Ranger Gains Second Victory of 2016 at Circuit ICAR

Not even a late-race caution could slow Andrew Ranger's return to Victory Lane at Circuit ICAR.

A year after coming up second on the 2.113-mile, 14-turn road course on the grounds of Montreal-Mirabel International Airport, Ranger dominated Sunday's Ecko Unlimited 100. It was the fourth win in six races at Circuit ICAR, and extended his NASCAR Pinty's Series career wins record to 22.

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Ranger's No. 27 Mopar/Pennzoil/Mopar Express Lane Dodge led 29 of the 30 laps.

Alex Labbe, who won the E3 Spark Plug Pole Award in Saturday's qualifying, came home second and defending race winner Kevin Lacroix was third. DJ Kennington and Elie Arseneau were fourth and fifth, respectively.

With the victory, Ranger retook the championship points lead by six from teenager Cayden Lapcevich. Lapcevich, 16, finished eighth in his first race at ICAR. Labbe is third in points, a point behind Lapcevich.

Alex Tagliani finished sixth after getting knocked back from third on the final restart. Gary Klutt, Lapcevich, JF Dumoulin and Patrick Dussault rounded out the top 10.

The Ecko Unlimited 100 will air on TSN4/5 on Sunday, July 10 at 1 p.m., and on RDS2 on Saturday, July 23 at 2 p.m.

The NASCAR Pinty's Series will return to action on Saturday, July 16 with the Pinty’s Grand Prix of Toronto as part of the 30th Toronto Honda Indy weekend.(NASCAR Home Tracks)

Results from Circuit ICAR

  1. Andrew Ranger
  2. Alex Labbe
  3. Kevin Lacroix
  4. DJ Kennington
  5. Elie Arseneau
  6. Alex Tagliani
  7. Gary Klutt
  8. Cayden Lapcevich 
  9. J.F. Dumoulin
  10. Patrick Dussault
  11. David Michaud
  12. Simon Dion-Viens
  13. L.P. Dumoulin
  14. Kerry Micks
  15. Adam Martin
  16. Raymond Guay
  17. Larry Jackson
  18. Josh Collins
  19. Anthony Simone
  20. Kevin Poitras 
  21. Jason Hathaway
  22. Jocelyn Fecteau
  23. Peter Klutt

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