Raphaël Lessard

Raphaël Lessard
Nationality Canada Canadian
Born (2001-07-05) July 5, 2001
St-Joseph-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada
CARS Super Late Model Tour career
Debut season 2016
Current team KBM Kyle Busch Motorsports
Car no. 51
Engine Toyota
Former teams DGR
Starts 15
Championships 2016
Wins 5
Podiums 7
Poles 2
Best finish 1st in 2016
Finished last season 10th (2017)
Previous series
2017 ARCA Racing Series
Championship titles
2016 CARS Super Late Model
Last updated on: 14 December 2017.

Raphaël Lessard (born 5 July 2001)[1] is a Canadian stock car racer from Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada.

Racing career

Lessard started racing in an old Honda Civic, winning his first race on the day of his twelfth birthday. He then ran Quebec sportsmans and super late models in Canada before moving to America.[2]

His first American racing experience came in the CARS Super Late Model Tour, driving the 2015 season for Toyota Racing Development and David Gilliland Racing.[3] In 2016, at age 15, and in grade 10, he became the second non-American to win the CARS Super Late Model series championship,[4] the other being Mario Gosselin, also a Canadian from Quebec, who accomplished the feat in 1997.[5] It was Lessard's first championship.[4] He won four of ten races during the season, including the season finale at Southern National Motorsports Park.[4] Lessard continued with Toyota and David Gilliland Racing to run late model racing in large events like the Winchester 400, Snowball Derby and various PASS Late Model, CRA Racing Series and ARCA Racing Series events.[6] He was disqualified from an April 2017 PASS race for intentionally wrecking other drivers, illegally passing under yellow, and inappropriate actions by his crew.[7]

He debuted in the ARCA Racing Series in 2017 driving for Venturini Motorsports.[8] He made the top ten in his second start at Winchester Speedway.[9]

Personal life

Lessard's father was a race car driver but sold his cars to help move Raphaël's racing career.[10]

Motorsports career results

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ARSC Pts
2017 Venturini Motorsports 25 Toyota DAY NSH
33		 SLM
13		 TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP POC WIN
10		 ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 51st 370

References

  1. ↑ "Raphael Lessard summary". Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. ↑ McDonald, Norris (2017-08-19). "Raphael Lessard, 16, is taking the stock-car racing world by storm". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  3. ↑ "Raphael Lessard – NASCAR Talk". nascar.nbcsports.com. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  4. 1 2 3 "SLM: A Canadian Goes South and Claims CARS SLM Title". Speed51.com. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Raphaël Lessard crowned champion of the 2016 CARS Super Late Model Tour". Edmonton Journal. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Raphael Lessard 2017 DGR Race Schedule". David Gilliland Racing. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  7. ↑ "PASS Statement Regarding Raphael Lessard Disqualification At Hickory – race22.com". race22.online. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  8. ↑ "Quebec's Raphael Lessard returns...race-ready for Winchester". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  9. ↑ "Driver Raphael Lessard 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  10. ↑ Mio, Kevin (2016-12-06). "Raphael Lessard doesn't have a licence, but boy can he drive". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2017-12-14.

Raphaël Lessard driver statistics at Racing-Reference


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