Kevin Lacroix Scores Can-Am Le 50 Tours Pole

Alex Tagliani may have led both practices, but he will not lead the field to the green flag on Sunday afternoon.

The driver of the No. 74 Bumper to Bumper/Total/Go Fast Dodge topped the speed charts with a lap of one minute and 6.9 seconds to take home the pole award. The Quebec native is a favourite entering this weekend after becoming the first driver in the history of the series to win a caution-free race last season at ICAR in his first start at the track. He then backed it up with a win last year at Trois-Riveries, too. He enters this weekend with some momentum following an eighth place finish in Saskatoon.

Tagliani qualified second, 0.451 seconds behind Lacroix. The driver of the No. 18 EpiPen/Riobel/ComplexeJCP/Juste du Pin Chevrolet enters this weekend with momentum following a top-six finish in each of his series starts this year, including three wins. The Lachenaie, Quebec native has two poles (2009, `13) an average finish of 10th and a best result of third (2015) in six previous Trois-Rivieres appearances.

Andrew Ranger will start third, looking to extend his points lead. The driver of the No. 27 Mopar/Pennzoil/Mopar Express Line Dodge enters this weekend leading the points by a single point ahead of Cayden Lapcevich. Ranger is the master of the streets of Quebec, posting a finish of first or second in each of his nine starts. Alex Labbe qualified fourth, as the driver of the No. 36 Can-Am/Kappa/Cyclops Gear/Lous BBQ Dodge enters this weekend with momentum following a third place finish at Saskatoon, and has posted an average finish of 12th with a best result of fourth (2015) in four previous Trois-Rivieres races.

Daniel Morad rounded out the top-10, looking to build on his top-10 finish at the Honda Indy Toronto.

L.P. Dumoulin qualified sixth, hoping to impress the hometown crowd this weekend. Dumoulin has a win (2014), a pole (2012), four top fives and an average finish of ninth in seven races at Trois-Rivieres and enters this weekend with momentum following a pair of good runs out east. J.F. Dumoulin qualified seventh, followed by Gary Klutt, Marc-Antoine Camirand and D.J. Kennington.