Camirand began karting in the early 1990s, winning the F100 Junior class in the Quebec Karting Championship in 1993 and the Formula Super A class in the Canadian Karting Championship two years later in 1995. Camirand moved to cars in 1996, beginning with the
Formula Ford Canada championship. Camirand won the championship in 1997 and afterwards moved on the
U.S. F2000 National Championship. He competed three full seasons in U.S. F2000, with a best finish of second in the championship during the 1999 championship. Camirand made a handful of single-seater series appearances for the next few years, including in the
Toyota Atlantic Series and the
Formula Renault 2.0 Fran-Am series. ==Sports car racing==