2010 Trois-Rivieres - Canadian Touring Car Championship

The 2010 Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship presented by Toyo Tires offered racers an excellent opportunity to showcase their talents at some of eastern Canada’s most widely recognized and well-established race tracks. The series provided amateur competitors with professionally organized events that would attract sponsors and fans. The success of the championship was reflected in the number of drivers who participated in race weekends. The average car count in 2009 per event was twenty-nine entries.

This 2010 schedule consists of seven race weekends at five different facilities. The format at each venue includes two races – generally, thirty-minutes in length. As has become tradition, the season kicks off on the Victoria Day long weekend at Mosport International Raceway. This is followed by the second of three stops at Mosport when the championship is a support event for the NASCAR Canadian Tire series. Two weeks later, teams travel Quebec and compete at the ICAR Mirabel Airport circuit. Then it is back to Ontario for the series premiere event – Exhibition Place, Toronto, with the IndyCar Championship. Then teams make their only stop at on the street circuit at Trois-Rivieres. The penultimate rounds are conducted at Mosport during the Grand Prix of Mosport. Series champions will be crowned when teams make their second visit to ICAR in September.

In 2010, there were two classes. To help fans distinguish between the groups, the cars are fitted with different coloured windshield banners.

Touring - (Blue Window Banner) – This is intended to be an entry-level category. Vehicles competing in this class are allowed a minimal amount of performance enhancements. Manufacturers represented in this group include the Mini Cooper S, Honda Civic, Mazda 3, Volkswagen Golf, Nissan Sentra and Acura Integra.
Super Touring – (Yellow Window Banner) - Super Touring includes many of the same makes and models found in Touring. However, this category allows engine modifications and aerodynamic enhancements. Additional manufacturers competing in the group include BMW, Subaru and Audi.

Rounds nine and ten of the 2010 Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship presented by Toyo Tires was held at Trois-Rivieres. Drivers would compete in two thirty-minute contests around the very tight ten-turn 2.462-km temporary street circuit.

The start of round ten for the 2010 Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship at Trois-Rivieres. Leading the field into corner one is the second place starter, Sasha Anis, in the No. 87 G1 Racing Hyundai Genesis. Tucking in behind Anis is his teammate, Bob Attrell, who was gridded fourth for the beginning of the contest. Also at the front of the grid are the Lombardi Hondas of Benjamin DiStaulo and Nigel Heron.

The top Super Touring competitor at Trois-Rivieres was Sasha Anis. Anis, driving the No. 87 G1 Racing prepared Hyundai Genesis, qualified on the outside of the front row for the weekend’s first contest. He chased the pole-sitter, Marc-Antoine Camirand, in the Camrirand Competition BMW Z3 Coupe to a runner-up finish. On Sunday, Camirand retired early, but Anis held off a hard-charging Mathieu Audette for the victory.

The Durabond-Compass 360 Racing team entered three very fast Touring class Honda Civic Si at Trois-Rivieres. The No. 72 Honda was driven by Canadian Touring Car veteran, Anthony Rapone. Rapone topped the Touring category round nine qualifying and started eighteenth overall. He would win the race, followed by his teammates. On Sunday, Rapone started on the class pole but finished in the runner-up spot.

Another member of the Durabond-Compass 360 Racing contingent was Karl Thomson, who piloted the No. 71 Honda Civic Si. In the first race of the weekend, Thomson qualified second in class, behind his teammate, Anthony Rapone. During the contest, he chased Rapone and finished second. In the finale, Thomson started behind Rapone but was able to pass him and win by a margin of 1.099-seconds.

A local favourite, Marc-Antoine Camirand, performed as expected on Saturday. Camirand qualified on the overall and Super Touring pole in the No. 96 Camirand Competition BMW Z3 Coupe. He would lead the race flag-to-flag for his third win of the season. Camirand opened 2010 with a pair of victories at Mosport. In the weekend’s final event, he did not fare as well and retired on lap-3.

Sunday’s Super Touring podium for round ten of the 2010 Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship at Trois-Rivieres. In the center is the winner from G1 Racing, Sasha Anis. This was Anis’ second victory of the season. On the left side of the rostrum from Ste-Anne-des-Lacs is the runner-up, Mathieu Audette. The final position on the podium is occupied by the third-place finisher, David Ciekiewicz.

Another Quebec competitor that fans at Trois-Rivieres were expecting to deliver excellent results was Mathieu Audette. The driver of the No. 12 Audette Racing Acura RSX Type-S qualified fourth fastest for the weekend’s first race. Unfortunately, Audette finished thirty-first overall. Starting from the rear of the grid for round ten, he charged through the field and captured the runner-up position.

The third member of the Durabond-Compass 360 Racing team was American Greg Liefooghe. The former Go-Kart racer, also participating in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge with Compass360 Racing. In rounds nine and ten at Trois-Rivieres, Liefooghe started behind his teammates, Anthony Rapone and Karl Thomson. He chased them to a third-place finish in the Touring category both days.

It was also a productive weekend for Sasha Anis’ teammate, Bob Attrell. The Hyundai New Car Dealer drove the No. 88 Hyundai Genesis with backing from Castrol and Hyundai Canada. Attrell was sixteenth fastest in the qualifying session for round nine, but moved up the race order and captured the Super Touring podium’s final position. On Sunday, he missed repeating his performance by one position.

David Ciekiewicz took over the seat in the No. 36 Donington Wenzel Motorsport Subaru WRX STi vacated by Richard Boake. Cieklewicz didn’t have any victories in 2010, but he did have three podium results entering the Trois-Rivieres rounds. In qualifying for the weekend’s first race, Ciekiewicz started second, but issues during the contest relegated him to a thirteenth place in Super Touring. On Sunday, he finished third.

Sunday’s Touring podium for round ten of the 2010 Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship at Trois-Rivieres. It was a Durabond-Compass 360 Racing sweep of the weekend. In the center is the first place finisher, Karl Thomson. On the left side of the rostrum is the round nine winner and today’s runner-up, Anthony Rapone. Completing the podium and scoring his second, third place result of the event is Greg Liefooghe.

FINISH	CLASS	DRIVER	CAR / SPONSOR	LAPS	RETIREMENTS
1	Super Touring	Marc-Antoine Camirand	BMW M Z3 Coupe / Camirand Competition	23	-
2	Super Touring	Sasha Anis	Hyundai Genesis / Hyundai Canada	23	-
3	Super Touring	Bob Attrell	Hyundai Genesis / Hyundai Canada	23	-
4	Super Touring	Benjamin Di Staulo	Honda Civic Si-R / Lombardi Racing	23	-
5	Super Touring	Nigel Heron	Honda Civic Si-R / Lombardi Racing	23	-
6	Super Touring	Yves Bédard	VW Golf GTi Turbo / A.R.T.	23	-
7	Super Touring	Bruno Desfossés	Acura RSX Type S / Technocraft Racing Division	23	-
8	Super Touring	Eric Hochgeschurz	BMW 328i / 8Legs Racing	23	-
9	Super Touring	Pascal Carré	BMW 330i / PCS Motorsports	23	-
10	Super Touring	Nick Wittmer	Honda Civic Si-R / Lombardi Racing	23	-
11	Super Touring	Jean-Claude Côté	Pontiac Solstice GXP / GT Racing	23	-
12	Touring	Anthony Rapone	Honda Civic Si / Durabond Products Ltd.	23	-
13	Super Touring	Etienne Borgeat	BMW 330i / GT Racing	23	-
14	Touring	Karl Thompson	Honda Civic Si / Durabond Products Ltd.	23	-
15	Touring	Greg Liefooghe	Honda Civic Si / Durabond Products Ltd.	23	-
16	Super Touring	David Ciekiewicz	Subaru WRX Sti / Donington Motorsport	23	-
17	Touring	Michel Sallenbach	Mini Cooper S / Octane Motorsport	23	-
18	Touring	Jacques Bélanger	Honda Civic Si / BMS Racing	23	-
19	Touring	Patrick Séguin	Honda Civic Si / Canadian Classic Cars	23	-
20	Touring	Simon Dion-Viens	Honda Civic Si / Di Staulo Motors	22	-
21	Super Touring	Lee Chaplin	Hyundai Tiburon / Fast Wheels Racing	22	-
22	Super Touring	Gary Kwok	Acura CSX / M&S Racing	23	Penalty
23	Touring	P.J. Groenke	VW Golf GTi Turbo / Pfaff Racing	22	-
24	Touring	Roger Bowes	Acura Integra Type R / Engineering Seismology	22	-
25	Touring	Ryan Blanchet	Nissan Sentra / Blanchet Motorsports	22	-
26	Super Touring	Luc Pelletier	Audi A4 Turbo / Ingolstadt Competition	22	-
27	Touring	Paul Dargis	Honda Civic Si-R / Dargis Motorsports	22	-
28	Super Touring	Glenn Chaplin	Hyundai Tiburon / Fast Wheels Racing	22	-
29	Touring	Kurt Langeveldt	Mazda Protege / Can-Saf Motorsports	21	-
30	Touring	Jocelyn Fecteau	Toyota Corolla / Media Racing Team	21	-
31	Touring	Jacques Deshaies	Mazda 3 GT / DM Competition	21	-
32	Super Touring	Mathieu Audette	Acura RSX Type-S / Audette Racing	20	-
33	Touring	Luc Richard	VW Golf GTi Turbo / Ingolstadt Competition	22	Penalty
34	Touring	Claude Houde	Mini Cooper S / Octane Motorsport	21	Penalty
35	Touring	Jocelyn Hébert	Honda Civic Si / Équipe 89 Racing	9	Accident
36	Super Touring	David Bensadoun	BMW 328i / Aldo	5	Mechanical
37	Super Touring	Paul Dalla Lana	BMW 330i / GT Racing	0	Accident
38	Super Touring	Greg Pootmans	BMW 330i / GT Racing	0	Accident
39	Touring	Tom Kwok	Honda Civic / M&S Racing	0	Mechanical
-	Super Touring	Paul Dargis	BMW 328i / Dargis Motorsports	-	Did Not Start
-	Touring	Denis Rousseau	Mazda Protege / Tradition Motorsport	-	Did Not Start

FINISH	CLASS	DRIVER	CAR / SPONSOR	LAPS	RETIREMENTS
1	Super Touring	Sasha Anis	Hyundai Genesis / Hyundai Canada	21	-
2	Super Touring	Mathieu Audette	Acura RSX Type-S / Audette Racing	21	-
3	Super Touring	David Ciekiewicz	Subaru WRX Sti / Donington Motorsport	21	-
4	Super Touring	Bob Attrell	Hyundai Genesis / Hyundai Canada	21	-
5	Super Touring	Greg Pootmans	BMW 330i / GT Racing	21	-
6	Super Touring	Nigel Heron	Honda Civic Si-R / Lombardi Racing	21	-
7	Super Touring	David Bensadoun	BMW 328i / Aldo	21	-
8	Super Touring	Eric Hochgeschurz	BMW 328i / 8Legs Racing	21	-
9	Super Touring	Yves Bédard	VW Golf GTi Turbo / A.R.T.	21	-
10	Super Touring	Etienne Borgeat	BMW 330i / GT Racing	21	-
11	Touring	Karl Thompson	Honda Civic Si / Durabond Products Ltd.	21	-
12	Touring	Anthony Rapone	Honda Civic Si / Durabond Products Ltd.	21	-
13	Touring	Greg Liefooghe	Honda Civic Si / Durabond Products Ltd.	21	-
14	Super Touring	Lee Chaplin	Hyundai Tiburon / Fast Wheels Racing	21	-
15	Touring	Jacques Bélanger	Honda Civic Si / BMS Racing	21	-
16	Touring	Michel Sallenbach	Mini Cooper S / Octane Motorsport	21	-
17	Touring	Simon Dion-Viens	Honda Civic Si / Di Staulo Motors	21	-
18	Touring	Tom Kwok	Honda Civic / M&S Racing	21	-
19	Touring	P.J. Groenke	VW Golf GTi Turbo / Pfaff Racing	21	-
20	Touring	Kurt Langeveldt	Mazda Protege / Can-Saf Motorsports	21	-
21	Super Touring	Glenn Chaplin	Hyundai Tiburon / Fast Wheels Racing	21	-
22	Touring	Daniel Blanchette	Honda Civic Si / Équipe 89 Racing	21	-
23	Touring	Ryan Blanchet	Nissan Sentra / Blanchet Motorsports	21	-
24	Touring	Roger Bowes	Acura Integra Type R / Engineering Seismology	21	-
25	Touring	Patrick Séguin	Honda Civic Si / Canadian Classic Cars	21	-
26	Touring	Luc Richard	VW Golf GTi Turbo / Ingolstadt Competition	21	-
27	Touring	Paul Dargis	Honda Civic Si-R / Dargis Motorsports	21	-
28	Super Touring	Luc Pelletier	Audi A4 Turbo / Ingolstadt Competition	20	-
29	Touring	Jocelyn Fecteau	Toyota Corolla / Media Racing Team	20	-
30	Touring	Claude Houde	Mini Cooper S / Octane Motorsport	20	-
31	Super Touring	Nick Wittmer	Honda Civic Si-R / Lombardi Racing	20	-
32	Touring	Jacques Deshaies	Mazda 3 GT / DM Competition	18	-
33	Super Touring	Benjamin Di Staulo	Honda Civic Si-R / Lombardi Racing	15	-
34	Super Touring	Pascal Carré	BMW 330i / PCS Motorsports	15	-
35	Super Touring	Bruno Desfossés	Acura RSX Type S / Technocraft Racing Division	14	-
36	Super Touring	Paul Dalla Lana	BMW 330i / GT Racing	10	-
37	Super Touring	Jean-Claude Côté	Pontiac Solstice GXP / GT Racing	3	Accident
38	Super Touring	Marc-Antoine Camirand	BMW M Z3 Coupe / Camirand Competition	3	Did Not Finish
39	Super Touring	Gary Kwok	Acura CSX / M&S Racing	0	Did Not Finish
-	Super Touring	Paul Dargis	BMW 328i / Dargis Motorsports	-	Did Not Start
-	Touring	Denis Rousseau	Mazda Protege / Tradition Motorsport	-	Did Not Start

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