Returning to action after a four-year hiatus from the NASCAR Pinty’s Series, Scott Steckly finishes 11th in St. Eustache

On race day, the Milverton, Ontario driver ran the Chevrolet EpiPen/RONA/St Hubert/Spectra Premium in the top 10 all race long, moving up to eighth place several times but finally finishing 11^th. Jason Hathaway from Appin, Ontario, led the final 84 laps to score his second win of the season at the conclusion of the Lucas Oil 250 ahead of Kevin Lacroix of St. Eustache. Andrew Ranger, Alex Labbé, who led the most laps with 123, and Donald Theetge round out the top five.

Steckly took over from Alex Tagliani who was sidelined after contracting a minor myocarditis viral infection. The Quebec driver followed the strict advice of his doctor who ordered him to refrain from any physical activity this weekend, including car racing. The good news is that there will be no long-term effects.

“It was a fun day”, said Scott Steckly, “but not the result we wanted. It’s a competitive series and on a last-minute driver change, we will accept our finish and move on. We hope Alex gets well soon. I did the best I could for EpiPen, RONA and Spectra Premium but we still have work to do on our oval track program. We will be working very hard to make it better. We will keep digging and try to finish the season strong.”

This was the NASCAR Pinty’s Series final visit at the 0.4-mile short track, as it will close at the end of the 2019 racing season.

Seventeen drivers started the NASCAR Pinty’s race with 13 getting the chequered flag at the end of the race. Seven cars finished on the lead lap. The 250-lap race was under full course caution four times for a total of 29 laps. The Lucas Oil 250 will be televised on TSN on Sunday, September 14 at 3:30 p.m.

In the car owner standings:

With Scott Steckly running the EpiPen/RONA/St Hubert/Spectra Premium number 18 Chevrolet Camaro of Tagliani in St. Eustache, the Racing 22 Team is still fourth in the Owner Standings with 427 points, only nine away from Marc-André Bergeron who runs LP Dumoulin’s car.