Biography
A fine competitor who won many formula
car and sedan races and championships, and who continues to teach the
art and techniques of motor racing, Jacques Couture won the Canadian
Driving Championship during a long and varied career. Jacques
established the first racing school in North America -- the Jim Russell
school at Le Circuit/Mont Tremblant in Quebec -- and was the instructor
who taught the young Gilles Villeneuve how to race. He was a mentor to
many other than Villeneuve and was instrumental, for instance, in
helping David McConnell (of the Montreal Star McConnells) to reach the
Formula 2 level in Europe. Jacques today lives happily in California,
looking for another Villeneuve.