A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR LOUIS-PHILIPPE DUMOULIN AT OHSWEKEN
Event | "Pinty's 100" - ⅜ mile - 250 laps - August 16, 2022 |
Track | Ohsweken Speedway (Ohsweken, Ontario) |
Date / | RDS Saturday, September 10, at 1:00 pm & TSN (Schedule TBD) |
Start / Finish | 16th | 18th |
Results |
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin and the #47 WeatherTech Canada | Groupe Bellemare team visited the Ohsweken Speedway oval on Tuesday for the first NASCAR Pinty's Series race held on a dirt track. The mix of pavement and dirt specialist drivers promised some great action.
Indeed, the 100 laps of this event did not disappoint the many spectators who came out for this historic event. For its part, the #47 WeatherTech Canada | Groupe Bellemare team tried all day long during practice and qualifying heats to find the right suspension settings without success.
By taking advantage of the many caution periods and restarts, Louis-Philippe Dumoulin finished as high as 11th, but without being able to express his true potential or that of the car. "I gave it everything I had behind the wheel," said the driver of the #47 WeatherTech Canada | Groupe Bellemare car. "Every possible racing line was tried, low, high, fast or slow entry into the corners, our set-up just didn't work with the track conditions."
While the result was far from the team's expectations, the learning experience is no less important for the coming seasons. "We will do our homework to come back stronger next year," explained Louis-Philippe Dumoulin. "Important changes could have been made, but it was too late in the day to make them, so we were limited to the changes we could do in this context. I would like to thank the team members who joined us for the event. They were a great help throughout the event."
Next Race: Complexe ICAR - August 27, 2022
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin and the #47 WeatherTech Canada | Groupe Bellemare team will return to the Complexe ICAR (Mirabel, Quebec) road course on Saturday, August 27, where Louis-Philippe Dumoulin distinguished himself last year with a podium finish.
"Passion - Performance - Partnerships"
Photo Credit: Matthew Manor CSCG
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RESULTS 2022
SUMMARY - HIGHLIGHTS IN LOUIS-PHILIPPE DUMOULIN'S CAREER
NASCAR Pinty's Series
- 2021: Pinty's Series Champion (1 victory, 3 podiums, 4 top-5 et 9 top-10 finishes in 10 events). Second championship with cars entirely prepared by Dumoulin Competition. Saw his name added for the third time to the NASCAR Hall of Fame (Charlotte, NC) / Wins "Driver of the Year" and "Best Performing Driver" awards.
- Inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame (2020) for his outstanding contribution.
- In 2020, the sanitary situation forced the NASCAR Pinty's Series to present only 6 races in the "Pinty's FanCave Challenge". Louis-Philippe Dumoulin scored 1 win and 3 top-5 finishes.
- 2019: Third in driver and owner championships (2 wins, 4 podium, and eight top-5 finishes from 13 events).
- 2018: Pinty's Series Champion (3 victories, 7 podiums, 2 poles, eight top-5 in 13 events). Saw his name added for the second time to the NASCAR Hall of Fame (Charlotte, NC) / Wins "Driver of the Year" and "Best Performing Driver" awards.
- 2017: Fourth in the driver championship (3 podiums, nine top-5 and eleven top-10 finishes from 13 events).
- 2016: Joint fourth in the driver championship (4 podiums, six top-5 and seven top-10 finishes from 12 events).
- 2015: Fourth in the driver championship (2 podiums, six top-5 and nine top-10 finishes from 11 events).
- 2014: Pinty's Series Champion (2 victories, 5 podiums and nine top-5 finish from 11 events). Saw his name added to the NASCAR Hall of Fame (Charlotte, NC) / Awarded the "Driver Of the Year", "Best Performing Driver" and "Gilles-Villeneuve" awards.
- 2013: Fifth in the driver championship (2 victories, 3 podiums, four top-5s, six top-10s and five-time top-3 grid positions from 12 events).
- 2012: Sixth in the driver championship (1 pole, three top-5 and seven top-10 finishes from 12 events).
- 2011: Pinty's Series Rookie of the year.
Rallycross and Road Racing
- 2015: Participated in FIA World Rallycross Championship round in Canada (Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières).
- 2012: Second in class in the 12 Hours of Sebring (American Le Mans Series - GT3 Cup). The only Canadian driver on the podium.
- 2004 to today: Front runner in the Grand-Am and Rolex Sports Car series, in Porsche, Ferrari and Daytona Prototype cars - Races in the 12 Hours of Sebring / and the Rolex 24 At DAYTONA events.
- 2002: Champion in the Canadian Formula Ford Championship.
- 2001: Awarded the ''Gilles-Villeneuve'' and ''Quartz'' trophies.
- Records: Holder since 2002 of Formula Ford Series records for most victories (6) and most pole positions (7) in a single season.
- WeatherTech Canada: weathertech.ca/behindtech
- Groupe Bellemare: groupebellemare.com
- Ohsweken Speedway: ohswekenspeedway.ca/
- Complexe ICAR: icarexperience.ca/en
- Quebec Cancer Foundation: fqc.qc.ca
- Musée Gilles-Villeneuve Museum: museegillesvilleneuve.com
- Festidrag développement: festidrag.com
- Mini Sportsman Quebec Series: seriesportsman.ca/mini-sportsman-calendrier
- Dumoulin Competition: dumoulincompetition.com
- NASCAR Pinty's Series: nascar.ca
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