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NAPA 200 Montreal 2012: "Discovery Day"

Octane Management inc., Promoter of the NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge, today confirms the holding of its "Discovery Day" this Thursday, August 16. Motorized sports enthusiasts, as well as families desiring to enjoy a day of vacation the most original, shall be admitted free of charge at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit, starting at 9 am and will experience the atmosphere of a weekend end racing until 18 pm that day. Visitors can travel on a leisure site and freely sit in the stands to watch the spectacle on the track and participate in special activities in the program of this one day.

Five hours of track action: free practice, qualifying and the first race

11 h, or almost forty cars Touring type CTCC take to the track for qualifying session of 30 minutes. At 13 h 20, the Daytona prototypes and sports cars of the series NASCAR Grand-Am Rolex will move into the pits for their first session of free practice. On the stroke of 15 am, novelty this year, runners CTCC will take place on the starting grid for the first race of the weekend. Thereafter, the series NASCAR Rolex Grand-Am return track for new tests, and for one hour after 16 h 50, the audience will see the track racers NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, headed Andrew Ranger and Louis-Philippe Dumoulin. Will join them in particular, the Quebecois Jean-Francois Dumoulin, Roy Martin, Isabelle Tremblay, Patrice Brisebois and others.

Do not miss the ever popular autograph session runners quebecois

Another fine tradition of "Discovery Day" NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge, relive this year. In fact, 13 to 14 hours, with a fitted tent in the center of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, autograph hunters can meet quebecois ten riders participating in weekend races in different classes in the program. The participants in this special session are:

Marc-Andre Bergeron, driver of the # 47 Mazda CTCC (Canadian Touring Car Championship)

Patrice Brisebois, driver of the # 71 Dodge in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

Patrick Carpentier, driver of the # 99 Toyota in the NASCAR Nationwide Series

Jean-Francois Dumoulin, driver of the # 04 Dodge in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

Louis-Philippe Dumoulin, driver of the # 08 Ford in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the # 47 Dodge in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

Andrew Ranger, driver of the # 27 Dodge in the Nationwide Series and NASCAR Dodge # 27 of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

Martin Roy, driver of the # 90 Dodge in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

Alex Tagliani, driver of the # 30 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nationwide Series

Isabelle Tremblay, driver of the # 07 Dodge in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series

Jacques Villeneuve, driver of the # 22 Dodge in the NASCAR Nationwide Series

Also a chance to meet the talented songwriter performer Marilou

Thirty minutes after the conclusion of the session autograph runners at home, in the same place, visitors can meet the young, beautiful and talented singer and songwriter quebecoise Marilou. For 30 minutes, the one before departing from the main event of Saturday, August 18, will interpret the national anthems will be present in the stand up to 15 h.

You can still get tickets for the NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge, and see there the track Kyle Busch, Danica Patrick, Elliot Sadler and other stars of NASCAR series compete with Quebecois Patrick Carpentier, Louis-Philippe Dumoulin Andrew Ranger, Alex Tagliani and Jacques Villeneuve. To order, simply call (514) 397-0007, or visit the www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca to present beginning on August 15 between 10 am and 18 pm, at the ticket situated at the exit of the station metro Jean-Drapeau.

Exclusive sponsor of the event, Octane Management inc. is a Canadian member of Octane companies, established in Montreal. The NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge appreciates the support of Canada Economic Development, Tourism Quebec, the City of Montreal and Tourisme Montreal.

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