Toronto, Ontario – The number 87 Fellows McGraw Racing (FMR) NASCAR Pinty’s Series team is ready to travel to Mirabel, Quebec this coming weekend for the Evirum 125 at Complexe ICAR. The race is set to go green on Saturday, August 26, at 5:30 PM.

The Montréal-based mattress company, Polysleep, will also return on the 87 car this weekend as a sponsor, having extended their support after the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivières.

FMR driver Sam Fellows said, “we’re really happy to have Polysleep extend their sponsorship to ICAR. Even after our struggles at GP3R they have been super supportive … they want to see us succeed and having that encouragement means a lot to the team.”

At GP3R, the number 87 Chevrolet Camaro suffered from drivetrain and power-related issues the entire weekend. Lacking power, Fellows qualified 21st and only managed a disappointing 15th place finish in the race on Sunday.

“Mentally that was really tough,” Fellows said. “We had a nicely balanced car and I was expecting to roll into GP3R and build on my past success there … but nothing seemed to go our way.”

Fellows continued, “it’s really frustrating when you don’t have the car working right you just can’t compete, but I’m really proud of our team and their resilience. This crew is passionate and dedicated and it shows through in their hard work. I know we’re going to get the results soon to prove that.”

The driver of the AER Manufacturing / GM Paille machine has made two previous starts at ICAR in the NASCAR Pinty’s Series. Fellows finished 12th at the event in 2021 in his second-ever series start, and had an unfortunate DNF in 2022 after a suspension failure early in the race.

“Last year was weird because practice and qualifying got rained out so we started at the back on owners points. We were coming through the field nicely when the car broke … but I think the track races pretty well and our crew chief Mike Knott knows what we need from the car.”

The NASCAR Pinty’s Series will apparently use a new circuit configuration at ICAR this year. The length of the layout has been extended from the usual 1.8 km “roval” to a slightly longer 2.2 km “road course.”

Watch the Evirum 125 live on TSN + or on the FloRacing App. The event will also be tape-delay broadcasted by TSN and RDS the following weekend.