Marc-Antoine Camirand (born 30 April 1979) is a Canadian racing driver. He currently competes in the NASCAR Canada Series and is the 2022 and 2024 champion.
| Marc-Antoine Camirand | |||||||
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 Camirand competing at Autodrome Chaudière in 2015. | |||||||
| Born | 30 April 1979 Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Quebec | ||||||
| NASCAR Canada Series career | |||||||
| 86 races run over 10 years | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 96 (Paille Corse Racing) | ||||||
| 2023 position | 1st (2024) | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st (2022, 2024) | ||||||
| First race | 2013 JuliaWine.com 100 (Trois-Rivières) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 Leland Industries 250 (Saskatoon) | ||||||
| First win | 2018 Lucas Oil 250 (St. Eustache) | ||||||
| Last win | 2024 Leland Industries 250 (Saskatoon) | ||||||
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Early career
editCamirand began karting in the early 1990s, winning the F100 Junior class in the Quebec Karting Championship in 1993 and the Formula Super A class in the Canadian Karting Championship two years later in 1995.
Camirand moved to cars in 1996, beginning with the Formula Ford Canada championship. Camirand won the championship in 1997 and afterwards moved on the U.S. F2000 National Championship. He competed three full seasons in U.S. F2000, with a best finish of 2nd in the championship during the 1999 championship. Camirand made a handful of single-seater series appearances for the next few years, including in the Toyota Atlantic Series and the Formula Renault 2.0 Fran-Am series.[1]
Sports car racing
editCamirand made his sports car racing debut in 2002 in the American Le Mans Series with a pair of starts in the LMP675 class driving for Archangel Motorsports[1]
From 2004 through 2008, Camirand participated in Rolex Sports Car Series in the United States. From 2005 onward, Camirand drove primarily for Spirit of Daytona Racing in the Daytona Prototype class.[2] Camirand did not complete a full season during his Grand-Am career, instead only running partial schedules each year.[3]
Touring car racing
editFrom 2008 through 2012, Camirand participated in the Canadian Touring Car Championship in the Super Touring class.[1] Camirand won several races in the series, including a record-breaking 11 victories at Circuit Trois-Rivières.[4] Camirand's best finish in the championship was 5th in 2012.[1]
NASCAR Canadian Tire/Pinty's series
editCamirand made his debut in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in 2013 at Circuit Trois-Rivières driving for Derek White. Camirand made one further start that season Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.[3] Camirand continued to drive for White through 2016, including a full season campaign in 2015, where he finished 7th in the championship.
In 2017, Camirand switched teams to drive for Scott Steckly. 2017 was another partial season, but Camirand began competing full-time for Steckly in 2018. During the 2018 season, Camirand picked up his first career race victory in the series at Autodrome St. Eustache en route to a sixth-place finish in the championship.[5] Camirand continued to drive for Steckly's team in 2019 and 2021, picking up another race victory in 2021 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.[3]
In 2022, Camirand moved to the GM Paillé Partners team. Camirand won three races during the season and accumulated nine top-5 finishes en route to his first Pinty's Series championship victory.[6] Camirand led 803 laps during the season, the second most for a single season in series history.
In 2023, Camirand would be leading on the final lap at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park but contact from Treyten Lapcevich would cause Camirand to fall to 2nd.[7]
Career results
editNASCAR
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Canadian Tire/Pinty's Series
edit| NASCAR Pinty's Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NPSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Derek White | 88 | Chevy | MSP | DEL | MSP | ICAR | MPS | SAS | ASE | CTR 29 |
RIS | MSP 6 |
BAR | KWA | 37th | 54 | [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | MSP 19 |
ACD | CTR 20 |
RIS | MSP 3 |
BAR | 22nd | 135 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 99 | ICAR 28 |
EIR | SAS | ASE | KWA 17 |
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| 2015 | 99 | MSP 23 |
ACD 11 |
SSS 8 |
ICAR 7 |
EIR 5 |
SAS 5 |
ASE 3 |
CTR 6 |
RIS 2 |
MSP 27 |
KWA 5 |
7th | 382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Brandon White | MSP | SSS | ACD | ICAR | TOR | EIR | SAS | CTR 15 |
RIS | MSP | ASE | KWA | 49th | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Scott Steckly | 22 | MSP | DEL | ACD | ICAR 3 |
TOR 16 |
SAS | SAS | EIR | CTR 3 |
RIS | MSP 7 |
ASE | JUK | 18th | 148 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | MSP 2 |
JUK 4 |
ACD 6 |
TOR 6 |
SAS 4 |
SAS 3 |
EIR 6 |
CTR 5 |
RIS 13 |
MSP 25 |
ASE 1 |
NHA 10 |
JUK 7 |
6th | 488 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | MSP 18 |
JUK 6 |
ACD 11 |
TOR 16 |
SAS 9 |
SAS 9 |
EIR 6 |
CTR 18 |
RIS 10 |
MSP 2 |
ASE 9 |
NHA 5 |
JUK 11 |
7th | 442 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | SUN 7 |
SUN 12 |
CTR 23 |
ICAR 18 |
MSP 2 |
MSP 1 |
FLA 15 |
DEL 20 |
DEL 10 |
DEL 21 |
11th | 315 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | GM Paillé Partners | 96 | SUN 4 |
MSP 14 |
ACD 2 |
AVE 1 |
TOR 9 |
EIR 1 |
SAS 3 |
SAS 20 |
CTR 3 |
OSK 4 |
ICAR 2 |
MSP 1 |
DEL 9 |
1st | 523 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | SUN 4 |
MSP 2 |
ACD 1 |
AVE 3 |
TOR 3 |
EIR 1 |
SAS 3 |
SAS 5 |
CTR 1 |
OSK 5 |
OSK 13 |
ICAR 1 |
MSP 3 |
DEL 22 |
2nd | 551 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | MSP 1 |
ACD 3 |
AVE 3 |
RIS 11 |
RIS |
OSK |
SAS 1* |
EIR 2 |
CTR 1 |
ICAR 3 |
MSP | DEL | AMS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sports car racing
edit24 Hours of Daytona results
edit| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 |  Spirit of Daytona Racing
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Guy Cosmo Michael McDowell
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Fabcar FDSC/03–Porsche | DP | 652 | 15th | 10th |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Marc-Antoine Camirand: Driver Stats". driverdb.com. The Race. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
- ^ "Spirit of Daytona announces driver change for The Glen". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. August 5, 2005. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Marc-Antoine Camirand career results". racing-reference.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
- ^ "Marc-Antoine Camirand 11-time winner in Trois-Rivières". auto123.com. Auto123. 6 August 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
- ^ Southers, Tim (February 21, 2019). "Marc-Antoine Camirand set to return to Pinty's Series in 2019". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (September 26, 2022). "Dominant Season Nets Marc-Antoine Camirand First NASCAR Pinty's Series Championship". tobychristie.com. TobyChristie.com LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (2023-05-21). "Aggressive Last-Lap Move Scores Treyten Lapcevich Second Straight Pinty's Series Win". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
External links
edit- Marc-Antoine Camirand driver statistics at Racing-Reference