The Nissan Micra Cup officially started its 2016 season this past weekend at Ontario’s Calabogie Motorsports Park. An event dampened by difficult weather conditions saw rain, wind and unseasonably cold temperatures challenge the drivers. At the wheel of their fun-to-drive, agile and practically stock Nissan Micra S cars, the drivers put on an exciting show during both races this past weekend, with victories going to Kevin King and Xavier Coupal.
The racing was close – sometimes too close! We are pleased to report, despite an impressive multi-car collision on Sunday afternoon, that the Nissan Micra race car built by MIA safely protected all drivers, who were all able to walk away unharmed. We look forward to seeing them back on the grid soon!
In the drivers’ championship, Xavier Coupal leads with 76 points, ahead of Stefan Rzadzinski (66), Jacques Bélanger (52), Kevin King (45), Valérie Limoges (44) and Nic Hammann (40). As for the novices, victories were split between Ashley Sahakian on Saturday and Stéfan Gauthier on Sunday.
This marks the start of an exciting, action-packed second season of spec-series racing with the Nissan Micra Cup.
To read more in the latest edition of Micra Cup Magazine covering the races at Calabogie Motorsports Park, please see the attached PDF of the Micra Cup Magazine.
For full race results, visit:
http://www.micracup.com/Results_2016_Race?RID=1(race 1)
http://www.micracup.com/Results_2016_Race?RID=2 (race 2)
To see the overall championship standings after four races, please visit:
http://www.micracup.com/Results_2016_ClassGen
For all the latest Micra Cup News and photos, visit: www.nissan.ca/micracup.
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