Personal History
In the beginning of my racing career I started off in karting in the late 1980's and in the three years that I raced karts I won 5 Provincial championships and 2 Canadian championships, then I was onto Formula cars where I won the Canadian Formula 1600 and the Formula 2000 championships in the next two years.
The next year 1993, I raced in the Vauxhall Lotus championship in England where I finished 2nd. Upon my return to Canada, I was surprised to see that after very good testing sessions with teams in Formula Atlantics and in the Barber/Saab series cars (like European Formula 3) I was unable to get the proper sponsorship to continue. I then realized the politics' surrounding racing in North America and most probably Europe, whereas it is not necessarily your talent that defines your possibilities for racing but, partially who you know.
- 2010, With this in mind, I promised myself that I would come back to Karting one day with my own company and make sure to push the right drivers onto the next levels of racing. In 2010 we raced in a total of 5 races and accumulated three podiums in two different classes (Rotax Masters and Rotax Masters DD2). Most notably, we won the Monaco of Trois-Rivières in the Rotax Masters class at our third race (considered by most to be the highest profile Rotax series race in North America, over 33,000 spectators). We then changed classes and finished 3rd at the 2010 Canadian Karting Championships in the Rotax Masters DD2 class at only our second race in the class. Also, considering that we finished ahead of Scott Campbell later to become the DD2 Masters World champion.
- 2011, we raced a total of 5 races in order to qualify for the Canadian Championships where we won the Championship and ultimately represented Canada at the World Championships in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates against 265 of the best kart racers in the World. After finishing 9th at the Worlds after only 8 races in the class,
- 2012, we got a full sponsorship. After working out the kinks of a brand new chassis configuration we were again ready for the Canadian Championships and while being second after the qualifiers and Pre-Final, we were in first place in the final and experienced motor trouble that caused us to finish fourth.
- 2013, In only our first year with the Arctic Cat Wildcat and in off-road racing, we were able to do what no one had done before with an Arctic Cat, Win a major race in Canada and then did it again! This is a testament to our hard work in developing our Wildcat into the race win contender it has become. Ultimately, we built on these wins, our Vice-Champion title in the Open class and our 4th place finish in the 900-1000 Championship (even if we missed the first 3 races),but most importantly, our 2013 Rookie of the Year titles in both classes.
- 2014, we became the 12hrs of LaTuque Champions at our first try! This is the largest ATV race in Canada and among the largest in North America with over 35,000 ATV crazy fans... This solidifies our standing as the most successful Arctic Cat Wildcat team in North America.
Riding Goals
For 2021, we will continue to build on our great results from 2018 - 2019 and now aim to repeat as 12hrs of LaTuque Champions (40,000 spectators) and win the inaugural Grand Prix of Trois-Rivières Super UTV event (120,000 spectators).
I will be racing with a 2020 KTM 450 XC in the Quebec Provincial championship and also race a 2015 KTM 450 XC-W at the Grand Prix of Trois-Rivière, where over 120,000 fans are scheduled to attend.
With your help, I stand convinced that we'll be a force to contend with, building on our stellar first years. With all my experience in representing companies I can assure you that the return on your investment will be beneficial within the first few months. I'm sure you're aware that Enduro's are the largest growing market segment in offroad, just in our geographical area it has grown by 165% in the last 3 years, whereas the rest of the market shrank by over 25%. Also, the Eastern Canadian market represents over 60% of all offroad sales in Canada, so it's a great way to get your company, products and services seen by retailers and ultimately end users.
Competitive Highlights
- 1988 First season of Kart racing
- 1989 Canadian and Provincial Karting Champion (Honda class)
- 1990 Canadian and Provincial Karting Champion (National and Super 100)
- 1991 Canadian Jim Russell Formula 1600 Champion
- 1992 Canadian Jim Russell Formula 2000 Champion
- 1993 Vice-Champion at World Formula Vauxhall-Lotus Championship (England)
- 1994 Various tests in Formula Atlantic and Barber-Saab teams
- 1995 Provincial Ice racing Vice-Champion
- 1996 Provincial Ice racing Champion
- 1997 Provincial Ice racing Champion
- 1998 - 2009 various races, no complete seasons
- 2010 we raced in a total of 5 races and accumulated three podiums in two different classes (Rotax Masters and Rotax Masters DD2). Most notably, we won the Monaco of Trois-Rivières in the Rotax Masters class at our third race (considered by most to be the highest profile Rotax series race in North America, over 33,000 spectators). We then changed classes and finished 3rd at the 2010 Canadian Karting Championships in the Rotax Masters DD2 class at only our second race in the class. Also, considering that we finished ahead of Scott Campbell later to become the DD2 Masters World champion.
- 2011, we raced a total of 5 races in order to qualify for the Canadian Championships where we won the Championship and ultimately represented Canada at the World Championships in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates against 265 of the best kart racers in the World. After finishing 9th at the Worlds after only 8 races in the class,
- 2012, we got a full sponsorship. After working out the kinks of a brand new chassis configuration we were again ready for the Canadian Championships and while being second after the qualifiers and Pre-Final, we were in first place in the final and experienced motor trouble that caused us to finish fourth.
- 2014, In only our first year with the Arctic Cat Wildcat and in off-road racing, we were able to do what no one had done before with an Arctic Cat, Win a major race in Canada and then did it again! This is a testament to our hard work in developing our Wildcat into the race win contender it has become. Ultimately, we built on these wins, our Vice-Champion title in the Open class and our 4th place finish in the 900-1000 Championship (even if we missed the first 3 races),but most importantly, our 2013 Rookie of the Year titles in both classes.
- 2015, we became the 12hrs of LaTuque Champions at our first try! This solidifies our standing as the most successful Arctic Cat Wildcat team in North America.
- 2016, we continued our quest of being the premier Arctic Cat UTV team in North America with solid results in regional races and also a 3rd place finish at the GR3R inaugural Rallycross event in front of over 70,000 spectators.
- 2017, the Team brawdened it's horizons by becoming the owners and promoters of the Canadian UTV Rallycross series. Within our first year we became the Worlds UTV highest grosssing spectator series, with over 110,000 spectators at our events. We garantee our series and team sponsors the highest visibility possible within the UTV market.
- 2018, we continue on as the promoters of the CURC series and also the team's quest to race at the 2018 Mint 400. Again, we continue to show our sponsors the highest visibility in the Northeastern region of North America.
- 2019, we began our quest in the Enduro ranks with great results for our opening year, bringing back a 10th place overall with 45 participants and with the Rookie of the Year honors.
- 2020, COVID robbed us of the possibility of improving but we continued to practice, practice and more practice in order to stay in great form.
- 2021, we will expect to continue on our great opening season and we look forward to progressing from our 10th place in our maiden season. Stay tuned for some great results and great promotional opportunities...