Bourque Heads To Lime Rock

LAKEVILLE, Connecticut (September 27, 2006) - - Canadian NASCAR driver Pierre Bourque heads to the final event of the 2006 NASCAR BUSCH EAST Series with significant optimism as the series turns from the short tracks and superspeedways and switches to the tricky road course of Lime Rock Speedway, in picturesque Connecticut.

It’s been a solid learning year for the Ottawa, Ontario native, Canada's only full-time NASCAR racer, in this, his rookie season.

“From one week to the next,” said Bourque, who pilots the No. 10 DRIVING.CA CANADA.COM, WORKING.COM, and DOSE.CA Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Charlotte-based Fast Track Racing.

“Everything is new. From practice, to qualifying and tense racing conditions, I've experienced it all.”

Nevertheless, there is still one goal on Bourque’s mind, a top-ten finish. Luckily, Bourque won’t head to the road course empty handed. Earlier this season, he competed in three CASCAR (recently purchased from NASCAR) events with two 12th-place finishes to show for his efforts.

Now, Bourque is looking for that extra push that will give him a top-ten this Saturday. “I’m looking forward to Lime Rock,” said Bourque, who has spent the 2006 racing season competing in three different racing sanctions. “Road Racing is tough, but fun. It demands so much, but I enjoy the challenge. I had some good runs in the CASCAR series earlier this year, so I’m looking for that momentum to follow into this weekend.”

Thankfully, Bourque won’t arrive at the track in the dark, as he spent Tuesday testing at Lime Rock Speedway with Fast Track Racing. A bright sunny day awarded the team’s on-hand an afternoon of solid testing.

“The track is fast,” said Bourque afterwards, “and the driving will be furious during the race. We ran laps in the 58-second bracket and we’re happy with our time, given we’d never been to the track before, so we have a benchmark and something to improve on later this week.”

“The seat time today was incredibly valuable. We’re going to be in the hunt this weekend, it’s going to be a great race!” Driving.Ca, (http://www.driving.ca) Canada’s No. 1 Automotive website continues as primary sponsor this weekend.

In addition, Canada.com (http://canada.com) Canada's biggest online community, Working.com, (http://www.working.com) one of North America's top career sites, and_Dose.Ca, (http://www.dose.ca) a cool site that caters to hip Canadian urbanites coast-to-coast, will all serve as secondary sponsors on Bourque’s machine this weekend.

All four sponsors are part of Canwest-Global, Canada's largest media company with interests in television, radio, newspapers and the internet.

Full Metals Minerals and Pollara Strategic Public Opinion remain as associate sponsors for this weekend’s season finale.

“It’s been great to have the sponsorship package we’ve had this season,” mentioned Bourque, who will run a limited schedule in the NASCAR BUSCH SERIES next year.

“I think we’ve given the fans a lot of input about our sponsors and I think our sponsors have received some great exposure this season. We’re all looking for a powerful finish to officially close out my NBES season.”

Before heading to the Lime Rock test, Bourque spent Monday tackling the 2.666-mile Superspeedway of Talladega preparing for his restrictor plate debut next week in the ARCA RE/MAX Series.

Bourque maneuvered a lap of 51.300 seconds at 186.667 mph good enough for 12th on the speed charts.

“We had a great test,” Bourque added. “The car was awesome and we were fast and competitive. I’m really upbeat about next week’s race and I think we have a good chance of really making some noise in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, I can’t wait!”

In addition to running the full NASCAR Busch East Series in 2006, Pierre Bourque and Fast Track Racing are making limited starts in the ARCA RE/MAX Series.

Bourque also made three CASCAR Series races with Wyoming, Ontario's Whitlock Motorsports.

For further insight on Canwest-Global and its associates please log onto Driving.Ca (http://www.driving.ca), Canada.com, (http://canada.com) Working.com, (http://www.working.com) and Dose.Ca http://www.dose.ca)

For more information on Full Metals Minerals, please visit http://www.fullmetalminerals.com For additional input on Pollara Strategic Public Opinion, please logon to http://www.pollara.ca To learn more about Pierre Bourque please click onto http://www.pierrebourque.com

By Chris Knight, Bourque Racing