Mario Gosselin (born October 20, 1971) is a Canadian-American professional

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driver, crew chief, and team owner. He owns

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, a team that competes in the

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. In 2004, he became the second native of the

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to start in a

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race after

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legend

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. In 1997, he became the first Canadian to win the championship title for the NASCAR

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Racing career

Gosselin is a multiple-time winner in the

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and two-time

champion. He began his racing career in 1990 at

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by winning the pure stock division championship. He moved into

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s the next year and has multiple championships and many wins to his credit at various speedways. In 1998, Gosselin made his NASCAR debut, at Myrtle Beach Speedway, in his No. 71 Chevrolet, finishing sixteenth. He also qualified on the pole and won his first

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start, in 1999. That first ARCA victory came at the

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in Charlotte, N.C. He has since competed in several part-time ARCA schedules and has won another two races. In 2004, Gosselin ran two races late in the

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season in the No. 80

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Ford, finishing 41st in both starts. He rejoined NASCAR competition in 2008 as the driver and crew chief of the No. 12 Crashedtoys.com Chevrolet Silverado, which was owned by his wife Michelle, in the

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. He and

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shared the driving duties of the truck and made six starts with the team. After the season, attorney James Carter became a sponsor and co-owner of the team, allowing Gosselin and his wife to open a second truck team. Gosselin made fifteen starts in 2009 and finished six of them. His best finish and first ever NASCAR top-10 came at

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in the fall where he ended up sixth in a wild race. Starting at Talladega, Gosselin picked up a sponsorship from TireMonkey.com. With a sponsorship in place, he ran the full 2010 season, but was forced to sell his owners' points to

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and her Panhandle Motorsports team for 2011. Gosselin took a new role as a crew chief for Truck Series driver Russ Dugger. Gosselin returned to the Busch Series, now the

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, in 2015, racing the No. 90

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Chevy at

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. He continued racing sporadically until 2017, with his team later being renamed

. In December 2020, Gosselin announced he would once again race in the series with DGM, driving the No. 91 in the 2021 season opener at Daytona.

Personal life

Gosselin is a native of

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. He lived there before moving with his family to

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in 1981. He settled in

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a few years ago.Le Soleil (August 30, 2005) ''Le rêve à plein gaz''

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Nextel Cup Series

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

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ARCA Racing Series

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