Claude Bourbonnais

Quick Facts

Full Name	Claude Bourbonnais
Occupation	Racing Automobile Driver
Date Of Birth	Jun 24, 1965(1965-06-24)
Age	59
Birthplace	L'Île-Perrot
Country	Canada
Birth City	Quebec
Horoscope	Gemini

Claude Bourbonnais Biography

Claude Bourbonnais is one of the most popular and richest Racing Automobile Driver who was born on June 24, 1965 in L'Île-Perrot, Quebec, Canada. Claude Bourbonnais (born June 24 1965) is an ex-driver in the Toyota Atlantic, Indy Lights as well as the CART Championship Car series. He competed during the year 1994 in CART series, which saw him race 5 times. He also competed during the 1997 Indianapolis 500, which by the time it was an official race of the Indy Racing League, completing 9 laps before finishing in the 30th spot.

In 1991 Bourbonnais signed a contract with Courage Competition to race in the 1991 World Sportscar Championship. The team used the Cougar C26S, which competed in the C2 class for vehicles built to conform to the 1990 Group C regulations. At the 1991 430km in Monza this Canadian was the first to make his appearance with Michel Trolle. They finished tenth overall. In the 24 Hours of Le Mans the team was joined by Marco Brand. The team was able to retire at the end of 293 laps.

Having secured enough funding, provided by Player’s cigarettes, Bourbonnais returned to the Atlantic Championship in 1993. The Forsythe/Green Racing entered driver won seven races. In the end Bourbonnais was beaten to the championship by only four points to fellow Canadian David Empringham.

He was the Toyota Atlantic teammate of fellow French-Canadian and future Formula One world champion Jacques Villeneuve in 1993 and in fact finished ahead of Villeneuve in series points.

Bourbonnais also tried his hand at with racing Europe. The Canadian tried his hand at racing in the two final stages of the International Formula 3000 Championship. In the Bugatti Circuit, 34 drivers attempted to be eligible for the 25 race spots. Bourbonnais was the 29th fastest time, so he could not get into the race. Another attempt was made in Circuit Paul Armagnac. Again, Bourbonnais was unable to be able to qualify. Both times, Bourbonnais took the wheel. Pacific Racing entered Lola T90/50 cars driven through Mugen Honda engines.

Claude Bourbonnais Net Worth

Claude Bourbonnais is one of the richest Racing Automobile Driver from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Claude Bourbonnais 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bourbonnais was first seen at the national Canadian racing circuits in 1983. The Canadian was first introduced into racing through his dad whom raced on snowmobiles. Bourbonnais was a participant on his own Formula 125 superkart series. He was a podium finisher in several races. Kali Kart driver was 5th in Quebec champions’ standings. The Quebec native was a dominant force in the following season by winning only two races. Particularly, Bourbonnais was the winner of his first Formula 125 race supporting the 1984 Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

After his success in 1988 Bourbonnais was promoted to the highly-respected Formula Atlantic series. In the Atlantic division, as opposed to his Pacific first race, Bourbonnais impressed at his debut. For his very first Atlantic race at Lime Rock Park, Bourbonnais took the lead from the pole position. The driver, who was racing in a Swift DB4, finished third in the final standings. The following year, Bourbonnais improved his performance and took home two wins. Bourbonnais was among the top drivers on the track at Heartland Park Topeka and again at Lime Rock Park. When Brian Till won three races Bourbonnais was 2nd in championship points.

In 1992 Bourbonnais had his racing season split between the U.S. and Great Britain. In the Atlantic Championship Bourbonnais raced at the Canadian rounds of the now unified championship. The Canadian finished thirteenth at Montreal and seventh at Trois-Rivieres. The fast racer also ran a partial British Formula 3000 in 1992. After a third place at Donington Park Bourbonnais was forced out of the series due to a lack of sponsors.

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Besides single-seaters, Bourbonnais has raced in sportscars and GT’s. In 1998 the Canadian joined Mike Davies and Bill Dollahite to race a Ferrari 333 SP in the 6 hours of Watkins Glen. The mainly amateur based team finished on an impressive tenth place overall, eighth in class. For 2000 Bourbonnais joined Philip Creighton Motorsports at the Grand-Am race at Trois-Rivieres. Together with teammate Scott Schubot the team finished fourth overall in a Lola B2K/10.

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Claude Ranked on the list of most popular Racing Automobile Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Claude Bourbonnais celebrates birthday on June 24 of every year.

Following superkarts, Bourbonnais raced in the national Formula Ford 2000 series in Canada. In his debut season Bourbonnais best result was a second place at Circuit Trois-Rivières, behind Dutchman Cor Euser. The Canadian driver finished one point shy of the top ten in the drivers championship. In 1986 Bourbonnais improved one championship position after exchanging his Reynard 83SF for a more recent Swift DB3. The Quebecois driver also competed in the inaugural season of the Rothmans Porsche Challenge Series in 1986. His best result was a sixth place at Circuit Mont-Tremblant. After switching from the Swift DB3 into a Reynard 87SF, Bourbonnais started winning races in the 1987 Canadian Formula Ford 2000 series. The Canadian won at Mont-Tremblant improving to third in the championship standings. Retaining the 87SF for 1988 and 1989 Bourbonnais became a double champion. In 1988 Bourbonnais won six out of eight races. The following season Bourbonnais scored six race wins out of nine races. The Canadian defeated many up and coming talents such as Jimmy Vasser and Ken Murillo For 1988 the Canadian also appeared in the U.S. based, SCCA sanctioned, Formula Continental class. The Canadian qualified for the SCCA National Championship Runoffs winning the race. Bourbonnais was the first to do so in a Formula Ford 2000 chassis, as previous editions of the Formula Continental race were won by Formula Super Vee chassis. Bourbonnais won the race from pole position, also setting the fastest race lap. Curtis Farley finished second, more than nine seconds behind Bourbonnais.