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Interested sponsors should contact:
Roger LaFontaine
Tel: 514-354-7744
E-mail: rolaf@videotron.ca
The names LaFontaine & Perigny are one of Eastern Canadas most recognized Super Stock drag racing teams. After beginning their racing partnership in 1973, the duo have campaigned the same hard running 1969 Ragtop Camaro ever since. Driver Yves Perigny is reputed for his great driving skills and reaction times and as a result has driven the car exclusively since the formation of the team. Roger LaFontaine is the teams crew chief and oversees the race teams technology.
Power for the SS/IA classed Camaro comes from a 350 CID 300 HP engine built by Zekes Automotive Performance. The team uses a Fireball powerglide transmission, ladder bar/coil over suspension and Phoenix racing slicks. Roger LaFontaine is a reputed suspension tuner. His tricks that were first developed during the mid to late 1970s were in fact eventually adopted by many U.S. based racing teams.
LaFontaine & Perigny were one of the first Super Stock teams ever to introduce a full six-point roll cage in the class. They attended ever single NHRA Molson Grandnationals event from 1973 through its demise in 1992. The team qualified #2 in Super Stock at Sanair in 1978, had a quarter final finish in 1984 and a semi final finish in 1990. The team placed well at the NHRA National Open events held at Napierville Dragway. They won Super Stock eliminator in 1990 and finished runner-up in 1989.
LaFontaine & Perigny will continue to run their tried and proven Chevy Camaro at select regional NHRA and IHRA events. Primary sponsorship for LaFontaine & Perigny comes from Zekes Automotive Performance. Driver Yves Perigny owns and operates an auto parts store (Pieces DAuto Y.P -- St-Tite).
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