Andrew Ranger | |||||||
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Ranger in 2013 at Road America
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Born |
Roxton Pond, Quebec, Canada |
November 20, 1986 ||||||
Achievements |
2007, 2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Champion 2003 North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Champion |
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Awards |
2009, 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Most Popular Driver 2004 Toyota Atlantic Rookie of the Year |
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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
Best finish | 71st (2011) | ||||||
First race | 2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
17 races run over 6 years | |||||||
2013 position | 75th | ||||||
Best finish | 49th (2011) | ||||||
First race | 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal) | ||||||
Last race | 2013 Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 (Mid-Ohio) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
2014 position | 57th | ||||||
Best finish | 57th (2014) | ||||||
First race | 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Mosport) | ||||||
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NASCAR Pinty's Series career | |||||||
70 races run over 9 years | |||||||
2013 position | 23rd | ||||||
Best finish | 1st (2007, 2009) | ||||||
First race | 2006 St. Eustache 200 (Saint-Eustache) | ||||||
Last race | 2014 Pinty's Presents the Clarington 200 (Mosport) | ||||||
First win | 2007 Dickies 200 (Mosport) | ||||||
Last win | 2012 JuliaWine.com 100 (Trois-Rivières) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of August 31, 2014. |
Andrew Ranger (born November 20, 1986 in Roxton Pond, Quebec) is a Canadian professional racing driver.
The 2002 Canadian Formula A Karting Champion and 2003 North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Champion raced in the Toyota Atlantic series in 2004, scoring six podiums (top 3 finishes) and winning rookie of the year.
Ranger made his debut in the Champ Car World Series in 2005 and became the youngest driver in the series' history to finish on the podium. (2nd place, Monterrey, Mexico.) After a few solid finishes at the beginning of the season, Ranger's year went downhill as he mostly struggled in the second half of the season, but held on to 10th in the points championship. In 2006, he remained with the Mi-Jack Conquest Racing team, finishing 10th in the standings with a best finish of 5th at the 2006 Lexmark Indy 300.
With no sponsorship and Champ Car merging with the Indy Racing League, Andrew Ranger changed to in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. He won the second race in the series at Mosport International Raceway, and the season points championship. He has also won at Montreal and Trois-Rivières during 2008. He has four poles to go along with his wins at, Mosport Int’l Raceway, Edmonton (2007); Edmonton (2008).
In 2009, he was the class of the field for the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series winning the Dickies 200 at Mosport International Raceway, the A&W 300 at SunValley Speedway (his first ever oval), The Rexal Edmonton Indy, Vortex Brake Pads 200 at Mosport International Raceway, the GP3R 300 at Circuit Trois-Rivières and the Komatsu 300 At Riverside Speedway. On top of all of this he has 2 poles and many podium finishes. Ranger ended up winning the title by 167 points for his 2nd Championship in 3 years.