Jensen MotorSport returned to action at the picturesque road course circuit in Mont-Tremblant Quebec on the weekend of July 27-29.
Finnish driver Henri Karjalainen piloted the JMS team’s #2 Swift Cosworth for his 3rd race in the Mazda powered ATLANTIC championship. The race ended abruptly when Henri had a big off at the midway point of the race in the 140 mph turn 10 righthander. Henri made heavy contact with the tire wal, but was unhurt in the incident.
Driver Karjalainen stated, "Tremblant is a terrific circuit. Being from Europe, this type of road course is more what I am accustomed to with my racing. It's a shame the race ended abruptly, but I know we have a strong package moving forward."
Also, Montreal based driver Phil Fayer returned to Atlantic action, participating only in the Friday test day at the Tremblant circuit. Fayer piloted the #8 car for the Jensen MotorSport team in the 2003 championship season, and is considering a return to Atlantic racing action later in the 2008 season. Given that Fayer has never before driven the Swift 016 chassis, nor has he driven an Atlantic car since 2004, he quickly regained his speed in these cars lapping withing 2 seconds on a very difficult high-speed Tremblant circuit.
Karjalainen would like to thank all of his sponsors, including his primary sponsor GNLD group.
Next up for Jensen MotorSport are races #4 and #5of the 2008 ATLANTIC championship, at Edmnonton Alberta, where ATLANTIC races for the first time in together with the newly unified IndyCar Series. |