Next Regional Driving Championship group confirmed
The sphere of harness racing drivers for the 2022 Quebec / Jap Ontario Regional Driving Championship (QEORDC), scheduled for this Sunday, June 26 at Hippodrome 3R in Trois-Rivières, Que., has been confirmed.
The collaborating drivers – representing Kawartha Downs (KD), Hippodrome 3R (3R) and Rideau Carleton Raceway (RCR) – are:
- Marie Claude Auger (RCR)
- Pascal Berube (3R)
- Nick Boyd (KD)
- Stephane Brosseau (3R)
- Samuel Fillion (3R)
- Man Gagnon (RCR)
- Ryan Man (RCR)
- Stephane Pouliot (RCR)
Invites have been prolonged to drivers primarily based on a number of standards, together with their 2021 statistics and 2022 driving statistics up till Might 1 on their circuit.
Hippodrome 3R will host the QEORDC for the fourth time.
“Our followers love a lot of these occasions, and we hosted this RDC a few instances lately. So, we hope to make an excellent success with this one,” mentioned François Carignan, the director of operations at Hippodrome 3R. “The competitors will probably be tight, the abilities of those drivers are evident, and for the primary time, we could have a girl who will take part, and he or she is a really proficient driver too, Marie-Claude Auger.”
In 2018, Man Gagnon of Gatineau, Que. superior to the Nationwide Driving Championship (NDC) at Grand River Raceway. The competitors got here right down to the final race with the six races received by six totally different drivers. Gagnon and Stephane Brosseau completed 1-2 within the ultimate Regional race and each superior to the NDC.
Drivers will obtain factors primarily based on their ending place and the highest two drivers from the eight-race competitors will be a part of six different drivers on the 2022 Nationwide Driving Championship scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 24 at Century Mile Racetrack & On line casino in Edmonton, Alta.
The draw for the 2022 Quebec / Jap Ontario Regional Driving Championship has been accomplished. There will probably be eight QEORDC races every with a seven-horse discipline and every driver will sit out one race. The QEORDC races will happen in Races 1 to eight.
The winner of the 2022 NDC could have the chance to characterize Canada within the 2023 World Driving Championship (WDC) in Italy.
Listed here are the areas and dates for the 4 regional occasions (in chronological order):
Ontario Regional (Contains drivers from Ontario)
The Raceway at Western Truthful District – Wednesday, Might 11
Advancing: Louis-Philippe Roy and Doug McNair
Western Regional (Contains drivers from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba)
Century Downs – Sunday, June 19
Advancing: Mike Hennessy and Phil Giesbrecht
Quebec / Jap Ontario Regional (Contains drivers that compete usually at Kawartha Downs and Rideau Carleton Raceway and Hippodrome 3R)
Kawartha Downs – Sunday, June 26
Atlantic Regional (Contains drivers from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island)
Crimson Shores Racetrack at Charlottetown Driving Park – Saturday, July 30
For full Sunday entries, click here.
From Standardbred Canada
