Circuit Trois-Rivières Explained
Race Title: | Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières |
Location: | Terrain de l'Exposition (fairgrounds) Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada |
First Race: | 1967 |
Previous Names: | Grand Prix Molson de Trois-Rivières Grand Prix Labatt de Trois-Rivières Grand Prix Player's Ltee de Trois-Rivières |
Length Mi: | 1.521 |
Turns: | 11 |
Record Time: | 0:58.2962 |
Record Driver: | Tristan Vautier |
Record Car: | Dallara IPS |
Record Year: | 2012 |
The Circuit Trois-Rivières is a street circuit in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The circuit has been the home of the annual Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, the longest-running street race in North America, since 1967.[1] [2] The circuit is located on the Terrain de l'Exposition (fairgrounds) and is unusual in that it passes through Porte Duplessis, the narrow concrete gateway of the grounds at turn 3.[3]
Throughout its history the circuit has hosted numerous major North American racing series including the American Le Mans Series, the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, the Trans-Am Series, Can-Am, Indy Lights and Formula Atlantic.
The Grand Prix has been headlined by the NASCAR Pinty's Series since 2007 (except 2020), and from 2014 until 2019 it was expanded to two weekends when it was joined by the FIA World Rallycross Championship and its World RX of Canada race.
Lap records
As of August 2022, the fastest official race lap records at Circuit Trois-Rivières are listed as:
Current series
Future series
Former series
- American Le Mans Series (2002–2003)
- Americas Rallycross Championship (2018–2019)
- Atlantic Championship (1974–1983, 1985, 1989–2003, 2008–2009)
- Can-Am Series (1977–1984)
- Canadian Touring Car Championship (2007–2019, 2021)
- CASCAR Super Series (2001, 2006)
- IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada (2013–2018)
- IMSA Prototype Challenge (2016–2017)
- Indy Lights (1996–1998, 2011–2012)
- KONI Sports Car Challenge (2001, 2005–2010)
- North American Touring Car Championship (1996)
- Pro Mazda Championship (2005–2013)
- Rolex Sports Car Series (2000–2001)
- Speed World Challenge (1993–1999, 2002)
- SCCA Spec Racer Ford Pro Series (2011)
- SCCA Super Vee Gold Cup (1984)
- Trans-Am Series (1976, 1979–1985, 1990–1999, 2002–2004, 2011)
Past winners
American Le Mans Series
Can-Am Series
Grand American Road Racing Championship
Year | Date | SRP Winning Team | SRP II Winning Team | GTS Winning Team | GT Winning Team | AGT Winning Team | SGS Winning Team |
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SRP Winning Drivers | SRP II Winning Drivers | GTS Winning Drivers | GT Winning Drivers | AGT Winning Drivers | SGS Winning Drivers |
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2001 | Aug 5 | #16 Dyson Racing | #88 Porschehaus Racing | #5 Fordahl Motorsports | #34 Zip/Pumpelly Racing | #09 Team X-1R | #65 SpeedSource |
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James Weaver
Butch Leitzinger | Stephane Veilleux
Jean-Francois Dumoulin | Chris Bingham
Ron Johnson | Spencer Pumpelly | Doug Goad
Craig Conway | Selby Wellman
David Haskell | [68] | |
NASCAR Pinty's Series
Trans-Am Series
Year | Date | Drivers | Car | Distance/Duration | Race title | Report |
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2011 | Aug 5 - race 1 | Brian Schofield | Spec Racer Ford | 21 Laps - 31.941miles | Le Grand Prix de Trois Rivières | [106] |
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Aug 7 - race 2 | Richard Spicer | 17 Laps - 25.857miles | |
CART Firestone/Dayton Indy Lights
IndyCar Firestone Indy Lights
FIA World Rallycross Championship
External links
Notes and References
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- Web site: Trois-Rivières 3 Hours 2003 . 3 August 2003 . 21 June 2022.
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- Web site: 2016 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières - IMSA Mazda Prototype Lites Presented by Cooper Tires - Race 2 (Round 9) Official Results (45') . . 14 August 2016 . 1 October 2023.
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- Web site: Trans-Am Trois-Rivières Results . 3 August 1997 . 24 December 2022.
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- Web site: 1981 CASC/SCCA North American Formula Atlantic Championship. 2013-04-15.
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- Web site: 1983 FIA Formula Mondial North American Cup. 2013-04-15.
- Web site: 1985 SCCA/ECAR East Coast Formula Atlantic Championship . 2013-04-15.
- Web site: 1989 SCCA Toyota Atlantic Championship - Atlantic Division. 2013-04-15.
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- Web site: 1995 Trois-Rivières Race 2 . 2013-04-15.
- Web site: 1996 Trois-Rivières Race 1 . 2013-04-15.
- Web site: 1996 Trois-Rivières Race 2 . 2013-04-15.
- Web site: 1997 Trois-Rivières . 2013-04-15.
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- Web site: Grand-American Road Racing Championship 2001. World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2013-04-14. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080924105607/http://wsrp.ic.cz/grandam2001.html#8. 2008-09-24.
- Web site: 2007 GP3R 100. Racing Reference. 2013-04-14.
- Web site: 2008 GP3R 100. Racing Reference. 2013-04-14.
- Web site: 2009 GP3R 100. Racing Reference. 2013-04-14.
- Web site: NCATS Trois-Rivieres 8/15/10 Official Results. NASCAR Home Tracks. 2013-04-14.
- Web site: NCATS GP3R 8/7/11 Official Results. NASCAR Home Tracks. 2013-04-14.
- Web site: NCATS Trois-Rivieres 8/5/12 Results. NASCAR Home Tracks. 2013-04-14.
- Web site: NCATS Trois-Rivieres 8/11/13 Official Results. NASCAR Home Tracks. 2016-06-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160923124333/http://hometracks.nascar.com/NCATS_Trois-Rivieres_81113_Results. 2016-09-23. dead.
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- Web site: 08/12/2018 race: Le 50 Tours Can-Am (NPS) - Racing-Reference.info. 2021-02-26. www.racing-reference.info.
- Web site: 08/11/2019 race: Les 50 Tours Hotel Le Concorde (NPS) - Racing-Reference.info. 2021-02-26. www.racing-reference.info.
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