As a result, it was natural for him to include Rice and McComber as part of his crew, having already gotten to know them.
“These are people I really wanted to have on my team. Still today, these are guys that played a part in the success of this team. It’s still so important for me that they are with me on this team,” said Camirand.
It was a tight race at the top of the standings between Camirand, his teammate Andrew Ranger, DJ Kennington, Kevin Lacroix, Louis-Phillipe Dumoulin, and Mathieu Kingsbury, with less than 70 points separating the championship leading Camirand from sixth-place Kingsbury going into the weekend.
“It’s great to see that there’s at least five main teams that are going to be strong contenders for a full season,” said McComber.
“Hopefully NASCAR makes it a little bit easier for other teams to be able to afford to compete all season long, rather than just having a couple of races here and there.”
Camirand and #96 team will be back next season to try to make it three in a row, which would tie him for most championships overall with Scott Steckly.
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“We’re already back at the shop to start getting ready for next year,” said Camirand.
“We don’t want to take it easy; we want to stay competitive.”