The 2026 Omnifab Sprints were a pair of NASCAR Canada Series stock car races held on Saturday, August 8, 2026, at Circuit Trois-Rivières, a 1.521 mi (2.448 km) street circuit in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. Inspired by The Duel at Daytona qualifying races for the Daytona 500, the races will be contested over 15 laps as qualifying races for the 2026 Le Tours 45 CarGurus, the first time this format has been used.
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Background The Circuit Trois-Rivières is a street circuit in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The circuit has been the home of the annual Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières, the longest-running street race in North America, since 1967.
On December 9, 2025, it was announced that duel races like those used for the Daytona 500 would set the lineup for the GP3R in 2026. The name for the races was later revealed as the Omnifab Sprints.
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 8, at 12:00 PM EST; the front row for the Le Tours 45 CarGurus was set by qualifying, while qualifying also set the lineup for the Omnifab Sprints. Kevin Lacroix secured the pole for the sprint and main event with a lap of 1:08.256 and a speed of 80.222 mph (129.105 km/h), while Marc-Antoine Camirand secured second for main event and pole for the sprint with a lap of 1:08.267 and a speed of 80.209 mph (129.084 km/h).
Qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed174Kevin LacroixInnovation Auto SportChevrolet1:08.25680.222296Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet1:08.26780.209327Andrew RangerInnovation Auto SportChevrolet1:08.28480.189488Simon CharbonneauEighty8 RacingChevrolet1:08.29580.176539Alex GuenetteJASS Racing with XEMIS RacingChevrolet1:08.44879.996636Alex LabbéLL MotorsportsChevrolet1:08.62379.792750Vittorio GhirelliDumoulin CompétitionChevrolet1:08.63779.776847L. P. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge1:08.70179.702980Alex TaglianiTheetge MotorsportsChevrolet1:08.74179.6561045Will Larue (R)Larue MotorsportsChevrolet1:09.07479.2721187Sam FellowsFellows McGraw RacingChevrolet1:09.24679.0751217D. J. KenningtonDJK RacingDodge1:09.35578.9501304J. F. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge1:09.38778.914149Mathieu KingsburyInnovation Auto SportChevrolet1:09.42178.875157Raphaël LessardDJK RacingDodge1:09.51878.765163Connor Bell (R)Ed Hakonson RacingChevrolet1:09.55578.7231773Donald TheetgeTheetge MotorsportsChevrolet1:09.60978.662188Justin Arseneau (R)Ed Hakonson RacingChevrolet1:09.67478.589191J. P. BergeronProlon Racing TeamFord1:10.32677.8602054Dave CoursolCoursol PerformanceDodge1:10.55377.6302137Simon Dion-ViensSDV AutosportDodge1:10.64877.5052253Herby DrescherHerby MotorsportsDodge1:10.94577.1812383Martin Goulet Jr. (R)Goulet MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.04277.0762469Domenic ScrivoMBS MotorsportsChevrolet1:12.26675.7702594Sylvain Ouellet (R)Theetge MotorsportsChevrolet1:12.50775.5182675Ben CoutureBCM MotorsportsDodge1:12.61675.4052755Serge BordeauBCM MotorsportsDodge1:12.75275.2642893Jacques Guenette Sr. (R)JASS Racing with XEMIS RacingChevrolet1:16.23571.8252984Larry JacksonLarry Jackson RacingDodge1:17.44970.6993024Jared Odrick (R)BC Race CarsFord––Full qualifying results
Sprints
Sprint 1 In Sprint 1, Marc-Antoine Camirand led from pole over drivers such as Simon Charbonneau and L. P. Dumoulin, although Charbonneau would eventually spin shortly after being passed by Dumoulin; Camirand would score the win over Alex Labbé and Dumoulin.
Sprint 1 results PosSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPoints1196Marc-Antoine CamirandPaillé Course//RacingChevrolet1515Running52336Alex LabbéLL MotorsportsChevrolet150Running43447L. P. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge150Running34617D. J. KenningtonDJK RacingDodge150Running25545Will Larue (R)Larue MotorsportsChevrolet150Running1698Justin Arseneau (R)Ed Hakonson RacingChevrolet150Running07288Simon CharbonneauEighty8 RacingChevrolet150Running0888Connor Bell (R)Ed Hakonson RacingChevrolet150Running091153Herby DrescherHerby MotorsportsDodge150Running01079Mathieu KingsburyInnovation Auto SportChevrolet150Running0111524Jared Odrick (R)BC Race CarsFord150Running0121269Domenic ScrivoMBS MotorsportsChevrolet140Running0131375Ben CoutureBCM MotorsportsDodge140Running0141493Jacques Guenette Sr. (R)JASS Racing with XEMIS RacingChevrolet140Running0151054Dave CoursolCoursol PerformanceDodge70DNF0Official race results
Sprint 2 In Sprint 2, Kevin Lacroix led from pole over Andrew Ranger and Alex Guenette, the latter of whom was involved in a battle with Alex Tagliani in the closing laps; Lacroix would score the win over Ranger and Tagliani.
Sprint 2 results PosSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPoints1174Kevin LacroixInnovation Auto SportChevrolet1515Running52227Andrew RangerInnovation Auto SportChevrolet150Running43580Alex TaglianiTheetge MotorsportsChevrolet150Running34339Alex GuenetteJASS Racing with XEMIS RacingChevrolet150Running25450Vittorio GhirelliDumoulin CompétitionChevrolet150Running1687Raphaël LessardDJK RacingDodge150Running07704J. F. DumoulinDumoulin CompétitionDodge150Running08687Sam FellowsFellows McGraw RacingChevrolet150Running09101J. P. BergeronProlon Racing TeamFord150Running0101137Simon Dion-ViensSDV AutosportDodge150Running0111283Martin Goulet Jr. (R)Goulet MotorsportsChevrolet150Running0121394Sylvain Ouellet (R)Theetge MotorsportsChevrolet150Running0131455Serge BordeauBCM MotorsportsChevrolet140Running014973Donald TheetgeTheetge MotorsportsChevrolet90DNF0151584Larry JacksonLarry Jackson RacingDodge40DNF0Official race results
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