Martin Roy | |
Birth Date: | 1 February 1974 |
Birth Place: | Napierville, Quebec |
Total Busch Races: | 24 |
Years In Busch: | 4 |
Prev Busch Pos: | 55th |
Prev Busch Year: | 2017 |
Best Busch Pos: | 35th (2016) |
First Busch Race: | 2014 Blue Jeans Go Green 200 (Phoenix) |
Last Busch Race: | 2017 Overton's 200 (Loudon) |
Busch Wins: | 0 |
Busch Top Tens: | 0 |
Busch Poles: | 0 |
Total Truck Races: | 1 |
Years In Truck: | 1 |
Prev Truck Pos: | 98th |
Prev Truck Year: | 2013 |
Best Truck Pos: | 98th (2013) |
First Truck Race: | 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Mosport) |
Truck Wins: | 0 |
Truck Top Tens: | 0 |
Truck Poles: | 0 |
Total Canada Races: | 28 |
Years In Canada: | 3 |
Best Canada Pos: | 4th (2013) |
First Canada Race: | 2013 Grand Prix ICAR (Circuit ICAR) |
Last Canada Race: | 2013 Pinty's 250 (Kawartha) |
Canada Wins: | 0 |
Canada Top Tens: | 15 |
Canada Poles: | 0 |
Updated: | July 15, 2017 |
Martin Roy (born February 1, 1974) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He has also run the entirety of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series.
Roy made one start in the K&N Pro Series East, the season-opening 2013 race at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he started 31st and finished 22nd, a lap down.
Roy debuted in 2011, running four races. Running Dodges, he crashed out of his first attempt at Circuit ICAR but did not crash again that season. He recorded a best finish of 13th at Circuit de Trois-Rivieres. Roy jumped to the full schedule in 2012, qualifying for all twelve races, getting his first top-ten, his first top-five, and finishing eighth in the point standings. He also won Rookie of the Year in that series.[1] In 2013, Roy set new personal highs in top fives (four), top tens (nine) and finished fourth in the point standings for the twelve race season. He continued running King Autosport's Canada branch after getting out of the drivers seat.[2]
Roy debuted in the Camping World Truck Series with King Autosport, owned by fellow Canadian Mario Gosselin. The race was run at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, a road course visited in the Pinty's Series. Roy qualified 21st and finished 14th.
Roy first attempted an Xfinity race in 2013, failing to qualify at Bristol Motor Speedway for King Autosport. In 2014, Roy ran five races with King, falling out of three races with engine problems and posting a best finish of 30th in his debut race at Phoenix International Raceway. For 2015, he piloted the No. 90 in seven races, posting a best finish of 15th in the Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway. In 2016, Roy returned in a limited capacity, driving two of the first ten races. He continued to run a partial schedule for King Autosport with sponsorship from Gamache Truck Centers. His runs were mostly mid-20s to high-30s. In 2017, Roy made his name known at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when he missed a sliding Dakoda Armstrong by only inches at full speed.[3]
Roy was injured skiing before the 2015 racing season, which derailed plans for Roy and forced King Autosport to put Dexter Bean in to rides where Roy would have potentially driven.[4]
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Pts | Ref | |||
2013 | 90 | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR | CLT | DOV | IOW | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI DNQ | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | NA | - | [5] | ||||
2014 | DAY | PHO 30 | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | DAR | RCH | TAL | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | ROA | KEN 31 | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI 38 | KEN | DOV | KAN 33 | CLT | TEX 35 | PHO | HOM DNQ | 49th | 53 | [6] | |||||
2015 | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH 28 | CHI 30 | DAY 21 | KEN | NHA | IND 24 | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI 29 | KEN 22 | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX 29 | PHO | HOM | 37th | 125 | [7] | |||||
2016 | DAY 38 | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX 25 | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT 26 | POC | MCH 27 | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI 22 | KEN | DOV | CLT 31 | KAN 26 | TEX 30 | PHO | HOM | 35th | 102 | [8] | |||||
2017 | DAY | ATL | LVS 32 | PHO | CAL 25 | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL 32 | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA 33 | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 55th | 26 | [9] |
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results | |||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | Ref | ||
2011 | DGM Racing | 90 | Dodge | MSP | ICAR 26 | DEL | MSP 14 | TOR | MPS | SAS | CTR 13 | CGV 21 | BAR | RIS | KWA | 30th | 430 | [12] | |
2012 | MSP 18 | ICAR 10 | MSP 19 | DEL 12 | MPS 6 | EDM 5 | SAS 10 | CTR 24 | CGV 12 | BAR 18 | RIS 8 | KWA 5 | 8th | 383 | [13] | ||||
2013 | MSP 20 | DEL 5 | MSP 6 | ICAR 9 | MPS 11 | SAS 20 | ASE 7 | CTR 6 | RIS 5 | MSP 2 | BAR 6 | KWA 5 | 4th | 429 | [14] |
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