Michel Jourdain Sr.

Michel Jourdain Sr., a.k.a. Michel Jourdain Declercq (born August 25, 1947) is a Mexican former racing driver from Mexico City.

Born in Belgium, Jourdain's family emigrated to Mexico when he was 4.

Phoenix International Raceway but failed to qualify. He drove in the 1981 Mexico City race but was again knocked out by an oil line failure after 18 laps.^[2] He competed in the Baja 1000 in 2004 and 2005 alongside his son Michel Jr. and brother Bernard who both also competed in CART. They won the Baja Challenge class for Celebrity Pro-Am teams in 2004 and placed third in 2005.^[3]

Jourdain is also a motorsport promoter and track owner. In 1984 he founded the Mexican Fórmula K, later Formula 2 and Formula 3000. He became manager of the

Bill France of Mexico", having said in 2003 to have founded 28 different racing series.^[4]

References

^ http://transamcars.com/content/01/1Jourdain.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Michel Jourdain at ChampCarStats.com
^ Team CENTRIX takes fourth Baja victory, Team CENTRIX PR via NASCAR.com, November 23, 2005
^ Kirby, Gordon. Gordon Kirby's Inside Track: Why Champ Car World Series is so big in Mexico Archived 2016-01-30 at the Wayback Machine, ChampCarWorldSeries.com, March 18, 2003

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[1] ttp://transamcars.com/content/01/1Jourdain.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[2] Michel Jourdain at ChampCarStats.com

[3] Team CENTRIX takes fourth Baja victory, Team CENTRIX PR via NASCAR.com, November 23, 2005

[4] Kirby, Gordon. Gordon Kirby's Inside Track: Why Champ Car World Series is so big in Mexico Archived 2016-01-30 at the Wayback Machine, ChampCarWorldSeries.com, March 18, 2003

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