After exchanging at least six times the championship lead during the 2010 season, the battle between DJ Kennington and JR Fitzpatrick will reach a conclusion in Saturday’s 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series’season finale in Kawartha.
Kennington will enter the event with a 40-point advantage over Fitzpatrick in a battle that started out way back during the season opener at the Delaware Speedway.
The latest twist to this season-long epic came last Saturday at Riverside International Speedway in Nova Scotia. While leading the race on lap 184, Fitzpatrick suddenly fell off the pace with clutch problems, which handed both the race and points lead to Kennington.
The potential greatest differential in the final race is 105 points, so there is plenty of opportunity. Should Fitzpatrick win the race and lead to the most laps, Kennington would have to finish sixth or better should he not lead a lap. He could finish seventh and still win the championship if he were to lead a lap in the 250-lap event.
Kennington finished as the runner-up to Andrew Ranger in both 2007 and 2009. In 2008, he finished third behind Scott Steckly and Don Thomson Jr.
Kennington will enter the event with a 40-point advantage over Fitzpatrick in a battle that started out way back during the season opener at the Delaware Speedway.
The latest twist to this season-long epic came last Saturday at Riverside International Speedway in Nova Scotia. While leading the race on lap 184, Fitzpatrick suddenly fell off the pace with clutch problems, which handed both the race and points lead to Kennington.
The potential greatest differential in the final race is 105 points, so there is plenty of opportunity. Should Fitzpatrick win the race and lead to the most laps, Kennington would have to finish sixth or better should he not lead a lap. He could finish seventh and still win the championship if he were to lead a lap in the 250-lap event.
Kennington finished as the runner-up to Andrew Ranger in both 2007 and 2009. In 2008, he finished third behind Scott Steckly and Don Thomson Jr.