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Canadian race car driver Maryeve Dufault will be one of the three judges on the second season of the reality competition series GT Academy 2012.
Premiering on Spike TV on Thursday, November 1st at 11:30pm EST/ 8:30pm PST, this six-week series will follow the top 16 virtual racer finalists who emerged from a pool of over 400,000 racing hopefuls.
Dufault, along with Danny Sullivan and Boris Said will judge the 16 virtual racers on various criteria as they compete in a week long boot camp for the chance to become a part of a professional race car team.
Maryeve Dufault, known for making history as the first Canadian female to compete in a NASCAR Nationwide race, has competed in the ARCA stock car series in the U.S. For the past two seasons.
The GT Academy competition was to see if if video gamers have the skills to get into a real car and make it as a pro race car driver.
In July, after three months of online competition, the top 32 of 400,000 Gran Turismo 5 online gamers met in San Diego to determine the 16 finalists for GT Academy. Over two days of virtual racing competition on identical gaming sleds, the fastest 16 were invited to the legendary Silverstone Racing complex in England to begin an intense boot camp that combined physical and psychological challenges in addition to on track driving in a variety of performance vehicles.
The six-week GT Academy television series will capture every challenge and all of the human drama of a very intense week.
At the end of each episode, competitors' performances are evaluated and critiqued by pro racers Danny Sullivan, Maryeve Dufault and Boris Said. Those who don't make the cut go home. One winner emerges and remains in the U.K to undergo intensive professional racing training that will qualify them to earn their international competition license.
Canadian race car driver Maryeve Dufault will be one of the three judges on the second season of the reality competition series GT Academy 2012.
Premiering on Spike TV on Thursday, November 1st at 11:30pm EST/ 8:30pm PST, this six-week series will follow the top 16 virtual racer finalists who emerged from a pool of over 400,000 racing hopefuls.
Dufault, along with Danny Sullivan and Boris Said will judge the 16 virtual racers on various criteria as they compete in a week long boot camp for the chance to become a part of a professional race car team.
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| Photo: Nissan GT Academy |
Maryeve Dufault, known for making history as the first Canadian female to compete in a NASCAR Nationwide race, has competed in the ARCA stock car series in the U.S. For the past two seasons.
The GT Academy competition was to see if if video gamers have the skills to get into a real car and make it as a pro race car driver.
In July, after three months of online competition, the top 32 of 400,000 Gran Turismo 5 online gamers met in San Diego to determine the 16 finalists for GT Academy. Over two days of virtual racing competition on identical gaming sleds, the fastest 16 were invited to the legendary Silverstone Racing complex in England to begin an intense boot camp that combined physical and psychological challenges in addition to on track driving in a variety of performance vehicles.
The six-week GT Academy television series will capture every challenge and all of the human drama of a very intense week.
At the end of each episode, competitors' performances are evaluated and critiqued by pro racers Danny Sullivan, Maryeve Dufault and Boris Said. Those who don't make the cut go home. One winner emerges and remains in the U.K to undergo intensive professional racing training that will qualify them to earn their international competition license.