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NASCAR Canada: A lot of action coming this summer

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Khatir Soltani
Drivers and teams from the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series are getting ready for the summer stretch that will have five races covering four Canadian provinces starting this week-end in Toronto.

Over 30 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series cars are expected to participate in the Streets of Toronto 100 during the Honda Indy of Toronto.

Rivals Fitzpatrick and Andrew Ranger, who won last season’s Toronto races, once again square off.

After Toronto, the series heads to Western Canada for events at Motoplex Speedway and Event Park in Vernon, B.C., as well as to the Auto Clearing Motor Speedway in Saskatoon, Sask. The two oval-track events have been held in front of capacity crowds for the past two seasons.

Then the teams travel to Quebec for the final two road-course events of the season – August 7 at Circuit de Trois-Rivieres for the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres and August 20 at Montreal’s legendary Circuit Gilles Villeneuve where they will share the track with the NASCAR Nationwide Series for the fifth straight season.

Each of these events features tremendous crowds and spectacular racing. Ranger has wins in Montreal in 2008 and 2010 with Fitzpatrick winning the race in 2009. Ranger also looks to continue his mastery at Trois-Rivieres where he has won the last three races.


Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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