Marc-Antoine Camirand (born 30 April 1979) is a Canadian racing driver. He currently competes in the

NASCAR Pinty's Series The NASCAR Pinty's Series (french: Série NASCAR Pinty's), commonly abbreviated as NPS, is a national NASCAR racing series in Canada, and is a continuation of the old CASCAR Super Series which was founded in 1981. History In September 2006 NASCA ...

and is the 2022 NASCAR Pinty's Series champion.

Early career

Camirand began karting in the early 1990s, winning the F100 Junior class in the Quebec Karting Championship in 1993 and the Formula Super A class in the Canadian Karting Championship two years later in 1995. Camirand moved to cars in 1996, beginning with the

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Canada championship. Camirand won the championship in 1997 and afterwards moved on the

U.S. F2000 National Championship The USF2000 Championship Presented by Cooper Tires is an American racing series using the American variation of the Formula Ford formula, "F2000", that resumed operation for the 2010 season. As of 2022, it is sanctioned by the United States Auto ...

. He competed three full seasons in U.S. F2000, with a best finish of 2nd in the championship during the 1999 championship. Camirand made a handful of single-seater series appearances for the next few years, including in the Toyota Atlantic Series and the Formula Renault 2.0 Fran-Am series.

Sports car racing

Camirand made his sports car racing debut in 2002 in the

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with a pair of starts in the LMP675 class driving for Archangel Motorsports From 2004 through 2008, Camirand participated in

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in the United States. From 2005 onward, Camirand drove primarily for

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in the

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class. Camirand did not complete a full season during his Grand-Am career, instead only running partial schedules each year.

Touring car racing

From 2008 through 2012, Camirand participated in the

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in the Super Touring class. Camirand won several races in the series, including a record-breaking 11 victories at

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. Camirand's best finish in the championship was 5th in 2012.

NASCAR Canadian Tire/Pinty's series

Camirand made his debut in the

NASCAR Canadian Tire Series The NASCAR Pinty's Series (french: Série NASCAR Pinty's), commonly abbreviated as NPS, is a national NASCAR racing series in Canada, and is a continuation of the old CASCAR Super Series which was founded in 1981. History In September 2006 NASC ...

in 2013 at

driving for Derek White. Camirand made one further start that season

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. Camirand continued to drive for White through 2016, including a full season campaign in 2015, where he finished 7th in the championship. In 2017, Camirand switched teams to drive for

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. 2017 was another partial season, but Camirand began competing full-time for Steckly in 2018. During the 2018 season, Camirand picked up his first career race victory in the series at

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en route to a sixth-place finish in the championship. Camirand continued to drive for Steckly's team in 2019 and 2021, picking up another race victory in 2021 at

Canadian Tire Motorsports Park Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (formerly Mosport Park and Mosport International Raceway) is a multi-track motorsport venue located north of Bowmanville, in Ontario, Canada, east of Toronto. The facility features a , 10-turn road course; a adva ...

. In 2022, Camirand moved to the GM Paillé Partners team. Camirand won three races during the season and accumulated nine top-5 finishes en route to his first Pinty's Series championship victory. Camirand led 803 laps during the season, the second most for a single season in series history.

Career results

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Canadian Tire/Pinty's Series

Sports car racing

24 Hours of Daytona results

References

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