The 2025 NASCAR Canada 300, also called the Riverside 300, was the second stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Canada Series. The race was held on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at Riverside International Speedway, a 0.333 mi (0.536 km) oval shaped racetrack in James River, Nova Scotia, Canada. The race took the scheduled 300 laps to complete. The race was won by D. J. Kennington, driving for DJK Racing, after he started on pole and led the most laps. Will Larue, driving for Larue Motorsports, finished in second, and Ryan Vargas, also driving for DJK Racing, scored his first career podium in third.
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Background Riverside International Speedway is a 0.333 mi (0.536 km), high banked, asphalt short track located in James River, Nova Scotia, Canada, about 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of the town of Antigonish.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
#DriverTeamMake3Jason HathawayEd Hakonson RacingChevrolet04Bryan CathcartDumoulin CompétitionDodge8Sara ThorneEd Hakonson RacingChevrolet9Mathieu KingsburyInnovation Auto SportChevrolet17D. J. KenningtonDJK RacingDodge27Andrew RangerPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet28Ryan VargasDJK RacingDodge45Will LarueLarue MotorsportsChevrolet47L. P. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge74Kevin LacroixInnovation Auto SportChevrolet80Donald TheetgeGroup TheetgeChevrolet84Larry JacksonLarry Jackson RacingDodge96Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet98Brent WhellerJim Bray AutosportFord
Practice The first and only practice session took place on Saturday, June 28, at 1:30 PM AST and lasted for 45 minutes. Donald Theetge would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 14.658 seconds with a speed of 81.785 mph (131.620 km/h). Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed180Donald TheetgeDJK RacingDodge14.65881.785245Will LarueLarue MotorsportsChevrolet14.69381.590396Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet14.74381.313Full practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, June 28, at 7:00 PM AST. D. J. Kennington, driving for DJK Racing, would win the pole with a lap of 14.562 seconds and a speed of 82.324 mph (132.488 km/h). Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed117D. J. KenningtonDJK RacingDodge14.56282.324274Kevin LacroixInnovation Auto SportChevrolet14.64781.846380Donald TheetgeGroup TheetgeChevrolet14.65781.79049Mathieu KingsburyInnovation Auto SportChevrolet14.71681.462527Andrew RangerPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet14.74181.32463Jason HathawayEd Hakonson RacingChevrolet14.80880.656745Will LarueLarue MotorsportsChevrolet14.84880.738896Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet14.87280.608928Ryan VargasDJK RacingDodge14.87380.6021047L. P. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge14.87980.5701184Larry JacksonLarry Jackson RacingDodge15.20378.853128Sara ThorneEd Hakonson RacingChevrolet15.33778.1641304Bryan CathcartDumoulin CompétitionDodge15.50777.3071498Brent WhellerJim Bray AutosportFord15.54477.123Full qualifying results
Race results PosSt#DriverTeamManufacturerLapsLedStatusPoints1117D. J. KenningtonDJK RacingDodge300147Running482745Will LarueLarue MotorsportsChevrolet30030Running433928Ryan VargasDJK RacingDodge3000Running414527Andrew RangerPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet3000Running40549Mathieu KingsburyInnovation Auto SportChevrolet3000Running396274Kevin LacroixInnovation Auto SportChevrolet300123Running397896Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet2990Running3781047L. P. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge2990Running36963Jason HathwayEd Hakonson RacingChevrolet2990Running35101184Larry JacksonLarry Jackson RacingDodge2980Running3411128Sara ThorneEd Hakonson RacingChevrolet2950Running33121498Brent WhellerJim Bray AutosportFord2520Running32131304Bryan CathcartDumoulin CompétitionDodge190Electrical3114380Donald TheetgeGroup TheetgeChevrolet20Suspension30
Standings after the race PosDriverPoints 6 1D. J. Kennington 85 1 2Marc-Antoine Camirand 84 (–1) 3 3Andrew Ranger 78 (–7) 1 4L. P. Dumoulin 75 (–10) 3 5Kevin Lacroix 75 (–10) 6 6Ryan Vargas 74 (–11) 2 7Jason Hathaway 70 (–15) 7 8Mathieu Kingsbury 68 (–17) 12 9Larry Jackson 57 (–28) 12 10Brent Wheller 54 (–31)
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