Ryan DeSarrie

## SMA Racing Career

### Starts

B-Sanctioned: 87 (CANAC Series: 75 | Drydene Modified Tour: 12 | Hankook Tire GT4 Challenge: 1)

### Wins

20 (CANAC Series: 19 | Hankook Tire GT4 Challenge: 1)

### Last Win

2012 Nitronic 160k (Circuit ICAR)

Ryan James DeSarrie (born August 24, 1972) is a retired CANAC Series driver who won 2 championships in 2008 and 2009, for Sunrise Racing.

## Racing Career:

### Early Career:

At an early age, DeSarrie moved to St-Félicien, Quebec. Here there was a 1/2 mile oval, where, starting from age 7, DeSarrie would race quarter-midgets at the local track, winning his first race in 1982. Moving up to full midget racing in 1985, DeSarrie would race at circuits all across the country. When St-Félicien was paved in 1992, DeSarrie moved into late model and modified racing, where his results began picking up. He competed in the Drydene Desert Duel in 1997, and would do so 11 more times, with the last being in 2013. His best result there is 11th.

### CANAC Series:

DeSarrie was signed to the Sunrise Racing team for the inaugral SMA CANAC Series season. He won on his second start, at Sanair, and would take further wins at his home track (St-Félicien), and both races at Jukasa. These wins allowed him to win the 2008 championship, by 12 points, over Yves Dupont. The year was not without controversy, as his win in the CANAC 200 that year came after contact racing for the lead with title rival Antoine Foix, that saw the latter back into the outside wall. That year, DeSarrie also took his best finish in the Drydene Desert Duel that year, finishing 11th after advancing through the C-Main.

Sunrise retained DeSarrie for the 2009 season, and went even better than his 2008 performance. After winning the opener at Granby, he took an incredible 7 further wins (Flamboro, Jukasa, St-Félicien, Mosport Park, Chaudière, a second at Flamboro, and Motoplex.) DeSarrie was essentially unchallenged in the points standings, locking up the title with 2 races to spare.

A return with Sunrise yielded just 1 win in 2010, and a disappointing 5th placed points finish. Unfortunately, the downwards trend would continue. Winless in 2011 after a switch to Ford bodies, Sunrise and DeSarrie split 2 races into the 2012 season, with DeSarrie moving to the Vision team, which fielded Chevrolet Cobalts. Results only got worse, with DeSarrie finishing 17th in points. That would be his final full-time season. DeSarrie returned for 3 races in 2013, but in 2014 and 2015 ran only the CANAC 200. In 2013 and 2014, he fielded a car himself, but was unwilling to buy a new car to follow the regulation changes, and ran for the DelCo. team in his final start. DeSarrie would spot for the DelCo. team in 2015, as well as holding a minor managerial role. In 2016, he moved into a car chief role at the Wilson Race Works team. In 2019, he was appointed team principal, a position he holds to this day.

## Personal Life:

Ryan DeSarrie married his wife, Elizabeth Kenner, in early 1989, and they remain married today. He has 3 kids, and his daughter, Rachel (born September 1st, 2005), races midgets at St-Félicien Speedway, where the DeSarrie family still lives.

## Motorsports Career Results:

### CANAC Series:

*Italics = Not Classified* | **Bold = Pole** | Underline = Most Laps Led