The 2015 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series was the ninth season of the

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, which took place in the summer of 2015. The season consisted of 11 races at 10 different venues, of which 7 were held on ovals. It began with the Pinty's presents the Clarington 200 at

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on May 17 and ended with the Pinty's 250 at

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on September 19.

Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Louis-Philippe "L. P." Dumoulin (born February 21, 1979) is a Canadian stock car racing driver. He currently races in the NASCAR Pinty's Series, driving the No. 47 Dodge owned by Marc-André Bergeron. He won the series championship in 2014, 2018 ...

entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion; 2015 was the final season that

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sponsored the series, with Pinty's taking over the title sponsorship from 2016.

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 ...

won his fourth series championship by four points, holding off an end-of-season points surge by

Jason Hathaway Jason Hathaway (born November 22, 1976) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Pinty's Series, driving Team 3 Red Racing's No. 3 Chevrolet entry, and is the 2020 champion of the series. Racing car ...

. After taking three top-five finishes in the first four races, Steckly won back-to-back events at

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and

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, before adding a third win at

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and ultimately sealed the championship with second place in the final race. Hathaway won at Chaudière before winning the final two races to close in on Steckly.

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completed the championship top-3, 14 points in arrears of Hathaway. Ranger won one race during the season, winning at Saint-Eustache. Rookie Kevin Lacroix was the only other driver to win more than once; he won two Quebec races at

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and

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Gary Klutt Gary T. Klutt (born August 14, 1992) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver and a member of the 2016 NASCAR Next class. He is also the Host of the Gary Klutt Podcast. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Pinty's Series, drivin ...

(Canadian Tire Motorsport Park) and

Alex Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani (; born October 18, 1973), nicknamed "Tag", is a Canadian professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series, driving the No. 18 Chevrolet Camaro for 22 Racing. Tagliani has competed in a variety ...

(Sunset Speedway) completed the season's winners, the former taking Rookie of the Year honors ahead of

Marc-Antoine Camirand Marc-Antoine Camirand (born 30 April 1979) is a Canadian racing driver. He currently competes in the NASCAR Pinty's Series and is the 2022 NASCAR Pinty's Series champion. Early career Camirand began karting in the early 1990s, winning the F100 ...

Drivers

Schedule

The series' 2015 schedule was released on December 18, 2014. In February 2015, Sunset Speedway was added to the schedule to replace

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, after circuit owners halted racing at the track. Nascar Canadian Tire Series Chaudiere

Results and standings

Races

Drivers' championship

(

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) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. ''Italics'' - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. ;Notes: *¹ –

Alex Labbé Alex Labbé (born April 29, 1993) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 36/90/92 Chevrolet Camaros for DGM Racing. The 2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series champion, he h ...

and Ray Courtemanche Jr. received championship points, despite the fact that they did not start the race. *² – Paul Jean qualified in the No. 00 for Derek White.

References

External links

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Canadian Tire Series Standings and Statistics for 2015
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