Jean-Francois Dumoulin
Encyclopedia
Jean-François Dumoulin is a Canadian race car driver who drives in the Rolex Sports Car Series
and drove one NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Montreal
and finished 7th.
. He also competed at the KONI Challenge Series
and earned a class victory at Watkins Glen International
. In 2002, he won the KONI
Championship in the ST Class, despite not winning a single event. He won six races in the GSI class the following year and captured the title. In 2004, he competed in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona for the SGS class and won, along with eight other starts in the series. Then in 2007, he captured a GT victory at the same event at Daytona. Dumoulin would drive 11 more races and finished ninth in the standings. In the KONI Series
, he won at Watkins Glen International in one of his three starts. For 2008, he co-drove for the #15 Ford Mustang Cobra team of Blackforest Motorsports along with Tom Nastasi, David Empringham
and Boris Said
, Dumoulin drove two races that season (Daytona and Montreal).
at Montreal for the #23 car team for R3 Motorsports
and impressed a lot of people as he finished in seventh place with a largely damaged car, including a busted radiator. It was also the team's first top 10 finish ever in the team's history.
Rolex Sports Car Series
The Rolex Sports Car Series is the premier series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It is a North American-based sports car series that was founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship to replace the failed United States Road Racing Championship...
and drove one NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Montreal
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a motor racing circuit, venue for the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series....
and finished 7th.
Grand-Am career
He made his first career start in the series in 2000 with a fifth place finish in his class. The following year, he earned a class victory at the Circuit Trois-RivièresCircuit Trois-Rivières
The Circuit Trois-Rivières is a street circuit located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The circuit has hosted American Le Mans Series, Grand-Am Rolex Series, Trans-Am series and Formula Atlantic races in the past...
. He also competed at the KONI Challenge Series
KONI Challenge Series
The Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge is a racing series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. Originating from the Canadian Motorola Cup, the series was taken over by Grand-Am in 2001 to become the Grand-Am Cup following the demise of rival IMSA's Firehawk series of similar rules...
and earned a class victory at Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation...
. In 2002, he won the KONI
KONI Challenge Series
The Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge is a racing series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. Originating from the Canadian Motorola Cup, the series was taken over by Grand-Am in 2001 to become the Grand-Am Cup following the demise of rival IMSA's Firehawk series of similar rules...
Championship in the ST Class, despite not winning a single event. He won six races in the GSI class the following year and captured the title. In 2004, he competed in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona for the SGS class and won, along with eight other starts in the series. Then in 2007, he captured a GT victory at the same event at Daytona. Dumoulin would drive 11 more races and finished ninth in the standings. In the KONI Series
KONI Challenge Series
The Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge is a racing series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. Originating from the Canadian Motorola Cup, the series was taken over by Grand-Am in 2001 to become the Grand-Am Cup following the demise of rival IMSA's Firehawk series of similar rules...
, he won at Watkins Glen International in one of his three starts. For 2008, he co-drove for the #15 Ford Mustang Cobra team of Blackforest Motorsports along with Tom Nastasi, David Empringham
David Empringham
David Empringham , is a Canadian auto racing driver. David is a two-time Toyota Atlantic and one-time Indy Lights champion. Most recently, Empringham won the 2005 Grand-Am Cup GS division drivers title, competing for Multimatic Motorsports.Empringham began his racing career in 1987, competing in...
and Boris Said
Boris Said
Boris Said is an American race car driver from Carlsbad, California but considers his hometown to be Stamford, Connecticut. His father, Bob Said, was a Formula One race driver and US Olympic bobsled driver in 1968 and 1972. He drove the #26 Ford Fusion for Latitude 43 Motorsports in the NASCAR...
, Dumoulin drove two races that season (Daytona and Montreal).
NASCAR career
He competed at the 2009 NAPA Auto Parts 200NAPA Auto Parts 200
The NAPA Auto Parts 200 Presented by Dodge is a NASCAR Nationwide Series race that takes place at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada since 2007. It takes place in August, replacing the Champ Car World Series and Atlantic Championship Grand Prix of Montreal...
at Montreal for the #23 car team for R3 Motorsports
R3 Motorsports
R3 Motorsports is a NASCAR race team which began racing in 2004. It currently fields the #23 Wildlife Conservation Society Chevrolet Impala driven by Robert Richardson II R3 Motorsports is a NASCAR race team which began racing in 2004. It currently fields the #23 Wildlife Conservation Society...
and impressed a lot of people as he finished in seventh place with a largely damaged car, including a busted radiator. It was also the team's first top 10 finish ever in the team's history.
External links
- Jean-François Dumoulin career detail at Driver Database
- Jean-François Dumoulin Grand-Am bio