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Best result of the season for Alex Labbé: DGM Racing driver finishes 9th at Darlington in the Larue car
Darlington, South Carolina May 8, 2021 – Quebec driver Alex Labbé scored his best result of the season at Darlington Raceway with a 9th place finish. It is also his best result in his career on an intermediate track.
“I have tears in my eyes, it’s like we just won the race,” said an emotional Mario Gosselin, owner of DGM Racing. Labbé and his team were looking forward to an encouraging result as bad luck has been a factor more than once since the beginning of the season. “Let’s just say we needed a race like this, it gives us a good dose of motivation for the rest! “
It seems that the tribute car to Kenny Wallace and his 1994 – 1996 Red Dog brought luck to the St-Albert driver as he managed to stay in the top-16 for most of the race. “I think we had our best car ever on this type of track! We made some minor adjustments during the race. As the race went on, we were faster and we even found ourselves in front of the top teams! “
“We’ve made a lot of progress with this car since the beginning of the year so I went into the starting grid with confidence. We knew we could achieve a good result on this track,” explained the DGM Racing driver, still feeling the adrenaline and emotion.
The St-Albert driver is the only Canadian and Quebecer to race on the NASCAR circuit. The DGM Racing team, owned by Mario Gosselin from Beauce, has been competing with the top teams in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for a few years now despite a limited budget.
About Alex Labbé
Alex Labbé is an active racing car driver in the NASCAR Xfinity series. He is the only Quebec driver to race full-time on the circuit. Born in Saint-Albert, Quebec, Alex has enjoyed a meteoric rise in motorsports since the beginning of his stock car career. In 2014, he became the youngest champion in the ACT series. In 2016, he took part in his first full season in the PINTY’s NASCAR series and in 2017 he won the series championship. In 2018, he reached the NASCAR Xfinity series and finished in the top 20. Labbé finished the 2020 season with five top-10 finishes, including a fourth-place finish, and finished 14th in the drivers’ standings.
To follow Alex:
Facebook: facebook.com/AlexLabbe36
Instagram: @alexlabbe36
Twitter: @AlexLabbe36
Media requests for Alex Labbé:
Dominique Ladouceur
Agency AF-2
Tel: 514.576.2379
dominique@af-2.com
Information about Larue:
Alex St-Onge
alex.st-onge@jalarue.com