Racing reflections with Yannick Gingras

At 1h54, on April 8, 2023 By Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager

When a 21-year-old Yannick Gingras moved from his native Quebec to the U.S. in the summer of 2001, he had no idea what his future held. The young driver, who launched his career in 1998, arrived with 72 career wins and fewer than 400 starts.

Two years later, Gingras was named the sport’s Rising Star, and his trajectory continued upward from there. In 2006, he cracked the Top 10 in purses, and for the past 11 years has never been worse than third. He has led the sport in earnings four times and was named Driver of the Year in 2014 and 2017. For his career, he has more than $216 million in purses, fourth most in history. Last year, Gingras was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame.

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