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Date: Saturday, June 22
Start Time: 5 p.m. ET
Site: Road America -- Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Track: 4.048-mile, 14-turn road course
Laps: 50
Miles: 202.4
Capacity: N/A
Total purse:
Payouts:
Year: 4th
On TV: ESPN
Announcers:
On Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio
Race record: Nelson Piquet Jr., 2012 (85.171 mph)
Qualifying record: Nelson Piquet Jr., 2012 (109.516 mph)
2012 Finish
Defending champion: Nelson Piquet Jr.
Runner up: Michael McDowell
Pole winner: Nelson Piquet Jr. (109.516 mph)
Top 10:
1. Nelson Piquet Jr. (Start: 1)
2. Michael McDowell (2)
3. Ron Fellows (3)
4. Max Papis (5)
5. Sam Hornish Jr. (8)
6. Jacques Villeneuve (4)
7. Brian Scott (6)
8. Kurt Busch (22)
9. Cole Whitt (14)
10. Justin Allgaier (7)
Average speed: 85.171 mph
Time of race: 2 hrs., 22 mins., 35 secs.
Margin of victory: 2.258 secs.
Caution flags: 5 for 8 laps
Lead changes: 9 among 8 drivers
Past winners
2012 Nelson Piquet Jr., Chevrolet, 85.171 mph
2011 Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 78.929 mph
2010 Carl Edwards, Ford, 68.501 mph
Last race
Race: Alliance Truck Parts 250 (June 15)
Site: Michigan International Speedway -- Brooklyn, Mich.
Miles: 250
Laps: 125
Finish line order: Regan Smith, Kyle Larson, Paul Menard, Kyle Busch, Trevor Bayne
Time of Race: 1 hr., 48 mins., 50 mins.
Average speed: 137.825 mph
Margin of victory: 0.330 secs.
Caution flags: 5 for 23 laps
Lead changes: 5 among 5 drivers
Lap leaders: A. Dillon 1-41; A. Bowman 42-48; A. Dillon 49-68; J. Logano A. Dillon 1-41; A. Bowman 42-48; A. Dillon 49-68; J. Logano 69-98; P. Kligerman 99-111; R. Smith 112-125.
Entry list
#00 Blake Koch (West Palm Beach, FL) Toyota/TBA
#01 Mike Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Chevrolet/GK Services
#2 Brian Scott (Boise, ID) Chevrolet/Charter
#3 Austin Dillon (Welcome, NC) Chevrolet/AdvoCare
#4 Landon Cassill (Fairfax, IA) Chevrolet/Flex Seal
#5 Johnny O'Connell (Poughkeepsie, NY) Chevrolet/corvetteparts.com
#6 Trevor Bayne (Knoxville, TN) Ford/Valvoline NextGen
#7 Regan Smith (Cato, NY) Chevrolet/taxslayer.com
#10 Jeff Green (Owensboro, KY) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#11 Elliott Sadler (Emporia, VA) Toyota/One Main Financial
#12 Sam Hornish Jr. (Defiance, OH) Ford/Snap-On
#14 Eric McClure (Chilhowie, VA) Toyota/Hefty/Reynolds Wrap
#15 Carl Long (Roxboro, NC) Ford/Rick Ware Racing
#16 Billy Johnson (Torrance, CA) Ford/Roush Fenway Racing
#18 Michael McDowell (Glendale, AZ) Toyota/K-Love
#19 Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#20 Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC) Toyota/Dollar General
#21 Brendan Gaughan (Las Vegas, NV) Chevrolet/South Point
#22 A.J. Allmendinger (Los Gatos, CA) Ford/Discount Tire
#23 Stanton Barrett (Bishop, CA) Ford/Rick Ware Racing
#24 Derek White (Kahnawake, Canada) Toyota/VIP Poker
#26 John Young (Discovery Bay, CA) Dodge/CMP Inc.
#30 * Nelson Piquet Jr. (Brasilia, Brazil) Chevrolet/Qualcomm
#31 Justin Allgaier (Riverton, IL) Chevrolet/Brandt
#32 Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, CA) Chevrolet/Cottonelle
#33 Max Papis (Como, Italy) Chevrolet/Menards
#34 James Buescher (Plano, TX) Chevrolet/Wolfpack Energy Services
#40 Reed Sorenson (Peachtree City, GA) Chevrolet/E-Swisher.com
#43 Michael Annett (Des Moines, IA) Ford/Flying J Travel Plaza
#44 Cole Whitt (Alpine, CA) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#51 Jeremy Clements (Spartanburg, SC) Chevrolet/TBA
#52 To Be Announced Chevrolet/TBA
#53 Andrew Ranger (Roxton Pond, Canada) Dodge/WM Bagster
#54 Owen Kelly (Tasmania, Australia) Toyota/Monster Energy
#60 Travis Pastrana (Annapolis, MD) Ford/Roush Fenway Racing
#70 Tony Raines (LaPorte, IN) Chevrolet/TBA
#74 Mike Harmon (Birmingport, AL) Chevrolet/TBA
#75 Kenny Habul (Etobicoke, Canada) Toyota/Sun Energy 1
#77 Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) Toyota/Kyle Busch Motorsports
#79 Jeffrey Earnhardt (Mooresville, NC) Ford/Oath Keepers
#87 Kyle Kelley (Huntington Beach, CA) Toyota/Jamison Engineering
#92 Dexter Stacey (Kahnawake, Canada) Ford/Maddie's Place
#99 Alex Bowman (Tucson, AZ) Toyota/Safety First
Leading contenders
| Name | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Piquet Jr | Won | ||
| Michael McDowell | 33 | 12 | 2 |
| Max Papis | 23 | 4 | |
| Sam Hornish Jr. | 5 | ||
| Brian Scott | 13 | 16 | 7 |
| Justin Allgaier | 35 | 19 | 10 |
| Elliott Sadler | 4 | 15 | |
| Austin Dillon | 18 | ||
| Trevor Bayne | 10 | 31 | |
| Regan Smith | |||
| Brian Vickers | |||
| A.J. Allmendinger |
Notes
This will be the fourth time the series has competed at this 4-mile road course. Carl Edwards won the inaugural race there on June 19, 2010.
Seven drivers on the entry list for this weekend's race have competed in the previous three events at Road America. They are: Justin Allgaier, Michael Annett, Mike Bliss, Eric McClure, Michael McDowell, Brian Scott and Mike Wallace.
One year ago, Nelson Piquet Jr. claimed his first career Nationwide win at Road America. Piquet, who was a full-time competitor in the Camping World Truck Series in 2012, started on the pole and led 19 of the 50 laps. He finished more than 2 seconds ahead of Michael McDowell for his maiden victory in just his third Nationwide start. He is now a rookie in the series.
Piquet became the fifth different driver born outside of the United States to win a race in Nationwide. He is the son of three-time F1 world champion Nelson Piquet.
Road America, which is the longest track in all three of NASCAR's national touring series, is the first of three road-course events in Nationwide this season. The series will run back-to-back road-course races in August at Watkins Glen International and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
The next race is the June 28 Feed the Children 300 at Kentucky Speedway. Austin Dillon won last year's event there.
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