Sylvain Tremblay

Sylvain Tremblay (born 9 August 1965) is a Canadian racing driver and team owner who last competed in the United SportsCar Championship for SpeedSource. He founded the team in 1995, and primarily raced Mazda machinery in the Rolex Sports Car Series before running the factory Mazda Prototype from 2014 to 2017.

Career Born in Montreal, Tremblay began his racing career at the age of 16, primarily racing in SCCA-organized events in his early career. In 1995, Tremblay founded SpeedSource Race Engineering in South Florida to primarily field Mazda machinery in SCCA competitions and the Speedvision Cup. After finishing third in the GS class of the 1997 IMSA Speedvision Cup, Tremblay was third in the GT3 class of the 1999 24 Hours of Daytona for G & W Motorsports, as well as also finishing third in the GT class of the 12 Hours of Sebring for the same team later that year.

Following a part-time campaign in the BMG Motorola Cup the following year, Tremblay returned to the series full-time for 2001, racing for his SpeedSource team aboard a Porsche 911 GT3. In his first full season in the series, Tremblay won seven of the season's ten races to secure the GS title. Two more seasons in the series then ensued, in which he dabbled across three classes, before a title-winninig campaign in the ST class in 2004, driving a Mazda RX-8. During 2004, Tremblay also raced part-time in the Rolex Sports Car Series for his own team, fielding a Multimatic MDP1.

Remaining in the Grand-Am Cup to defend his title the following year, Tremblay scored five wins as he ended the year runner-up in points. Another season in the Grand-Am Cup then ensued, in which he finished fifth in points with two podiums to his name, a year in which he also returned to the Rolex Sports Car Series, scoring a GT class podium at Miami in his RX-8. Switching to the latter full-time for 2007, Tremblay won in Mexico, Miami and the second Daytona enduro to end the year sixth in the GT standings. Continuing in the series for 2008, Tremblay scored class wins at both Daytona enduros and Barber en route to a third-place points finish. A third full-time season in the series then ensued, in which Tremblay scored a lone win at Laguna Seca, a repeat pole at Daytona and three other podiums to take fifth in the GT standings.

In 2010, Tremblay had his most successful year in the series, as he won the 24 Hours of Daytona, the New Jersey enduro and took three other podiums to secure runner-up honors in the GT class. The following year, Tremblay scored a lone win in New Jersey and three other podiums to take third in points, and then following that up with a win at Barber and three podiums in 2012 to finish fourth in points. With the addition of the GX class in 2013, Tremblay and SpeedSource moved to the class, fielding a diesel-powered Mazda6, scoring four wins and standing on the podium in all but one race en route to a third-place points finish as Mazda clinched the Manufacturers' title.

Following the demise of the GX class and the merger between the Rolex Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series in 2014, SpeedSource joined the newly-created United SportsCar Championship, running a pair of works Mazda SKYACTIV-D LMP2 cars in the premier Prototype class. After a full season yielded 12th in points and a best result of seventh at Laguna Seca, Tremblay only drove the endurance rounds in 2015, with non-finishes at Daytona, Sebring and Petit Le Mans. Tremblay then primarily focused on the management of his team, which continued being Mazda's factory team in its DPi endeavours until mid-2017, when the program was stopped with immediate effect after Joest Racing was announced to be taking over for the following year. In December of that year, SpeedSource ceased operations and sold all of its equipment.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1984 12 Hours of Sebring – GTU Cameron Worth 0 0 0 0 0 DNA1994 24 Hours of Daytona – GT3 Pettit Racing 0 0 0 0 0 WD SCCA World Challenge – TC 2 0 0 0 0 32 21st 1996 IMSA GT Championship – GTS-2 Mattco Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC1997 IMSA GT Championship – GTS-3 Mattco Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC IMSA GT Championship – WSC Team South Carolina 1 0 0 0 0 17 61st IMSA Speedvision Cup – GS SpeedSource 3rd1998 IMSA GT Championship – GT2 Rohr 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC IMSA GT Championship – GT3 G & W Motorsports 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC1999 24 Hours of Daytona – GT3 G & W Motorsports 1 0 0 0 1 3rd American Le Mans Series – GT 1 0 0 0 1 20 43rd BMG Motorola Cup – GS Theetge Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 2000 BMG Motorola Cup – GS Theetge Motorsports 3 2 1 1 2 76 23rd2001 Grand-Am Cup – GS SpeedSource 10 7 ? ? 8 3331st Grand-Am Cup – SGS 4 1 ? ? 1 Grand American Road Racing Championship – GT Orbit Racing 1 0 0 0 02258th SpeedSource 0 0 0 0 02002 Rolex Sports Car Series – GT Orbit Racing 1 0 0 0 15828th SpeedSource 1 0 0 0 0 American Le Mans Series – GT 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC Grand-Am Cup – GS I 9 0 ? ? 2 Grand-Am Cup – GS II 7 1 ? ? 2 Grand-Am Cup – ST I 2 0 ? ? 0 Spa 24 Hours – 1M Banking Compétition 1 0 0 0 0 7th2003 Rolex Sports Car Series – GT Scuderia Ferrari of Washington 1 0 0 0 01836th Rolex Sports Car Series – GT SpeedSource 1 0 0 0 0 Rolex Sports Car Series – DP 4 0 0 0 0 97 14th Grand-Am Cup – GS I 7 0 ? ? 0 Grand-Am Cup – ST I 8 2 ? ? 3 Grand-Am Cup – GS II 2 0 ? ? 0 2004 Grand-Am Cup – ST SpeedSource 10 4 ? ? 6 2881st Rolex Sports Car Series – Prototype 3 0 0 0 0 59 36th 2005 Grand-Am Cup – ST SpeedSource 9 5 ? ? 6 2872nd2006 Rolex Sports Car Series – GT SpeedSource 4 0 0 0 1 95 38th Grand-Am Koni Challenge – ST 10 0 ? ? 2 229 5th2007 Rolex Sports Car Series – GT SpeedSource 13 3 0 0 5 314 6th Grand-Am Koni Challenge – ST 2 0 ? ? 0 13 92nd 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series – GT SpeedSource 13 3 4 0 6 3513rd 2009 Rolex Sports Car Series – GT SpeedSource 12 1 1 1 4 301 5th 2010 Rolex Sports Car Series – GT SpeedSource 12 2 2 0 5 3382nd 2011 Rolex Sports Car Series – GT SpeedSource 12 1 0 0 4 3153rd2012 Rolex Sports Car Series – GT SpeedSource 13 1 0 1 4 336 4th Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge – ST Freedom Autosport 1 0 1 0 0 15 78th 2013 Rolex Sports Car Series – GX SpeedSource 12 4 1 6 11 3803rd 2014 United SportsCar Championship – Prototype SpeedSource 10 0 0 0 0 179 12th 2015 United SportsCar Championship – Prototype SpeedSource 3 0 0 0 0 67 16thSources:

Complete American Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank PointsRef 1999 G & W Motorsports GT Porsche 911 GT2 Evo Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 SEB ATL MOS SON POR PET LGA LVS 43rd 20 2002 Speedsource GT Porsche 996 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 SEB SON MOH ELK WAS TRO MOS LGA MIA PET NC 0

Complete Michelin Pilot Challenge results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points 1999 Theetge Motorsports GS Mazda RX-7 Turbo SEB ATL MOS1 MOS2 TOR TRO ATL WGL SEB DAY ? ? 2000 Theetge Motorsports GS Acura NSX DAY SEB PHX HMS MOH ELK TOR MOS WGL VIR 23rd 762001SpeedSource GS Porsche 911 DAY HMS PHX WGL MOH MOS VIR ELK TRO DAY1st333 SGS Porsche 911 Supercup PHX WGL MOH DAY ? ?2002SpeedSource GS II Porsche 911 DAY CAL PHX WGL VIR1 MOH DAY ? ? GS I Porsche 996 GT3 Cup DAY CAL PHX WGL VIR1 MOH VIR2 MTT DAY ? ? ST I Porsche Boxster VIR2 MOS ? ?2003SpeedSource GS I Porsche 996 GT3 Cup DAY HMS PHX BAR CAL WGL MOH ? ? ST I Porsche Boxster PHX BAR WGL MOH MOS MTT VIR DAY ? ? GS II Porsche 911 WGL MOH ? ? 2004 SpeedSource Street Tuner Mazda RX-8 DAY HMS PHX MTT WGL MOH HMS VIR BAR CAL1st288 2005 SpeedSource Street Tuner Mazda RX-8 DAY CAL LGA WGL MOS BAR TRO MOH PHX VIR2nd287 2006 SpeedSource Street Tuner Mazda RX-8 DAY VIR LGA PHX LIM MOH BAR TRO UTA VIR 5th 229 2007 SpeedSource Street Tuner Mazda RX-8 DAY HMS IOW LGA LIM MOS MOH WGL BAR TRO UTA VIR 92nd 13 2012 Freedom Autosport Street Tuner Mazda MX-5 DAY BAR HMS NJMP MOH ELK WGL IMS LGA LIM 78th 15

Complete Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 PointsRef 2014 SpeedSource P Mazda Prototype Mazda 2.2 L SKYACTIV-D (SH-VPTS) I4 Turbo (diesel) DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS IND ELK COA PET 12th 179 2015 SpeedSource P Mazda Prototype Mazda 2.2 L SKYACTIV-D (SH-VPTS) I4 Turbo (diesel) DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET 16th 67 Source: