Mario Clair Scores DIRTcar Big Block Podium Finish at Volusia

BARBERVILLE, FL – The 2013 racing season has started off well for Lafrance Performance client Mario Clair, as he drove a solid race and scored a third place finish during the opening round of the Big Block Modified Super DIRTcar Series in the UNOH DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Motorsports Park in Florida.

Clair is a former DIRTcar 358 Modified champion, He started racing go-karts at a very young age. In 1994 he began his first of five years in the Sportsman division before moving up to the Modified ranks in 1999 and has been there ever since, competing in both Big Block and Small Block.

Clair is not the only Lafrance Performance client in action in Florida this month. Daniel Nadeau and Michel Chicoine are also in competing at Volusia in a Big Block Modified, and Etienne Girard is competing this week at East Bay Raceway in the 360 Sprint Car.

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