Steckly Takes Canadian Tire Title With Kawartha Win

Scott Steckly scored the win and the 2013 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series championship Sunday at Kawartha Speedway. Photo by Matthew Manor/NASCAR

Scott Steckly has been battling back all season. He won the Pinty’s 250 at Kawartha Speedway in a green-white-checkered finish on Sunday to come from behind to win the 2013 championship in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 by just two points.

The Milverton, Ontario driver had to win the race and lead the most laps to earn the maximum 48 points to overcome a five-point deficit coming into the event in order to become the first three-time series champion. Steckly led a race-high 113 laps en route to the victory.

“It’s just great,” said Steckly. “I really can’t put into words what this means to everyone involved in 22 Racing. My crew works hard to give me good cars and my thanks goes out to them. (Thanks) to the fans. We get great support we get from the fans week in and week out. To do this is just amazing.”

After beginning the 2013 campaign with a pair of finishes outside the top 20, Steckly mounted a charge that included three straight wins in July. He entered the final race, which was delayed a day by rain, trailing defending champion D.J. Kennington in the championship standings.

Steckly, whose previous titles came in 2008 and 2011, demonstrated the strength of his No. 22 Canadian Tire Dodge early in the day on Sunday, topping the practice charts and winning his 12th career series pole.

He led the early portion of the race, making a point of staying ahead of Kennington. After pitting twice during the second caution, Steckly and Kennington restarted 12th and 13th, respectively. The pair steadily worked their way to the front as Jason Hathaway, who entered the event with a mathematical shot at the title, pulled away with a big lead.

All three title contenders stopped for right side tires during a caution on lap 150 and from there set sail to the finish. Jeff Lapcevich led initially, but soon gave way to Pete Shepherd III.

The trio of title contenders battled among themselves as they closed in and moved by Lapcevich for second. Hathaway, who slipped by Kennington, challenged Shepherd for the lead following a restart – but saw his hopes dashed with a spin in turn 4.

Steckly took advantage on the restart and raced Shepherd side-by-side for the lead – eventually getting the top spot for good after contact coming out of turn 4. Steckly went on to win by a margin of .580 seconds over Shepherd.

“The lapped cars make it difficult sometimes and we just stayed as patient as we could,” said Steckly. “The caution there at the end is pretty much a given in this race and we were able to hold everybody off.”

Shepherd, who was looking for his third win in four starts this year, came up just short in that bid.

“Scott just out drove me there at the end,” said the driver of the No. 7 National Exhaust Dodge. “I didn’t make it easy for him to pass me, but he was able to get around me. If I could have gotten to the outside of him in turn 1, I would have bound him down pretty good, but I respect the championship battle he was in and he earned every inch of it today.”

Lapcevich was able to hang on for a finish in third which gave him his third top-five finish of the season.

“Overall, the Tim Hortons Dodge was really good today,” said Lapcevich. “I had some trouble getting going on restarts, but all of the pit stops were good. We came in, I think, three times and we picked up positions each time. I’m satisfied with what we did today.”

Kennington ended up in fourth while Martin Roy came home fifth. Finishing sixth through 10th were Noel Dowler, Donald Chisholm, Mark Dilley, Ron Beauchamp Jr. and Ryley Seibert.

Steckly will be honored for his title run along with NASCAR’s other touring series champions on Saturday, Dec. 14 at the NASCAR Touring Series Awards in the Grand Ballroom of the Charlotte (NC) Convention Center at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
Kawartha Speedway – Fraserville, Ontario, Canada
Pinty’s 250 – Sept. 22, 2013

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Fastest Qualifier: Scott Steckly, Time: 17.806 Seconds, Speed: 75.817 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 55 mins, 41 secs Average Speed: 49.791 Margin of Victory: .580 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 29-37 (Cars #50 and #71 accident in Turn 1. [99]); 78-91 (Car #71 spin in Turn 4. [98]); 97-101 (Car #84 stoppeed on backstretch.
[50]); 106-117 (Cars #5 and #24 accident in Turn 1. [69]); 146-155 (Car #97 spin in Turn 2. [24]); 217-223 (Car #3 spin in Turn 4. [60]);
232-237 (Car #21 spin in Turn 2. [3]); 248-253 (Car #13 spin on frontstretch. [19]).[Beneficiary in brackets.]  8 for 69 laps.
Lap Leaders: Scott Steckly 1-81, D.J. Kennington 82, J.R. Fitzpatrick 83-94, Jason Hathaway 95-149, Brad Graham 150-156, Jeff Lapcevich 157-165,
Pete Shepherd III 166-224, Scott Steckly 225-256.
Total Laps Led: Scott Steckly 113, Pete Shepherd III 59, Jason Hathaway 55, J.R. Fitzpatrick 12, Jeff Lapcevich 9, Brad Graham 7, D.J. Kennington 1.
7 changes involving 7 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Scott Steckly 473, D.J. Kennington 471, Jason Hathaway 442, Martin Roy 429, L.P. Dumoulin 418, J.R. Fitzpatrick 411, Noel
Dowler 378, Jason White 375, Ron Beauchamp, Jr. 373, Alex Guenette * 368

* Rookie of the Year contender