The 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series was the fourth racing season since the buy out of the

CASCAR Super Series The CASCAR Super Series was Canada's premier stock car touring division. It was sanctioned by CASCAR. The series ended after the 2006 season after NASCAR purchased CASCAR, and NASCAR used it as the basis for the NASCAR Pinty's Series. General T ...

Overview

In 2010 many procedures in the series remained the same, with all of the races airing on TSN, in tape-delayed one-hour segments excluding Montreal and the Toronto Indy. TSN and RDS provided live coverage of the NAPA Autopro 100 from the

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on Sunday, August 29 and July 25 from the streets of

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. Major changes to the series included former CASCAR champion Dave Whitlock and his team closing down leaving many looking for rides.

Mark Dilley Mark Dilley (born January 20, 1969) is a Canadian race car driver. He competes in the NASCAR Pinty's Series, driving the No. 64 Leland/BDI/PartSource Ford Fusion for Micks Motorsports. Dilley has been co-owner of Sauble Speedway since May 2017. ...

joined up with

Scott Steckly Scott Steckly (born March 2, 1972) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver and team owner. In his nine years competing in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, he drove the No. 22 Dodge Charger for his own 22 Racing team. He is the 2008, 201 ...

to run full-time and Internet superstar Pierre Bourque drove the 00 Aaron's Lucky Dog car full-time. Last year's champion

Andrew Ranger Andrew Ranger (born November 20, 1986) is a Canadian professional racing driver who competes full-time in the NASCAR Pinty's Series, driving the No. 27 for Paillé Course//Racing. Ranger is a veteran of the Pinty's Series, having claimed 28 wins ...

did not compete full-time as his sponsors backed out of a deal and he focused on the

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in America and elected to run only part-time in the Canadian Tire Series. The series kicked off at

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with D. J. Kennington defending his win in a close battle with

J. R. Fitzpatrick John Ryan "J. R." Fitzpatrick (born May 9, 1988) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. Fitzpatrick was the youngest driver to ever win the now defunct CASCAR Super Series championship, winning in the series' final season of 2006 at ...

who would end up winning the race at

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. Kennington won the third race of the year after leading only the last lap passing both

Kerry Micks Kerry Micks (born January 10, 1961) is a Canadian race car driver in the NASCAR Pinty's Series. CASCAR Super Series Kerry and his wife Susan formed Micks Motorsports in 1992 to compete in the CASCAR Super Series. From 1990 to 2006 he drove in C ...

and

en route to victory at

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. Ranger led the majority of the race en route to victory in Toronto while Fitzpatrick won in Edmonton starting the western road swing. Kennington led the majority of the race at

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but was overtaken by

late in the race for the win.

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finished second but was demoted to ninth for illegal tire changes. Kennington picked up where he left off, earning his third victory of the season at

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, from pole position. As a result, Kennington returned to the top of the championship standings. Andrew Ranger won in

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, giving Fitzpatrick the points lead by one point over Kennington following the race.

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got back to his old ways by winning at the Mosport Oval. At Montreal, Andrew Ranger bumped

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in the last turn for his fourth win of the year, both Kennington and Fitzpatrick had problems. Kennington went on to win the next two races at Riverside and

Barrie Speedway Barrie Speedway was a 1/3-mile tri-oval racing track located in Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada, north of Barrie. It was a member of CASCAR Super Series between 1989 and 1995, the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series for the Ontario Provincial and Natio ...

to take a lead of 40 points over Fitzpatrick, into the final round of the season at

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. At Kawartha, Peter Shepherd III won the race, with Kennington finishing third to claim the championship.

Schedule

Results

Races

*In green, the drivers who made pole, led most laps and won the same race.

Standings

(

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) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. ''Italics'' - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

References

External links

Official WebsiteCanadian Tire Series Standings and Statistics for 2010
{{NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Championship NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season * NASCAR Pinty's Series