Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction November 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/3/2015
In 2011 Jacques Villeneuve got the call from The Captain, Roger Penske, asking if he would like to take the wheel of the #22 Discount Tire, Penske Dodge at Jacques’ home track, the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the NAPA Auto Parts 200 held on August 19th and 20th 2011. Not only did Jacques say yes to the ride, he put the #22 car on pole and lead most of the race.
Offered here is the fire suit that Jacques wore during this race weekend, the Alpine Stars suit is custom-made for Jacques and carries all of the NASCAR sponsors from that weekend. A small sewn-on tag on the interior has the inscribed suit specifics “JV –PRS 02-11”.
The bonus with this suit is that with Jacques’ performance in Montreal he was once again offered the wheel of the #22 car for the 2012 Sargento 200 at Road America on June 22nd and 23rd 2012. This time Jacques qualified 4th and finished 6th.
The suit is photo-matched to both events, to a loose thread on the bottom of the “i” in “Tire” from the 2011 NAPA Auto Parts 200 in Montreal and it now sits as it was worn, and photo-matched to, the Sargento 2012 at Road America where you can see where a new patch updating Dodge’s logo has been sewn over the old logo as well a SKF patch which has covered up a former sponsor, Ruby Tuesday’s. A great suit for any NASCAR of Villeneuve collector.
The suit is from Jacques Villeneuve’s personal collection and will come with his signed LOA.
Please take note that the NOMEX head sock, the gloves and boots shown on the pictures are for display purposes only and are not included.
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