NASCAR CANADIAN TIRE SERIES: Dumoulin Competition set to take to the Streets of Toronto

Trois-Rivières, QC – Drivers and professional race instructors Jean-François and Louis-Philippe Dumoulin have high hopes to come back strongly in the streets of Toronto as they compete in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series this Saturday, July 9th, as part of the celebrations surrounding the Honda Indy in Toronto.

The qualifying sessions will take place on Friday, at 4:10 PM, while the green flag of the Streets of Toronto 100 is expected at 2:35 PM on Saturday.

It will be a first participation in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series for Jean-François Dumoulin on board of the No. 04 Dodge Bellemare in Toronto. The Trois-Rivières native has a strong experience on the track however. In 2000, he came back from the last spot, overtaking more than 50 cars in the process, to win the event with Team New Tech Motorsports.

“I am very enthusiastic for the race in Toronto. It’s a track that I enjoy a lot, despite the fact that it has been a while since I last raced here. In Mosport, everything was going well. Moreover, we changed the engine of my car since then. I think we will be even stronger this weekend and it should be very interesting”, said Jean-François Dumoulin.

Louis-Philippe Dumoulin, who finished in fourth position – first Quebecker – at Grand Prix ICAR in Mirabel on June 5th, was on his way to a second top-five in a row at the Vortex Brake Pads 200 in Mosport two weeks ago when an incident forced him to retire with only 14 laps to go in the race. The youngest of the Dumoulin brothers won the Indy of Toronto in 2002, the year where he won the Canadian Formula Ford Championship’s title.

“I am very confident. In Mosport, my No. 47 Maskimo/Somavrac car was extremely competitive and we could have finished in the top-five had everything gone our way. This year, since we are doing five races with both cars, with a successful team. We are more and more ready every race that goes by”, insisted Louis-Philippe Dumoulin.

Team Dumoulin Competition, in partnership with the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivières, Manac, PubliDesign and Super 8 (Downtown Toronto), participates in every road course event of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in 2011.