After the Menards' family reunion of 2010, make room this year for the Villeneuves who will be attending the NAPA Auto Parts 200, Presented by Dodge in Montreal.
Jacques Villeneuve, driver of the No. 22 Penske Dodge will meet the Villeneuves for a family reunion on Saturday, August 20 at the NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge.
The former Indy 500 winner an d F1 World Champion has agreed to spend some time with all the Villeneuves attending the event at the track that bears his father's name.
An autograph session, group photos of all the Villeneuves and all the Jacques Villeneuves are on the program for the family reunion, the second event of the sort following last year's successful get together with American driver Paul Menard.
Villeneuve families are numerous in Quebec. There are more than 930 of them in the Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean region, close to 700 in the Québec City area, 500 in the Gatineau-Ottawa zone and more than one hundred in the Eastern Townships.
The greater Montréal area is the residence of 950 Villeneuve families with 400 of them making their home on the island of Montréal, 200 on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River and 350 living north in Laval and the surrounding areas. There are more than 440 Villeneuve names listed in the Eastern Ontario phone books and over 200 Villeneuve families live in the bordering states of Vermont, New Hampshire and New York.
So, whether your lineage comes from Mathurin Villeneuve who came from Isle du Ré in France to New France in 1666, or you are descendants of Philippe Amyot dit Villeneuve, who landed on the new continent 31 years earlier, you could, if you are a race fan, meet with Jacques Villeneuve on Saturday morning, August 20.
To be part of this friendly reunion, all the Villeneuve that have already bought, or intend to buy grandstand or general admission tickets, can register from July 22 through August 17 on the NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge website at www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca, and click on the "Villeneuve" tab. They will be kept informed by email on the precise time and place of this gathering.
Jacques Villeneuve, driver of the No. 22 Penske Dodge will meet the Villeneuves for a family reunion on Saturday, August 20 at the NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge.
The former Indy 500 winner an d F1 World Champion has agreed to spend some time with all the Villeneuves attending the event at the track that bears his father's name.
An autograph session, group photos of all the Villeneuves and all the Jacques Villeneuves are on the program for the family reunion, the second event of the sort following last year's successful get together with American driver Paul Menard.
Villeneuve families are numerous in Quebec. There are more than 930 of them in the Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean region, close to 700 in the Québec City area, 500 in the Gatineau-Ottawa zone and more than one hundred in the Eastern Townships.
The greater Montréal area is the residence of 950 Villeneuve families with 400 of them making their home on the island of Montréal, 200 on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River and 350 living north in Laval and the surrounding areas. There are more than 440 Villeneuve names listed in the Eastern Ontario phone books and over 200 Villeneuve families live in the bordering states of Vermont, New Hampshire and New York.
So, whether your lineage comes from Mathurin Villeneuve who came from Isle du Ré in France to New France in 1666, or you are descendants of Philippe Amyot dit Villeneuve, who landed on the new continent 31 years earlier, you could, if you are a race fan, meet with Jacques Villeneuve on Saturday morning, August 20.
To be part of this friendly reunion, all the Villeneuve that have already bought, or intend to buy grandstand or general admission tickets, can register from July 22 through August 17 on the NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge website at www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca, and click on the "Villeneuve" tab. They will be kept informed by email on the precise time and place of this gathering.