Great news for Canadian NASCAR fans. 21 year old Andrew Ranger from Roxton Pond, PQ signed yesterday to run seven of the remaining ten NASCAR Nationwide Series races for Fitz Motorsports. His first race is this Friday in Bristol. Ranger is the defending NASCAR Canadian Tire Series champ and he will continue to attempt to defend his championship. He will drive the #22 Dodge and brings his Walmart/Tide sponsorship with him along with Armando Fitz's Supercuts sponsorship. Why seven races? He can contend for Rookie Of The Year next year. Many Canadian race fans first heard of Ranger a couple of years ago when he raced in CHAMP car. He switched to stock cars last year. Though he won the Canadian Tire Series last year, I thought he might have to go to the ARCA series or some other race series to get the attention of NASCAR owners. But Ranger drove the #22 at the Montreal Nationwide race and like his fellow Quebecer Patrick Carpentier, performed well enough to get a major NASCAR ride. Of course the big difference is that Ranger is much younger than Carpentier. And he's driving a very competitive race car. So congratulations and good luck to Andrew Ranger. Bristol is quite the place to make your debut. The above picture is from yesterday's press conference.
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