The 2018 NASCAR Pinty's Series was the twelfth season of the Pinty's Series, the national stock car racing series in

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sanctioned by

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. It began with the

Clarington 200 The Clarington 200 (formerly the Mosport 200) is a NASCAR Pinty's Series stock car race held twice annually at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. In previous seasons, one race would take place on the facility's 3.957&n ...

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on 20 May and concluded with the Pinty's Fall Brawl at Jukasa Motor Speedway on 29 September.

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 ...

entered the season as the defending Drivers' champion.

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 ...

won the championship, seven points in front of

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 ...

Drivers

;Notes:

Schedule

On 27 November 2017,

announced the 2018 schedule.

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and ICAR were dropped from the schedule in favor of a second race at Jukasa and a race at

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, which marked the first race in series history outside Canada. ;Notes:

Results and standings

Races

;Notes: *¹ – Starting grid was set by the fastest lap times from the first Port of Velocity Prairie Thunder Twin 125 race. *² – The qualifying session for the Bumper to Bumper 300 was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Owners' championship.

Drivers' championship

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

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 ...

was assessed a time penalty for over-aggressive driving on the white-flag lap, dropping him to the end of the lead lap. *² – Kevin Lacroix was parked for over-aggressive driving three laps before the finish.

References

External links

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Pinty's Series Standings and Statistics for 2018
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