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Holds Off Kennington For 7th Career NCATS Victory
BOWMANVILLE, Ont. (May 20, 2012)
– J.R. Fitzpatrick ended a 20-winless streak to pick up his first win
since July 25, 2010 – and it wasn’t easy as he
held off D.J. Kennington in the final turn at Canadian Tire Motorsports
Park to win the Vortex Brake Pads 200 in the season-opener for the
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Sunday.
For
Fitzpatrick, out of Cambridge, Ont., it was his seventh career win in
the series and his third at the Bowmanville 2.459-mile road course. On
the day, he led a race-high 39 laps behind the wheel of his No. 84
Equipment Express Chevrolet.
Defending
series champion and pole winner, Scott Steckly, followed in third with
Andrew Ranger and Louis-Philippe Dumoulin fourth and fifth,
respectively.
Finishing sixth through 10th were, Jason Hathaway, Kerry Micks, Jeff Lapcevich, Robin Buck and Peter Klutt.
The
race lead changed hands nine times among six drivers including four
times between Fitzpatrick and Kennington in the final 10 laps. The field
was slowed due to caution just three times for 11 laps.
The Vortex Brake Pads 200 will air on TSN on Sunday, May 27 at 4:30 p.m. ET and Wednesday, June 13 at 10 p.m. ET on RDS.
The
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series with two road-course events to open the
season will be back on the track on June 2-3 for the Lucas Oil Grand
Prix at Circuit ICAR in Mirabel, Que.
Contact:
Shon Sbarra
Integrated Marketing Communications