Collins makes another Historical announcement
4.4.2016
Newfoundland & Labrador and Eastbound International Speedway officially has its first full-time competitor in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series.
Newfoundland & Labrador’s Eastbound International Speedway driver Josh Collins, will mark another historical notch in his career with the announcement of joining the full season NASCAR Pinty’s Series that will tour across Canada. Collins performed NASCAR worthy in 2015 with two successful races in Antigonish, NS, and the Final in Fraserville, ON, with Joey McColm’s CBRT racing team. Collins a native of Placentia, NL and a veteran racer at Eastbound International Speedway was the first Newfoundland & Labradorian to compete in a NASCAR touring series.
Collins will team up once again with NASCAR veteran driver Joey McColm, with the start of the season piloting the #25 racecar at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Fraserville, ON, for the Castrol Victoria Day Speedfest Weekend on May 22. Collins sponsored by Dennis Porter Trucking, Edward Collins Contracting, Universal Environmental Inc, and Eastbound International Speedway, is focused on his first ever road course after training with NASCAR Pinty’s driver JF Dumoulin in Mount Tremblant, Quebec this past fall.
McColm will step out of the driver role to become crew chief and general manager for team CBRT, setting the bar high for Collins as he hunts for a NASCAR Championship and the Josten’s Rookie of the Year honors. Collins will be competing against driver Kevin Lacroix of St-Eustache, Quebec for Rookie of the Year.
Josh Collins will be joined by a trio of highly experienced drivers; Kevin Poitras of Toronto, Veteran stock car racer Robin Buck of Campbellville, Ontario, and Mel Shaw of Voorhees, New Jersey, who brings more than 40 years of racing experience to the team.
NASCAR Driver Austin Theriault to replace Josh Collins due to Family Emergency
02.15.2016
Josh Collins Racing will make a driver change in the World Series of Asphalt for tonight’s race due to a family emergency in Newfoundland and Labrador. Collins joined his family today and will be missing in action for tonight’s feature .
Collins posted 11th place out of 27 drivers in race one of the 7 race event series and unfortunately got caught up in a 5 car pile up in race two which ended his evening short with a 23rd position out of 28 car field.
Filling in for Collins for race three will be NASCAR’s future prospect driver Austin Theriault. Theriault raced in this past Sunday’s K&N East NASCAR series at New Smyrna and will join Brad Keslowski’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team for this Friday’s Daytona’s NextEra Energy Resources 250 (100 laps, 250 miles)
Theriault made his NCWTS debut in 2015 with Brad Keselowski Racing at Daytona. He scored an impressive fourth-place finish, leading the race once for nine laps after starting fourth and finishing with a driver rating of 110.2. He made nine NCWTS starts for BKR in 2015, claiming two top five and four top 10 finishes. Theriault spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons as part of BKR's driver development program, running a partial schedule in the Southern Super Late Model Series while working full-time in the team's shop.
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Collins set for Super Late Division at World Series of Asphalt
2.19.2016
CBC NEWS
For the 3rd time Team Collins has entered the famous World Series of Asphalt in New Smyrna, FL ince 2013. Collins will compete for 7 days at New Smyrna Speedway during Speedweeks against some of the top drivers that the world of stock car racing can provide.
Team Collins will compete in the top class Super Late division and has the 56 car tuned and ready to rock. Collins late fall and winter runs such as the 50th anniversary of the Governor's Cup in November has given the teamhip. some momentum going into this week of racing.
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Collins Finishes 11th at NASCAR CANADIAN TIRE SERIES Finale
8.19.2015
it was a night of champions at NASCAR's Canadian Finale at Kawartha Speedway with Collins piloting his 2nd flight in NASCAR. Fighting a suspension issue early in the race that placed the team a lap back, Collins fought back in the second half and made some wild moves to get him back to the lead lap with a chase in the final laps to place him in the 11th spot out of 22 cars.
After a great season of Eastbound International Speedway's Sportsman Series, Maritime Pro Stock runs, World Series of Asphalt at Speedweek in Florida, and two showcases at NASCAR's Canadian Series Collins is now focused on a full season with NASCAR's Canadian series broadcasted on TSN.
Collins becomes first Newfoundlander to join NASCAR
8.12.2015
CBC NEWS
For the first time in the province's history, someone from Newfoundland and Labrador will be driving in a NASCAR race.
Josh Collins, 29, of Placentia is heading to the Riverside International Speedway in Nova Scotia this weekend for part of the Canadian Tire NASCAR series.
While he has 10 years of racing experience under his belt, taking part is a NASCAR event is new for Collins.
"It's going to be definitely something different," he told the St. John's Morning Show.
"We've put a lot of time into it, and I'm just glad we got a bit of a break."
Collins, who started out in Autocross, said moving on to NASCAR is an important step towards his goals as a racer.
"It's a big step getting a NASCAR licence, because we are looking at probably getting a truck down the road," he said.
"If we get the NASCAR licence now, it will make it easier when we want to go on to any other event."
For the 300 lap race at Riverside on Saturday, Collins will be racing in a leased red and black car painted with the number 87.
In fact, he won't even get a chance to test out the vehicle until the morning of the race.
"It's going to be different for us because I have never sat in this car and I won't until Saturday morning," he said.
"We're only going to get two quick 45-minute practices and then we've got what we got."
Supporters of Collins will be happy to know that even in such a dangerous type of competition, he's never really been in a serious crash.
"I've never rolled a car in over 10 years so we're kind of lucky that way," he said.
"We ran in Florida a couple of years ago in New Smyrna Beach, and we beat up a car down there. But that stuff happens, it goes with the territory."
While many people in Newfoundland and Labrador may not be as familiar with NASCAR as the legions of fans across the rest of Canada and the United States, Collins says ever since he first raced 10 years ago he has been hooked on the sport.
"I just love to race," he said.
"It's just one of those things that you get involved in and can't get away from."
Collins joins Joey McColm of CBRT Racing in Antigonish's Riverside International Speedway
TORONTO, On (August 12, 2015) – Canada’s Best Racing Team (CBRT) is set for a busy weekend of racing with drivers Joey McColm and Josh Collins headed to Riverside International Speedway in Nova Scotia.
The team has bounced back from a few struggles at Grand Prix Trois-Rivieres where they raced on August 2. CBRT Driver Kevin Poitras experienced some significant damage to the No. 87 Canada’s Best Store Fixture’s Ford during qualifying after a hard impact to the tire wall. Both drivers were involved in accidents during the race, and were unable to finish. Currently, McColm is 11th in point standings.
Josh Collins will make his NASCAR Canadian Tire Series debut this weekend racing the No. 87 CBRT Ford, sponsored by Eastbound International Speedway and Edward Collins Contracting Ltd. He will also become the first competitor from the Province of Newfoundland to compete in the NCATS series.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Josh to the team. It’s going to be a fun race on a great track,” said McColm. “Riverside Speedway is one of the nicest tracks in Canada, and I can’t wait to return as it’s a personal favourite of mine.”