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Mathieu Audette (Acura RSX) won both rounds of the first Castrol Canadian Touring Car Championship (CTCC) weekend of 2012, held at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
The Ste-Anne-des-Lacs driver bested Sasha Anis (Hyundai Genesis) in both races to the finish. Scott Nicol (Honda Civic Si), who finished fifth the day before because of a transmission problem, climbed to third spot on Sunday, thanks to a two-place penalty handed to Bob Attrell (Hyundai Genesis).
"I couldn't have asked for a better weekend," admitted Mathieu, who now turns the wheel over to his F2000 champion brother Rémy for the next round of the CTCC, which happens to be the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, held at the circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 8-9.
In the Touring class, the battle between Team Octane drivers Karl Thompson and Michel Sallenbach (MINI Cooper), which saw Thompson come out on top Saturday, yielded a different result the second time around. Sallenbach pulled out a passing move out of his trick bag to steal the win away from his teammate.
"Now I'm happy," Sallenbach said. "I've been chasing him [Thompson] since yesterday and I finally I had an opportunity to pass him and I had to take it."
Unlike in Touring, the results in the B-Spec class were identical. Nick Wittmer led the way in front of Greg Pootmans and Simon Dion-Viens, making it two all Honda Fit podiums in the debut weekend of the category.
The Ste-Anne-des-Lacs driver bested Sasha Anis (Hyundai Genesis) in both races to the finish. Scott Nicol (Honda Civic Si), who finished fifth the day before because of a transmission problem, climbed to third spot on Sunday, thanks to a two-place penalty handed to Bob Attrell (Hyundai Genesis).
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| Mathieu Audette. (Photo: Tom McGory/Pole-Position Magazine) |
"I couldn't have asked for a better weekend," admitted Mathieu, who now turns the wheel over to his F2000 champion brother Rémy for the next round of the CTCC, which happens to be the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, held at the circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 8-9.
In the Touring class, the battle between Team Octane drivers Karl Thompson and Michel Sallenbach (MINI Cooper), which saw Thompson come out on top Saturday, yielded a different result the second time around. Sallenbach pulled out a passing move out of his trick bag to steal the win away from his teammate.
"Now I'm happy," Sallenbach said. "I've been chasing him [Thompson] since yesterday and I finally I had an opportunity to pass him and I had to take it."
Unlike in Touring, the results in the B-Spec class were identical. Nick Wittmer led the way in front of Greg Pootmans and Simon Dion-Viens, making it two all Honda Fit podiums in the debut weekend of the category.