Round 3 of the Nissan Micra Cup at Mont-Tremblant circuit

Twenty-seven competitors are entered in the two races of the 2017 edition of the Summer Classic held on the Laurentians’ roller coaster located North of Montréal.

Current overall championship leader Kevin King will attempt to extend his lead with a first victory this season. With 132 points, the Sorel-Tracy Nissan Team driver is ahead of Total Canada teammates Olivier Bédard (118 points) and Xavier Coupal (113). Jean-Michel Isabelle, the driver from the Perry Performance/Hull Nissan team who won the first two races of the season at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario, is fourth with 106 points, just ahead of Valérie Limoges (Total Canada) with 102. Australian Keishi Ayukai, with 99 points, is also still in the battle for the title.

Having missed the first two race weekends after he was invited to race GT cars in South Korea in the spring, Albertan Stefan Rzadzinski will return to the Nissan Micra Cup this weekend. Actor and stand-up comic Michel Barrette will also be in action, along with his two sons, Nicolas and Martin. After a good season’s debut running just two cars, the Barrette team decided to purchase a third Micra.

In the Senior category, Quebeckers Normand Boyer and Metod Topolnik, as well as Ontarian Peter Dyck, will battle for the win. In the Novice class, only one point currently separates each of the top three drivers, including Nicolas Barrette, Vincent Doyle and Austin Riley, the young karting driver with autism who is excelling in his debut season with the Nissan Micra Cup.

A call to Micra owners

Canadian Nissan Micra owners are once again invited to take part, free of charge, in the race weekend at the Mont-Tremblant circuit. Two entry tickets, one parking pass and a meal voucher are being offered to owners, but the most captivating highlight of the weekend will be the parade laps around the track during Saturday and Sunday’s lunch break. Nissan Micra owners who wish to participate in the event must register online at http://www.micracup.com/eventregistration/.

Drivers of the Nissan Micra Cup will be in action six times this weekend at the Mont-Tremblant Circuit. Two 25-minute practice sessions will take place on Friday, followed by a 20-minute qualifying session at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, ahead of the first race at 1:30 p.m. On Sunday, the day will start with a qualifying session between 9:00 a.m. and 9:15 a.m., with the start of the second race at 1:40 p.m. Each race will last 30 minutes.