfinity Series road course starts with four top-five and five top-10 finishes and four poles.
  • In addition to his NASCAR starts, Tagliani has 131 starts and one win in the CART Series and 74 IndyCar Series starts, as well as multiple starts in other series. He won the pole for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 and overall across eight starts in the event produced a best result of 10th in 2010.

Alex Tagliani's No. 51 CanTorque Tundra:

KBM-061: The No. 51 CanTorque team will unload chassis KBM-061 for Sunday's NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series event. This chassis is brand new.

KBM Notes of Interest

  •  KBM drivers have collected one win, 65 laps led, six top-five and eight top-10 finishes resulting in an average finish of 10.6 across 17 starts at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
  • Erik Jones captured KBM's lone victory north of the border in the 2015 event.
  • KBM holds the Gander Truck Series records for most career wins (74) and most wins in a single season (14 in 2014). In addition to collecting a series-record six Owner's Championships, the organization has produced two championship-winning drivers; Erik Jones (2015) and Christopher Bell (2017).
  • The No. 51 is the winningest number in the KBM stable with 30 trips to victory lane in Gander Trucks action


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Rudolph Full Throttle at Airborne

Erick Rudolph too much for Lance Willix, passes late to win at Plattsburgh Airborne Speedway

PLATTSBURGH, NY – August 20, 2019 – Home-track hero Lance Willix II passed two of the best DIRTcar 358 Modified Series drivers Erick Rudolph and Mike Mahaney on a mid-race restart. Willix battled tooth and nail until a lap 90 red flag incident stopped the race. On the restart, Erick Rudolph got the better of No. 31 and powered on to visit Victory Lane. Tim Fuller battled hard inside the top five all race and finished on the final step of the podium. 

Erick Rudolph and Mike Mahaney brought the thirty-car field to the green flag. Mahaney got the initial jump on the outside and powered away from Rudolph. The No. 25R battled back and traded blows with Mahaney. Then on a restart, Plattsburgh regular Lance Willix II passed both of the dueling leaders in one shot. 

The No. 31 used a unique racing line where he entered the corners low and hooked the left side tires on the edge of the track. This seemed to rotate the car and allow Willix to get on the throttle earlier than Rudolph or Mahaney. 

Willix kept up his pace and maintained the lead until a dramatic incident on the front stretch brought out the red flag. 

As witnessed, Kyle Dingwalll made contact with the front stretch wall and veered in front of oncoming race traffic. Several cars, including Steve Bernier and Jessey Mueller, slid through the infield, which caused Mueller's car to flip and land on top of Bernier.

The high level of safety standards mandated by DIRTcar were put to the test and once again all drivers walked away. 

The battle at the front was far from over.

"We had a lot of time to sit there and think. I didn't know if I'd have an opportunity to pass him," said Rudolph.

Throughout the race the implement tires at the inside of the track get clipped and can change the preferred racing line depending on where they move, 

When the field went back to green on lap 90, Rudolph had to make a calculated move.

 "That tire down there was in the infield for a long time and it had everyone glued to the bottom. It moved up a bit and made the track racy again. We were able to make the move around him [Willix]," Rudolph said of his racing-winning move. 

That move made Rudolph and his team $4,000 richer. This was the second time the No. 25R has visited Victory Lane in Series competition in 2019. 

Plattsburgh still a very new track for Rudolph. 

He noted "I've only been here three times. I did a race here one time when it was asphalt. Track time helps anywhere you go."

Rudolph is heading to Cornwall Motor Speedway for their Race for the Cure 150 DIRTcar 358 Modified $12,000-to-win race on Thursday, August 22. The DIRTcar Sportsman Modified Series is in action as well. 

It's not how Lance Willix II wanted this one to end but a second-place finish with the best DIRTcar 358 Modified drivers around is a great accomplishment 

"This is the way we want to end the year. On a high note. We have momentum going into these big races at the end of the year. To be able to compete with Erick and Timmy and all these guys, it means something to us," said Willix. 

Tim Fuller powered his way up to finish in third.

"I had the second-best car on the track. Erick and Lance did a really good job. It was a long race and fortunately, we ended up in the top three which is good any time you get into what of these deals," Fuller said in Victory Lane. 

The Billy Whittaker Cars Fast-Time Award winner for Plattsburgh Airborne Speedway was Steve Bernier. Unfortunately, Bernier's car was heavily damaged in the red flag melee on the front stretch resulting in a DNF. 

A driver in a randomly determined finishing position is awarded one free Hoosier Racing Tire. Michael Parent, on the virtue of finishing in seventh position, is awarded the free tire certificate from Hoosier. 

The next DIRTcar 358 Modified Series race is at Can-Am Speedway on September 7. 

FEATURE (100 LAPS) 1. Erick Rudolph 2. Lance Willix II 3. Tim Fuller 4. Jordan McCreadie 5. Mike Mahaney 6. Mike Maresca 7. Michael Parent 8. David Marcuccilli 9. Rocky Warner 10. Corey Wheeler 11. Demetrios Drellos 12. Ryan Bartlett 13. Mike Stacey 14. Yan Bussiere 15. Matt Woodruff 16. Jeremy Roy 17. Matt Depew 18. Dany Gagne 19. Kyle Dingwall 20. Steve Bernier 21. Danny Johnson 22. Jessey Mueller 23. Mathieu Boisvert 24. Preston Forbes 25. Louie Jackson Jr. 26. Chris Raabe 27. Mario Clair 28. Ronnie Davis III 29. Perry Francis 30. Ran McLean 

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