2023 Shannonville Motorsport Park - Super Production Challenge

The very popular Super Production Challenge for production vehicles debuted in 2011. It has attracted large fields as the result of affordable racing, which has, in turn, generated close competition and captured the imagination of fans.

The Super Production Challenge offers amateur drivers a semi-professional environment which Auto Sport Quebec sanctions. Most races range from thirty to forty-five minutes in length.

The 2023 season consists of five race weekends.

May 19-21 – Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
June 2-4 – Shannonville Motorsport Park
July 7-9 - Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
August 4-6 – Grand-Prix de Trois-Rivieres
August 25-26 - ICAR

The series controls costs by limiting performance and balancing the power of different vehicles using weight, rev limiters, intake manifold restrictions and adjustments to other components. Series rules allow modifications to the engine, brakes and suspensions. All cars in the series are required to compete on Nankang AR-1 tires.

Drivers score points in one of three classes – Super Production, Production or Compact.

Super Production – Introduced in 2019, the larger displacement vehicles with no more than 300-horsepower compete in the Super Production group. The performance of these two-wheel-drive vehicles is monitored by GPS. Models in the category must have been produced within the past fifteen years. Cars commonly found in this division include the Nissan 370Z, Scion FRS, Honda Civic Si, Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro and BMW M235i.
Production – Performance is also monitored using GPS for vehicles competing in the Production division. They are also limited to models fifteen years of age or newer. The maximum horsepower output for these four or six-cylinder vehicles is 220. Four-cylinder engines up to two-liters may be turbocharged or supercharged. Cars often found in this class include Mini Cooper S, BMW 330i and Honda Civic Si.
Compact - The Compact class, introduced in 2012, is for vehicles with less the 100-horsepower. They are also monitored by GPS and subject to the same product year range requirement as the Super Production and Production categories. Included in this group are the Mini Cooper, Toyota Echo, Nissan Micra and Mazda 2.

Rounds four, five and six for the 2023 Super Production Challenge Series were held at Shannonville Motorsport Park during the SMP Cup weekend. Drivers would compete in three thirty-minute contests around Shannonville's Long Course.

The pace lap for round five of the 2023 Super Production Challenge at Shannonville Motorsport Park. The No. 05 Shelbourne Fuels Nissan 370Z of Nathan Blok is on the pole. Beside Blok is the No. 11 W.O. Stinson & Son Ltd. BMW 325i driven by Eric Hochgeschurz. Sharing row two are Todd Chiappino driving the No. 14 Velocity Motorsports Club Honda Civic and the No. 55 Team Red Green Toyota GT86 of Owen Clarke.

Owen Clarke collected the most Super Production points at Shannonville. Clarke, who drives the No. 55 Toyota GT86 Turbo, qualified second for round four and led the race before being passed by Kurt Wittmer. On Sunday morning, he was gridded fourth but moved into second early. An aggressive pass on Wittmer netted Clarke a penalty, but he grabbed the victory. In the afternoon, he collected his second win of the event.

Compact class rookie Cameron Nabert continues to impress. The newcomer won two of three rounds at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Nabert put the No. 69 Nissan Micra Cup on the category pole by over one second at Shannonville and was never threatened for the victory. It was more of the same on Sunday morning and afternoon. Nabert leads the Compact points chase by seventy-nine markers.

Another rookie delivering impressive results is Production class competitor Blake Kelley. The driver of the No. 41 Velocity Motorsports Club Honda Civic Si earned two victories and a runner-up result in the series' first weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. At Shannonville, Kelley would finish second to Sylvain Laporte on Saturday. However, he collected two more wins the next day and added to his points lead.

Kurt Wittmer opened his 2023 campaign with three Super Production victories in three starts. Wittmer put the No. 66 Honda Civic Type R on the pole for race one at Shannonville. He lost the lead on lap one to Owen Clarke, but retook the spot and grabbed the win. Wittmer led round five until late-race contact with Clarke caused him to run off track and finish second. In the finale, he collected another runner-up result.

Veteran Production class competitor Sylvain Laporte opened his weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with a victory and ended it with a DNF. Shannonville would allow the No. 50 LAPSE Motorsports Mini Cooper Challenge driver to redeem himself. In round four, Laporte would go flag-to-flag for the class victory. In Sunday's contests, he collected a pair of second-place finishes.

With Cameron Nabert so dominant in the Compact division, the races this weekend were for second place. Zack Lalonde drives the No. 7 Xtreme Motorsports Honda Fit and qualified fourth in class for race one at Shannonville. Steady progress during the race was rewarded with a third. The next day Lalonde finished in the runner-up position and in the weekend's last contest, he earned the final spot on the podium.

Super Production competitor Gabriel Lacombe drove the No. 03 Honda Civic Si. Lacombe grabbed two runner-up results and a third-place finish in the season opener. He was still on form when the series visited Shannonville. Unable to match the leader's pace, Lacombe qualified and finished third in round four. An issue in race two caused him to finish thirty-seventh. However, Lacombe bounced back and earned a third in the finale.

Former Nissan Micra Cup competitor Frederic Bernier entered the Super Production Challenge series in the No. 28 Nissan Micra Cup. Bernier collected a pair of runner-up results in the first weekend of the series. However, his string of good luck ended at Shannonville Saturday afternoon. Bernier retired at the hairpin after the engine light came on. With the issue resolved for Sunday, he earned second and third-place finishes.

POS.	PIC	CLASS	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	RETIREMENTS
1	1	Super Production	Kurt Wittmer	Honda Civic Type R	16	-
2	2	Super Production	Owen Clarke	Toyota GT86 Turbo	16	-
3	3	Super Production	Gabriel Lacombe	Honda Civic Si	16	-
4	4	Super Production	Christopher Bernier	BMW 323i	16	-
5	5	Super Production	Todd Chiappino	Honda Civic Si	16	-
6	6	Super Production	Marc Heroux	Chevrolet Camaro RS	16	-
7	7	Super Production	Olivier Bédard	Nissan 370Z	16	-
8	8	Super Production	Charles-André Bilodeau	Ford Mustang Ecoboost	16	Penalty
9	9	Super Production	Nathan Blok	Nissan 370Z	16	-
10	10	Super Production	Eric Chaput	Nissan 370Z	16	-
11	11	Super Production	Shelby Mills	Volkswagen Jetta GLI	16	-
12	12	Super Production	Michael Habrich	Nissan 370Z	16	-
13	13	Super Production	Guillaume Labbe	Honda Civic Type R	16	-
14	14	Super Production	Nelson Chan	Nissan 370Z	16	-
15	1	Production	Sylvain Laporte	Mini Cooper S Challenge	16	-
16	15	Super Production	Sylvain Ouellet	Nissan 370Z	16	-
17	2	Production	Blake Kelley	Honda Civic Si	16	-
18	3	Production	Connor Bell	Toyota GT86	16	-
19	16	Super Production	Alex Habrich	Nissan 370Z	16	-
20	4	Production	Yannick Lupien	Mini Cooper JCW	16	-
21	5	Production	Marc-Andre Bourdages	Honda Civic Si	16	-
22	6	Production	Vincent Desautels	Honda Civic Si	16	-
23	7	Production	Crystel Charest	Mini Cooper Challenge	15	-
24	8	Production	Ethan Bell	Toyota GT86	15	-
25	1	Compact	Cameron Nabert	Nissan Micra Cup	15	-
26	9	Production	Perry Wener	Honda Civic Si	15	-
27	2	Compact	Nathan Mutch	Toyota Echo Cup	15	-
28	3	Compact	Zack Lalonde	Honda Fit	15	-
29	4	Compact	Etienne Samson Laflamme	Toyota Echo Cup	15	Penalty
30	5	Compact	Steve Montminy	Nissan Micra	15	-
31	6	Compact	Mario Berthiaume	Nissan Micra Cup	14	-
32	7	Compact	Eric Coulombe	Chevrolet Sonic	14	Penalty
33	8	Compact	Cindy Picotte	Nissan Micra Cup	14	-
34	9	Compact	Yannick Simard	Mini Cooper	14	-
35	10	Compact	Maika Chamberland	Honda Fit	14	-
36	11	Compact	Stephane Day	Nissan Micra Cup	14	-
37	17	Super Production	Eric Hochgeschurz	BMW 325i	13	Mechanical
38	18	Super Production	Jacques Gravel	BMW 330i	13	-
39	10	Production	Nora Jordan	Subaru BRZ	13	-
40	12	Compact	Richard Foegele	Honda Fit	10	Suspension
41	13	Compact	Frédéric Bernier	Nissan Micra Cup	6	Off Course
42	19	Super Production	Paul Morin	Pontiac Solstice GXP	4	Mechanical
-	-	Production	Graydon Goodridge	Subaru BRZ	-	Did Not Start

POS.	PIC	CLASS	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	RETIREMENTS
1	1	Super Production	Owen Clarke	Toyota GT86 Turbo	15	-
2	2	Super Production	Kurt Wittmer	Honda Civic Type R	15	-
3	3	Super Production	Olivier Bédard	Nissan 370Z	15	-
4	4	Super Production	Todd Chiappino	Honda Civic Si	15	-
5	5	Super Production	Marc Heroux	Chevrolet Camaro RS	15	-
6	6	Super Production	Shawn Bernier	BMW 323i	15	-
7	7	Super Production	Charles-André Bilodeau	Ford Mustang Ecoboost	15	-
8	8	Super Production	Eric Hochgeschurz	BMW 325i	15	-
9	9	Super Production	Guillaume Labbe	Honda Civic Type R	15	-
10	10	Super Production	Shelby Mills	Volkswagen Jetta GLI	15	-
11	11	Super Production	Eric Chaput	Nissan 370Z	15	-
12	12	Super Production	Nelson Chan	Nissan 370Z	15	-
13	1	Production	Blake Kelley	Honda Civic Si	15	-
14	13	Super Production	Sylvain Ouellet	Nissan 370Z	15	-
15	2	Production	Sylvain Laporte	Mini Cooper S Challenge	15	-
16	3	Production	Marc-Andre Bourdages	Honda Civic Si	15	-
17	14	Super Production	Alex Habrich	Nissan 370Z	15	-
18	4	Production	Yannick Lupien	Mini Cooper JCW	15	-
19	5	Production	Crystel Charest	Mini Cooper Challenge	14	-
20	6	Production	Connor Bell	Toyota GT86	14	-
21	1	Compact	Cameron Nabert	Nissan Micra Cup	14	-
22	7	Production	Perry Wener	Honda Civic Si	14	-
23	2	Compact	Zack Lalonde	Honda Fit	14	-
24	3	Compact	Frédéric Bernier	Nissan Micra Cup	14	-
25	4	Compact	Nathan Mutch	Toyota Echo Cup	14	-
26	5	Compact	Eric Coulombe	Chevrolet Sonic	14	-
27	6	Compact	Richard Foegele	Honda Fit	14	-
28	7	Compact	Maika Chamberland	Honda Fit	14	-
29	8	Compact	Cindy Picotte	Nissan Micra Cup	14	-
30	9	Compact	Steve Montminy	Nissan Micra	14	-
31	10	Compact	Mario Berthiaume	Nissan Micra Cup	14	-
32	11	Compact	Alex Donnelly	Mini Cooper	14	-
33	12	Compact	Etienne Samson Laflamme	Toyota Echo Cup	14	Penalty
34	13	Compact	Stephane Day	Nissan Micra Cup	14	-
35	8	Production	Nora Jordan	Subaru BRZ	13	-
36	15	Super Production	Michael Habrich	Nissan 370Z	12	Overheating
37	16	Super Production	Gabriel Lacombe	Honda Civic Si	12	Ball Joint
38	17	Super Production	Nathan Blok	Nissan 370Z	5	Fuel Pick-up
39	9	Production	Vincent Desautels	Honda Civic Si	3	Spindle
40	10	Production	Ethan Bell	Toyota GT86	0	Mechanical
-	-	Super Production	Jacques Gravel	BMW 330i	-	Did Not Start
-	-	Super Production	Paul Morin	Pontiac Solstice GXP	-	Did Not Start
-	-	Production	Graydon Goodridge	Subaru BRZ	-	Did Not Start

POS.	PIC	CLASS	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	RETIREMENTS
1	1	Super Production	Owen Clarke	Toyota GT86 Turbo	16	-
2	2	Super Production	Kurt Wittmer	Honda Civic Type R	16	-
3	3	Super Production	Gabriel Lacombe	Honda Civic Si	16	-
4	4	Super Production	Olivier Bédard	Nissan 370Z	16	-
5	5	Super Production	Charles-André Bilodeau	Ford Mustang Ecoboost	16	-
6	6	Super Production	Marc Heroux	Chevrolet Camaro RS	16	-
7	7	Super Production	Shawn Bernier	BMW 323i	16	-
8	8	Super Production	Nathan Blok	Nissan 370Z	16	-
9	9	Super Production	Eric Chaput	Nissan 370Z	16	-
10	10	Super Production	Guillaume Labbe	Honda Civic Type R	16	-
11	11	Super Production	Michael Habrich	Nissan 370Z	16	-
12	1	Production	Blake Kelley	Honda Civic Si	16	-
13	2	Production	Sylvain Laporte	Mini Cooper S Challenge	16	-
14	3	Production	Yannick Lupien	Mini Cooper JCW	16	-
15	4	Production	Connor Bell	Toyota GT86	16	-
16	12	Super Production	Nelson Chan	Nissan 370Z	16	-
17	5	Production	Vincent Desautels	Honda Civic Si	16	-
18	6	Production	Crystel Charest	Mini Cooper Challenge	15	-
19	7	Production	Perry Wener	Honda Civic Si	15	-
20	1	Compact	Cameron Nabert	Nissan Micra Cup	15	-
21	2	Compact	Frédéric Bernier	Nissan Micra Cup	15	-
22	3	Compact	Zack Lalonde	Honda Fit	15	-
23	4	Compact	Mario Berthiaume	Nissan Micra Cup	15	-
24	5	Compact	Richard Foegele	Honda Fit	15	-
25	6	Compact	Etienne Samson Laflamme	Toyota Echo Cup	15	-
26	7	Compact	Nathan Mutch	Toyota Echo Cup	15	-
27	8	Compact	Alyssa Voyzelle-Montminy	Nissan Micra	15	-
28	9	Compact	Maika Chamberland	Honda Fit	15	-
29	10	Compact	Eric Coulombe	Chevrolet Sonic	15	-
30	11	Compact	Yannick Simard	Mini Cooper	14	-
31	12	Compact	Stephane Day	Nissan Micra Cup	14	-
32	13	Compact	Cindy Picotte	Nissan Micra Cup	14	-
33	13	Super Production	Eric Hochgeschurz	BMW 325i	13	Mechanical
34	14	Super Production	Todd Chiappino	Honda Civic Si	10	Mechanical
35	15	Super Production	Shelby Mills	Volkswagen Jetta GLI	7	Mechanical
36	8	Production	Marc-Andre Bourdages	Honda Civic Si	5	Mechanical
37	16	Super Production	Alex Habrich	Nissan 370Z	2	Overheating
-	-	Production	Ethan Bell	Toyota GT86	-	Did Not Start
-	-	Super Production	Sylvain Ouellet	Nissan 370Z	-	Did Not Start
-	-	Production	Nora Jordan	Subaru BRZ	-	Did Not Start
-	-	Super Production	Jacques Gravel	BMW 330i	-	Did Not Start
-	-	Super Production	Paul Morin	Pontiac Solstice GXP	-	Did Not Start
-	-	Production	Graydon Goodridge	Subaru BRZ	-	Did Not Start

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