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The 2026 NASCAR Canada Series will be the twentieth season of the Canada Series, the national stock car racing series in Canada sanctioned by NASCAR. The season will begin with a race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on May 17 and finish with a race at Delaware Speedway on September 12.

Marc-Antoine Camirand, pictured in 2015, enters the season as the back-to-back defending champion

Marc-Antoine Camirand enters the season as the defending champion.

Teams and drivers

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Complete schedule

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Manufacturer Team No. Driver Ref
Chevrolet Ed Hakonson Racing 3 Canada Connor Bell (R) 6 [1]
Canada Alex Tagliani 8[N 1] [2]
Innovation Auto Sport 9 Canada Mathieu Kingsbury [3]
74 Canada Kevin Lacroix [4]
JASS Racing with XEMIS Racing 39 Canada Alex Guenette [5]
MBS Motorsports 69 Canada Domenic Scrivo [6]
Theetge Motorsport 80 Canada Alex Tagliani 6[N 1] [7][8]
Canada Donald Theetge 8
Paillé Course//Racing 96 Canada Marc-Antoine Camirand [9]
Dodge DJK Racing 17 Canada D. J. Kennington [10]
Dumoulin Compétition 47 Canada L. P. Dumoulin [11]
Larry Jackson Racing 84 Canada Larry Jackson [3]

Partial schedule

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Manufacturer Team No. Driver Rounds Ref
Chevrolet BC Race Cars 19 Canada Keith Bean (R) 1, 7, 10–13 [12]
Ed Hakonson Racing 8 Canada Dexter Stacey 1 [13]
Eighty8 Racing 88 Canada Simon Charbonneau 1 [13]
Fellows McGraw Racing 87 Canada Sam Fellows 1, 7, 10–13 [14]
Glenn Styres Racing 0 Canada Glenn Styres 1 [13]
Innovation Auto Sport 27 Canada Andrew Ranger 1–3, 5–7, 10–13 [15][16]
JASS Racing with XEMIS Racing 93 Canada Jacques Guenette Sr. 1, TBA[N 2] [5]
Larue Motorsport 45 Canada Will Larue 1, 10, TBA[N 3] [17][18]
Legendary Motorcar Company 42 Canada Ryan Klutt 1 [13]
MBS Motorsports 22 Canada Kyle Steckly 1, 11, 13 [6]
MRN Racing, Inc. 10 Canada Rob Naismith (R) 2–6, 8–9, 14 [19]
Promotive Racing 67 Canada David Thorndyke 1 [13]
Tomlinson Motorsports 48 Canada Ron Tomlinson 1 [13]
Theetge Motorsport 73 Canada Sylvain Ouellet (R) 1, 10, TBA [3][18]
Dodge Coursol Performance 54 Canada Dave Coursol 1 [13]
DJK Racing 28 Canada Brad Ranson 1, 7, 11, 13–14 [20][21]
TBA Canada Matthew Shirley TBA [10]
Herby Motorsports 53 Canada Herby Drescher TBA [22]
Larry Jackson Racing 85 Canada Darryl Timmers 1 [13]
Legendary Motorcar Company 71 Canada Gary Klutt 1 [13]
Powersports Garage 14 Canada Geoff Johnson 1 [13]
Ford BC Race Cars 24 United States Josh Hurley (R) 1 [23]
Bray Autosport 98 Canada Malcolm Strachan 1 [13]
RGR Motorsports 38 United States Tyler Gonzalez (R) 1 [18]
Prolon Racing 1 Canada J. P. Bergeron 1, 7, 10-13 [13]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Tagliani will run the full season split between the Ed Hakonson Racing No. 3 and the Theetge Motorsport No. 80 cars.
  2. ^ Guenette Sr. will compete in select road course events, but specific events aside from CTMP have not yet been announced.
  3. ^ Larue will compete in 9 events, but specific events aside from CTMP and GP3R have not yet been announced.

Schedule

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On 19 December 2025, NASCAR announced the 2026 schedule, with 14 races across 4 provinces scheduled.[24] The GP3R weekend will include qualifying races, much like the Daytona 500's duel races.[25]

No. Race title Track Location Date
1 CarGurus 200  R  Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario 17 May
2 TBA  O  Autodrome Chaudière Vallée-Jonction, Quebec 6 June
3 TBA
4 TBA  O  Riverside International Speedway Antigonish, Nova Scotia 27 June
5 TBA  O  Autodrome Montmagny Montmagny, Quebec 4 July
6 TBA
7 TBA  R  Calabogie Motorsports Park Calabogie, Ontario 19 July
8 TBA  O  Edmonton International Raceway Wetaskiwin, Alberta 25 July
9 TBA
GP3R Qualifying Races  R  Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec 8 August
10 TBA  R  Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec 9 August
11 TBA  R  Streets of Markham Markham, Ontario 15 August
12 TBA  R  Complexe ICAR Mirabel, Quebec 29 August
13 TBA  R  Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario 6 September
14 TBA  O  Delaware Speedway Delaware, Ontario 12 September

Results and standings

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Races

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No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No Report
1 CarGurus 200 Report

See also

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References

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  1. ^ @nascarcanadaseries; (April 13, 2026). "Connor Bell will get behind the wheel of the No. 3 for EHR in all 6 road course races in 2026" – via Instagram.
  2. ^ "Alex Tagliani Joins EHR in #3 Car for NASCAR Canada Oval Championship Campaign". NASCAR Canada Series. April 21, 2026. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  3. ^ a b c "First Names on the Board: NASCAR Canada 2026 Field Begins to Take Shape". NASCAR Canada Series. May 6, 2026. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
  4. ^ "Kevin Lacroix Concludes His 2025 Season at Montmagny with a 9th-Place Finish". NASCAR Canada Series. September 25, 2025. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  5. ^ a b "Alex Guénette set to compete in the Full 2026 NASCAR Canada Season With JASS Racing and XEMIS Racing!". NASCAR Canada Series. April 9, 2026. Retrieved April 10, 2026.
  6. ^ a b "Scrivo claims Jostens Rookie title and sets sights on More Top 10s in 2026". NASCAR Canada Series. January 5, 2026. Retrieved April 10, 2026.
  7. ^ "Alex Tagliani to Drive #80 for Theetge Motorsport in NASCAR Canada Road Course Events!". NASCAR Canada Series. April 7, 2026. Retrieved April 10, 2026.
  8. ^ Weaver, Matt (April 8, 2026). "Alex Tagliani, Donald Theetge combine for full NASCAR Canada effort". Short Track Scene. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
  9. ^ "Paillé Course//Racing Returns in 2026 to Defend Marc-Antoine Camirand's Championship". NASCAR Canada Series. March 14, 2026. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  10. ^ a b RaceTimeRadioTV (March 9, 2026). 17 DJ Kennington NASCAR Canada 2026 preview (Video). Retrieved April 21, 2026 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ "New Partnership with WeatherTech: Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Returns to NASCAR Canada for the 2025 to 2027 Seasons". NASCAR Canada Series. March 20, 2025. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
  12. ^ "Keith Bean to Drive NASCAR Canada for BCR". NASCAR Canada Series. April 2, 2026. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "2026 CarGurus 200 Provisional Entry List". NASCAR Canada Series. May 13, 2026. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
  14. ^ "Driving Success Behind the Scenes in the NASCAR Canada Paddock". NASCAR Canada Series. March 8, 2026. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  15. ^ @nascarcanadaseries; (April 23, 2026). "Andrew Ranger returns to the No. 27 for 10 races in 2026, with Paillé sponsoring and IAS continuing to prep the car" – via Instagram.
  16. ^ "Andrew Ranger Returns to NASCAR Canada in 2026 with Paillé's Support - Speedway Digest". Speedway Digest. April 23, 2026. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  17. ^ @nascarcanadaseries; (April 15, 2026). "Will Larue returns to the No. 45 with 6 races on ovals along with 3 road course starts for 2026" – via Instagram.
  18. ^ a b c "NASCAR Canada 2026 Season Begins with CarGurus 200 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park". NASCAR Canada Series. May 12, 2026. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
  19. ^ "Rob Naismith". NASCAR Canada Series. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  20. ^ Maulana, Reza (April 11, 2026). "Brad Ranson Set for EuroNASCAR and NASCAR Canada Dual Campaign". World of EuroNASCAR. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  21. ^ "Brad Ranson Makes the Jump to NASCAR Canada Series". Catchfence. May 6, 2026. Retrieved May 6, 2026.
  22. ^ "Herby Drescher". NASCAR Canada Series. Retrieved April 16, 2026.
  23. ^ "Josh Hurley to drive NASCAR Canada at CTMP". NASCAR Canada Series. April 15, 2026. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  24. ^ "NASCAR Canada Unveils 2026 Calendar Featuring the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy on the Streets of Markham". NASCAR Canada Series. December 19, 2025. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  25. ^ "A New Format for GP3R 2026: Three NASCAR Canada Races on the Program". NASCAR Canada Series. December 9, 2025. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
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