JR Fitzpatrick completed his domination of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series weekend at the Indy Edmonton by winning the Canadian Tire 100 on Sunday.
The 22-year-old Cambridge, Ontario driver had topped his competition throughout the three days of action on the 1.973-mile, 14-turn temporary road course. He was quickest in practice sessions on Friday and Saturday and won the pole in qualifying on Saturday in his No. 84 Schick Hydro Chevrolet.
It was Fitzpatrick’s second win of the 2010 campaign and the sixth of his series career including a 2007 win in Edmonton. Fitzpatrick, who led all 32 laps, pulled away from his competition at the drop of the green and held off all challengers en route to the victory.
Runner-up Anthony Simone looked to be closing in, but a Lap 18 caution flag put a damper on the challenge and Fitzpatrick was able to escape on the restart on Lap 21.
Scott Steckly was able to secure third place with a last-lap pass of Trevor Seibert, who ended up with a fourth-place finish while Kerry Micks, who started alongside Fitzpatrick on the front row, finished in fifth.
Rounding out the top-10 finishers were Peter Klutt, Jason Hathaway, Don Thomson Jr., Jarrad Whissell and Joey McColm.
The race was slowed due to caution just one time for three laps when Daryl Harr’s car came to a stop on the frontstretch.
In the championship point standings, Fitzpatrick trailed DJ Kennington by 41 points coming into the event, but the win coupled with Kennington’s 15th-place finish resulted in Fitzpatrick taking over the top spot by 31 points over Kennington.
The 22-year-old Cambridge, Ontario driver had topped his competition throughout the three days of action on the 1.973-mile, 14-turn temporary road course. He was quickest in practice sessions on Friday and Saturday and won the pole in qualifying on Saturday in his No. 84 Schick Hydro Chevrolet.
It was Fitzpatrick’s second win of the 2010 campaign and the sixth of his series career including a 2007 win in Edmonton. Fitzpatrick, who led all 32 laps, pulled away from his competition at the drop of the green and held off all challengers en route to the victory.
Runner-up Anthony Simone looked to be closing in, but a Lap 18 caution flag put a damper on the challenge and Fitzpatrick was able to escape on the restart on Lap 21.
Scott Steckly was able to secure third place with a last-lap pass of Trevor Seibert, who ended up with a fourth-place finish while Kerry Micks, who started alongside Fitzpatrick on the front row, finished in fifth.
Rounding out the top-10 finishers were Peter Klutt, Jason Hathaway, Don Thomson Jr., Jarrad Whissell and Joey McColm.
The race was slowed due to caution just one time for three laps when Daryl Harr’s car came to a stop on the frontstretch.
In the championship point standings, Fitzpatrick trailed DJ Kennington by 41 points coming into the event, but the win coupled with Kennington’s 15th-place finish resulted in Fitzpatrick taking over the top spot by 31 points over Kennington.