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International Center of Advanced Racing (ICAR)

The Ultimate Motorsports Complex
Location	Montréal–Mirabel International Airport, Mirabel, Quebec, Canada
Time zone	UTC-5 (UTC-4 DST)
Coordinates	45°40′53.04″N 74°01′25.32″W / 45.6814000°N 74.0237000°W / 45.6814000; -74.0237000
Capacity	more than 20,000
Opened	May 2008; 16 years ago (2008-05)
Major events	Current: Super Production Challenge (2011–present) NASCAR Canada Series (2011–2017, 2021, 2023–present) Former: Sports Car Championship Canada (2021) Canadian Touring Car Championship (2008–2018) IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada (2011) Canadian Superbike Championship (2009–2011)
Website	https://icarexperience.ca/, https://icarexperience.ca/en/
Road Course (2008–present)
Surface	Asphalt
Length	2.125 miles (3.420 km)
Turns	16
Race lap record	1:28.747 ( Nickoli Roussakov, Radical SR3 SRX, 2021, Sports car racing)
Oval (2008–present)
Surface	Asphalt
Length	0.250 miles (0.400 km)
Turns	4
Drag Strip (2008–present)
Length	0.250 miles (0.402 km)
Kart Track (2008–present)
Length	0.62 miles (1 km)
Turns	14
Driftpark
Surface	Tarmac
Banking	54 000 sq.ft

The International Center of Advanced Racing (Circuit ICAR) is a multi-track facility located on the former runways at Montréal–Mirabel International Airport, in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada north of Montreal. The facility features a 2.125 mi (3.420 km), 16-turn road course, a 0.400 mi (0.644 km) oval, a 0.250 mi (0.402 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.

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 Canada Series.

Lap records

As of August 2021, the fastest official race lap records at Circuit ICAR are listed as:

NASCAR Oval Track Record

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Series
2021	April 23	Daniel Descoste	Destroy Brothers	Chevrolet Camaro	17.067 sec	NASCAR Sportsman
2021	May 12	Frederik Ladouceur	LadouRacing	Honda Civic	19.236 sec	NASCAR Sport Compacte Élite

NASCAR race winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Car	Distance	Race Title
2011	June 5	Robin Buck	Quaker State	Dodge	33 Laps	Grand Prix ICAR
2012	June 3	Andrew Ranger	Dodge/GC Motorsports	Dodge	31 Laps	Lucas Oil Grand Prix presented by Budweiser
2013	July 7	Andrew Ranger	La Cite De Mirabel Inc.	Dodge	30 Laps	Jiffy Lube 100 presented by Snap-on
2014	July 6	Andrew Ranger	Mopar	Dodge	30 Laps	Jiffy Lube 100 presented by La Petite Bretonne
2015	July 5	Kevin Lacroix	Lacroix Tuning/Excellence Chrysler	Dodge	30 Laps	Ecko Unlimited 100
2016	July 3	Andrew Ranger	Mopar/Pennzoil/Mopar Express Lane	Dodge	30 Laps	ICAR 100
2017	July 8	Kevin Lacroix	Lacroix Tuning/Excellence Chrysler	Dodge	79 Laps	Ecko Unlimited 75

See also

• List of auto racing tracks in Canada
• Other Montreal area race tracks
  • Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
  • Circuit Mont-Tremblant
  • Sanair Super Speedway

Footnotes

1. "Interview: Circuit ICAR, The Ultimate Motorsports Complex". DSG Performance. 2010-04-12. Archived from the original on 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
2. "Circuit ICAR Montreal The International Center for Advanced Racing". URecommed. Archived from the original on 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
3. "2021 ICAR Sundown NASCAR Pinty's Emzone Radical Cup Canada Round 5" (PDF). 29 August 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
4. ^ "Complexe ICAR, August 29 Août 2021 Nascar Pinty's @ ICAR ASN Canada FIA Sports Car Canadian Championship Round #8/Epreuve #8". 29 August 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
5. "ICAR, June 4 Juin 2011 Grand-Prix ICAR présenté par Continental IMSA Porsche GT3 Challenge canada Round #3/Epreuve #3". 4 June 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
6. "Test Day 4/23/2021 - 4/24/2021". race-monitor.com. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
7. "Pratique 5/13/2021". race-monitor.com. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
8. "NCATS ICAR 6/5/11 Official Results". NASCAR Home Tracks. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
9. "NASCAR Canadian Tire: A first victory for Robin Buck at ICAR". Auto123.com. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
10. "NCATS ICAR 6/3/12 Official Results" (PDF). NASCAR Home Tracks. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
11. "NCATS: Ranger wins at ICAR". Inside Track Motorsport News. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
12. "NCATS ICAR 7/7/13 Official Results". NASCAR Home Tracks. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
13. "NCATS: Ranger dominates at Circuit ICAR". Inside Track Motorsport News. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
14. "NCATS ICAR 7/6/14 Results". NASCAR Home Tracks. Archived from the original on October 17, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
15. "NCATS ICAR 7/5/15 Results". NASCAR Home Tracks. Archived from the original on April 29, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
16. "NPS ICAR 7/3/16 Results". NASCAR Home Tracks. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
17. "Circuit ICAR". Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

External links

• Official Site
• Circuit ICAR race results at Racing-Reference
• ICAR Le Club
• NASCAR Track Page

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