St. Eustache Win Moves Lapcevich Closer To Pinty’s Title

Cayden Lapcevich celebrates winning the Lucas Oil 250 Saturday at Quebec’s Autodrome St. Eustache for his third NASCAR Pinty’s Series victory of the season. Photo by Matthew Manor/NASCAR

Sometimes a driver needs a good car and a good call by his crew chief to win a race.

Cayden Lapcevich got that and more Saturday at Autodrome St. Eustache in St. Eustache, Quebec to win the Lucas Oil 250. The 16-year-old’s third win of the season also moved the Grimsby, Ontario, driver one step closer to winning the 2016 NASCAR Pinty’s Series championship.

The rookie was the last driver to pit for tires on Lap 213 and that decision by his dad and crew chief Jeff Lapcevich paid off.

The younger Lapcevich restarted seventh and quickly moved up through the field and took the lead on Lap 241.

After contact between Jason Hathaway and Labbe in Turn 3 brought out the caution flag to set up the green-white-checkered finish, Lapcevich held off veteran D.J. Kennington and Mark Dilley to the checkered flag.

With the victory and Andrew Ranger’s eighth-place finish, Lapcevich will carry a 41-point lead over Ranger entering the season finale at Ontario’s Kawartha Speedway next weekend. Lapcevich can become the youngest series champion in the history of NASCAR series by starting the race at Kawartha.

While Lapcevich ended up celebrating in Victory Lane, it appeared during the second half of the race either Kennington or Dilley would end long winless droughts and celebrate a win.

Kennington, a two-time series champion who hasn’t won since 2013, led a race-high 90 laps and appeared to be the car to beat before the late cautions. Dilley, who last won in 2011, led 24 laps and finished third. Adam Martin came home in fourth with Alex Tagliani in fifth.

Larry Jackson, Gary Klutt, Ranger, Labbe and Jason Hathaway rounded out the top 10.

Alex Labbe started on the pole after rain washed out qualifying and the field was set per the rulebook. Labbe and Kevin Lacroix traded the lead during the first 57 laps of the race.

Kennington passed Labbe for the lead on Lap 57 and Labbe retook the lead before rain brought out the red flag on Lap 62 for nearly an hour.

Once the race resumed, Labbe led until Dilley passed him for the top spot on Lap 108.

The Kawartha 250 will complete the 2016 season for the NASCAR Pinty’s Series on Saturday, Sept. 17.

NASCAR Pinty’s Series
Autodrome St. Eustache – St. Eustache, Quebec, Canada
Lucas Oil 250 – Sept. 10, 2016

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	5	76	Cayden Lapcevich *	Fastline Motorsports Dodge	253	47	4	Running
2	3	17	D.J. Kennington	Castrol Edge Dodge	253	44	2	Running
3	13	2	Mark Dilley	Johnsonville/Leland/BDI/Avenue Auto Parts Ford	253	42	1	Running
4	12	9	Adam Martin	Johnsonville/Candy Tree/Reser’s Ford	253	40		Running
5	11	18	Alex Tagliani	Epipen/Riobel/ComplexeJCP/Juste du Pin/Cantorque	253	40	1	Running
6	15	1	Larry Jackson	CBRT/Piloti Ford	253	38		Running
7	10	59	Gary Klutt	Poolsuppliescanada.ca/CTL Dodge	253	37		Running
8	4	27	Andrew Ranger	Mopar/Pennzoil/Mopar Express Lane Dodge	253	36		Running
9	1	32	Alex Labbe	Can-Am/Kappa/Cyclops Gear/Lou’s BBQ Ford	253	36	1	Running
10	7	3	Jason Hathaway	Raybestos/Fast Eddie/Choko/HGC Chevrolet	253	34		Running
11	2	74	Kevin Lacroix *	Bumper to Bumper/Total/Go Fast Dodge	252	34	1	Running
12	8	4	J.F. Dumoulin	Spectra Premium/Bernier Crepeau/Bellemare Dodge	241	32		Running
13	9	25	Simon Dion-Viens	CBRT/Bestbuy/Pieces d’Auto Rive Sud/Castrol Ford	240	31		Running
14	14	47	L.P. Dumoulin	WeatherTech Canada/Bellemare Dodge	217	30		Running
15	6	95	Anthony Simone	Innovative Plumbing/InkYourRide Dodge	152	29		Rear End

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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Alex Labbe, Time: 17.327 Seconds, Speed: 83.107 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 53 mins, 8 secs Average Speed: 53.671 mph Margin of Victory: .406 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 2-5 (Debris {[free pass]} [none]); 52-56 (Car 3 spin in turn #4 [9]); 62-83 (Rain delay for 53 mins 18 secs [25]); 106-115 (Contact between cars 25 & 95 [3]); 169-174 (Contact between cars 3, 25 & 74 [1]); 209-214 (Debris [59]); 227-230 (Car 27 spin in turn #2 [74]); 245-250 (Cars 3 & 18 spin in turn #3 [74]). 8 for 63 laps.
Lap Leaders: Kevin Lacroix * 1-5, Alex Labbe 6, Kevin Lacroix * 7-28, Alex Labbe 29-56, D.J. Kennington 57, Alex Labbe 58-107, Mark Dilley 108-115,
Cayden Lapcevich * 116, Alex Tagliani 117-123, Mark Dilley 124-139, Kevin Lacroix * 140-151, D.J. Kennington 152-240, Cayden Lapcevich * 241-253.
Total Laps Led: D.J. Kennington 90, Alex Labbe 79, Kevin Lacroix * 39, Mark Dilley 24, Cayden Lapcevich * 14, Alex Tagliani 7. 12 changes involving 6 drivers.