DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series presented by Mobil 1 travels to Barrie (Ont.) Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 7 for the Hudco Electric Supply 300 presented by G-Oil for the 2013 season's penultimate race. Below is a statistical look at the recent performance of the series and selected drivers at Barrie, as well as some other statistical trends:
Barrie Race Setup
• Pete Shepherd III has wins in both of his series starts this year and victories in three of his last four outings dating back to last season including Barrie a year ago.
• Points leader D.J. Kennington has three Barrie victories and seven top-10 finishes in eight starts at the track.
• Scott Steckly has two wins at Barrie and has led a series-best 768 laps on the .333-mile oval.
• Mark Dilley – 2011 Barrie winner – has four top fives at Barrie in eight outings.
• Jason Hathaway has five top-10 finishes in eight career Barrie starts including a runner-up finish in 2011.
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series At Barrie Speedway
• This is the series' ninth time to compete at the track, the most of any venue.
• The Hudco Electric Supply 300 will be aired on TSN on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 2 p.m. ET and on RDS2 on Friday, Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. ET.
• Dodge has seven wins at the track while Chevrolet has one.
• Three (Sept. 2008, 2011 and 2012) of the eight Barrie races has gone beyond the scheduled distance of 300 laps.
• In the previous six races at the track, there has been an average of 11.75 caution periods for 96.88 laps with earliest coming at Lap 2 in 2009 and the latest at Lap 298 in 2011.
• At Barrie, the average finishing position for the polesitter is 7.75 and the average starting position for the race winner is 5.5.
• The lead has changed hands an average of 11.13 with a high of 17 on Sept. 6, 2008.
Barrie Data
Race: #11 of 12 (9/7/13)
Track Layout: .333-mile paved tri-oval
Race Length: 300 laps (99.99 miles)
Records
1-Lap Qualifying: Don Thomson Jr., Chevrolet, 13.903 seconds, 86.226 mph, June 28, 2008
300-Lap Race: D.J. Kennington, Chevrolet, 1 hr., 40 min., 8 sec., 59.860 mph, Sept. 11, 2010
Race Winners
D.J. Kennington ... 3
Scott Steckly ... 2
Mark Dilley ... 1
Pete Shepherd III ... 1
Don Thomson Jr. ... 1
Pole Winners
Don Thomson Jr. ... 2
Ron Beauchamp Jr. ... 1
Mark Dilley ... 1
Steve Mathews ... 1
Kerry Micks ... 1
Anthony Simone ... 1
Scott Steckly ... 1
Manufacturer Wins
Dodge ... 7
Chevrolet ... 1
Laps Led
Scott Steckly ... 768
Don Thomson Jr. ... 409
D.J. Kennington ... 323
Selected Driver Information:
Ron Beauchamp Jr. (No. 60 Mopar/Exide/Pennzoil Dodge)
• Finished seventh at Barrie a year ago.
• Scored track-best finish of sixth in 2007 (July) and 2010 Barrie Speedway events.
• One of just four drivers to start all 85 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races.
Noel Dowler (No. 5 EMCO/Praxair/Safety Kleen Dodge)
• Recorded a series career-best finish of third a season ago at Barrie.
• Finished 17th at Barrie in his rookie season of 2011.
• Has a current streak of three top-10 finishes on oval tracks.
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin (No. 47 WeatherTech Canada/Bellemare Dodge)
• Finished 11th a season ago at Barrie
• Posted a 13th-place Barrie in 2011 – his first career start on an oval.
• Won both road course events this season at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
• Scored his first career pole win last season at Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.
• Was the 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Rookie of the Year.
• Made his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut on Aug. 20, 2012 at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
J.R. Fitzpatrick (No. 84 Equipment Express Chevrolet)
• Finished sixth last season in the Hudco 300 after leading a race-high 113 laps.
• Career-best Barrie finish was fifth in 2010.
• Has five top-10 finishes in seven starts on the .333-mile track.
• Has led 211 laps in series action at the Barrie event.
• Is the series' all-time leader in poles with 14.
• Seven of his eight career series wins have come on road courses – CTMP (3), Edmonton (2) and Montreal (2); his oval track win came in July 2007 at Motoplex Speedway.
Alex Guenette (No. 39 Kawasaki/Motos Illimitées/DLGL Dodge)
• Making Barrie Speedway debut in the Hudco Electric Supply 300.
• Scored a season-best finish of second in last start on July 27 at St. Eustache, Que.
• Has a slight edge on Ryley Seibert atop the series' rookie-of-the-year standings.
Jason Hathaway (No. 3 Snap-on Tools/Rockstar Energy Drink Dodge)
• Registered an eighth-place finish last season at Barrie.
• Finished a Barrie career-best second in 2011.
• Scored a fifth-place finish in 2009 Barrie race.
• Has five top-10 finishes in eight starts on the .333-mile tri-oval.
• Has led 73 laps at Barrie.
• Snapped a 59-race winless streak in last start on Aug. 17 at Riverside International Speedway for second series career win.
• One of four drivers to start all 85 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races.
D.J. Kennington (No. 17 Castrol Edge/Mahindra Tractors Dodge)
• Finished 21st in last season's Hudco 300.
• Has three Barrie victories to his credit – 2007 (2) and 2010.
• Has seven top-10 finishes in eight starts at the Ontario oval.
• Leads point standings by three over Scott Steckly.
• Tops the all-time Canadian Tire Series wins list with 19.
• Won 2010 and 2012 series championships.
• Scored a single-season series record of seven wins in 2012.
• One of four drivers to start all 85 NCATS races.
Martin Roy (No. 90 Batteries Expert/Gamache/Veloce Dodge)
• Scored an 18th-place finish last season in his track debut.
• Posted a career-best finish of second on Sept. 1 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
• Won 2012 series Rookie-of-the-Year honors.
Ryley Seibert (No. 09 Lake Excavating/Emco Waterworks Dodge)
• Making Barrie debut in the Hudco Electric Supply 300 presented by G-Oil.
• Scored a season-best finish of eighth on July 13 at his home track – Motoplex Speedway in Vernon, B.C.
• Trails Alex Guenette by a slim margin in series' rookie-of-the-year standings.
Pete Shepherd III (No. 7 National Exhaust Dodge)
• Won last year's Barrie Speedway race.
• Finished third in 2010 and eighth in Sept. 2008 at the Ontario oval.
• Has won both events he has entered this season.
• Has three wins in his last four Canadian Tire Series starts.
Scott Steckly (No. 22 Canadian Tire Dodge)
• Recorded a ninth-place finish last year at Barrie.
• Won both 2008 visits to the Ontario oval.
• Has five top-five finishes in eight Barrie starts.
• Trails D.J. Kennington by just three points in the championship standings.
• His 14 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series victories rank third on the all-time list.
• Won 2008 and 2011 series championships.
• One of four drivers to start all 85 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races.
Jason White (No. 21 Bowers & Wilkins Dodge)
• Finished 17th last season in the Barrie event.
• Best Barrie finish was 13th in 2010.
• Recorded a season-best finish of fifth in July at Autodrome St. Eustache.
• Was 2008 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Rookie of the Year.
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