Lacroix Uses Last Lap Pass To Win Pinty’s Season Opener

Kevin Lacroix celebrates his fifth career NASCAR Pinty’s Series win Sunday at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Photo by Matt Manor/NASCAR

Kevin Lacroix finally figured out Canadian Tire Motorsport Park last fall, and the offseason did nothing to slow him down. Nor did the rain that arrived in force in the final laps of Sunday’s Can-Am 200.

The Saint-Eustache, Quebec, driver scored his second NASCAR Pinty’s Series win in a row at the famed 2.459-mile road course. He won the E3 Spark Plug Pole Award Saturday, and then drove by Andrew Ranger on the final lap of Sunday’s race for his fifth career win.

A lap 49 caution forced the race into overtime, with Lacroix and Ranger swapping the lead multiple times over the final turns before Lacroix’s No.74 Dodge pulled away for the win by 1.916 seconds.

Lacroix finished 26th (crash), 26th (clutch) and 23rd (rear end) in his first three starts at CTMP before his breakthrough last September. He led three times for a race-high 16 laps.

Gary Klutt snuck by defending series champion Cayden Lapcevich coming out of the final turn to claim the final podium spot. Klutt received the free pass twice in the last 12 laps to rally, while Alex Labbe rounded out the top five.

LP Dumoulin, who started from the rear due to a penalty, rebounded to finish sixth. JF Dumoulin, Jason Hathaway, Brett Taylor and Adam Martin rounded out the top 10.

Rain right before the start soaked the track and required teams to come down before the green flag to change to rain tires. Most teams switched back to slicks as the track dried, but then back to rain tires when showers returned and intensified in the closing stages of the race.

Alex Tagliani, fastest in practice, led 14 laps but slid off track into the tire barrier on lap 49 to bring out the final caution and push the race to 55 laps. He finished 18th. Anthony Simone, chasing his first career win, led 15 laps before being relegated to 22nd with mechanical issues.

The NASCAR Pinty’s Series will be back in action Saturday, June 3 at the Delaware Speedway for the second race of the season.

NASCAR Pinty’s Series
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park – Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Can-Am 200 – May 21, 2017

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RACE STATISTICS

Fastest Qualifier: Kevin Lacroix, Time: 82.81 Seconds, Speed: 106.900 mph

Time of Race: 1 hrs., 56 mins, 59 secs Average Speed: 69.366 mph Margin of Victory: 1.916 Seconds

Caution Flags: Laps 2-6 (Car 69 into tire wall {[free pass] [none]}); 20-22 (Car 22 stopped on track [04] ); 39-41 (Car 21 into the tire wall [59]); 45-47 (Car 02 stopped on track [59]); 50-52 (Car 18 into the tire wall [56]).  5 for 17 laps.

Lap Leaders: Kevin Lacroix 1-4, Andrew Ranger 5-7, Anthony Simone 8-22, Alex Tagliani 23-36, L.P. Dumoulin 37-42, Kevin Lacroix 43-53, Andrew Ranger 54, Kevin Lacroix 55.

Total Laps Led: Kevin Lacroix 16, Anthony Simone 15, Alex Tagliani 14, L.P. Dumoulin 6, Andrew Ranger 4.  7 changes involving 5 drivers.

Top 10 Driver Points: Kevin Lacroix 48, Andrew Ranger 43, Gary Klutt 41, Cayden Lapcevich 40, Alex Labbe 39, L.P. Dumoulin 39, J.F. Dumoulin 37, Jason Hathaway 36, Brett Taylor * 35, Adam Martin * 34

* Jostens Rookie of the Year contender