TeamSLR Earns Podium Sweep in Canada
September 5, 2026
Race Summary
Date: Sept. 5, 2026
Event: Labour Day Weekend Sprints (Round 10 of 12)
Series: Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli
Division: CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series
Location: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario
Layout: 2.459-mile, 10-turn road course
Format: 41 laps or 75 minutes
Weather: Partly cloudy, low-70s
Winner: Helio Meza of TeamSLR
TeamSLR
- Helio Meza – Started 1st, Finished 1st (Running, completed 41/41 laps)
- Alon Day – Started 2nd, Finished 2nd (Running, completed 41/41 laps)
- Lanie Buice – Started 3rd, Finished 3rd (Running, completed 41/41 laps)
M1 Racecars
- Jace Denmark – Started 9th, Finished 7th (Running, completed 40/41 laps)
- Jared Odrick – Started 17th, Finished 28th (Accident, completed 18/41 laps)
Noteworthy
- Meza, the 18-year-old from Houston, won for the seventh time in 10 CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series races this season and for the eighth time in 11 career starts.
- Meza earned the pole position Friday for the fourth time this season to lead a 1-2-3 TeamSLR qualifying effort. Meza crossed the finish line by a .025-of-a-second margin ahead of Day to record the closest finish in the 61-year history of the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli.
- Day, the 34-year-old from Ashdod, Israel, entered the weekend with a 41-point lead over Meza. His runner-up finish was his sixth in 10 races and ninth consecutive podium.
- Today’s first career TA2 podium for Buice, the 19-year-old from Jackson, Georgia, marked her sixth top-10 finish of the season and her fifth in a row.
- Meza’s victory Saturday was the 17th in a row for TeamSLR.
- Denmark, the 23-year-old from Phoenix and driver of the No. 68 Troy Benner Autosport M1 Racecars entry, was the highest finisher among the two other M1 Racecars competitors in the field.
- Odrick qualified on the Pro-Am pole in his No. 00 Black Underwear/Troy Benner Autosport Chevrolet Camaro M1 Racecars chassis but saw his day end prematurely after being involved in a multicar accident on lap 18.
Quotes
Helio Meza, Driver, No. 28 Alessandros Racing/Chevrolet/SLR-M1 Racecars Camaro:
"I mean, not just in the race, but all weekend long, Alon’s been right there with me... It’s cool to be racing alongside NASCAR Canada here."
Alon Day, Driver, No. 17 JSSI/SLR-M1 Racecars Chevrolet Camaro:
"You can call it annoying to finish second by such a close gap, but racing with a teammate and racing so clean, racing against Helio, what can I say?"
Lanie Buice, Driver, No. 27 Sunoco/Guthrie's Garage/SLR-M1 Racecars Chevrolet Camaro:
"This feels amazing. I’m really excited about the progress that we’ve been making this year."
Next Up
The penultimate round of the 2026 CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series campaign is two weeks hence at Virginia International Raceway in Alton. Live streaming video is provided by RacingAmerica.tv and the @GoTransAm page on YouTube.
About TeamSLR
TeamSLR (Scott Lagasse Racing) competes fulltime in the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli. For more information, please visit us online at TeamSLR.com, on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
About M1 Racecars
M1 is an Official Chassis Supplier to the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli. M1 Racecars are professionally engineered for the Cube 3 Architecture TA2 Series, SCCA Competition, and Track Day events.