Daytona, Florida - The NASCAR Canada series continues its trip out East on June 29th and 30th, as the series returns to Riverside International Raceway for the Pro•Line 150 and Choko 150, two 150-lap races. The ⅓  mile asphalt oval hosted 13 NASCAR Canada races between 2007 and 2019, and saw 10 different winners.

 

The track, designed by the late John “Nova” Chisholm, was modelled after Bristol Motor Speedway, one of NASCAR’s most prestigious oval, located in Tennessee. Riverside is a scaled rendition, at ⅓ mile compared to Bristol’s ½ mile length. 

 

On Friday, June 28th, the venue will host Country Rocks Riverside. Fans will enjoy a great night of country music with the James Baker Band headlining, along with special performances by Eddie Cummings and Merimac.

 

Series veteran Jason Hathaway, who won at Riverside in 2013 and in the most recent event in 2019, will look for a hat trick at this iconic track. D.J. Kennington joins Hathaway as the only other active driver with two wins at the track, his coming in 2010 and 2012. 

 

Mark Dilley returns to the series, at the track where he got his first career win in 2007. Dilley’s last NASCAR Canada race was the season finale of 2022 at Delaware. 

 

L.P. Dumoulin and Andrew Ranger are the only other drivers currently in the field with wins at Riverside. Ranger claimed the highest honours in 2009, while Dumoulin clinched the victory in 2009.

 

Alex Guénette returns to the series again for his second start of 2023 and second at Riverside. Kevin Lacroix, Donald Theetge, Larry Jackson, Alex Labbe, and Bryan Cathcart are poised to return to the Antigonish venue.

 

For many drivers, this will be their first time at this technical track. The likes of  Glenn Styres, Sara Thorne, Thomas Nepveu, Brandon Macfarlane, Maxime Gauvreau, and Port Williams, N.S. native Danny Chisholm will be making their Riverside debut.

 

Chisholm will be making his second  NASCAR Canada series start after competing in the 2024 season opener at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, where the 19-year-old finished 21st. 

 

Three drivers from Newfoundland will follow the series from Eastbound over to Riverside. Sara Thorne and Brandon Macfarlane will make their debut at the Nova Scotia track, having finished 14th and eighth a week ago at home. Josh Collins will be making his second start at Riverside, his first since 2015, where he finished 10th. 

 

It will be an action-packed weekend with Saturday and Sunday’s on-track activities beginning at 1:45 PM AST with practice, followed by an autograph session in the grandstand from 4:00 to 4:30 PM AST. Qualifying starts at 5:20 PM AST, and the green flag drops at 8:30 PM AST.