D. J. Kennington

Douglas James "D. J." Kennington (born July 15, 1977) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Pinty's Series, driving the No. 17 for his own team DJK Racing. He won the 2010 and 2012 Pinty's Series championships. Kennington also competes part-time in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 96 Toyota Camry for Gaunt Brothers Racing and the No. 15 Chevrolet SS for Premium Motorsports. He is the son of Doug Kennington, a CASCAR driver and founder of St. Thomas Dragway.^[1]

Racing career

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

Kennington's car at Daytona International Speedway.

Kennington made his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut at the 2016 Can-Am 500 at Phoenix in the No. 55 for Premium Motorsports, where he finished 35th.^[2] In 2017, he joined newly-formed Gaunt Brothers Racing to run the Daytona 500 in the No. 96 Toyota Camry. He attempted qualified again for the team at Talladega, but failed to qualify. He will run the No. 15 Premium Motorsports at Daytona in July. ^[3] He qualified in 28th after racing his way in during the second Can-Am Duel qualifying race,^[4] but got collected in a 16-car crash on lap 129.

Xfinity Series

In 2007–2009 he ran the NASCAR Nationwide Series part-time for MacDonald Motorsports in a Dodge Charger. He has over 30 starts but has never cracked the Top 10.^[5] His career best NASCAR Nationwide Series finish was an 11th-place finish driving for Rensi-Hamilton in the Del Monte Ford in the 2010 race in Montreal.^[6] Kennington has also raced for Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2011 Montreal event.

Camping World Truck Series

In 2010, he ran some races with Rick Ware Racing and finished seventeenth in his first Camping World Truck Series start at Martinsville Speedway.

In 2013, Kennington returned to the Camping World Truck Series at Phoenix International Raceway, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Silverado for Rick Ware Racing; he finished last after an early accident.^[7]

Pinty's Series

In 2007 he drove the No. 17 Castrol sponsored car in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. He won both the Barrie Speedway races and a pole, ending up second in the points. Kennington struggled in the 2008 season with no wins. In 2009, he won at Delaware Speedway from pole and had a solid season including the pole at Riverside International Speedway and won the season finale at Kawartha Speedway, lead to him finishing second in points. He started off the 2010 season by defending his win at Delaware and picking up the pole for that event. Kennington won the third race of the year after leading only the last lap passing both Kerry Micks and Scott Steckly en route to victory at Autodrome Saint-Eustache.^[8] At Motoplex Speedway he started on the pole and lead the majority of the race but lost to Scott Steckly in the last few laps. Kennington picked up his third win from the pole at Saskatoon but after problems in Montreal Kennington fell back in the points. He won at Barrie Speedway and Riverside Speedway, retaking the points lead. A pole and a third-place finish at the final race at Kawartha Speedway would clinch his first ever NASCAR Championship and a spot in the Toyota Showdown. He would finish second to Jason Bowles, the highest finish for anyone from the Canadian Tire Series. During the 2011 season Kennington won the events at Kawartha and Auto Clearing Speedway to finish Second in the Points standings. In the 2012 Canadian Tire season Kennington went to win a NASCAR touring record of 5 consecutive races at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Delaware Speedway, Motoplex Speedway, Edmonton Indy and Auto Clearing Motor Speedway; he won seven total races during the season on his way to the 2012 series championship.^[9]

Hooters Procup Series

In 2004 and 2005 he ran a partial schedule in the USAR Hooters Procup Series as an owner/driver for DJK Racing.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Monster Energy Cup Series

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	MENCC	Pts
2016	Premium Motorsports	55	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	KAN	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	BRI	MCH	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO 35	HOM	60th	0¹
2017	Gaunt Brothers Racing	96	Toyota	DAY 36	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL DNQ	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON		KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	TAL	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	-*	-*
2017	Premium Motorsports	15	Toyota																	DAY 38																				-*	-*

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2017	Gaunt Brothers Racing	Toyota	28	36

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NXSC	Pts
2006	MacDonald Motorsports	72	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI DNQ	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM 27	TEX			121st	82
2006			Dodge																																		PHO DNQ	HOM DNQ	121st	82
2007				DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO 27	TAL	RCH 39	DAR	CLT	DOV 23	NSH	KEN	MLW 26	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP 25	CGV 37	GLN	MCH	BRI 30	CAL	RCH 36	DOV	KAN 29	CLT DNQ	MEM 43	TEX DNQ	PHO 43	HOM DNQ	56th	719
2008		81		DAY 33	CAL 26	LVS 29	ATL 34	BRI 34	NSH 34	TEX 30	PHO 26	MXC 25	TAL 26	RCH 27	DAR 20	CLT	DOV	NSH 23	KEN 26	MLW 24	NHA	DAY 29	CHI 31	GTY	IRP	CGV 27	GLN	MCH 29	BRI 29	CAL	RCH 27	DOV	KAN	CLT 25	MEM 20	TEX 31	PHO 22	HOM 26	24th	2099
2009		81		DAY 17	CAL 24	LVS 33	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO 23	TAL 19	RCH 24	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI												66th	625
2009	Specialty Racing	61	Ford																									CGV 32	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	66th	625
2010	Team Rensi Motorsports	24	Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV 11	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY	TEX	PHO	HOM	103rd	130
2011	Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing	13	Dodge	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	TAL	NSH	RCH	DAR	DOV	IOW	CLT	CHI	MCH	ROA	DAY	KEN	NHA	NSH	IRP	IOW	GLN	CGV 40	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX				75th	15
2011	MacDonald Motorsports	80	Dodge																																	PHO 33	HOM		75th	15
2016	MBM Motorsports	13	Dodge	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO 36	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX					69th	16
2016	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	15	Ford																																PHO 30	HOM			69th	16

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCWTC	Pts
2010	Rick Ware Racing	6	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR 17	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI	KEN	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	93rd	112
2013		1		DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	IOW	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO 35					61st	26
2013		84																							HOM 26				61st	26
2016	Premium Motorsports	49	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP 14	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR 23	TEX	PHO	HOM			93rd	0¹

Canadian Tire Series

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
2007	DJK Racing	17	Dodge	HAM 25	MOS 5	BAR 1*	MPS 5	EDM 4	MTL 4	MOS2 10	CTR 12	HAM2 3	BAR2 1	RIS 3	KWA 25		2nd	1793
2008				HAM 22	MOS 2	BAR 3	ASE 2	MPS 5	EDM 5	MTL 4	MOS2 3	CTR 4	HAM2 10	BAR2 7	RIS 21	KWA 2	3rd	1972
2009				ASE 16	DEL 1*	MOS 4	ASE 2	MPS 4	EDM 16	SAS 3	MOS2 3*	CTR 3	MTL 4	BAR 10	RIS 18	KWA 1	2nd	2023
2010				DEL 1*	MOS 6	ASE 1	TOR 3	EDM 15	MPS 2*	SAS 1*	CTR 4	MOS2 6	MTL 28	BAR 1	RIS 1*	KWA 3	1st	2117
2011				MOS 5	ICAR 20	DEL 3	MOS2 1	TOR 5	MPS 2*	SAS 2*	CTR 9	MTL -18	BAR 7	RIS 4	KWA 1*		2nd	1881
2012				MOS 2	ICAR 5	MOS2 1*	DEL 1*	MPS 1*	EDM 1	SAS 1	CTR 5	MTL 5	BAR 21	RIS 1*	KWA 1		1st	517
2013				MOS 4	DEL 4	MOS2 10	ICAR 6	MPS 9	SAS 4	ASE 16	CTR 1	RIS 2	MOS3 4	BAR 2	KWA 4		2nd	471
2014				MOS 5	ACD 7	ICAR 12	EIR 5	SAS 8	ASE 9	CTR 18	RIS 3	MOS2 7	BAR 3	KWA 5			3rd	402
2015				MOS 4	ACD 3	SSS 16	ICAR 9	EIR 4	SAS 16	ASE 5	CTR 7	RIS 16	MOS2 4	KWA 3			7th	382

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

Gallery

Kennington in 2010 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Kennington's 2010 NCTS championship car
Autodrome Chaudière - June 13, 2015 (Photo Paul-Émile Poulin-Jacques)

References

↑ D.J. Kennington's big break: Can a journeyman driver from small-town Ontario make history at the Daytona 500? - Nick Faris, National Post, 17 February 2017
↑ McCallum, Ian (November 15, 2016). "St. Thomas driver D.J. Kennington made his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut Sunday in Phoenix". St. Thomas Times-Journal. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
↑ "GAUNT BROTHERS RACING SETS '17 SCHEDULE; KENNINGTON TO COMPETE AT DAYTONA". NASCAR. January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
↑ Southers, Tim (February 24, 2017). "DJ Kennington celebrates making first Daytona 500". Motorsport.com. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
↑ Jayski's® Silly Season Site - 2008 Nationwide Series Drivers/Team Table
↑ D.J. Kennington Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info
↑ "2013 Lucas Oil 150". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
↑ Archived September 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ McNulty, Dean (September 22, 2012). "Kennington wins race, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series title". Welland Tribune. Welland, ONT. Retrieved 2012-09-23.

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Official website
D. J. Kennington driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Andrew Ranger	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Champion 2010	Succeeded by Scott Steckly
Preceded by Scott Steckly	NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Champion 2012	Succeeded by Scott Steckly

MBM Motorsports

Personnel

Carl Long

Drivers

Monster Energy Cup Series	(66) Carl Long / Timmy Hill
Xfinity Series	(13) Mark Thompson / Carl Long / Timmy Hill / Bobby Dale Earnhardt / Enrique Baca (40) Brandon Hightower / Timmy Hill / Chad Finchum / Josh Bilicki / Austin Wayne Self / Stan Mullis / Enrique Baca / Tim Cowen (72) John Jackson

Former drivers

Premium Motorsports
Owners	Jay Robinson Mike Curb
Monster Energy Cup Series	(15) Michael Waltrip / Reed Sorenson / Joey Gase / Ross Chastain / Kevin O'Connell / D. J. Kennington / Gray Gaulding / Gary Klutt / Derrike Cope (55) Reed Sorenson / Derrike Cope / Tommy Regan / Gray Gaulding
Camping World Truck Series	(49) Wendell Chavous
Former drivers	T. J. Bell Tanner Berryhill Spencer Boyd Wayne Edwards Ryan Ellis C. J. Faison Brendan Gaughan Timmy Hill Alex Kennedy Travis Kvapil Bryce Napier Ryan Preece Brian Scott Mike Wallace Cody Ware Cole Whitt Josh Wise
Partnerships and affiliations	Tommy Baldwin Racing Richard Childress Racing Identity Ventures Racing NEMCO Motorsports

Rick Ware Racing

Personnel

Rick Ware

Drivers

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series	(51) Timmy Hill / Cody Ware / Josh Bilicki / B. J. McLeod
Camping World Truck Series	(12) Cody Ware / Spencer Boyd / Jordan Anderson

Former drivers

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