By: Dumoulin Competition
December 21 2016
Boucherville, Quebec – Earlier this evening, Jason Best, Senior Vice President, Aftermarket, Spectra Premium and Jean-François Dumoulin, in the presence of more than 700 Spectra Premium employees, took to social media to announce a two-year partnership. The culmination of negotiations that began in September, this partnership will see the #04 Spectra Premium/Bernier Crépeau/Groupe Bellemare/MIA/Trois-Rivières Mitsubishi car on track across Canada for a minimum of ten of the scheduled 2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series races.
A first meeting in 2014 set the stage for a synergy of goals and values for Jason Best and Jean-François Dumoulin that led to the realization of a business affiliation in 2015 and a first appearance for the new partners at the most coveted event of the season, the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières. During the 2016 season, Spectra Premium partnered with Jean-François to participate in six NASCAR Pinty’s Series events. For the 2017 and 2018 seasons, this formidable partnership will focus on maximizing logistical and mechanical achievements in collaboration with crew chief Robin McCluskey (three road circuits, seven oval circuits - details on page 4).
“We are honored to extend our relationship with Jean-François Dumoulin for the next two NASCAR Pinty’s Series race seasons,” said Jason Best, Senior Vice President of Spectra Premium Industries. “While working with Jean-François last season we saw that he rapidly became an excellent ambassador for our company, which we are very pleased will continue in the future. In addition, we are confident that through the development of a Spectra Premium racing radiator, we will proudly showcase our company’s engineering and manufacturing capabilities as well as the differentiation and quality of our products.”
“A major two-year partnership is a first for me and, from the onset of this relationship I wear the Spectra Premium colors with great pride. This agreement, in conjunction with our other partners who have supported us for so many years not only enables us to take part in more events, but it allows us to think differently about our objectives. In 2017 we will be competing in the first three races of the season, at Toronto, in western and eastern Canada and of course, at the Grand Prix Trois-Rivières; it will be a great experience for the entire team,” said an enthusiastic Jean-François, driver of the #04 Spectra Premium/Bernier Crépeau/Bellemare Group/MIA/Trois-Rivières Mitsubishi.
Development of a Racing Radiator
Throughout the 2016 season, Spectra Premium engineers worked closely with Dumoulin Compétition crew members to develop a specially-designed racing radiator. Jean-François Dumoulin went to the AutoZone National Sales Meeting in Memphis, Tenessee (USA) last September for the unveiling of the first Spectra Premium racing radiator prototype. “Working with an advanced team like Spectra Premium is really motivating and rewarding. Improvements to the prototype are still ongoing and we look forward to performance testing on the track in the near future,” explained Jean-François Dumoulin.
NASCAR Pinty’s Series: New for 2017
The first start of the 2017 season will take place on May 21st on the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park track (The Victoria Day Speedfest).
At the unveiling of the 2017 calendar on December 8, 2016, the series also announced the following changes:
The layout of the Circuit ICAR track (July 8 - Mirabel, Quebec) will be modified and it will be now be a one-day event with the race scheduled to take place in the evening.
The trip to western Canada will include three events instead of two: the oval track at Wyant Group Raceway (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) will host two separate races of 100 laps each, both scheduled to take place on July 25, 2017.
NASCAR Pinty’s Series - 2017 Season
* Jean-François Dumoulin is currently scheduled to participate in the races shown in bold italics
May 21: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park canadiantiremotorsportpark.com
June 3: Delaware Speedway delawarespeedway.com
June 17: : Autodrome Chaudière autodromechaudiere.ca
July 8: Circuit ICAR circuiticar.com
July 15: Honda Indy Toronto hondaindytoronto.com
July 25: Wyant Group Raceway 1 wyantgroupraceway.ca
July 25: Wyant Group Raceway 2 wyantgroupraceway.ca
July 29: Edmonton International Raceway edmontonraceway.com
August 13: Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières gp3r.com
August 19: Riverside International Speedway riversideinternationalspeedway.com
September 3: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Clarington 200 canadiantiremotorsportpark.com
September 9: St-Eustache 250 autodrome.ca
September 16: Kawartha 250 kawarthaspeedway.com
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