ALEX LABBE TO DEBUT IN XFINITY AT PHOENIX AND SEEKING A PINTY'S TITLE IN 2017
ALEX LABBE TO
DEBUT IN XFINITY AT PHOENIX AND SEEKING A PINTY'S TITLE IN 2017
MONTREAL, QC
– 2016-11-07 [updated 17h06] – The young St-Albert, QC stock car driver, Alex LABBÉ, will be
the next Quebecois driver to make an attempt at the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Driving the Mario GOSSELIN owned and prepared
automobile, Labbé, 23 years old, will be racing in the Ticket Galaxy 200 at
Phoenix International Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona this weekend.
"In addition
to providing him a ride in the NASCAR Pinty's Series, we want Alex to continue
his development in motorsports. This is
why we are providing him with the opportunity to rub fenders with the best and
promising drivers of NASCAR, in at least five starts, behind the wheel of one
of our Ford Can-Am Kappa Cyclops Gear NASCAR XFINITY cars" declared Alain
Lord Mounir, Principal Officer for Go FAS Racing, Kappa clothes and Cyclop
camera gear.
It will be important to finish.
The Ticket
Galaxy 200, a NASCAR XFINITY race, will be held in the shadows of the Can-Am
500, for NASCAR Spring Cup cars. Labbé
will be competing in front of the NASCAR brass and all of the large teams.
Despite very
modest expectations this weekend, he claims to be seeking experience and wants
to rally the finish line, this race is in fact one of the many in his quest for
a NASCAR Sprint Cup ride.
To get
there, Labbé will need to convince NASCAR Officials that he has what it takes
on the track to compete at those levels... short tracks, like Phoenix,
intermediate tracks (1 to 2 miles), Speedways (2 miles) and finally Super
Speedways (2.5 miles). All of this may
shake itself quickly for Labbé... but it is not automatic.
Intentions: Kick off 2017 at an intermediate
track.
"Because
the 2017 Pinty's Series calendar is still not available, we can't firm up our
plans yet. Of course my objective is to
win the Pinty's title, but also to make my time in the XFINITY Series in order
to be at the 2018 edition in Daytona" said a very smiling Alex Labbé.
Many changes expected in the Pinty's Series.
While he did
not want to specify, Alex did confirm to us in the interview that many many
important changes are to be expected in his chase for the Pinty's title. He will not settle for anything less than providing
Go FAS Racing, Can-Am, Kappa and Cyclops gear a title in Canada's premier
NASCAR Series.
If he and
his team are not ready to tell us more specific details, it is easy to believe
that Labbé will want to surround himself with the people that have provided him
with great success in his relatively short career, starting with Mario
Gosselin, who will be handling crew chief duties for him this weekend. Is an all Québécois team possible?
Larue steps in.
If fans and
followers of the American-Canadian Tour is used to seeing Labbé sport the Larue
snowplow and paving equipment colors, it will definitely be a weird feeling to
see them on an XFINITY car. For Labbé's
first race in the Series, Larue, a Quebec company joins others to make this
possible. But the association doesn't
stop there. "As soon as the Pinty's
schedule is known we will research which races we can do together in the Late
Model and Super Late Model ranks."
The XFINITY
race will be held on November 12, at Phoenix International Raceway (Phoenix,
Arizona) and will be broadcasted in the USA on NBCSN and in Canada on TSN.
In
English
Friday, November 11
12:30 PM, NXS Phoenix practice,
NBCSN, TSN GO
3:00 PM, NXS Phoenix final practice, NBCSN, TSN GO
3:00 PM, NXS Phoenix final practice, NBCSN, TSN GO
Saturday, November 12
4:00 PM, NXS Phoenix qualifying,
NBCSN
7:00 PM, NXS Countdown, NBCSN, TSN2
7:30 PM, NXS Phoenix race, NBC, TSN2
10:00 PM, NXS Post Race Show, NBCSN
7:00 PM, NXS Countdown, NBCSN, TSN2
7:30 PM, NXS Phoenix race, NBC, TSN2
10:00 PM, NXS Post Race Show, NBCSN
By Marc
Patrick Roy
For
OvalRacing and Inside Track Motorsport News
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