Donald Theetge (born October 3, 1966) is a Canadian professional

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driver. He competes part-time in the

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, driving the No. 74

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for Visconti Motorsports, as well as the

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driving his own No. 80 Chevrolet Camaro.

Racing career

CASCAR / NASCAR Pinty's Series

Xfinity Series

In July

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, Theetge made his

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debut at

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. He finished 33rd, driving the No. 90 for fellow Canadian Mario Gosselin's

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team. He returned to make another start for them in the race at

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(Phoenix) in November, scoring a 25th-place finish. In

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, Theetge would again run two races that year for DGM, which came at Las Vegas in the No. 90 and Richmond in the No. 36. In

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, Theetge would return to the team and the Xfinity Series for the third straight year, although not until the very end of the season. He was announced to be running the final two races of the year, Martinsville and Phoenix. in the No. 90.

Other racing

Theetge won the Série IMAX LMS Québec in 2004, followed by the Série nationale Castrol LMS Québec in 2006 and Quebec's ACT Series in 2009. He won 19 races in the ACT Series and Série nationale Castrol LMS Québec. Theetge also won two races in the US-based ACT Tour Series, both at

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in 2006 and 2007. Theetge also made some road racing starts with his brother Benoit, including in the

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, where they finished third at the

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in 2010.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

ARCA Menards Series

ARCA Menards Series East

Pinty's Series

CASCAR

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

CASCAR Super Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

External links

Donald Theetge on thethirdturn.com
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