June 7th 2011.– The past weekend was one of adaptation for the team of DM Compétition, in the Canadian Touring Car Championship series at the Grand Prix ICAR in Mirabel. Though the beginning of the event was disappointing, obvious improvements were made throughout the weekend.
Friday was a day to forget. During the morning tryouts, driver Jacques Deshaies had to abandon due to a new set of wheels, unadapted to the car. During the afternoon qualifying session, the momentum was cut short due to electrical issues.
The improvements made on car #27 started paying off on Saturday. Familiarizing himself with his four-wheel steed, Jacques Deshaies managed to finish the race only a lap down from the leader, a satisfying performance considering the previous day’s results.
The team’s performance continued to improve on Sunday, finishing the race on the same lap as the race leader and posting the best lap of the whole week end with a 2 second improvement on Saturday’s time.
The team is very satisfied with these first encouraging results. The car will benefit from aditionnal testing in preparation of the next event, in August.
DM Compétition will attend the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivières and will this time aim for a better ranking. Classes are over, time to get down to serious business!
PICTURE : Jacques Deshaies behind the wheel of the Mazda3 #27 ICAR Grand Prix in Mirabel.
Picture released for media use only. Credit: Sylvain Lachapelle.
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