Louis-Philippe Montour in an incident-filled race at ICAR
Event | "General Tire 125" - 1.8 km - August 27, 2022 |
Location | ICAR (Mirabel, Quebec) |
Date / Broadcast | TSN Saturday, September 3rd at 1:30 PM ET | RDS Saturday, |
Start / Finish | 18th | 11th |
Results |
Louis-Philippe Montour was looking for more than an 11th-place finish in the "General Tire 125" event held at ICAR on Saturday night.
An ill-timed shower forced the NASCAR Pinty's Series officials to cancel the morning practice session. This caused the early-afternoon qualifying session to be turned into a shortened practice and forced the officials to create a starting grid based on 2022 driver championship points.
Since Louis-Philippe Montour has only run a partial season on road courses, he was thus pushed back on the 23-car starting grid. "We started 18th" explained the driver of the #13 Kamloop | GL Électricité-Automatisation | Gestion Or Concept car. Third gear kept dropping out, so I had to hold the shifter in place while driving, right from the start of the practice session.
The Dumoulin Competition technicians tried to fix the problem during the break between the practice session and the race, "It worked for five laps, then the problem came back! As we use third gear over 70% of the track distance, I had to drive one-handed for most of the race." Despite that complication, Louis-Philippe Montour was able to drive his way up through the field in a methodical and intelligent manner. He had some good battles on the 1.8 km layout where it is difficult to overtake.
"I lost 3rd gear completely with 15 minutes to go in the race and had to jump between 2nd to 4th gear. We still managed to finish the race in 11th position, thanks to some great passes earlier in the race and by making the most out of the gears still working at the end."
For Louis-Philippe Montour, this race was very important because ICAR is his home track. "My family, friends and partners were there to support me. I would like to thank them for coming. Although the result doesn't reflect our efforts, I hope I gave them a good show as I made my way up through the field!"
The driver of the #13 Kamloop | GL Électricité-Automatisation | Gestion Or Concept car will be making his fifth NASCAR Pinty's race at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park next weekend. He started his Pinty's season at this Ontario track with an impressive 5th-place finish. This time around, he is aiming for a podium position!
Dumoulin Competition can count on support from Kamloop to keep the team healthy throughout the season.
In addition to the on-track partnership, Louis-Philippe Montour and Dumoulin Competition also work together on the team's logistics. In fact, Kamloop products will allow the team to optimize the food-related processes and provide even fresher nourishment during the events. You can read the full article here.
About Gestion OR Concept
Gestion OR Concept was born from the wish the Lemyre brothers, Sébastien and Mathieu, to create turnkey real estate projects that perfectly reflect their clients' vision, regardless of the size or applicable constraints. For them, nothing is out of reach! This duo of passionate entrepreneurs has built a strong reputation thanks to its uncompromising approach in terms of quality, which uses the highest industry standards to create its project framework. Whether the land is entrusted to them or if they acquire it themselves, this is often the starting point for a major project built to the client's exact needs. Given the specifics of the land, Gestion OR Concept can deliver just about any work product that is required to drive the project: dealings with municipalities, assessments and studies necessary to give life to or to market a construction project, or even work hands-on from the first shovelful of earth through to the finish. Their success story is filled with personalized projects that have fully satisfied a long list of customers who have seen their dreams come true! gestionorconcept.com/a-propos/#mission-ancre
About Dumoulin Competition: Jean-François and Louis-Philippe Dumoulin founded the Dumoulin Competition Race Team in 2009. Working with financial, marketing, logistics and sports management experts, they built up a solid business structure. Dumoulin Competition prepares its own and rental race cars in-house since 2016. Their motto: "Passion - Performance - Partnerships" expresses their will to perform on the track and offer their partners maximum visibility and profitability in return for their commitment. Their vision: To become Canada's leader in motorsports through track performance as well as entrepreneurial and human values. dumoulincompetition.com
RESULTS - 2022 NASCAR Pinty's Series Road Courses
Date | Events | Results Qualifying | Results Race |
May 20 to 22 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park | 21st | 5th |
July 15 | Exhibition Place | 6th | 8th |
August 5 to 7 | Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières | 20th | 7th |
August 27 | Circuit ICAR | 18th | 11th |
September 2 to 4 | Canadian Tire Motorsport Park |
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"Passion - Performance - Partnerships"
Photo credit: Matthew Murnaghan
Additional Information
Louis-Philippe Montour has always been a racing enthusiast. He acquired his experience by participating in different series in the United States such as TransAm TA2. The NASCAR Pinty's Canadian Series has always been one of his goals. This year, he has partnered with Dumoulin Competition to participate in all 5 road-course events.
His track record since 2011 is proof of the effectiveness of his approach:
- 2021: runner-up TC Canada Championship in the FEL Series
- 2018: TransAm TA2 Southern Cup Champion
- 2017: Winner of the HSR Daytona Classic 24 at Daytona International Speedway
- 2016: Rookie of the year in the TransAm TA2 Series
- 2013: Champion in the SRT Viper Cup Championship Series, with 8 pole positions in 10 races
- 2013: Champion in the USGT-X presented by NARRA
- 2013: 3rd in the SRT Viper Cup
WEBSITES:
- Kamloop: kamloop.ca/Complexe ICAR : icarexperience.ca
- Canadian Tire Motorsport Park : canadiantiremotorsportpark.com/
- Dumoulin Compétition: dumoulincompetition.com
- NASCAR Pinty's Series: nascar.ca
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/louisphilippe.montour
- Instagram: @lpmontour
