Canadian stock car racing driverNASCAR Xfinity Series career51 races run over 8 years2019 position102ndBest finish24th (2008)First race2006 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)Last race2019 NASCAR Racing Experience 300 (Daytona)NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career12 races run over 6 years2019 position72ndBest finish40th (2018)First race2010 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)Last race2019 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Mosport)NASCAR Pinty's Series career178 races run over 16 yearsCar no., teamNo. 17 (DJK Racing)2020 position3rdBest finish1st (2010, 2012)First race2007 Dodge Dealers 200 (Cayuga)Last race2022 eBay Motors 200 (Mosport)First win2007 Mopar 300 (Barrie)Last win2021 QwickWick 125 (Delaware)Statistics current as of September 27, 2021.

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 Dodge Challenger for his own team DJK Racing. He won the 2010 and 2012 Pinty's Series championships. Kennington also previously competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 99 Toyota Supra for B. J. McLeod Motorsports, and part-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Spire Motorsports. He is the son of Doug Kennington, a CASCAR driver and founder of St. Thomas Raceway Park.

Contents

• 1 Racing career
  • 1.1 Monster Energy Cup Series
  • 1.2 Xfinity Series
  • 1.3 Gander Outdoors Truck Series
  • 1.4 Pinty's Series
  • 1.5 CASCAR
  • 1.6 Hooters Procup Series
• 2 Motorsports career results
  • 2.1 NASCAR
    • 2.1.1 Monster Energy Cup Series
      • 2.1.1.1 Daytona 500
    • 2.1.2 Xfinity Series
    • 2.1.3 Gander Outdoors Truck Series
    • 2.1.4 Busch North Series
    • 2.1.5 K&N Pro Series West
    • 2.1.6 Whelen Modified Tour
    • 2.1.7 Pinty's Series
• 3 Gallery
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Racing career

Monster Energy Cup Series

Kennington's car at Daytona International Speedway.

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

In 2018, Kennington returned to Gaunt Brothers Racing, with the team attempting a part-time schedule in the No. 96. At Bristol, Kennington, who is Canadian, ran a paint scheme in memoriam following the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. He finished 27th in the tribute car, with the hood being auctioned for charity. For the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan, Kennington drove the No. 7 for Premium Motorsports.

For the 2019 STP 500, Kennington joined Spire Motorsports' No. 77 Chevrolet.

Xfinity Series

In 2007–2009 he ran the Nationwide Series part-time for MacDonald Motorsports in a Dodge Charger. He has over 30 starts but has never cracked the Top 10. 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. Kennington has also raced for Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2011 Montreal event.

Gander Outdoors 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. Three years later, Kennington ran two Truck races for Premium Motorsports at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park and Martinsville Speedway, finishing 14th and 23rd, respectively. In 2017, he and Gaunt Brothers Racing contested the Truck race at Mosport in the No. 96 Toyota Tundra. He rejoined Premium Motorsports' No. 15 truck at Talladega where he finished 15th.

In August 2019, Kennington replaced a suspended Tyler Dippel in the No. 02 Young's Motorsports truck at Mosport.

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 p*ing both Kerry Micks and Scott Steckly en route to victory at Autodrome Saint-Eustache. 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. At Jukasa Motor Speedway at the end of September 2018, Kennington claimed his first career win since 2013.

CASCAR

Kennington made his debut in 1998 season, driving the No. 17 Castrol sponsored car for his own team. He ran full-time in CASCAR Super Series from 1998 season until 2006 season when NASCAR purchased CASCAR and created the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in 2007 season. Kennington had 7 wins, 38 Top 5, 60 Top 10 and 7 pole-positions in 83 races. Kennington best championship result was runner-up in 2002 season.

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

Daytona 500

Xfinity Series

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

Busch North Series

K&N Pro Series West

Whelen Modified Tour

Pinty's Series

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

Gallery

• Kennington's 2010 Nationwide car at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

• Kennington's 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series championship car

• Autodrome Chaudière in 2015

References

External links

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

NASCAR Truck SeriesFormer drivers

• Stanton Barrett
• Josh Berry
• Ross Chastain
• James Davison
• Stewart Friesen
• Joey Gase
• Justin Haley
• Timmy Hill
• Quin Houff
• Blake Jones
• D. J. Kennington
• B. J. McLeod
• Jamie McMurray
• Ben Rhodes
• Garrett Smithley
• Reed Sorenson
• J. J. Yeley

Partnerships and affiliations

• Hendrick Motorsports
• The Money Team Racing

Buyouts and mergers

• Furniture Row Racing
• Leavine Family Racing

ARCA Menards SeriesARCA Menards Series EastFormer drivers

• Michael Annett
• T. J. Bell
• Josh Berry
• Toni Breidinger
• Jeb Burton
• Gus Dean
• Ty Dillon
• Tyler Dippel
• Michel Disdier
• Tate Fogleman
• Mark Green
• Daniel Hemric
• Austin Hill
• Colby Howard
• Landon Huffman
• Max Johnston
• D. J. Kennington
• Scott Lag*e Jr.
• Charles Lewandoski
• Connor Mosack
• Dylan Lupton
• Timothy Peters
• Grant Quinlan
• Derek Scott Jr.
• Patrick Staropoli
• Kyle Strickler
• Daniel Suárez
• Alex Tagliani
• Austin Theriault
• Tanner Thorson
• Max Tullman
• Bubba Wallace
• Dominique Van Wieringen
• Reid Wilson
• Chris Windom
• Kris Wright

Partnerships and affiliations

• Austin Hill Racing
• Eddie Sharp Racing
• Rette Jones Racing
• Rev Racing
• SS-Green Light Racing

Former drivers

• Jordan Anderson
• Jairo Avila Jr.
• Caesar Bacarella
• Stanton Barrett
• Ray Black Jr.
• Chase Briscoe
• Jennifer Jo Cobb
• Sheldon Creed
• Bayley Currey
• James Davison
• Ryan Ellis
• Chris Fontaine
• Korbin Forrister
• Patrick Gallagher
• Joey Gase
• John Graham
• Jeff Green
• Kevin Harvick
• Loris Hezemans
• Brandon Hightower
• Timmy Hill
• Jesse Iwuji
• Blake Jones
• D. J. Kennington
• Clint King
• Travis Kvapil
• Andy Lally
• Stephen Leicht
• Michael Lira
• Jesse Little
• Tommy Joe Martins
• Mason M*ey
• Sam Mayer
• C. J. McLaughlin
• B. J. McLeod
• Vinnie Miller
• Dylan Murcott
• Akinori Ogata
• Todd Peck
• Josh Reaume
• Tommy Regan
• Cole Rouse
• Angela Ruch
• Garrett Smithley
• David Starr
• Matt Tifft
• Kyle Tilley
• Cody Ware
• Josh Wise
• J. J. Yeley
• Stephen Young

Partnerships and affiliations

• Stewart-Haas Racing

Related teams

• Live Fast Motorsports

NASCAR Xfinity SeriesFormer drivers

• Enrique Baca
• Stanton Barrett
• T. J. Bell
• Josh Bilicki
• Matt Carter
• Landon C*ill
• Chris *rum
• Chris Cook
• Tim Cowen
• Harold Crooms
• James Davison
• Alon Day
• Matt DiBenedetto
• Bobby Dale Earnhardt
• Ernie Francis Jr.
• Colin Garrett
• Joey Gase
• Loris Hezemans
• Brandon Hightower
• Austin Hill
• Tyler Hill
• Jesse Iwuji
• Matt Jaskol
• Dick Karth
• D. J. Kennington
• Stephen Leicht
• Robby Lyons
• Giorgio Maggi
• Mike Marlar
• Tommy Joe Martins
• C. J. McLaughlin
• B. J. McLeod
• Joe Nemechek
• Kevin O'Connell
• Akinori Ogata
• Rubén Pardo
• Josh Reaume
• Harrison Rhodes
• Morgan Shepherd
• Garrett Smithley
• David Starr
• Brad Teague
• Mark Thompson
• Max Tullman
• Mike Wallace
• Cody Ware
• Bubba Wallace
• Derek White
• Jason White
• Josh Wise

Partnerships and affiliations

• Hattori Racing Enterprises
• JGL Racing
• Reaume Brothers Racing

Buyouts and mergers

• Go Green Racing

Former drivers

• Jason Bowles
• Alex Bowman
• Harrison Burton
• Landon C*ill
• Ty Dillon
• Jeffrey Earnhardt
• Drew Herring
• D. J. Kennington
• Parker Kligerman
• Jesse Little
• Dylan Lupton
• Daniel Suárez

Partnerships and affiliations

• Toyota Racing Development
• Joe Gibbs Racing

NASCAR Hall of Fame

• Kirk Shelmerdine

Partnerships and affiliations

• Richard Childress Racing
• Germain Racing
• Hillman-Circle Sport
• Jordan Anderson Racing
• JR Motorsports
• NEMCO Motorsports
• NY Racing Team
• Spire Motorsports
• Tommy Baldwin Racing

Buyouts and mergers

• HScott Motorsports
• Michael Waltrip Racing
• Phil Parsons Racing
• Rick Ware Racing

Formerly known as Jay Robinson RacingNASCAR Xfinity SeriesNASCAR Pinty's SeriesIndyCar Series

• (51) Ta*a Sato

IMSA SportsCar Championship

• (51) Ryan Eversley / Aidan Reed

Carolina Pro Late Model Series

• (51) Mason Maggio

Former driversAsian Le Mans Series LMP2 Am ChampionshipsPartnerships and affiliations

• Dale Coyne Racing
• DGM Racing
• Ford Performance
• Roush-Yates Engines
• Stewart-Haas Racing

Buyouts and mergers

• Premium Motorsports

Former drivers

• Willie Allen
• T. J. Bell
• Cody Cambensy
• Ray Ciccarelli
• Joe Cobb
• Rick Crawford
• Jake Crum
• Claire Decker
• Adam Edwards
• Wayne Edwards
• Ryan Ellis
• Korbin Forrister
• Brad Foy
• Joey Gase
• Juan Manuel González
• Clay Greenfield
• D. J. Kennington
• Brandon Knupp
• Blake Koch
• Justin Kunz
• Travis Kvapil
• Chris Lafferty
• Scott Lag*e Jr.
• Chase Mattioli
• Cody McMahan
• Matt Mills
• Camden Murphy
• Bryce Napier
• Gregory Rayl
• Tommy Regan
• Caleb Roark
• Daniel Sasnett
• Scott Saunders
• Mike Senica
• Josh White

Partnerships and affiliations

• Eddie Sharp Racing
• MAKE Motorsports
• NTS Motorsports
• SS-Green Light Racing

Buyouts and mergers

• Circle Bar Racing

ARCA Menards SeriesARCA Menards Series WestFormer drivers

• Lawless Alan
• Sebastian Arias
• Amber Balcaen
• Trevor Bayne
• Christopher Bell
• Alex Bowman
• Clint Bowyer
• Chase Briscoe
• Austin Cameron
• Eddie Cheever III
• Cole Custer
• Hailie Deegan
• Nick Drake
• Chris Eggleston
• Dylan Garner
• Brendan Gaughan
• Todd Gilliland
• Shane Golobic
• Paulie Harraka
• Daniel Hemric
• Riley Herbst
• Holley Hollan
• Eric Holmes
• Jim Inglebright
• Brandon Jones
• D. J. Kennington
• Derek Kraus
• Anthony *pen
• Julia Landauer
• Raphaël Lessard
• Jesse Love
• Dylan Lupton
• Hershel McGriff
• Brandon McReynolds
• Eric Nascimento
• Eric Norris
• Sergio Peña
• Blaine Perkins
• Cole Rouse
• Gio Scelzi
• Patrick Staropoli
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
• Derek Thorn
• Gracie Trotter
• Sean Woodside
• Brittney Zamora

NASCAR Hall of Fame

• Hershel McGriff

ARCA Menards Series West Championships

• 1999 (Woodside)
• 2000 (Gaughan)
• 2001 (Gaughan)
• 2008 (Holmes)
• 2010 (Holmes)
• 2015 (Eggleston)
• 2016 (Gilliland)
• 2017 (Gilliland)
• 2019 (Kraus)
• 2020 (Love)
• 2021 (Love)

Whelen All-American Series Championships

• 1990

Partnerships and affiliations

• GMS Racing