A hot and beautiful weekend was had for the throngs of spectators attending the Silverado 250, with only one bout of rain on the Saturday cancelling the qualifying session for the Nascar Pinty’s series cars. There were kid zones, autograph sessions with all the different series drivers, concerts with DJ Punch Douglas and Boots and Hearts emerging artist winner Kris Barclay, and a fabulous fireworks display on the Saturday evening. CTMP also had courtesy shuttles running on Saturday and Sunday which are the best way to get to and see the many different parts of the track.

CHEVROLET SILVERADO 250 – AUGUST 24-26 2018

The Nascar Camping World Truck Series returned to the CTMP track for their Play-Off opener and for the third year in a row they did not disappoint the large crowd on hand with last lap, last corner bumping and spinouts.

Haley being chased

The #4 of Todd Gilliland took over the lead of the race on lap 54 and was looking to win his very first career truck series victory until a late yellow flag tightened up the field. In the overtime session teammate #18 Noah Gragson tried to pass Gilliland in the final corner and spun him into the wall resulting in both trucks blocking the race track and causing a massive pile up of trucks.

Haley sneaks by for the win

The #24 of Justin Haley driving in third was able to dodge the mess on the track and win the race, with the #8 of John Hunter Nemechek coming in second and the #16 of Brett Moffitt taking the third spot.

Justin Haley

Gragson took responsibility for the crash and apologized to Gilliland and the Kyle Busch Motorsports team as they would have had a 1-2 finish, instead Gragson finished 9th and Gilliland in the 11th position. Gilliland was extremely angry about the event and said “I’d go fight him now, but I can’t”……Another memorable finish for the Camping World Truck Series at CTMP.

NASCAR PINTY’S SERIES – TOTAL QUARTZ 200

With the qualifying session being cancelled on account of rain, the Nascar officials decided to set the pole for the race based on the fastest times in the practice session. #47 L.P Dumoulin had the fastest time and got the pole position. Dumoulin is also the series points leader with a 10 point lead over the #22 car of Marc-Antoine Camirand pre-race.

Pit Stop

Alex Tagliani in the #18 Rona/Epipen car took the lead of the race after 5 laps and then got stuck in the back of the pack after a pit stop. Alex battled his way back through the field finally taking over the lead from #59 Gary Klutt on lap 30 and then dominated that position for the rest of the race. This was Tagliani’s first ever victory on the historic 2.459-mile road course.

Tagliani taking over the lead

The #74 of Kevin Lacroix fought back from the 15th position to finish second in the race after a terrible practice on Saturday when he had all sorts of engine issues. L.P Dumoulin in the #47 WeatherTech Canada car finished third rounding out the podium.

Tagliani wins

ULTRA 94 PORSCHE GT3 CUP CHALLENGE by YOKOHAMA

Zacharie Robichon

In the IMSA Porsche series #98 Zacharie Robichon was crowned the series champion in Saturday’s race winning and beating teammate #78 Roman De Angelis who took second and #96 Remo Ruscitti finished third. In Sunday’s last race of the season #98 Robichon who took the poll, lead the race from start to finish, to capture his 11th season victory out of 12 races. #78 Roman De Angelis finished second for the second day in a row and the #35 of Michael Di Meo finished a close third.

Zacharie Robichon

NISSAN MICRA CUP

Saturday’s race was a wild one as halfway through the overcast race a heavy downpour started. The racers battled the wet weather, slick pavement as well as each other with the #220 car of Valerie Limoges eventually being crowned as the winner of the race after finishing in 4th position, the first 3 cars each being penalized for cutting the course. Valerie is the only female driver in the series and is doing very well this year sitting in 4th position in the points standings. #11 Norman Boyer finished second and #40 Kevin King finished 3rd.

Austin Riley – Micra Cup Series

In Sunday’s race Jake Exton in the #00 car had the poll and after battling in the middle of the race eventually won the race. #1 Olivier Bedard finished second and #220 Valerie Limoges took the last podium spot for third.

CTCC SERIES

In the first race of the weekend, new comer #80 Martin Harvey in the Wingho Racing Porsche GT3 won his first race followed by the #72 of Mario Guerin in his Ferrari 458 and the #54 Rob Metka in his Ferrari 458 took third in the GT Cup class. In the GT Sport class #58 Ethan Simioni won the race with #55 Tom Kwok second and #47 Alain Lauziere taking third. In the Super Touring class, #27 Marc Raymond took first with #86 Scott Giannou in second. In the Touring class, #12 Paul Joakim won and #57 Shawn Little took second.

In Saturday’s races, #72 Mario Guerin took his revenge over Harvey winning the first race by winning the race with #80 Martin Harvey finishing second and #54 Rob Metka taking third for the second day in a row. In the GT Sport class, #8 Malcolm Strachan won with the #58 of Ethan Simioni second and #55 Tom Kwok third. In Super Touring, #27 Marc Raymond won again with #86 Scott Giannou finished second. In the Touring race #12 Paul Joakim won and #57 Shawn Little took second for the second day in a row.

Brian Goldschmied

Photo credit: Brian Goldschmied