NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
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| NASCAR Canadian Tire Series | |
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| Sport | Auto racing |
| Founded | 2006 |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Current champions | JR Fitzpatrick (as CASCAR Super Series) |
The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series is a new NASCAR series in Canada. NASCAR has announced a new office in Canada called NASCAR Canada.
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[edit] 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 new series is expected to replace CASCAR's Super Series, and Western Series drivers can compete in the new series. The future of CASCAR's Sportsman Series is unknown. The series title sponsor is Canadian Tire.[1]
The renamed series is expected to share NASCAR's regional-tiered series, along with the NASCAR Mexico Corona Series and the two Grand National divisions, the Busch East Series and AutoZone West Series. It is widely thought the Canadian Tire and Corona Series may adopt the Grand National rules in 2008 as to allow the competitors to use the same cars in Grand National races, owing to recent trends in short-track racing, where various series have adopted a universal "Approved Body Configuration" series body which can be used at most race tracks across the continent.
[edit] The Cars
The Nascar Canadian Tire Series uses steel tube-framed silhouette cars powered by carburetted V-8 engines. Cars have a relatively high minimum weight, so development of lightweight components is minimal. A number of components are specified by the rules, in fact, as parity is given priority here over vehicle development. Manufacturer involvement is therefore limited largely to supply arrangements for long-developed 'crate' motors, and branding on the largely standard bodywork.
[edit] NASCAR's Canadian television ratings
NASCAR is the No. 1 televised motorsport in Canada. The 2006 Daytona 500 was the most watched motorsport race in TSN history with a national average audience of 568,000 viewers. [2]
[edit] 2007 schedule
It is expected to debut in May 2007 with a 12-race schedule, including races at Barrie Speedway and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Mosport has two NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races this year. Father's Day 200 will be run on their road course on June 17. The Full Throttle Energy Drink 200 will go on their oval on August 11. Cayuga Speedway has announced a race on May 26 and another on September 1.
[edit] References
- ^ NASCAR buys Canada's top stock car racing association, launches new series from CBC
- ^ NASCAR launches series in Canada
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