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NEWS: June 21 2009

For immediate release: Mansfield, OH – June 20, 2009

 

Michel Disdier Shows True Grit with a Wild Ride at Mansfield Motor Sports Park

 

 

 Mansfield, OHIO; June 22, 2009 - - French race car driver

Michel Disdier finally got his wish for dry weather on race

day and was able to qualify for an ARCA RE/MAX Series

start. His qualifying time of 17.097 seconds placed him in

18th position on the grid for the inaugural ARCA RE/MAX

Tim Richmond Memorial 200.

To read all : Press release 

 

 

 

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NEWS: June 10 2009 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

In the two races Disdier has competed in this year it has rained heavily causing the ARCA officials to cancel qualifying and grid the cars by the Owner’s Points earned thus far this year. With no previous races, Disdier was obliged to start at the back of the pack and consequently work his way up through the field. In both races Disdier aboard the No. 21 finished in the middle of the pack, showing both skill and patience in doing so.

“Michigan is very special for me, because it's where I did my first test on oval track, and where this big adventure of racing in United States began,” said Disdier. “I'm excited to go there to see again all the crew of my team. I hope this time the rain will not disturb us, so we can have a good start position! I'm leaving tomorrow from Nice, France for a long trip to Chicago, then Michigan.”

With a good qualifying run Disdier will enhance his prospects for a top-10 finish. The Bowsher Motorsports car is fitted with brake pads supplied by sponsor Carbone Lorraine, maker of brake pads from France.

Carbone Lorraine supplies brake pads for race teams across Europe and now in the United States also. The immediate grip these unique brake pads provide, give race drivers a distinct advantage when braking.

A good finish at MIS will be most welcomed by the team and an excellent prelude to the next race the following weekend at Mansfield Motorsports Park.

 

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NEWS: May 30 2009

 

Restart of our bid to win a pub on our race car in the USA!
 
This will be for the race of Michigan on 12 June. This race will be on live on Speed Channel,  which broadcasts throughout the country, which includes tens of millions of viewers ...
 
Furthermore, this race will be lifted the curtain of the series No. 1 of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and not less than 300 000 spectators expected!
 
No. of items on eBay: 220423647844
or URL address: ICI
 
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>NEWS :  May 17 2009

Photo : Jeff Wagoner ©

Frenchman Michel Disdier Gains More Short Track     Experience at Toledo

 

TOLEDO, Ohio (5-17-09)—Michel Disdier came to Toledo Speedway with the hopes of putting more short track racing experience under his belt.  And that he did with a 19th place finish on ARCA’s hometown short track at the Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care on Sunday May 17th.

Once again, the Nice, France native was welcomed with open arms by the fans at the Toledo Speedway.  “I am pleased with the people that remembered me from the last Toledo race that I raced in and returned to support me at this race!” said Disdier.  “I am very thankful for all the people that stand behind me.”

See next.....Our press release :  HERE

 

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>NEWS :  May 9 2009

 

 
 
The Bowsher Motorsports team arrived at Kentucky Speedway with an all new paint scheme on their car and with great expectations for the first of a ten race season with French race car driver Michel
Disdier.   
 
A powerful spring storm however brought high winds and lots of rain which created  a small river
between turns three and four which resulted in a delay of hours. It was decided by the ARCA/REMAX officials that they would hold the two hour practice as scheduled but qualifying would be canceled.  
The starting grid would be determined by the number of points earned thus far this season by each driver.   
 
Since this would be Disdier's first race of the year he was relegated to 34th starting  
position for the night race beginning at 8:00 PM……… To read more, load our press release : here

 

>NEWS :  May 6 2009

Renewal of the auction on EBAY
 
for the race from Toledo Ohio, May 17 2009!
 
Beginning of the auction today, Wednesday, May 6 - End Wednesday May 13!

To celebrate Frenchman Michel Disdier’s official start in the 2009 ARCA season, we are launching an ad space auction.  The ads will appear on his car during each test for the 10 ARCA races he is participating in this year. Racing in ARCA is well-known as an entry gate into NASCAR, Michel’s primary objective for 2010!

Participation:
Companies and/or private individuals will have a chance to bid for ad space on Michel’s car, a value of 50.000€.

Companies: You do not have an enormous advertising budget, but you want to reach a wide audience in the USA as well as in Europe.  By placing your logo on our racing car, you will gain high visibility in one of the greatest automobile races in the world.
You can bet any amount you wish. If you win the bid, you or your company will reach an audience of millions for an incredibly small investment compared with the market price for this sort of publicity!
In addition, you will benefit from all the media coverage related to Michel’s participation in ARCA.  As he is the first French racing driver since the 1960’s to participate in ARCA, public attention will be running high!

Private individuals: If you wish to post an original message on Michel’s car (for example, a marriage proposal, birthday message, etc.), you will have the two back sides back of our racing car to post your message in a format measuring 40” wide X 14” high. (See the attached  photographs.)  
Bidding will finish a few days before each of the 10 tests so that we can place your message on the car before each new test.

>Initial bidding begins April 20, 2009 and ends April 30, 2009.

About ARCA:
ARCA  is the recognized entryway into NASCAR, which attracts more than 90 million fans each season and has an average 200.000 spectators present for each test.
NASCAR is the most widely-known trademark in the USA, just after Coca-Cola. Former Grand Prix Formula 1 driver, Juan-Pablo Montoya, and Scott Speed, also of Formula 1 fame, currently  race in NASCAR.  Both started in ARCA.  Scott Speed also participated in several of the same ARCA tests as Michel in 2008.  
ARCA also has a tremendous impact on the media.  Live coverage of several ARCA tests on  SPEED channel reaches millions of television viewers. In Europe MOTORS TV also broadcasts the races throughout the season.

 

Note that the winner of the auction will provide the stickers

 

 

 

>NEWS :  April 22 2009

 

 

Frenchman Michel Disdier continues on his NASCAR quest with 10 races this season!

Michel Disdier, the first Frenchman to race in an ARCA since the Sixties, has signed a contract for ten races signed this season with the express goal of moving into NASCAR next year.

Last year, when racing in ARCA, where the likes of Scott Speed and Juan Pablo Montoya paved their way before him, he placed 13th in Salem and 19th in Toledo. These very positive results led the way to concluding an agreement for 10 races this season with Bowsher Racing, with whom he started with in 2008.

Disdier's objective is to garner as much experience as possible to achieve his goal of racing in NASCAR in 2010. In the meantime, he is set to test on the Kentucky Speedway on May 9 about which he says: "I will proceed in a progressive manner; I'm under no pressure, as I feel quite at ease with the Bowsher team. Thanks to my races last year and to my tests at Daytona, I have been validated to race on the Super Speedway. This is a major step towards reaching my objective of racing in NASCAR.

Disdier has also launched a promotional program via Internet auctioning publicity spots before each race of the season. Companies and/or individuals will have take their chances betting to place their ad spaces on his car. More info on EBAY.com

Disdier has a new sponsoring partener this year, Carbone Lorraine, maker of brake pads exclusively for racing competition. No break-in period is necessary and their immediate grip ensure tremendous performance stability.

This is a critical juncture for Disdier, a former French Formula champion from Nice. With his talent and steely will who intends to open doors previously closed to the French.

Michel Disdier's ARCA dates

9 May: Kentucky Speedway
17 May : Toledo Speedway
12 June: Michigan Int'l Speedway  200 miles SPEED LIVE 5:30 PM
20 June : Mansfield Motorsports Park
18 July : Kentucky Speedway  150 miles SPEED LIVE9:45PM
25 July : Berlin Raceway
1er August : Pocono Raceway    200 miles SPEED LIVE 1 P M
4 September : Toledo Speedway
19 September : Salem Speedway
11 October : Rockingham Speedway  200 miles SPEED LIVE 1 PM

 

 

 

>NEWS : 2 Novembre 08

 

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 Time for an update following our last race in Toledo.  Since then we’ve carried out a lot of work to take advantage of our excellent starts in this season’s stock car racing.

Our main objective was to get off to a good start and to finish in the races.  And that is exactly what we did, finishing 13th out of 45 at Salem and 19th in Toledo, despite a penalty relegating us to last place halfway through the race.  More remarkable, we finished in the lead lap at the end of the race, drawing significant attention.
 
Having well fulfilled our primary goals,  we are now in discussions with several large companies.  In the world of motor sports, nothing moves forward without the backing of solid partners and without continuing to progress and gather up maximum  experience before launching into the NASCAR series remains more than ever our ultimate goal.  

Since I decided to enter stock car racing in the USA, I have, on occasion, encountered skeptics.  It’s true that I come from a French and European world where automobile races occur only on Formula 1 circuits.  Beating the odds of adapting to American-style races, not only on oval tracks but with cars weighing almost 2 tons and generating 800 horsepower, was not easy by any means!

However, after these two races, those skeptics have changed their thinking.  We are now recognized as future adversaries.  The infatuation and enthusiastic support of American fans for a Frenchman rising to this challenge, as well as the increased media attention, further prove I am fully in the running.

Since 2003, when NASCAR officials invited me to the Homestead track in Miami, much has transpired.  At that time, I had occasion to meet with none other than Alain Prost.  He had gone there to get a better feel of  NASCAR racing as he was planning to start up a team.  I won’t forget the day that he phoned me to explain his plans and to ask me what mine were.  Unfortunately, nothing further developed with his project as the time was not yet ripe for launching a French team in NASCAR.  But for me, nothing has dampened my desire to race in this championship series.

The year 2007 found me behind the wheel in a NASCAR race on the Jacques-Villeneuve track in Montreal.  An earlier press release reviews the conditions and outcome of that race.  I will simply add that, as a result of that experience, I finally made the excellent contacts that have placed me in a favorable environment with team professionals who share the same goal of racing in NASCAR in the USA.

I deeply thank them all.  Without their help, achieving my goal would have been nearly impossible.

The Jack Bowsher team, currently under the direction of his son Todd, and Julie his mother, is for me the best team for making a good start in stock car racing.  Their passion for the sport is endless.  We share an excellent friendly relationship, and our experiences together have only brought us closer.  I will never forget the tears of joy of several team members, not to mention mine, at our first race together in Salem.  That weekend’s race was far from being an easy start.  The race was delayed due to incessant rain, and I had to dodge a number of  collisions on the track.  Finishing the race was about all we were expecting.  So to finish 13th, you can just imagine our excitement.

Today we are motivated more than ever to continue to progress.  We only need now to link up with our principal partner.  We can already count on those who have made it possible to make our debut.  And those who will make it possible for us to achieve our goal of getting into the NASCAR series, will soon be making their decisions.

I’d like to thank Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice, for his continuing support and also his staff’s kind assistance.

I’d like to also thank  my family, David R., Louella S., Jeremy V., Christian E., et Christian T., Pierre B., Gilles L., Jean-Marc V., Arnaud R. (US-Racing.com), Christophe Schwartz, Alexandre (website designer), Patrice D. (Sogno di Cavallino), Eric M. (Aeromagic), Nice-Matin, SHARK helmets, and, of course, the members of my team who welcomed me with open arms and who have done all that’s possible to provide me with the best of cars in the face of tight budgetary constraints.  Not to be forgotten are all those enthusiastic NASCAR fans, both in France and the USA, who have sent messages of support, and whose gestures of friendship provide me with incredible energy to continue to meet the challenge ahead.

Thanks again to all.

Until very soon on the USA tracks.

Regards,
Michel Disdier

 

 

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Frenchman Michel Disdier Finishes Strong at Toledo
 
TOLEDO, Ohio (5-21-08) — After an impressive 13th place finish at Salem Speedway, Michel Disdier followed up with a respectable 19th place finish at Toledo Speedway.  ARCA’s hometown short track was the site for the Hantz Group 200 presented by Federated Car Care on Sunday May 18th.   
 
The Nice, France native was welcomed with open arms by the fans at the Toledo Speedway.  “All the people at the race track and fans were so very kind,” said Disdier.  “I am very thankful and happy for all the people that are supporting me.”
 
After a successful test at the Toledo Speedway in April, hopes were high for a great finish and exciting race.  Disdier’s qualifying

lap of 16.57 seconds put the No. 21 18th on the starting grid.  He made his qualifying attempt in a Ford fielded by the long-time ARCA/REMAX Series team Jack Bowsher & Associates Motorsports.
 
“I felt really good qualifying and at the beginning of the race,” stated Disdier.  “We had a really good start, the crew prepared a great car and I really had a good feeling.  I had confidence in my car, my crew and my ability to pass other cars.  I was more comfortable competing with the faster cars and drivers this time.  Toledo was a little tricky for me compared to Salem but, I still felt more comfortable behind the wheel and with the track at Toledo Speedway than Salem Speedway.”
 
With the 2008 season bringing so much exciting action and fierce competition to the ARCA/REMAX Series, there would be no exceptions for the Toledo race. In typical short track tradition with split second decisions, Disdier’s quick natural racing instincts were tested to the fullest potential and he responded well to the challenge. Disdier managed to avoid an early wreck right in front of him in the middle of turn three and four on lap 11 to bring out the first of many cautions for the day.
 
The yellow flag dropped once again on lap 64. With pit strategy in mind, the decision was made to send Disdier down pit road where Jack Bowsher & Associates Motorsports team made a routine pit stop for tires and fuel.
 

Just past the halfway point on lap 105, the yellow was displayed for rain and the red flag shortly followed.  Mother Nature was once again not cooperating with the teams on Sunday.  The teams endured rain, wind and hail before seeing the checkered flag.  After a two hour delay, the engines refired and racing resumed shortly after 5:00 pm.  
 
The race ended with a green, white, checkered finish.  Disdier crossed the finish line on the lead lap capturing the 19th place position.
 
“We ran in the top-20 almost the entire race,” said Todd Bowsher, team manager/spotter/mentor.  “I feel Michel used good instincts the whole day.  With more seat time under his belt, he can concentrate more on powering his way to the front of the field with confidence and aggressive moves in the future races.  We will use this experience to improve and build on for the next race.”

For more information on Jack Bowsher & Associates Motorsports, please visit toddbowsher.com. 
 
For more information on Michel Disdier, please visit michel-disdier.com.
 
 

 

Michel Disdier Racing Press Release

 

 

 

Michel made his ARCA RE/MAX debut at Salem Speedway on Sunday with an impressive 13th   

Michel Disdier Moves One Step Closer to His American          Dream

SALEM, Indiana (4-16-08)--Michel Disdier made his ARCA     RE/MAX debut at Salem Speedway on Sunday with an impressive 13th place finish. 

Disdier stated before the race, "I want to finish and finish   well."  Mission accomplished.

After a successful test at the Toledo Speedway last Thursday, Disdier and the Jack Bowsher & Associates Motorsports team was anxious to take the green in Sunday's Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200 by Federated Auto Parts. Mother Nature was not cooperating with the teams on Sunday morning at Salem Speedway.

A long awaited break in the weather allowed ARCA to drop the green flag two hours after the original start time. Strapped into the famed No. 21 Jack Bowsher & Associates Motorsports Ford in the 24th starting spot, Disdier was eager to learn the ropes of a tough short track.  After starting the race under caution, the green was thrown on lap 16.  Cautious driving rewarded Disdier by avoiding a major pile up coming off of turn two on lap 30 where more than 10 cars were involved.  He moved to the 18th position when he took the green flag again.  The Nice, France native was more determined than ever to move forward through the field.  Just past the halfway point, the yellow flag dropped again.  Disdier would pull in the pits under caution where the Jack Bowsher & Associates Motorsports team changed four tires and fueled the car.After avoiding several more pile ups with his quick instinct, he knew what he had to do.  Becoming more comfortable with each lap, Disdier powered his way to a spectacular 13th finish. After the race Disdier states, "In 2002, I went to my first NASCAR race in Homestead, Florida and that's when I knew I could do this job.  My dream is starting to come true.  I'm touching it and now I am a little closer.  The Jack Bowsher & Associates Motorsports team is wonderful and they will help me with my dream!  It's been very hard to find the "right" team.  I now know that this (Jack Bowsher & Associates Motorsports) is where I belong."Team manager/spotter/mentor, Todd Bowsher added, "I feel Michel did a great job and we were very pleased with the progress of the entire weekend.  The 13th place finish was icing on the cake.  We look forward to a promising future."  After this weekend, Disdier added his name to the growing list of international drivers entering stock car racing in the United States. For more information on Jack Bowsher & Associates Motorsports, please visit toddbowsher.com

For more information on Michel Disdier, please visit michel-disdier.com

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

May 17 2009
Frenchman Michel Disdier Gains More Short Track Experience at Toledo

TOLEDO, Ohio (5-17-09)—Michel Disdier came to Toledo Speedway with the hopes of putting more short track racing experience under his belt.  And that he did with a 19th place finish on ARCA’s hometown short track at the Menards 200 presented by Federated Car Care on Sunday May 17th.

Once again, the Nice, France native was welcomed with open arms by the fans at the Toledo Speedway.  “I am pleased with the people that remembered me from the last Toledo race that I raced in and returned to support me at this race!” said Disdier.  “I am very thankful for all the people that stand behind me.”

Unfortunately, the Menards Pole Qualifying was canceled due to intermittent rain showers in the area on Saturday. The starting grid for Sunday’s race was set by current ARCA RE/MAX Series car owner points.  After rolling off at the end of the field at 33rd position, Disdier finished with a 19th place finish at Toledo Speedway. 

“I was very disappointed that qualifying was canceled!” said Disdier. “Especially at short tracks, track position is very important. I was looking forward to improving my practice time to start closer to the front.”

With the 2009 season bringing thrilling action and fierce competition to the ARCA RE/MAX Series, the Toledo race was no exception.  Disdier managed to avoid many wrecks and bring the Ford Taurus Bowsher Motorsports No. 21 to the finish line with a pretty clean race car and a respectable 19th place finish.

“We kept our nose clean the whole race and we gained valuable experience this weekend,” said Todd Bowsher, team manager, spotter and mentor.  “We will use this experience to benefit us when we return to Toledo Speedway in September.” 

The next event for Michel Disdier and the Bowsher Motorsports team will be the Racing for Wildlife 200 at Michigan International Speedway Friday, June 12.
 
For more information on Bowsher Motorsports, please visit toddbowsher.com.