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The 'NASCAR Canadian Tire Series' is a NASCAR series in Canada. It is the successor to the former CASCAR Super Series. The 2007 events will be broadcast tape delayed on TSN.^[1]

Contents

NASCAR's purchase of CASCAR

The cars

2007 schedule

Driver Standings

Schedule and winners

References

External links

NASCAR's purchase of CASCAR

NASCAR began talking with the former CASCAR series in November 2004, when the two bodies signed a multi-year marketing and operational agreement. The purchase came in September 2006. The series replaced CASCAR's Super Series. The series title sponsor is Canadian Tire.^[2]
The Canadian Tire Series champion is given an opportunity to participate in the Toyota All-Star Showdown in Irwindale Speedway in California.

The cars

The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series uses steel tube-framed silhouette cars powered by carbureted V8 engines. The cars have a relatively high minimum weight, so development of lightweight components is minimal. A number of components are specified by the rules, as parity is given priority over vehicle development. Manufacturer involvement is therefore limited largely to supply arrangements for long-developed 'crate' motors, and branding on the largely standard bodywork.

2007 schedule

It debuted in May 2007 with a 12-race schedule, and will include races at Barrie Speedway and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. ^[3]
The winner of the series will earn an automatic invitation for the Toyota All-Star Showdown in Irwindale Speedway in California.

Driver Standings

'Standings as of August 20, 2007.'

Position	Driver	Points	Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Winnings ($)
1	Andrew Ranger	1292	8	1	6	7	32,770
2	Don Thomson	1201	8	2	4	6	23,970
3	J.R. Fitzpatrick	1190	8	2	3	5	27,370
4	Kerry Micks	1185	8	2	5	6	21,925
5	D.J. Kennington	1180	8	1	5	6	29,620
6	Peter Gibbons	1157	8	0	3	5	18,540
7	Mark Dilley	1129	8	0	3	4	27,463
8	Jason Hathaway	1075	8	0	1	5	16,530
9	Derek Lynch	1057	8	0	2	4	14,595
10	Scott Steckly	1046	8	0	2	4	18,640

Full driver standings can be found at: [[1]]

Schedule and winners

Date	Race Name	Track	Location	Pole Winner	Winner of Race
May 26, 2007	Dodge Dealers 200	Cayuga International Speedway	Hamilton, ON	D. J. Kennington	Don Thomson, Jr.
June 16-17, 2007	Dickies 200 presented by Canadian Shield	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, ON	Andrew Ranger	Andrew Ranger
July 1, 2007	Mopar 300	Barrie Speedway	Barrie, ON	Mark Dilley	D. J. Kennington
July 14-15, 2007	BC Dodge Dealers Dodge Avenger 300	SunValley Speedway	Vernon, BC	Don Thomson, Jr.	J. R. Fitzpatrick
July 20-21, 2007	Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton	City Centre Airport	Edmonton, AB	Andrew Ranger	J. R. Fitzpatrick
August 3-4, 2007	NAPA AUTOPRO 100	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Montreal, QC	J.R. Fitzpatrick	Kerry Micks
August 11, 2007	Full Throttle Energy Drink 200	Mosport International Raceway	Bowmanville, ON	J.R. Fitzpatrick	Don Thomson, Jr.
August 17-19, 2007	GP3R 100	Circuit Trois-Rivières	Trois-Rivières, QC	J.R. Fitzpatrick	Kerry Micks
September 1, 2007	SUBWAY 200	Cayuga International Speedway	Hamilton, ON	Don Thomson, Jr.	Derek Lynch
September 8, 2007	ATTO 300	Barrie Speedway	Barrie, ON
September 15, 2007	Atlantic Dodge Dealers 300	Riverside Speedway	Antigonish, NS
September 23, 2007	Dodge Dealers Of Ontario Dodge Charger 250	Kawartha Speedway	Peterborough, ON
October 19-20, 2007	Toyota All-Star Showdown (non-points race; Series Champion invited to feature with automatic exemption; other drivers invited to qualifying races)	Irwindale Speedway	Irwindale, CA, USA

References

1. About at cascar.com, Retrieved July 3 2007
2. NASCAR buys Canada's top stock car racing association, launches new series from CBC
3. 2007 schedule at official website, Retrieved April 17 2007

External links

★ Official website

★ NASCAR.ca

★ TSN TV Schedule