Cayden Lapcevich takes NASCAR Pinty's Series championship points lead

It was the second victory of the season and left rookie Lapcevich with the points lead with three races remaining.

Lapcevich's No. 76 Fastline Motorsports Dodge led the final 11 laps after starting ninth. The teenager has a top 10 in all nine races this season, and has two wins, two seconds and a third in the five races on ovals.

Louis-Philippe Dumoulin – the 2014 series’ champion - got past veteran Jason Hathaway in the final laps to take second, while Hathaway came home third. Pole sitter Donald Chisholm finished fourth and Dwayne Baker rounded out the top 5.

Adam Martin was sixth, followed by Mark Dilley, D.J. Kennington, Alex Tagliani and Trois-Rivieres race winner Kevin Lacroix.

Two-time series’ champion Andrew Ranger started 14th and worked his way to the front. But contact on lap 130 while going three-wide with Hathaway and Dumoulin for a top-five spot resulted in a flat tire and he was penalized for intentionally bringing out the caution. He would continue to run into struggles all night and finished 61 laps down.

Similarly, Tagliani was the victim of misfortune after leading a race-high 164 laps. He suffered damage while leading after getting hit by the spinning car of Dilley, after the cars of Dilley and Alex Labbé tangled on lap 230.

Lapcevich now enjoys a 12-point lead over Ranger and a 32-point advantage over Alex Tagliani with just three races to go. Next round will be the Can-Am 200 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Ontario September 4th.

NASCAR Pinty’s Series point standings (top 10 drivers):

* Denotes Jostens Rookie of the Year candidate