London, Ontario - Andrew Ranger scored a strong podium finish, on Sunday, as Paillé Course//Racing was at Delaware Speedway, near London, ON, for the penultimate event of the 2024 season of the NASCAR Canada series. Marc-Antoine Camirand earned a hard-fought sixth-place finish after struggling with a difficult car.

Andrew Ranger had a strong day on the half-mile oval track of Delaware Speedway and knew that he could have a good car for the 200-lap race.

“It took me some time to really master the track during practice, but then we scored a good qualifying lap, and started fourth. Right at the beginning of the race, I felt that my GM Paillé/Chevrolet Canada n°27 Camaro was very fast, and I have been able to climb to second place in the early laps. I felt like I had a very good car throughout the race,” said Ranger.

Ranger battled for the lead at a restart, and then ran a very fast pace in second place. “I’m very happy with this strong podium finish. I had a very good car and I kept pushing to keep the leader at sight. We have had good races for a few weeks, and I’m thrilled to head to Autodrome Montmagny for the last race of the season,” Ranger concluded.

Marc-Antoine Camirand had a much more difficult race, but the day had started well for the driver of the GM Paillé/Chevrolet Canada n° 96 Camaro.

Camirand scored the fastest lap in practice and was confident to carry that speed through the race. However, during his qualifying laps on a new set of tires, he felt that his car was very difficult to handle.

“My car was very loose and handling very oddly. Since the car is impounded after qualifying, we couldn’t make any adjustments. So when the race started, I struggled a lot with the car,” said the driver of the GM Paillé/Chevrolet Canada n° 96 Camaro.

Camirand went back to the pit for adjustments during a caution, and the crew made more changes to improve the handling of the car during the halfway break. “It got a bit better, but I was still not able to come back and fight with the leaders. I fought hard to climb back the field and try to get to a top-five finish. I finally scored a sixth-place finish. We were hoping for better, but in those circumstances, we will take this sixth and the good championship points,” stated Camirand.

With only one race to go, Camirand leads the NASCAR Canada series’ standings by 20 points over Kevin Lacroix. Andrew Ranger is third, just 2 points from second place.

Paillé Course//Racing drivers Andrew Ranger and Marc-Antoine Camirand will be next at Autodrome Montmagny, for the final event of the 2024 season in the NASCAR Canada series, on September 21st and 22nd.