Rui Teixeira is currently tied for second place in the battle for the B-Spec point’s lead in the Canadian Touring Car Championship. As the youngest driver in the CTCC and this being his first season taking on B-Spec touring cars, this young Canadian is showing he has got the mettle to compete. After eleven years racing karts – he got his first kart at the tender age of seven – Teixeira has taken on the CTCC B-Spec class as the next stepping stone to reaching his dreams of bei

On Victoria Day SpeedFest enjoy a suite with Teixeira's partners. The Victoria Day Speed Fest Weekend will get Canadian Tire Motorsport Park’s 2014 season underway, May 15-18, with the thundering stock cars of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series highlighting the unofficial kick-off to the summer. Also in action is the SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series, the return of the Pirelli World Challenge Championship after a one year absence (Touring and B-Spec), Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Chal

Toronto, ON Alongside the Canadian Touring Car Championship this weekend at the Canadian Motorsports Expo in Toronto, Canada, we showcased the XPLR Virtual Canadian Touring Car Championship and Forza Motorsport 4. We showed replays from the races already completed (as of the halfway point in the season), as well as live demonstrations by Rui Teixeira (XPR Rooster) and myself (XPR Roadrunner). We gathered a lot of interest as we had the President, Competition Director, Technic

Virtual CTCC Round 1 Infineon, CA Twitter: @oficialrui GT: XPR Rooster Preparation: The Virtual Canadian Touring Car Championship idea was floating around for a few weeks within the team and looked to be a real challenge for builds. After a few phone calls between myself and series president John Bondar, the idea seemed to be becoming a reality. The guys over at XPLR.com worked really hard to find the right builds making sure all B-Spec and Super Touring cars would be equal.

Montreal, QC June 4 2013 Teixeira and the Lombardi Honda Fit took to the Montreal facility of Icar. This would be Teixeira's first chance to really to push his new Canadian Touring Car Championship B-spec ride. After coming off a severe right ankle injury just a few weeks before the test it would be interesting to see how he handled his transition from karting to cars. "It was my first time driving with a roof over my head and thankfully the hardest part of the test was the d