LORRAINE, Que, Canada – French Canadian Turn 3 Motorsport driver Louka St-Jean last weekend gained valuable experience as a USF Pro 2000 Presented by Cooper Tires rookie by competing for the first time on the Streets of Toronto. With only one short practice session leading into a pair of qualifying sessions and two raceson the challenging and bumpy 1.786-mile layout, St-Jean increased his knowledge base but had some issues when the wheel-to-wheel action began.

St-Jean placed ninth in the one and only practice session but struggled in the first qualifying session and he was only able to turn the 18th quickest lap. Improving in qualifying two that set the grid for Sunday’s second race, St-Jean slotted himself into row seven with the 14th quickest lap.

After two disappointing qualifying sessions behind him, St-Jean started the first wheel-to-wheel race of the weekend from the ninth row on the grid with the goal to move forward and gain additional experience in his first USF Pro 2000 street race event. St-Jean moved into the top 15 by the midway point and was on pace to earn a top-10 result before contact on lap 13 while trying to overtake a fellow competitor saw him nose his car into the tire barrier and out of the race.

Race two on Sunday did not end well for St-Jean either as contact on the opening lap in the wet weather conditions ended his race just as it began.

"It wasn't the weekend I had hoped for,” said St-Jean. “I would have liked to prove myself at my home race. I made a few mistakes, but I also had a lot of bad luck. I know my abilities and I know I can do much better. I'm already looking forward to the race at COTA in Texas to show what I'm capable of."