The International Center of Advanced Racing (Circuit ICAR) is a multi-track facility located on the former runways at
Montréal–Mirabel International Airport
Montréal–Mirabel International Airport , originally called Montréal International Airport, widely known as Mirabel and branded as YMX International Aerocity of Mirabel (''YMX Aérocité internationale de Mirabel''), is a cargo and former i ...
, in
Mirabel, Quebec
Mirabel is a suburb of Montreal, located on the North Shore in southern Quebec.
Mirabel is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Mirabel. I ...
, Canada north of
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...
. The facility features a 2.125-mile (3.4 km), 16-turn road course, a 0.4 mile oval, a quarter-mile (0.4 km) drag strip, two kart tracks, a driftpark and an offroad course.
The facility opened in May 2008 as a private motorsport country club, and was opened to the general public in 2009 with the opening of the ICAR Racing Academy, and a karting track designed by Formula One World Champion
Jacques Villeneuve
Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve ( born 9 April 1971) is a Canadian professional racing driver and amateur musician who won the 1997 Formula One World Championship with Williams. In addition to Formula One (F1) he has competed in various o ...
.
Circuit ICAR now hosts weekly drag racing events, lapping nights, car clubs and major Canadian race series including the
Canadian Touring Car Championship and the
NASCAR Pinty's Series.
Current series
* NASCAR Pinty's Series
* NASCAR Sportsman
* NASCAR Sport Compacte
* NASCAR Légendes Modifiées
* Canadian Touring Car Championship
* Canadian Supercar
* Sportsman ICAR Challenge
* Formula Tour 1600
* Pro-Cam
* Super Production Challenge
* Drift Mania Canadian Championship
Former series
*
Canadian Superbike Championship
The Bridgestone Canadian Superbike National Championship (CSBK) is the leading motorcycle road racing superbike championship in Canada. The championship is managed and organized by Professional Motor Sports Productions Inc (PMP) of Toronto, ON, Ca ...
*
IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada
NASCAR Oval Track Record
NASCAR race winners
See also
*
List of auto racing tracks in Canada
* Other Montreal area race tracks
**
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, also spelled ''Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve'' (), is a motor racing circuit in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the venue for the FIA Formula One Canadian Grand Prix. It has previously hosted the FIA World Sportsc ...
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Circuit Mont-Tremblant
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Sanair Super Speedway
Footnotes
External links
Official SiteCircuit ICAR race resultsat Racing-Reference
ICAR Le ClubNASCAR Track Page
{{Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada tracks
Road racing venues in Canada
Motorsport venues in Quebec
Motorsport in Canada
NASCAR tracks
Sports venues in Quebec
Montréal–Mirabel International Airport