2022 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park

The Nissan Micra Cup series made its debut in 2015. The championship was designed to provide racers with the most affordable race vehicle in Canada. New for 2021, and replacing the Micra series, was the Nissan Sentra Cup. This year the grids will still include the older Micras, but the focus will be on the Sentra.

Nissan Sentra – Each Nissan Sentra competing in the series carries a price tag of $39,990. The Sentras were prepared by the Motorsports in Action team at St-Eustache, with the development being performed by Canadian racing veteran Jean-Francois Dumoulin. The cars are powered by a DACT four-cylinder 2.0-liter sequential multi-point fuel injection engine which produces 149-horsepower at 6,400-rpm. Some performance upgrades include four-piston front calipers, adjustable coil-overs, 18”X9” alloy wheels, braided stainless steel flex lines and a MoTec M1 Series ECM. To address safety, the Sentra Cup cars include features such as an FIA Spec six-point roll cage, FIA homologated six-point harness and FIA homologated racing seat.
Nissan Micra – The Micra is powered by a 1.6-liter DOHC 4-cylinder engine which produces 109-horsepower. For safety purposes, much of the interior (seats, door panels, etc.) is removed and a safety cage, five-point harness, window net and FIA-approved racing seat are installed. To improve the performance of the cars, they are fitted with a racing suspension kit, high-performance brake pads, Pirelli racing tires and a modified exhaust system.

Each race weekend consists of two forty-minute contests.

May 20-22 - Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
June 17-19 - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
July 22-24 - Circuit Mont-Tremblant
August 5-7 - Circuit de Trois-Rivières
September 2-4 - Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
September 23-25 - Circuit Mont-Tremblant

The opening rounds of the 2022 Nissan Sentra Cup was held on the Victoria Day weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Drivers would compete in races one and two around the ten turn 2.459-mile road course.

Practice and qualifying were held in ideal conditions. However, just six laps were completed when race one had to be halted due to a severe storm. On Sunday, drivers had to deal with a wet track.

The first lap for the opening round of the 2022 Nissan Sentra Cup. Leading the field of eighteen starters into Canadian Tire Motorsport Park’s corner four is the No. 36 pole-winning Nissan Sentra of Justin Arseneau. Behind Arseneau is the other front-row starter, Alexandre Fortin, driving the No. 32 Nissan Sentra. Trailing the leaders are the Sentras of Simon Charbonneau and Simon Dion-Viens.

Winning the opening round of the 2022 Nissan Sentra Cup was Alexandre Fortin. Fortin, a rookie last year, grabbed victories at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and Mont-Tremblant and finished fourth in the final standings. During qualifying for race one, he was second fastest in the No. 32 Nissan Sentra. He took the lead and victory when the race had to be stopped due to weather. On Sunday, Fortin finished third.

The finale was won by Simon Charbonneau. The driver of the No. 88 Nissan Sentra was also a rookie last season, finishing eighth in the final standings. On Saturday, Charbonneau qualified third but retired after five laps. He started third in the final event but moved into the lead on lap-1. Charbonneau lost the top spot, but when Justin Arseneau went off course, he moved back into first place for the victory.

Race two of the 2022 Nissan Sentra Cup at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park was conducted in wet conditions. Leading the field into corner one is the No. 36 Nissan Sentra of the polesitter, Justin Arseneau. Immediately behind Arseneau is the third-place starter, Simon Charbonneau, who would grab the lead before the end of the first lap. The other front-row starter, Alexandre Fortin, is the outside of the leaders.

Starting on the pole both days was Justin Arseneau. Arseneau drove the No. 36 Nissan Sentra and competed in last season’s US Formula 4 championship, where he finished seventh in the final standings. In the weekend`s first weather-shortened event, Arseneau finished second and on Sunday, he collected another runner-up result. Although Arseneau did not capture a victory, he left the weekend with the points lead.

There were only four Nissan Micra Cup entries. The Micras are gradually being replaced with the new Sentras or finding a home in the Super Production Challenge series. The weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park belonged to Francois Angers-Routhier. Angers-Routhier drove the No. 90 Nissan Micra. On the way to his class victories, he qualified fifteenth overall on Saturday and finished twelfth. In the finale, he was ninth overall.

Canadian sports car veteran Normand Boyer competed in the 2018 Nissan Micra Cup series, where he finished fifth in the final standings and captured the crown in the Seniors division. Boyer returned to the championship in 2022, driving the No. 11 Nissan Sentra. On Saturday, he demonstrated the form for which he is known. After qualifying tenth, Boyer finished third. The next day, he lost a lap to the leaders.

POS.	START	CLASS	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	RETIREMENTS
1	2	Sentra	Alexandre Fortin	Nissan Sentra	6	-
2	1	Sentra	Justin Arseneau	Nissan Sentra	6	-
3	10	Sentra	Normand Boyer	Nissan Sentra	6	-
4	5	Sentra	Valérie Limoges	Nissan Sentra	6	-
5	8	Sentra	Daniel Fortin	Nissan Sentra	6	-
6	7	Sentra	Sylvain Ouellet	Nissan Sentra	6	-
7	11	Sentra	Frédérik Chaput	Nissan Sentra	6	-
8	12	Sentra	Jean Audet	Nissan Sentra	6	-
9	13	Sentra	Nicolas Miron	Nissan Sentra	6	-
10	9	Sentra	Andre Lapointe	Nissan Sentra	6	-
11	14	Sentra	Nicolas Barrette	Nissan Sentra	6	-
12	15	Micra	François Angers-Routhier	Nissan Micra	6	-
13	16	Micra	Raphaël St-Pierre	Nissan Micra	6	-
14	17	Micra	Marie-Soleil Labelle	Nissan Micra	6	-
15	18	Micra	Max Poirier	Nissan Micra	6	-
16	3	Sentra	Simon Charbonneau	Nissan Sentra	5	Did Not Finish
17	4	Sentra	Simon Dion-Viens	Nissan Sentra	5	Did Not Finish
18	6	Sentra	Éric Chaput	Nissan Sentra	-	Did Not Start

POS.	START	CLASS	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	RETIREMENTS
1	3	Sentra	Simon Charbonneau	Nissan Sentra	17	-
2	1	Sentra	Justin Arseneau	Nissan Sentra	17	-
3	2	Sentra	Alexandre Fortin	Nissan Sentra	17	-
4	6	Sentra	Valérie Limoges	Nissan Sentra	17	-
5	13	Sentra	Nicolas Miron	Nissan Sentra	17	-
6	7	Sentra	Sylvain Ouellet	Nissan Sentra	17	-
7	11	Sentra	Daniel Fortin	Nissan Sentra	17	-
8	14	Sentra	Nicolas Barrette	Nissan Sentra	17	-
9	15	Micra	François Angers-Routhier	Nissan Micra	17	-
10	16	Micra	Raphaël St-Pierre	Nissan Micra	17	-
11	17	Micra	Marie-Soleil Labelle	Nissan Micra	17	-
12	18	Micra	Max Poirier	Nissan Micra	17	-
13	10	Sentra	Normand Boyer	Nissan Sentra	16	-
14	5	Sentra	Éric Chaput	Nissan Sentra	15	Did Not Finish
15	12	Sentra	Frédérik Chaput	Nissan Sentra	11	Did Not Finish
16	8	Sentra	Andre Lapointe	Nissan Sentra	7	Did Not Finish
17	9	Sentra	Jean Audet	Nissan Sentra	7	Did Not Finish
18	4	Sentra	Simon Dion-Viens	Nissan Sentra	1	Did Not Finish

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