{"id":6723,"date":"2010-06-29T14:26:03","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T18:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=6723"},"modified":"2010-07-01T14:32:18","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T18:32:18","slug":"aiming-for-another-win-at-mirabel-mathieu-audette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/reports-press-releases\/aiming-for-another-win-at-mirabel-mathieu-audette\/","title":{"rendered":"Aiming for another win at Mirabel-Mathieu Audette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blainville (Quebec), June 29, 2010.\u2013 Mathieu and R\u00e9my Audette will once again share the limelight this weekend during the Grand Prix de Mirabel held at the ICAR Circuit, on the site of the former international airport.\u00a0 Victorious at Mosport less than two weeks ago, Mathieu will attempt a repeat performance that would propel him into the lead of the Canadian Touring Car Championship.\u00a0 His brother R\u00e9my will use this weekend as his return for the Formula Tour 1600, in which he was champion in 2007.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center aligncenter\" style=\"border: black 1px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/events\/Vortex-CCTCC-2\/Castrol-Canadian-Touring-Car-Championship-3A3608.jpg\" alt=\"Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the season, the Audette Racing team has displayed excellent performances in the Canadian Touring Car Championship as Mathieu Audette drove his Portes Dimensions Acura RSX S-Type to four \u201cTop 4\u201d finishes in as many outings, topped with a victory at the most recent race. \u201cI\u2019m aiming for nothing less that another win \u201c explains the Quebec driver, \u201c our Acura has been running really well since the beginning of the season and I am confident about this weekend even though this is the track I know the least in the championship, regardless of the fact that it is right next door. It will take me a few qualifying laps before I get really comfortable with this track again \u201c adds Mathieu.<\/p>\n<p>The Audette Racing team will have the pleasure of seeing its two drivers reunited at the 2010 Grand Prix de Mirabel, an unforeseen situation as R\u00e9my Audette was initially scheduled to take part in an American F2000 series double-header.\u00a0 The option presented itself to drive a Van Diemen prepared by the reputable David Clubine and as a result, R\u00e9my will partake in the two Formula Tour 1600 races scheduled at Mirabel. \u00ab We simply fast-forwarded our original plan to progressively end our commitment in Formula 2000 \u00bb confides R\u00e9my Audette.\u00a0 He adds : \u00ab after Mirabel, the offer from the Clubine team continues with the Grand-Prix de Trois-Rivi\u00e8res and maybe the NASCAR weekend in Montr\u00e9al, two prestigious events at which the Formula Tour 1600 open wheel cars are on the roster.\u00a0 It\u2019s an opportunity that I couldn\u2019t refuse ! \u00bb adds R\u00e9my Audette who, like his brother, has already won the Formula Tour 1600 title (R\u00e9my in 2007, Mathieu in 2004).<\/p>\n<p>The Audette Racing team is looking forward to welcoming all of their fans at the Grand Prix de Mirabel. A sponsor-branded tent will be erected in the paddock to welcome all team supporters who come to encourage the team and meet the drivers.<\/p>\n<p>This season, the Audette Racing team benefits from the support of Portes Dimensions, Novatech, Acura Plus Blainville, Les Extrusions du Nord, Verre Select, Jeld Wen, OPM, Amusements Spectaculaire, Les Moulures PFJV, Mec-Inov and Omnitech.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Touring Car Championship takes place over seven racing weekends (always double-headers).\u00a0 Four of these will take place in Ontario and three in Quebec, including twice at the ICAR Complex in Mirabel, and once at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivi\u00e8res in August.<\/p>\n<p>As for R\u00e9my Audette, after having earned two victories in the American Formula 2000 Championship, he returns this summer to Formula Tour 1600.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend at the Mirabel\u2019s ICAR Complex, the two rounds of the Canadian Touring Car Championship will take place on Saturday at 2:55pm and Sunday at 2pm.\u00a0 On both days, the Formula Tour 1600 races are to immediately follow Touring Car.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a9 RIF | Audette Racing<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blainville (Quebec), June 29, 2010.\u2013 Mathieu and R\u00e9my Audette will once again share the limelight this weekend during the Grand Prix de Mirabel held at the ICAR Circuit, on the site of the former international airport.\u00a0 Victorious at Mosport less than two weeks ago, Mathieu will attempt a repeat performance that would propel him into &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1634,604],"tags":[1876,1788,5376,5375,1877,1874,1702,1875,1787],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6723"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6725,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6723\/revisions\/6725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}