Montréal, August 2, 2006 Sportimage.net - As announced last week, driver Bertrand Godin makes a comeback to motorsports competition this weekend at Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières. Godin will be part of CASCAR series for this event as well as for the rest of the season, with Ontario racing team Mid America Team. This is a new challenge Godin is looking forward to.
Bertrand Godin, who drove on the threshold of Formula One when he entered the Formula 3000 series in 1997, will be racing in Trois-Rivières for the 4th time. “I remember very well my 5th place in Indy Lights in 1996, it was my first time here”, said Godin, which Mr. Muffler has been sponsoring for years. The following year, I was second on the grid in Formula Atlantic. My last participation goes back to 2003 in the Fastcar series. I finished second, with a gearbox problem. The transmission had been stuck in third gear for most of the race.”
Last Monday, Godin had a chance to test-drive Mid America’s car at the Toronto Motorsports Park. “This is the first time in ages that I get to know the car before I get to the event! Usually I find out about its handling during the first official trials”, said Godin. “The car handles well, it is very smooth, and it keeps all its power. The adaptation with the car happened naturally, and communications with the team went without a hitch”, added Godin, eager to go racing.
It’s rather funny to think that Dave Didero, president of Mid America Team, used to be the mechanics of a certain Gilles Villeneuve, back in 1976, at Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, when he won so spectacularly the Formula Atlantic race. Will history repeat itself 30 years later?
For more information on Bertrand Godin, visit his website at http://www.bertrandgodin.com/, or visit that of Cascar series, at www.cascar.ca.
Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières 2006
CASCAR Schedule
Friday, August 4
10 h 50 to 11 h 10 Free trials 20 min
13 h 50 to 14 h 10 Free trials 20 min
Saturday, August 5
10 h 30 to 11 h 00 Qualifying session
Sunday, August 6
11 h 25 to 12 h 15 Race
CASCAR 2006 Schedule
August 4-6 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec
August 12 Mosport Speedway, Bowmanville, Ontario
August 25-27 Grand Prix Champ Car de Montréal. Montréal, Québec
September 02-03 Cayuga Speedway, Nelles Corners, Ontario
September 09 Autodrome Ste. Eustache, Ste. Eustache, Québec
September 16, 17 Kawartha Speedway,Peterborough, Ontario
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