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'''NASCAR Canada''' is the [[NASCAR]] office in [[Canada]].  

NASCAR opened an office in its second largest market in Canada in 2004.<ref name="SportBus">[http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/154863/nascar-drives-into-canada SportBusiness.com: NASCAR drivers into Canada]</ref> NASCAR opened a corporate office in Toronto in a joint partnership with Canadian media company [[The Sports Network|TSN]]. The move was made to boost sponsorship and licensing opportunities, and to build on its interest in Canada.<ref name="SportBus" />

The office facilitates marketing rights to the NASCAR brand to Canadian companies, and to extend United States companies reach into Canada.<ref name="SportBus" />

From 2007 to 2012, a [[NASCAR Xfinity Series]] event in [[Montreal]]'s [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]] was held on the first weekend in August: the [[NAPA Auto Parts 200]]. From 2013 to 2019, the [[NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series|NASCAR Camping World Truck Series]] held the [[Chevrolet Silverado 250]] at [[Canadian Tire Motorsport Park]].<ref>"[http://aol.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2012-11-16/nascar-truck-series-race-canada-canadian-tire-motorsport-park-2013 NASCAR's truck series to race at Canada road course in 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119074333/http://aol.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2012-11-16/nascar-truck-series-race-canada-canadian-tire-motorsport-park-2013|date=November 19, 2012}}". ''[[Sporting News]]'', November 16, 2012. Accessed April 29, 2013.</ref> In the past some US-based regional racing series have crossed the border on occasion, and currently the [[NASCAR Canada Series]] runs thirteen events a year on tracks all across Canada.

==References==
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*[http://press.arrivenet.com/business/article.php/624007.html NASCAR Canada Inks Major Licensing Deal with The Trio Group (Wednesday, April 20, 2005)]
*[http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/opinion/08/24/msmith.canada/index.html Canada, candy and Carl – NASCAR.COM]

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