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| Trois Rivieres Grand Sport Race: Lally and Camirand Take Victory |
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TOP-THREE POST-RACE DRIVER QUOTES
Marc-Antoine Camirand (No. 79 Kinetic Motorsports BMW M3): "It's a great event. I have eight wins up here, tying the record for the most wins at Trois-Rivieres. I couldn't have picked a better co-driver, Andy Lally. He's a great driver and everything today worked perfectly. The car was good. We did a great driver change. This was the first win for Kinetic. I have to say thank you to Nic Jonsson and Russell Smith. I'm really happy to win here.
"This one is special. We worked hard to tie the record. I was pretty close to tying it last year. This year the team worked really hard to give a good car to me and Andy. I'm happy to be on the podium and win."
Andy Lally(No. 79 Kinetic Motorsports BMW M3): "It's special for many reasons. This is my first-ever victory at Trois-Rivieres; many obviously for him. It's a special occasion for him and for Kinetic. This is their first victory in the series. I owe a big congratulations and thanks to everybody at Kinetic and Marc-Antoine (Camirand) for doing such a great job with the car this weekend, earning pole position and pulling away from the guys. He gave me the car in the lead and I didn't have to pass a single person. I just had to maintain but it was tough because our competition here in the Fords were on my tail chasing me. The whole weekend they were very, very strong. Every time I made a mistake they got right to me. Both cars did a really good job. I have to say thank you to our guys who have been hustling on this car and doing a ton of work behind the scenes and this is a big day for Kinetic."
James Gue (No. 37 JBS Motorsports Ford Mustang GT): "I'm obviously extremely pleased with the way the weekend went. JBS Motorsports and Bret (Seafuse), they all did an outstanding job. They gave me a great car. We had a great pit strategy. I got in the car and had to, like everybody out there, conserve the Brakes and take it easy. It was definitely a handful here racing in the streets. Like Bret said we were looking at the big picture: championship points. First and second - those guys had bad days today, so we made up a lot of points; I couldn't be happier."
Bret Seafuse (No. 37 JBS Motorsports Ford Mustang GT): "Our third podium this year. It was a great point race for us. We did very well. We were third. This should move us up to second with a little cushion. That's what we were looking at. We would've certainly loved to win; we already visited second and third on the podium a couple of times. We were looking for the top spot here but the points, this race, was definitely what we were looking at. James (Gue) did a phenomenal job. He had Billy here on his tail the whole time for pretty much his whole stint. I just pretty much tried to bring the car to him in one piece and in good shape and let him go to work.
"That last caution isn't exactly what we wanted. James has built a little bit of a cushion on Billy - a couple of car lengths. But it panned out and we couldn't be happier."
Billy Johnson (No. 52 Rehagen Racing Ford Mustang GT): "I just like to thank Ray (Mason). He did an awesome job this weekend. He qualified really well in this blue Ford. We had great pit strategy and great racing. He did a really good job with the pit stop and got us out on the track and gained a few positions. I sat in third place behind James (Gue) for quite some time. I was just pressuring him, trying to make him make a mistake, but he was all over it all race long. I was just trying to hang on to third."
Ray Mason (No. 52 Rehagen Racing Ford Mustang GT): "It's a great event to come up here in Trois-Rivieres. We love coming here with the great crowds. To drive around the track afterwards was a heck of a lot of fun. I think I'm obviously the oldest guy on the podium, so it makes me proud just to breath up here with these fellas. I've been up here with Andy (Lally) before. He's an excellent wheel. Driving with Billy Johnson has been great this year. He's a<
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