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2025 marks the nineteenth season of the Canadian NASCAR championship.
The season opens on May 18 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and eleven races later, it ends on September 21 at Autodrome Montmagny.
The cars competing in the NASCAR Canada Series are constructed to specifications and rules common to most stock car series. The chassis is a steel tube frame design covered with a fiberglass body and must weigh no less than 3050 lbs. Body styles are from manufacturers such as Dodge (Challenger), Ford (Mustang) and Chevrolet (Camaro). Engine type and displacement are dictated by the make and model of the vehicle. The carbureted eight-cylinder motors produce approximately 550 horsepower. Cars are estimated to have a top speed of 160 mph, depending on the gearing. Rounds ten and eleven of the 2025 NASCAR Canada Series were at Delaware Speedway. The track hosted the APC 125 and NTN/BCA 125. Round eleven was a 125-lap contest around the track's half-mile semi-banked asphalt oval. The initial 2025 NASCAR Canada schedule listed Delaware as the penultimate event on the calendar. However, a rainout led to the cancellation of round three at Sunset Speedway. As a result, series officials added a second race to Delaware.
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The pace lap for round eleven of the 2025 NASCAR Canada Series at Delaware Speedway. The starting grid for the NTN/BCA 125 was set using each competitor's fastest race lap during the APC 125. As a result, the No. 80 Garoy Construction Chevrolet Camaro of Donald Theetge started on the pole. On the outside of Theetge was DJ Kennington driving the No. 17 Castrol Edge / CIM Metals Dodge Challenger. In row two are Kevin Lacroix and Marc-Antoine Camirand. |
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Just about an hour earlier, Donald Theetge collected his second career NASCAR Canada victory in the APC 125 at Delaware Speedway. Theetge spun early in the day's first race, and while charging back through the field, he set the fastest lap to earn the pole in the No. 80 Garoy Construction Chevrolet Camaro. But it was Kennington who jumped into the early lead. On lap 15, Theetge moved to the front and held the position to the checkered flag. |
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DJ Kennington's No. 17 Castrol Edge / CIM Metals Dodge Challenger started the NTN/BCA 125 on the outside of the front row as a result of his fastest time in race one. At the drop of the Starter's green flag, he jumped into first place. Kennington held the top spot until lap 15, when the pole-sitter, Donald Theetge, passed him. He finished second. But more importantly, Kennington moved ahead of Andrew Ranger in the points chase and is second heading into the finale. |
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Kevin Lacroix started the NTN/BCA 125 in the third position. While exiting Delaware Speedway's corner two on lap-3, Lacroix made contact with the points leader, Marc-Antoine Camirand in the No. 96 GM Paille Chevrolet Canada Chevrolet Camaro, and dropped to sixth place. The driver of the No. 74 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro chased down the leaders. Lacroix caught Donald Theetge and DJ Kennington but had to settle for a third-place finish. |
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DJ Kennington's teammate, Ryan Vargas, skipped the two races before Delaware Speedway, which were held on road courses. Vargas, who has extensive experience on ovals and was able to leverage Kennington's knowledge of Delaware. He finished eighth in the APC 125 after starting ninth. Vargas lined up eighth for round eleven in the No. 28 Critical Path Security Dodge Challenger. A clean race was rewarded with a fourth-place result. |
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The NASCAR Canada Series reigning champion, Marc-Antoine Camirand, finished sixth in the APC 125 after starting third. The No. 96 GM Paille Chevrolet Canada Chevrolet Camaro was gridded fourth for the day's second contest. Camirand was running third early in the race when he was spun by Kevin Lacroix. He made his way forward but had contact with his teammate, Andrew Ranger, later in the contest and continued. Camirand crossed the finish line in fifth place. |
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Approximately one hour after making his NASCAR Canada debut, local competitor Connor Pritiko made his second series start. Pritiko finished fifth in the APC 125 driving the No. 3 Glencoe Auto Recyclers / H&N Roofing Chevrolet Camaro. He was gridded in the fifth for the day's second race. An incident early in the contest left Pritiko in thirteenth place. During the remaining laps, he advanced seven positions and finished sixth. |
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With victories in the APC 125 and the NTN/BCA 125, Donald Theetge swept the event at Delaware Speedway. It has been seven years between Theetge's first and second NASCAR Canada Series victories. However, within a couple of hours at Delaware on Saturday evening, he earned his third series win. |
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| FINISH | START | DRIVER | SPONSOR / CAR | LAPS | RETIREMENTS |
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| 1 | 1 | Donald Theetge | Garoy Construction / Chevrolet Camaro | 125 | - |
| 2 | 2 | D.J. Kennington | Castrol Edge/CIM Metals / Dodge Challenger | 125 | - |
| 3 | 3 | Kevin Lacroix | NAPA Auto Parts / Chevrolet Camaro | 125 | - |
| 4 | 8 | Ryan Vargas | Critical Path Security/Leargas / Dodge Challenger | 125 | - |
| 5 | 4 | Marc-Antoine Camirand | GM Paille Chevrolet Canada / Chevrolet Camaro | 125 | - |
| 6 | 5 | Connor Pritiko | Glencoe Auto Recyclers / Chevrolet Camaro | 125 | - |
| 7 | 6 | Andrew Ranger | GM Paille Chevrolet Canada / Chevrolet Camaro | 125 | - |
| 8 | 9 | Mathieu Kingsbury | Duroking/BFL Canada / Chevrolet Camaro | 124 | - |
| 9 | 11 | Malcolm Strachan | Curb Records/DarkhorseTrailers / Ford Mustang | 123 | - |
| 10 | 10 | Jonathan Aarts | GFL Environmental / Chevrolet Camaro | 122 | - |
| 11 | 12 | Brent Wheller | Industrial Dock Equipment / Dodge Challenger | 120 | - |
| 12 | 13 | Domenic Scrivo | Sierra Excavating / Chevrolet Camaro | 119 | - |
| 13 | 7 | L.P. Dumoulin | WeatherTech/Omnifab / Dodge Challenger | 6 | - |
| - | 14 | Larry Jackson | Superior Propane/Rack.ca / Dodge Challenger | 0 | Did Not Start |
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