The 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series season was the eighth season of the

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, which took place in the summer of 2014. 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 18 and ended with the Pinty's 250 at

Kawartha Speedway Kawartha Speedway is a 3/8 mile paved oval located in Fraserville, Ontario, approximately 10 km southwest of Peterborough. The paved track is within the harness racing track, temporary grandstands are brought onto the harness racing tr ...

on September 20.

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, ...

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 his first series championship at Kawartha Speedway, finishing three points ahead of

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 ...

. Dumoulin won two races during the season, at

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and

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, and finished every race inside the top nine placings; this run included nine top-five finishes. Fitzpatrick won one more race than Dumoulin – winning both Canadian Tire Motorsport Park races, as well as the Kawartha finale – but only recorded three further top-five finishes. Despite not winning a race, D. J. Kennington finished third in the championship, eight points ahead of defending champion Steckly, who won at Saint-Eustache. Three other drivers won races during the season, including

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 ca ...

and

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, who each won two races; Hathaway won the series' inaugural race at the quarter-mile Autodrome Chaudière as well as winning at

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, while Ranger won back-to-back races at

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and

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, another new venue to the 2014 schedule. The season's other winner was Donald Chisholm, who only contested two races during the year. Chisholm was the winner at

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, a track that his father owned until his death in July 2014; it was his maiden series victory.

Drivers

Schedule

;Notes:

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 – Simon Dion-Viens received championship points, despite the fact that he did not qualify for the race.

References

External links

*
Canadian Tire Series Standings and Statistics for 2014
{{NASCAR Canadian Tire Series racetracks

* NASCAR Pinty's Series