EDMONTON, Alberta –Â Andrew Ranger left for the NASCAR Pinty’s Series western swing with goal in mine: dominate.
Following two standout races in Saskatoon, Ranger came into Edmonton looking to finish the job.
Ranger took care of that Saturday in dominating fashion by winning the LUXXUR 300 at Edmonton Int’l Raceway. With rain a factor once again, Ranger’s No.27 Mopar Dodge wasted no time taking the lead from L.P. Dumoulin on lap 228.
As cautions came out and restarts were ran, Ranger continued to fend off all who opposed him. In the end, the rain came down and NASCAR was forced to call the race on lap 275. The Roxton Pond, Quebec, driver lead 253 laps en-route his 27th NASCAR Pinty’s Series victory.
Ranger ended his western swing with two wins, a third place finish and the points lead.
Since returning to the Pinty’s Series full-time Jason Hathaway has been stringing together good runs. With the rain closing in, Hathaway made a march to front. Mounting pressure until the rains came, the No.3 Kubota Canada Chevrolet would finish second. This marked the Stouffville, Ontario, driver’s first podium of the season and highest finish since winning at Kawartha in 2016.
Saskatoon race one winner L.P. Dumoulin was another driver with a successful western swing. The Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, driver came home third after a strong run at the track he won at last year. Dumoulin will leave Edmonton with momentum carrying into this his home tack at GP3R in August.
Alex Labbe and Donald Theetge brought their battered cars home fourth and fifth, completing the top five.
The finish:
Andrew Ranger, Jason Hathaway, L.P. Dumoulin, Alex Labbe, Donald Theetge, Marc-Antoine Camirand, Kevin Lacroix, Alex Tagliani, Anthony Simone, D.J. Kennington, Jamie Krzysik, Brandon White, Mark Dilley, Shantel Kalika, T.J. Rinomato, Brett Taylor, Larry Jackson.