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2024 marks the eighteenth season of the Canadian NASCAR championship.
The season opens on May 19 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and thirteen races later, it ends on September 24 at Delaware Speedway.
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 3000-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. Depending on the gearing, these cars are estimated to have a top speed of 160-mph. Delaware Speedway was scheduled to be race ten of thirteen on the 2024 NASCAR Canada Series calendar; however, with rain forecasted for the weekend the event became the penultimate round. Drivers competed for two hundred laps around Delaware Speedway's ½-mile semi-banked asphalt oval in the Delaware 200.
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Sixteen competitors line up on Delaware Speedway's front straight for the penultimate round of the NASCAR Canada Series. For the fifth time this season, Kevin Lacroix was the fastest qualifier in the No. 74 Quick Strut / NAPA Racing Dodge Challenger. Cayden Lapcevich shared the front row with Lacroix. Lapcevich won the Series title in 2016. At the Delaware 200, he was driving the No. 32 GSR / Ohsweken Speedway / Chantarellie Chevrolet Camaro. |
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Kevin Lacroix was fresh off a victory the previous weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. A pass on the final circuit resulted in his first-place result. Lacroix and his No. 74 Quick Strut / NAPA Racing Challenger earned their fifth pole position of the season at Delaware Speedway. He led the first twenty-three laps before surrendering the position to Andrew Ranger. Lacroix moved back to the top spot on lap thirty-three for the win. |
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Second in the NASCAR Canada standings is Andrew Ranger. This season, Ranger has wins at Chaudiere, Eastbound, and ICAR. The driver of the No. 27 GM Paille Chevrolet Camaro qualified fourth fastest at Delaware. He moved up the order at the drop of the green, passing Cayden Lapcevich and Steve Cote. Ranger would lead nine laps but finish in the runner-up spot. Despite this result, he fell to third in the standings but moved closer to Marc-Antoine Camirand. |
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Coming home in the third position at Delaware Speedway was local favourite and the series two-time champion D.J. Kennington. Before Delaware, Kennington's best result of 2024 was fourth place at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres. The day before round twelve, he competed in the Castrol Great Canadian 300 for Late Models and finished fifth. He was gridded seventh for the Delaware 200 and avoided the drama to collect his top finish of the year. |
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Kyle Steckly also competed in the Great Canadian Late Model event Saturday evening. He was challenging for the lead when contact led to a seventh place result. However, it was enough for him to clinch the APC United Late Model championship. Steckly finished third at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the NASCAR Canada race a week earlier. He qualified sixth fastest at Delaware, and despite contact with Jason Hathaway, Steckly finished in the fourth spot. |
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The championship leader, Marc-Antoine Camirand, lost ground to the title contenders Andrew Ranger and Kevin Lacroix. Camirand was gridded eleventh in the No. 96 GM Paille Chevrolet Camaro for the Delaware 200. Despite a quick spin, several successful passes allowed him to finish in the sixth position. However, Lacroix grabbed the victory, and Ranger finished second, narrowing Camirand's points lead. |
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A third driver competing on Saturday and Sunday at Delaware Speedway was the series 2016 champion, Cayden Lapcevich. Lapcevich was leading the Castrol Great Canadian 300 when he had contact with Kyle Steckly. He was able to continue but retired with a blown engine. Lapcevich drove Glen Styres' No. 32 Chevrolet Camaro in the Delaware 200 and started second. Unfortunately, a couple of unscheduled stops resulted in a thirteenth-place finish. |
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Kevin Lacroix has collected nine podium finishes this year, of which five are victories. His first two wins came at the Riverside double-header. Lacroix's next first place result was in Edmonton. His recent performances at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and Delaware Speedway have moved him from third to second in the championship standings. With only the Autodrome Montmagny Speedway left, the title chase 'will come down to the wire.' |
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| FINISH | START | DRIVER | SPONSOR / CAR | LAPS | RETIREMENTS |
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| 1 | 1 | Kevin Lacroix | NAPA Auto Parts / Dodge Challenger | 200 | - |
| 2 | 4 | Andrew Ranger | GM Paille Chevrolet / Chevrolet Camaro | 200 | - |
| 3 | 7 | D.J. Kennington | Castrol Edge/Spark Power / Dodge Challenger | 200 | - |
| 4 | 6 | Kyle Steckly | MBS Mtps/Sierra Excavating / Chevrolet Camaro | 200 | - |
| 5 | 9 | L.P. Dumoulin | WeatherTech/Omnifab / Dodge Challenger | 200 | - |
| 6 | 11 | Marc-Antoine Camirand | GM Paille Chevrolet / Chevrolet Camaro | 200 | - |
| 7 | 5 | Jason Hathaway | ASSA ABLOY/Leland Industries / Chevrolet Camaro | 200 | - |
| 8 | 3 | Steve Cote | Envirum / Chevrolet Camaro | 200 | - |
| 9 | 8 | Danny Chisholm | Fast Eddie Speedwear/Jani-King / Chevrolet Camaro | 200 | - |
| 10 | 13 | Larry Jackson | O'Neil Electric/Castrol / Dodge Challenger | 199 | - |
| 11 | 16 | Brent Wheller | Curb Records/Darkhorse Trailers / Ford Mustang | 198 | - |
| 12 | 14 | Glenn Styres | GSR/Ohsweken Speedway / Chevrolet Camaro | 197 | - |
| 13 | 2 | Cayden Lapcevich | GSR/Ohsweken Speedway / Chevrolet Camaro | 197 | - |
| 14 | 15 | Frederik Ladouceur | Ray Junior Investments / Dodge Challenger | 187 | - |
| 15 | 10 | Donald Theetge | Ray Junior Investments / Chevrolet Camaro | 187 | - |
| 16 | 12 | Ryan Dyson | Douglas Window & Door / Dodge Challenger | 144 | Electrical |
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