Trois-Rivières, Quebec - Three NASCAR Canada events were on the drivers’ schedule this August. However, heavy rain forecast for the London, Ontario, area last weekend forced Delaware Speedway officials to postpone the race scheduled for last Saturday to September 8. The Complexe ICAR is therefore the upcoming event, following the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, on the series’ revised schedule. For three-time champion Louis-Philippe Dumoulin, the preparation work on the #47 WeatherTech Canada | Groupe Bellemare | Omnifab car is focused primarily on the next two road course races, at ICAR and then at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park the following week.

 

Dumoulin was also active last Sunday, when he went to the Toronto area for an event hosted by his main sponsor WeatherTech Canada, the Northern Performance Show & Shine. “It was really nice to meet the fans of motorsports, of NASCAR and of the WeatherTech brand.” The cancellation of the race at Delaware Speedway meant that it was a long drive for this single activity, but I appreciate this event because it allows me to keep in close contact with the fans,” he explains.

 

Fourth at the last Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, but with a car badly damaged by the contacts he suffered at the end of the race, Louis-Philippe Dumoulin is approaching the race at ICAR with the ambition of getting back on the podium. “It’s a small road course on concrete, and not on asphalt like the other tracks, which is very interesting and that I know well since our #47 WeatherTech Canada | Groupe Bellemare | Omnifab car was tested on this track before the start of the season,” says Louis-Philippe Dumoulin.

 

Currently fourth in the drivers’ championship, just 7 points behind third place, Louis-Philippe is counting on this Saturday’s race to stay among the championship leaders. “The work of rebuilding our road track car damaged at the GP3R was long. The entire Dumoulin Compétition team had to devote many hours to this work, but I am confident in the competitiveness of my equipment. I expect around thirty drivers on track at ICAR. As at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, this will pose some challenges with the traffic of the backmarkers. ICAR doesn’t have a long straight, which sometimes makes the drivers’ task complicated when there are a lot of cars on track, but it is the same for everyone and I am always very comfortable in these traffic conditions,” concludes Louis-Philippe Dumoulin, who has finished in the Top 6 in the last three editions of the NASCAR Canada race at the Complexe ICAR.

 

This Saturday, August 24, free practice will take place at 10 a.m. The qualifying session is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. and the race will start four hours later, at 5:30 p.m.

 

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Omnifab has joined Dumoulin Compétition in June 2023. In less than twenty years, Omnifab has made its place in the mechanical manufacturing industry in Quebec. They have earned this place by offering a unique turnkey solution to large companies and SMEs that want to modernize their production line or have their industrial equipment repaired. No matter your industry, you can count on Omnifab team to manufacture custom industrial machinery or solve your mechanical problems with great precision, in a timely manner and with quality components, as pledged. Visit omnifab.ca for more information.

 

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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 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 on-track performance, an entrepreneurial spirit and human values. dumoulincompetition.com