Mario Gosselin
Born (1971-10-20) October 20, 1971 (age 52)
Sainte-Marie, Quebec, Canada
Achievements1997 Hooters Pro Cup Series Champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish80th (2004)
First race2004 Subway 500 (Martinsville)
Last race2004 Southern 500 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
43 races run over 5 years
2021 position110th
Best finish26th (2016)
First race1998 Myrtle Beach 250 (Myrtle Beach
Last race2017 Ticket Galaxy 200 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
47 races run over 4 years
2012 position66th
Best finish16th (2010)
First race2008 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas)
Last race2012 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
Statistics current as of December 28, 2021.

Mario Gosselin (born October 20, 1971) is a Canadian-American professional stock car racing driver, crew chief, and team owner. He owns DGM Racing, a team that competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. In 2004, he became the second native of the Province of Quebec to start in a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race after Superbike legend Yvon Duhamel. In 1997, he became the first Canadian to win the championship title for the NASCAR CARS Pro Cup Series.

Racing career

Gosselin (center) at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2015

Gosselin is a multiple-time winner in the ARCA Racing Series and two-time CARS Pro Cup Series champion. He began his racing career in 1990 at Hialeah, Florida, by winning the pure stock division championship.[1]

He moved into late models the next year and has multiple championships and many wins to his credit at various speedways. In 1998, Gosselin made his NASCAR debut, at Myrtle Beach Speedway, in his No. 71 Chevrolet, finishing sixteenth. He also qualified on the pole and won his first ARCA RE/MAX Series start, in 1999. That first ARCA victory came at the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C.[1] He has since competed in several part-time ARCA schedules and has won another two races.

In 2004, Gosselin ran two races late in the Nextel Cup Series season in the No. 80 Hover Motorsports Ford, finishing 41st in both starts. He rejoined NASCAR competition in 2008 as the driver and crew chief of the No. 12 Crashedtoys.com Chevrolet Silverado, which was owned by his wife Michelle, in the Craftsman Truck Series. He and Scotty Crockett shared the driving duties of the truck and made six starts with the team. After the season, attorney James Carter became a sponsor and co-owner of the team, allowing Gosselin and his wife to open a second truck team. Gosselin made fifteen starts in 2009 and finished six of them. His best finish and first ever NASCAR top-10 came at Talladega Superspeedway in the fall where he ended up sixth in a wild race. Starting at Talladega, Gosselin picked up a sponsorship from TireMonkey.com. With a sponsorship in place, he ran the full 2010 season, but was forced to sell his owners' points to Johanna Long and her Panhandle Motorsports team for 2011. Gosselin took a new role as a crew chief for Truck Series driver Russ Dugger.

Gosselin returned to the Busch Series, now the Xfinity Series, in 2015, racing the No. 90 King Autosport Chevy at Daytona International Speedway.[2] He continued racing sporadically until 2017, with his team later being renamed DGM Racing. In December 2020, Gosselin announced he would once again race in the series with DGM, driving the No. 91 in the 2021 season opener at Daytona.[3]

Personal life

Gosselin is a native of Sainte-Marie, Quebec. He lived there before moving with his family to Florida in 1981. He settled in Lake Wales, Florida, a few years ago.[when?][4]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Nextel Cup Series

NASCAR Nextel Cup 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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NNCC Pts Ref
2004 Hover Motorsports 80 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR
41 		ATL PHO
DNQ 		DAR
41 		HOM 80th 80 [5]

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity 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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
1998 Mario Gosselin 71 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB
16 		CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH
DNQ 		DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 96th 115 [6]
1999 Wings Racing 58 Ford DAY CAR
DNQ 		LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MYB
DNQ 		PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH
DNQ 		DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM NA - [7]
Andy Petree Racing 15 Chevy MLW
DNQ
2000 Wings Racing 58 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA CLT DOV SBO MYB
35 		GLN MLW
DNQ 		NZH PPR GTY
42 		IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 97th 95 [8]
2015 King Autosport 90 Chevy DAY
15 		ATL LVS
32 		PHO
38 		CAL
27 		TEX
28 		BRI RCH TAL
19 		IOW CLT DOV
32 		MCH CHI DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI
35 		ROA DAR RCH CHI DOV
19 		CLT PHO
28 		HOM
34 		29th 182 [9]
92 KEN
DNQ 		KAN
Wth 		TEX
39
2016 DAY
DNQ 		MCH
35 		MOH
39 		26th 257 [10]
90 ATL
25 		LVS
29 		PHO
35 		CAL
26 		TEX BRI
24 		RCH TAL
28 		DOV
28 		CLT POC
20 		IOW
24 		DAY
33 		KEN NHA
24 		IND
29 		IOW
25 		GLN BRI
17 		ROA DAR
26 		RCH
33 		CHI KEN DOV
23 		CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
38
2017 DAY
17 		ATL LVS PHO
28 		CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND
27 		IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI
31 		KEN DOV CLT
24 		KAN
29 		TEX
28 		PHO
26 		HOM 40th 90 [11]
2021 DGM Racing 91 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IND MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO 110th - [12]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 21 22 23 24 25 NCWTC Pts Ref
2008 DGM Racing 12 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN
34 		CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH
29 		MLW MEM KEN IRP
28 		NSH BRI GTY NHA
27 		LVS TAL MAR ATL
24 		TEX PHO HOM
24 		47th 403 [13]
2009 DAY
29 		CAL ATL
32 		MAR KAN CLT
17 		TEX
29 		MCH
31 		MLW MEM
19 		KEN
27 		IRP NSH
26 		BRI CHI
32 		IOW
20 		GTY
32 		NHA LVS MAR TAL
6 		TEX
21 		PHO HOM
20 		25th 1324 [14]
72 DOV
36
2010 12 DAY
23 		ATL
22 		MAR
9 		NSH
21 		KAN
17 		DOV
18 		CLT
20 		TEX
22 		MCH
23 		IOW
12 		GTY
14 		IRP
24 		POC
15 		NSH
26 		DAR
23 		BRI
18 		CHI
19 		KEN
16 		NHA
17 		LVS
19 		MAR
35 		TAL
34 		TEX
20 		PHO
34 		HOM
35 		16th 2479 [15]
2012 Glenden Enterprises 84 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM
21 		66th 23 [16]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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 21 22 23 ARSC Pts Ref
1999 Wings Racing 58 Chevy DAY ATL SLM AND CLT
1* 		MCH POC TOL SBS BLN POC KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DSF SLM CLT
3 		TAL ATL
DNQ 		59th 480 [17]
2000 DAY SLM AND CLT KIL FRS MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM CLT
6 		TAL ATL
26 		70th 300 [18]
2002 Gosselin Racing 12 Chevy DAY ATL NSH SLM KEN CLT KAN POC MCH TOL SBO KEN BLN POC
3 		NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT 110th 220 [19]
2003 DAY ATL NSH SLM TOL KEN CLT
DNQ 		BLN KAN MCH LER POC
23 		POC
36 		NSH
1* 		ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT
14 		SBO 45th 630 [20]
2004 Norm Benning Racing 8 Chevy DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT
36 		KAN POC MCH SBO BLN KEN GTW POC LER 93rd 260 [21]
Gosselin Racing 12 Chevy NSH
4 		ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL
2005 DAY
20 		NSH
3 		SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC
23 		MCH
35 		KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH
10 		ISF TOL DSF CHI
33 		SLM TAL 44th 760 [22]
2006 DGM Racing 12 Chevy DAY
8 		NSH
18 		SLM
29 		WIN
DNQ 		TOL
9 		POC
2* 		MCH
8 		KAN
22 		NSH
1 		MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI
28 		SLM TAL
38 		IOW
30 		24th 2215 [23]
Andy Belmont Motorsports 1 Ford KEN
39
Gosselin Racing 63 Chevy KEN
DNQ
Jeff McClure-Eddie Sharp 22 Dodge BLN
DNQ 		POC GTW
2007 DGM Racing 12 Chevy DAY
13 		USA
12 		NSH
36 		SLM KAN
4 		WIN KEN TOL IOW POC
5 		MCH BLN KEN POC NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI
30 		SLM TAL
12 		TOL 34th 1060 [24]
2008 Jack Bowsher & Associates 21 Chevy DAY
32 		SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 143rd 70 [25]
2009 DGM Racing 12 Chevy DAY
34 		SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 152nd 60 [26]
2014 Williams-Gosselin Racing 02 Chevy DAY
23 		MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 120th 115 [27]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mario Gosselin's bio on his official page". Archived from the original on 2006-10-20.
  2. ^ "KING AUTOSPORT FIELDING TWO XFINITY CARS AT DAYTONA". NASCAR. February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  3. ^ Tomlinson, Joy (December 7, 2020). "Mario Gosselin Returning to Xfinity at Daytona". Frontstretch. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  4. ^ Le Soleil (August 30, 2005) Le rêve à plein gaz
  5. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  7. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  8. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2000 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  9. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  10. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  11. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  12. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  13. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  14. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  15. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  16. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  17. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 1999 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  18. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  19. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  20. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  21. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  22. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  23. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  24. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  25. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  26. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  27. ^ "Mario Gosselin – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2021.

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