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GP3R: A FIRST AMERICAN DRIVER REGISTERS FOR THE CSCC RACE NEW HAMPSHIRE’S MATT ANDERSON FILES ENTRY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                             LPS201800730-EN LAVAL – A first entry was filed by an American driver to race in the Canadian Stock Car Championship (CSCC) event, which is part of the 49 th  Grand Prix of Trois-Rivières (GP3R).  The race will be held on the NASCAR weekend on August 11 and 12 in Trois-Rivières. Matt Anderson of Franklin, New Hampshire (USA) is a Late Model (LMS) driver who competes at White Mountain Motorsport Park (North Woodstock, NH) and a part time competitor on the American-Canadian Tour (ACT), a sanctioning body which operates and presents stock car races in Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Maine. “We couldn’t miss out on this opportunity!  It’s the first time our cars will run the road course.  This will be quite a happening, since it was announc

GP3R : UN PREMIER PILOTE AMÉRICAIN QUI S’INSCRIT EN CSCC MATT ANDERSON DU NEW HAMPSHIRE CONFIRME SA PARTICIPATION POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE                                                                                                                           LPS201800730 LAVAL – Un premier pilote américain confirme sa participation à l’épreuve de circuit routier du Championnat de Stock-Car Canadien (CSCC) au Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières (GP3R).  La course fait partie du weekend NASCAR de la 49 e  édition du GP3R et qui se déroulera les 11 et 12 août 2018 à Trois-Rivières. Matt Anderson de Franklin au New Hampshire (États-Unis) pilote un bolide Late Model (LMS) à la piste de White Mountain Motorsport Park (North Woodstock, NH) et à temps partiel dans le circuit American-Canadian Tour (ACT).  Ce dernier présente des épreuves de stock-car dans les états du Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut et du Maine. « Ont ne pouvait pas passer à côté de cette opportunité! C’est la première fois que

GP3R : LES INSCRIPTIONS POUR LA TOUTE PREMIÈRE COURSE SUR CIRCUIT URBAIN DE LA CSCC ENTRENT À BON RYTHME POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE                                                                                                                           LPS201800727 GP3R : LES INSCRIPTIONS POUR LA TOUTE PREMIÈRE COURSE SUR CIRCUIT URBAIN DE LA CSCC ENTRENT À BON RYTHME POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE                                                                                                                           LPS201800727 LAVAL – À deux semaines d’une première course de circuit routier dans sa jeune histoire, les formulaires d’inscription pour l’épreuve du Championnat de Stock-Car Canadien (CSCC) au Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières entrent à bon rythme. Le premier à avoir fait suivre son formulaire d’inscription est nul autre que le double champion du monde de Karting, Pier-Luc Ouellette de Terrebonne. Pilote inscrit à temps plein au Championnat de Stock-Car Canadien, Ouellette fait un r

GP3R: DRIVER REGISTRATION FOR THE INAUGURAL CSCC ROAD COURSE EVENT ARE FLOWING IN FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                             LPS201800727-EN LAVAL – With two weeks to go until the inaugural road course race in its young history, the driver registration forms for the Canadian Stock Car Championship (CSCC) at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières are flowing in at a good pace. The first competitor to have filed a registration form is none other than two-time World Karting Champion, Pier-Luc Ouellette of Terrebonne.  A full time driver in the Canadian Stock Car Championship, Ouellette is making a return to full time stock-car racing after a couple years off and sporadic participation.  He is currently 3 rd  in Championship points standing. He will be driving the 48QC car, the very same car, with which Alex Labbé won the Série ACT Champion’s title in 2014.  Since, Labbé has graduated and becom

THEETGE SCORES FIRST NASCAR PINTYS SERIES WIN IN SASKATOON SASKATOON, SK, Thursday July 26, 2018:    Donald Theetge driver of the #24 Mercedes-Benz St Nicolas/Circuit Acura Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 came to Western Canada with one thing on his mind.  Tonight, he realized that dream with his first NASCAR Pintys Series win in the first of Twin 125 full points races at Wyant Group Raceway in Saskatoon, SK.   Leading up to the win, Theetge was extremely happy with his car right off the trailer and in practice was posted as 3 rd  quickest.  "I am really happy with my car," said Theetge after practice.  "The 22 team has given me a car I can win with."   Theetge would then follow up his 3 rd  in practice with the 2 nd  fastest time in qualifying lining him up for the start on the outside of row one.   Theetge settle into the top three during the early stages of race one in the Velocity Prairie Thunder Bayer Twin 125's until lap 16 when he took the lead and never looked back

South Boston PASS South Event Becomes "Roads To Oxford & Richmond" Qualifier   -         For Immediate Release   CHARLOTTE, NC (July 26) –Officials with the Pro All Stars Series announced today that the PASS South Super Late Model event scheduled for Saturday  night,  August 11  at Virginia's South Boston Speedway will now be the final "Roads To Oxford & Richmond" qualifier of the year.  Several teams have expressed interest in having the choice to get a guaranteed starting spot for the 45 th  Annual Oxford 250 at Oxford Plains Speedway on  Sunday, August 26  or the inaugural PASS Commonwealth Classic at Richmond Raceway in October.  The 150-lap event at South Boston Speedway is the only date left available to give teams the option to choose between the Oxford 250 or the Commonwealth Classic at Richmond.  The top five finishers at South Boston Speedway on  August 11  will be locked into the Oxford 250 or at Richmond. The 45 th  Annual Oxford 250 at Oxfor

JACQUES VILLENEUVE PILOTERA UNE SUBARU WRX STI AU GP3R EN CHAMPIONNAT DE RALLYCROSS DES AMÉRIQUES ARX TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Québec, Canada (27 juillet 2018) - Un Villeneuve en piste au Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières (GP3R) est tout aussi naturel qu'une transmission intégrale sur une Subaru. Pourquoi ne pas jumeler ces deux idées? Jacques Villeneuve, le champion du monde 1997 de Formule 1, participera à la manche trifluvienne du tout nouveau Championnat de rallycross des Amériques ARX au volant d'une Subaru WRX STI préparée par Vermont SportsCar, les 4 et 5 août . Villeneuve se joint à Subaru Rally Team USA aux côtés de Chris Atkinson et Patrik Sandell, alors que le champion local sera en piste au GP3R pour la première fois depuis 2014, dans une voiture d'usine préparée tout juste de l'autre côté de la frontière canado-américaine. Lors de sa dernière présence en piste au Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, en Championnat du monde FIA de rallycross, il avait remporté sa première man

Jacques Villeneuve to Race a Subaru WRX STI at GP3R in Americas Rallycross   TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Quebec, Canada (July 27, 2018) – Having a Villeneuve on the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières (GP3R) track is as natural as having all-wheel drive on a Subaru. It is then just natural that Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 FIA Formula One World Champion, will compete in the Trois-Rivières round of the all-new Americas Rallycross (ARX) Championship at the wheel of a Vermont SportsCar-prepared Subaru WRX STI,  August 4-5.   Villeneuve will join the Subaru Rally Team USA three-car team alongside Chris Atkinson and Patrik Sandell, as the local champion will be back on track at GP3R for the first time since 2014, in a factory car prepared just on the other side of the Canada-USA border.   During his last appearance on track at the GP3R, in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, he won his first qualifying race, before a mechanical failure prevented him to advance to the final rounds. Villeneuve, winner of the

Super DIRTcar Series Heads to Airborne   PLATTSBURGH – After a successful event in 2017, the Super DIRTcar Series Big Block Modifieds are set to return to the Airborne Park Speedway on Tuesday, July 31 presented by Liquor & Wine Warehouse and Unique eCigs.                 Dirt racing ace and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competitor, Stewart Friesen is set to make his first visit on the Airborne Park Speedway dirt surface with his Halmar Friesen Racing number 44. In addition, three-time defending series champion and overall six-time champion Matt Sheppard will be in attendance with his Dendis Companies 9s machine.                 A year ago, both top competitors missed the Airborne event for different reasons. Friesen had commitments with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, while Sheppard was serving a suspension for an incident at the Utica-Rome Speedway with the eventual winner of the Airborne event, Larry Wight.                 Other top s

Summer of Excitement Continues This Weekend at Peterborough Speedway By Jim Clarke, Clarke Motorsports Communications/First Draft Media   There's some hot summertime fun brewing at Canada's Toughest 3 rd  of a Mile Paved Oval. Central Ontario's hometown racing experience roars back to life Saturday, July 28 th  with the Battlefield Equipment Rental Bone Stock, Jiffy Lube Mini Stock, Super Stock and Late Model divisions; plus the Trailers Plus Ontario Legends Series – with kid's rides at intermission – at Peterborough Speedway.   "Its hard to believe that we'll wrap-up another month of the 2018 regular season schedule this weekend," said track owner and promoter J.P. Josiasse. "We've had so much going on since the very first Great Canadian RV green flag of the year and every lap our weekly racers and special guest classes turn brings us another step closer to the 26 th  annual running of the Autumn Colours Classic."   Saturday the 28 th , pit