As the tradition goes, here's a list of the top moments of the past year as well as our wishes for the upcoming year... Our thanks go to:First and foremost, thanks to the entire team at Auto123.com/Xprima, who allowed us to progress by giving us tools and resources that suit our needs. Thanks to Jean-Philippe Paquin, Daniel Lafrance, Martin Goudreau, Ray Watson, Mathieu Germain and company for your patience and your collaboration in the development of new tools. Please excuse us for putting a bit of pressure on your staff in order to complete the ''little gadgets'' that are so instrumental to us in our daily work.Thanks to all our collaborators at Flagworld.com, writers and photographers such as PLecours, Danny Raymond, Denis Laferriere, Philippe Champoux and Alain Bellehumeur. All of you make our small team a big family. Thanks to all our news partners and sources who provide us with press material.Thanks to the organizers of the Sherbrooke "Challenge sur glace", the Valcourt Ski-Doo Grand Prix and the Trois-Rivieres Grand Prix for the trust you've shown by relying on us to provide photo galleries and news on your events. We're pleased to work with you and we hope that our collaboration will go on for many, many years.Thanks to the organizers of the 24 Hours of Tremblant for their incredible work during the 2006 event. We were happy to participate and we're proud that over $707,000 were amassed to benefit sick children.
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| A new exhibit at the Museum in 2007. |
To the Gilles-Villeneuve Museum, the managers and the board members, 2007 marks the 25th anniversary of Gilles' death. We wish you a year full of great projects to commemorate our late friend. We hope you'll enjoy a lot of success in your various projects: the souvenir package titled ''A Gentlemen and a Champion'', the Rally, the Open Doors day, the golf tournament, the temporary exhibits and, of course, the annual banquet at the end of the year.
To Jacques Villeneuve and his lovely wife, we wish you a healthy little Jules and a happy year with the newborn baby. To Jacques, specifically, we wish you some great performances in your new NASCAR career.
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| Jacques Villeneuve Sr.: 2006 World champion. |
To Jacques Villeneuve Sr., we wish you a steady budget and a good health in order to repeat your achievements of the 2005-2006 season, in which you were crowned as World Champion... at the age of 53!
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| Patrick is changing series in 2007. |
To Patrick Carpentier, we wish you to find a good team to race for in the Rolex Grand-Am series. Here's hoping you will have a lot of fun and you will be able to showcase all your talents. The last few years have been a bit tough and you should turn the page as soon as possible.
To Alex Tagliani, we wish you a new challenge and possibly less fights with your nemesis, Paul Tracy. (Alex has not yet signed with a Champ Car team for the 2007 season.)