Good race for Dominick Muermans at Trois Riviere
For the 39th time the Grand Prix Trois Rivière (GP3R) took place on the temporary street circuit in the city of Trois Rivière (Quebec, Canada). The circuit is situated next to the Hippodrome near the city centre and has a length of 2.448 km.
In the long history of the GP3R, the largest sporting event in the region, it has known some famous winners. In 1973 it was Gilles Villeneuve who won the Formula Ford race and in 1976 the Atlantic race in a March 76-B. In 1984 Arie Luyendijk won in a VW Super Vee Ralt RT-5. The second Dutchman who won a race here was Cor Euser. He won the Formula 2000 in 1985. The Atlantic Championship race of 1989 was won by Jacques Villeneuve and in 2003 A.J. Allmendinger won the last race in Trois Rivière in which the Atlantic Championship participated.
This weekend the Atlantic Championship participated for the 29th time in the GP3R event. In this very competitive championship, Dominick Muermans qualified 17th. In the first qualifying session 11 drivers qualified within one second and in the...Read the complete story »
Muermans out of luck at Road America
Elkhart Lake, Road America, USA – Another great race day in Wisconsin at the Atlantic Series. This series ran as a support event at the Champ Car World Series last year. At Team Holland, with drivers Strous and Muermans, the team worked hard and far into the night in preparation for race 2 at Elkhart Lake / Road America.
The Atlantic race got the spectators on their feet and after some crashes and the associated safety-car periods Strous was already in seventh place while Muermans was fighting for the eleventh place. The fierce and spectacular slipstream fights demanded a...Read the complete story »
Muermans hits the tyre wall at 115 mph: “I was a passenger”
At the legendary Road America circuit in Elkhart Lake (Wisconsin, USA) the Formula Atlantic series held a test session last Wednesday (8/6). A lot of work was spent on the set-ups and Junior Strous ended the day in fourth place. Dominick Muermans went off the circuit in a fast right-hander at the end of the final afternoon session. “Just a bit too fast over a curbstone and I became a passenger”, said Muermans. “The car spun off the track and crashed into the tyre wall.” The telemetry showed that Dominick had hit the tyre wall at 115 mph. The car suffered significant...Read the complete story »
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