Racing

On Sunday June 18, at the Circuit ICAR in Mirabel, Nissan Canada and JD Promotion & Competition, with the collaboration of Total Canada, are organising an event called the “Discovery Experience,” a unique opportunity to take the wheel of a Micra Cup race car. For $295 plus taxes, you’ll get …

Trois-Rivieres (Quebec, Canada), May 18, 2017 – On May 21st, Louis-Philippe Dumoulin will take part in the first event of the 2017 season in NASCAR Pinty’s on the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park circuit (Bowmanville, Ontario). Being a four-time podium holder, including two in first place, and with seven top-5 performances …

Trois-Rivières (Québec, Canada), May 17, 2017 – The ambassador of Spectra Premium Industries, JeanFrançois Dumoulin, will be on the track for the first race of the season this weekend, on the circuit of the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (Bowmanville, Ontario). More determined to perform than ever before, he has the …

Laval, Québec, May 7 2017. It is with great pride that Simon Dion-Viens and the SDV Autosport racing team announce a two-year partnership with Castrol Canada that will see the team compete in at least 5 races per year in the highly competitive NASCAR Pinty's Series. Simon Dion-Viens will be …

Trois-Rivières (Quebec, Canada), April 6, 2017 – Spectra Premium engineers and Dumoulin Compétition took to the track for the first time with the NSCR100 high-performance radiator at the Sebring International Raceway on March 25-26, 2017. With the NSCR1001 radiator installed in the #04 Spectra Premium / Bernier Crépeau / Groupe …

We previously mentioned that Audi was leaving WEC (and the 24 Hours of Le Mans) at the end of the 2016 season. The Dieselgate scandal was partly to blame for this, and every branch of the Volkswagen empire had to cut back costs. Now, the Volkswagen brand itself has to …

We knew it would happen for a few weeks now, but yesterday, November 3, the rumour was officially confirmed… Lance Stroll becomes the first Canadian since Jacques Villeneuve to reach the elite ranks of Formula One. Stroll, born on October 29, 1998, is the son of wealthy businessman Lawrence Stroll, …

VW’s Dieselgate scandal caused a lot of changes for the manufacturer. More than one division has had to can some vehicles that were too pricey and didn’t sell enough. For example, Volkswagen lost its Phaeton, and the rumoured Bugatti sedan probably got delayed by a few years. It’s now Audi’s …

Electric GT, a small company specialized in electric vehicles, has large ambitions: they want to create their own EV racing series! And as a first step, they just unveiled their first race car, a modified Tesla Model S. By using a P85 as a base, the car has 681 horsepower …

BMW has a storied past in racing: since its inception, the Bavarian automaker has been boasting about the on-track performance of their cars, stating they were unbeatable on track… and for a while, they were right. The legendary E30 M3 built between 1985 and 1992 was dominating in pretty much …