Donald Chisholm (born April 14, 1976 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian professional racing driver. Chisholm currently drives the No. 89 Keltic Ford/Nova Construction Ford Fusion for NOVA Racing in the Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour and part-time in NASCAR Pinty's Series driving the No. 89 NOVA Racing Ford Fusion.

Racing career

Maritime Pro Stock Tour

In 2015 Chisholm came into the season with hopes of capturing his first Pro Stock Tour championship. Despite picking up just one win in the Lucas Oil 150 at Riverside International Speedway, Chisholm put together one of the most consistent performances of his career. He would record eight top five finishes, along with eleven top tens in twelve starts to capture the title by just nine points over 2nd place Dylan Blenkhorn.

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

Donald Chisholm on the backstretch at the 2008 Atlantic Dodge Dealers 300

Donald Chisholm made his NASCAR Canadian Tire Series debut at Riverside International Speedway, his hometown track, in 2007. He was forced to retire with steering issues on lap 243, finishing a disappointing 16th. He returned to Riverside the following season, but didn't fare much better, finishing the race in 14th. Chisholm added a second race to his schedule in 2008, finishing all the laps at Kawartha Speedway on his way to a 10th-place finish for his first career top 10.

Chisholm picked up his first career pole at the 2014 Wilson Equipment 300 at Riverside with a speed of 82.443 mph. He would go on to lead 103 laps in the event to pick up his first career win, beating out series regular Andrew Ranger who faded late after leading 106 laps to finish 4th. The win was an emotional one for the Chisholm Family as Donald lost his father, John "Nova" Chisholm, earlier in the year.

Personal life

Donald is the son of entrepreneur and philanthropist John Chisholm. John built Riverside International Speedway in 1969 and repurchased the track in 2005, renovating it into its current state. John Chisholm was inducted into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2015.

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.)

Pinty's Series

NASCAR Pinty's Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213RankPoints
2007NOVA Racing98ChevyHAMMSPBARMPSEDMCGVMSPCTRHAMBARRIS 16KWA42nd115
2008HAMMSPBARASEMPSEDMCGVMSPCTRHAMBARRIS 14KWA 1034th255
2009ASEDELMSPASEMPSEDMSASMSPCTRCGVBARRIS 5KWA 1731st267
201089FordDEL 17MSPASETOREDMMPSSASCTRMSPCGVBARRIS 16KWA 1132nd362
2011MSPICARDEL 19MSPTORMPSSASCTRCGVBARRIS 3KWA 2233rd368
2012MSPICARMSPDELMPSEDMSASCTRCGVBARRIS 6KWA 937th73
2013DJK Racing28FordMSPDELMSPICARMPSSASASECTRRIS 7MSPBAR29th75
DodgeKWA 7
2014FordMSPACDICAREIRSASASECTRRIS 1MSPBARKWA 1232nd80
2015NOVA Racing89FordMSPACDSSSICAREIRSASASECTRRIS 15MSPKWA45th29
2016MSPSSSACDICARTOREIRSASCTRRIS 4MSPASEKWA43rd41
2017MSPDELACDICARTORSASSASEIRCTRRIS 13MSPASEJUK 831st68
2018MSPJUKACDTORSASSASEIRCTRRIS 17MSPASENHAJUK44th27
2019MSPJUKACDTORSASSASEIRCTRRIS 9MSPASENHAJUK37th36

Maritime Pro Stock Tour

Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour

Parts For Trucks Pro Stock Tour results
YearTeamNumber123456789101112RankPoints
2009NOVA Racing89SSW 26RIS 4PEI2 -6601 -SSW2 26IWK 29OBS -SSW3 8SSW4 7RIS3 3660-2 -SSW5 320th1689
2010SSW1 6RIS 3OBS 7SSW2 4IWK 13660 7OBS2 4SSW3 5RIS3 1660-2 25SSW4 23rd2131
2011SSW 7PIR 2RIS 1OBS 5SSW2 8660 10IWK 16OBS2 26SSW3 8RIS3 14PIR2 3SSW4 218th2192
2012SSW 8PIR -RIS 20SSW2 2OBS 1660 8IWK 21OBS2 15SSW3 19RIS3 9PIR2 5SSW4 127th2181
2013SSW 16PIR1 -RIS 1SSW2 19PIR2 14660 25IWK 2OBS -SSW3 12PIR3 -RIS3 2SSW4 2017th1621
2014SSW 7PIR 11RIS1 3SSW2 8PIR2 16660 -IWK 2OBS -SSW3 10PIR3 -RIS3 4SSW4 1014th1691
2015SSW 4PIR 5RIS 2SSW2 6PIR2 7660 4IWK 9OBS 12SSW3 3PIR3 5RIS3 1SSW4 51st2348

1Race delayed due to weather and held later in the season than shown.

2Race cancelled and combined with Round 7

Donald Chisholm's Ford prior to the 2007 IWK 250

IWK 250 results

YearMakeFinishTeam
2007*Chevrolet27NOVA Racing
200823
2009Ford29
201013
201116
201221
20132
20142
20159
20161
201714
201823

* Event run as part of the Pro All Stars Series

External links

  • driver statistics at Racing-Reference