Mario Gosselin (racecar driver)

Infobox Person
name = Mario Gosselin


caption = Mario Gosselin
birth_date = Birth date and age|1971|10|20|mf=y
birth_place = Sainte-Marie, Quebec, Canada

Mario Gosselin (born October 20 1971) is a Canadian professional racecar driver who races in USAR Hooters Pro Cup, ARCA RE/MAX, Late Models Stock and NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series. In 2004, he became the first native of the Province of Quebec to start in a NEXTEL Cup race in Martinsville. [ Le Soleil (August 30th 2005) "Le rêve à plein gaz"]

Biography

Mario Gosselin is a native of Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, Quebec. He lived there before moving with his family to Florida in 1981. He settled in Lake Wales, Florida a few years ago. [ Le Soleil (August 30th 2005) "Le rêve à plein gaz"]

Mario is a multiple winner on the ARCA RE/MAX Series and 2-time USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Champion. He began his racing career in 1990 at Hialeah, Florida by winning the Pure Stock Division Championship. [cite web| url =http://www.mariogosselin.com/bio.htm | title = Mario Gosselin's bio on his official page| ]

He moved into Late Models the very next year and has multiple championships and many wins to his credit at various speedways. Recently he won at the Nashville Superspeedway in the ARCA RE/MAX series in 2003 and finished third in the March 2005 race. [cite web| url =http://www.mariogosselin.com/bio.htm | title = Mario Gosselin's bio on his official page| ]

Other highlights include qualifying on the pole and winning his very first ARCA RE/MAX start. That first ARCA victory came at the Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C.. [cite web| url =http://www.mariogosselin.com/bio.htm | title = Mario Gosselin's bio on his official page| ] . When in NASCAR Nextel Cup, he races for Stan Hover Motorsports [ Le Soleil (August 30th 2005) "Le rêve à plein gaz"]

Trivia

*His nickname is Super Mario

ee also

List of Canadians in NASCAR

External links

* [http://www.mariogosselin.com Official website]
* [http://racing-reference.info/driver?id=gossema01 Mario Gosselin at racing-reference.info]

References