Ray Courtemanche Jr.

Ray Courtemanche Jr. (born February 14, 1970) is a Canadian businessman and stock car racing driver. A veteran of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, he raced in the series from 2011 to 2015. He also competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 07 Chevrolet Silverado for SS-Green Light Racing.

Ray Courtemanche Jr.
Born	(1970-02-14) February 14, 1970 (age 55) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Awards	2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2014 position	68th
Best finish	68th (2014)
First race	2014 Chevrolet Silverado 250 (Mosport)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Canada Series career
38 races run over 7 years
Car no., team	No. 8 (Ed Hakonson Racing)
2015 position	26th
Best finish	12th (2013)
First race	2011 Streets of Toronto 100 (Toronto)
Last race	2022 eBay Motors 200 (Mosport)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0

Racing career

Courtemanche began racing in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in 2011, competing on a part-time basis. After another limited schedule in 2012, during which he won the series' Most Popular Driver Award,^[1] he moved to a full-time slate in 2013 and finished 12th in points.^[2] During the 2013 season, he suffered an upper-body injury in a wreck at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, leading to a brief hospitalisation.^[3]

In 2014, his Danam Bonzaï Racing team partnered with Scott Steckly's 22 Racing.^[2] In August, Courtemanche made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Mosport with SS-Green Light Racing; he had tested a truck with the team at Virginia International Raceway earlier in the month.^[4]

Personal life

Courtemanche operates Investissements Ray Junior Inc., a real estate firm that he started at the age of 17. In 2013, he contributed to the creation of La cité de Mirabel with Joe Amendola and Fred Dankoff. In 2019 Joe Amendola and Fred Dankoff severed the business relationship with the race car driver and offered him a lump sum to purchase his shares putting an end to an 8 year association. Courtemanche net worth is estimated at $1 Million - $3 Million. La Cité de Mirabel, a real estate project located near Quebec Autoroute 15.^[5]

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.)

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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2014	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Chevy	DAY	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP 20	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	68th	24	[6]

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2012	DGM Racing	72	Chevy	BRI 31	GRE	RCH	IOW	BGS	JFC	LGY	CNB	COL	IOW	NHA	DOV	GRE	CAR	77th	13	[7]
2013	MacDonald Motorsports	49	Toyota	BRI 27	GRE	FIF	RCH	BGS	IOW	LGY	COL	IOW	VIR	GRE	NHA	DOV	RAL	74th	17	[8]

Pinty's Series

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	NCTSC	Pts	Ref
2011	Danam Bonzaï Racing	29	Dodge	MSP	ICAR	DEL	MSP	TOR 29	MPS	SAS	CTR 29	CGV 36	BAR	RIS	KWA		44th	207	[9]
2012				MSP 27	ICAR 15	MSP 15	DEL 16	MPS	EDM	SAS	CTR 26	CGV 32	BAR 19	RIS 14	KWA 18		16th	214	[10]
2013				MSP 12	DEL 15	MSP 15	ICAR 17	MPS 16	SAS 19	ASE 13	CTR 19	RIS 12	MSP 28	BAR 11	KWA 22		12th	329	[11]
2014				MSP 10		ICAR 17	EIR	SAS		CTR 12	RIS	MSP 24	BAR	KWA			15th	170	[12]
	22 Racing	24	Dodge		ACD 17				ASE 14
2015	Danam Bonzaï Racing	29	Dodge	MSP 20	ACD	SUN	ICAR 18	EIR	SAS	ASE	CTR 25	RIS	MSP 18	KWA			26th	95	[13]
2021	Jamie Hakonson	8	Chevy	SUN	SUN	CTR 12	ICAR 13	MSP 17	MSP 15	FLA	DEL	DEL	DEL				22nd	119	[14]
2022	Ed Hakonson			SUN	MSP 23	ACD	AVE	TOR 15	EDM	SAS	SAS	CTR 9	OSK	ICAR 15	MSP 16	DEL	24th	142	[15]