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NASCAR - Nationwide - NAPA Auto Parts 200 Preview

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Date: Sunday, August 30th

Start Time: 2:48 p.m. (et)

Site: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve -- Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Track: 2.709-mile, 14-turn road course

Laps: 74

Miles: 200.466

Capacity:

Total purse: $2,096,753 (2008 figures)

Payouts: 1st Place - $109,963; 2nd Place - $76,043; 3rd Place - $68,043

Year: 3rd

On TV: ESPN 2

Announcers: Marty Reid, Rusty Wallace, Andy Petree

On Radio: MRN/SIRIUS NASCAR Satellite

Race record: Kevin Harvick, 2007 (64.671 m.p.h.)

Qualifying record: Patrick Carpentier, 2007 (95.531 m.p.h.)

2008 Finish

Defending champion: Ron Fellows

Runner up: Patrick Carpentier

Pole winner: Scott Pruett (95.082 m.p.h.)

Top 10:

1. Ron Fellows (Start: 6)

2. Patrick Carpentier (4)

3. Marcos Ambrose (3)

4. Ron Hornaday Jr (12)

5. Boris Said (7)

6. Carl Edwards (18)

7. Jason Leffler (14)

8. Greg Biffle (16)

9. Clint Bowyer (29)

10. Steve Wallace (8)

Average speed: 50.149 m.p.h.

Time of race: 2 hours, 51 minutes, 38 seconds

Margin of victory: 13.502 seconds

Caution flags: 4 for 12 laps

Lead changes: 3 among 4 drivers

Past winners

2008 Ron Fellows, Chevrolet, 50..149 m.p.h.

2007 Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 64.671 m.p.h. (race record)

Last race

Race: Food City 250 (August 21st)

Site: Bristol Motor Speedway -- Bristol, Tennessee

Miles: 133.25

Laps: 250

Finish line order: David Ragan, Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth

Time of Race: 1 hour, 49 minutes, 27 seconds

Average speed: 74.216 m.p.h.

Margin of victory: Caution

Caution flags: 9 for 60 laps

Lead changes: 10 among 7 drivers

Lap leaders: B. Keselowski 1-35; J. Allgaier # 36-37; B. Keselowski 38-44;B. Keselowski 1-35; J. Allgaier # 36-37; B. Keselowski 38-44;C. Edwards 45-48; K. Harvick 49-51; K. Busch 52; K. Harvick53-140; B. Keselowski 141; B. Gaughan # 142-151; C. Edwards152-198; D. Ragan 199-254.

Entry list

#0 Andy Lally (Northport, NY) Chevrolet/sponsordavis.com

#01 Mike Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Chevrolet/TBA

#1 Max Papis (Como, Italy) Chevrolet/Miccosukee Gaming Resort

#05 Victor Gonzalez Jr. (San Juan, PR) Chevrolet/31W Insulation

#5 * Ron Fellows (Mississauga, Ontario) Chevrolet/Fastenal

#6 Erik Darnell (Beach Park, FL) Ford/Northern Tool

#07 Kris Szekeres (Howell, MI) Chevrolet/TBA

#09 Boris Said (Carlsbad, CA) Ford/Zaxby's

#10 Justin Marks (Rocklin, CA) Toyota/Future Electronics

#11 Andrew Ranger (Roxton Pond, Canada) Toyota/Ridemakerz

#12 Justin Allgaier (Riverton, IL) Dodge/Verizon Wireless

#15 Michael Annett (Des Moines, IA) Toyota/Pilot Travel Centers

#16 Colin Braun (Ovalo, TX) Ford/3M

#18 Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/Interstate Batteries

#20 Brad Coleman (Houston, TX) Toyota/BigSpot.com

#23 Jean Francois Dumoulin (Canada) Chevrolet/Mahindra

#24 Eric McClure (Chilhowie, VA) Ford/Hefty

#26 Brian Keselowski (Rochestr Hls, MI) Dodge/2XL-Conelyauto.com

#27 Jason Keller (Greenville, SC) Ford/Scott Towels

#28 Kenny Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Chevrolet/U.S. Border Patrol

#29 Stephen Leicht (Asheville, NC) Chevrolet/Holiday Inn

#31 Daryl Harr (St. Albert, Canada) Chevrolet/TBA

#32 Jacques Villeneuve (Quebec, Canada) Toyota/Dollar General Stores

#33 JR Fitzpatrick (Cambridge, Canada) Chevrolet/TBA

#34 Tony Raines (LaPorte, IN) Chevrolet/Long John Silver's

#38 Jason Leffler (Long Beach, CA) Toyota/Great Clips

#40 Jeffrey Earnhardt (Mooresville, NC) Chevrolet/TBA

#41 Stanton Barrett (Bishop, CA) Chevrolet/Mathews Media

#47 Marcos Ambrose (Launceston,Australia Toyota/Armor All

#49 Mark Green (Owensboro, KY) Chevrolet/GetMoreVacations.com

#52 Tony Ave (Hurley, WI) Chevrolet/TBA

#60 Carl Edwards (Columbia, MO) Ford/CitiFinancial

#61 DJ Kennington (St. Thomas, Canada) Ford/Specialty Racing

#62 Brendan Gaughan (Las Vegas, NV) Chevrolet/U.S. Fidelis

#66 Steve Wallace (Charlotte, NC) Chevrolet/5 Hour Energy

#75 Brett Rowe (Barboursville, WV) Chevrolet/Imperial Bedding Company

#81 Alex Tagliani (Lachenaie, Canada) Chevrolet/TBA

#87 Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) Chevrolet/NEMCO Motorsports

#88 Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hls, MI) Chevrolet/GoDaddy

#89 Morgan Shepherd (Conover, NC) Chevrolet/Laguna Plumbing Speedway

#90 Chris Cook (Phoenix, AZ) Chevrolet/MSRP Motorsports

#91 Tom Hubert (Cottonwood, CA) Chevrolet/MSRP Motorsports

#96 Michael McDowell (Glendale, AZ) Dodge/ConelyAuto.com

#98 Paul Menard (Eau Claire, WI) Ford/Menards/Tarkett

#99 Patrick Carpentier (Quebec, Canada) Toyota/NAPA

Leading contenders

Name	2007	2008
Ron Fellows	3rd	Won
Patrick Carpentier	2nd	2nd
Marcos Ambrose	7th	3rd
Boris Said	28th	5th
Carl Edwards	30th	6th
Jason Leffler	26th	7th
Steve Wallace	32nd	10th
Brad Keselowski		12th
Jacques Villeneuve		16th
Max Papis	3rd	20th
Brad Coleman	8th	21st
Kyle Busch

Notes

NASCAR was hoping its first-ever national touring series race run in therain would go the scheduled distance, but it didn't as Canadian Ron Fellowswon the 2008 rain-shortened NAPA Auto Parts 200. Fellows battled wet trackconditions and capitalized on an early race pit strategy to score his fourthcareer Nationwide Series victory. All four of his wins have come on roadcourses.With the win, Fellows, who drove the No.5 Chevrolet for Earnhardt's JRMotorsports in a one-race deal, became the first Canadian-born driver to win aNASCAR national series event in Canada.Kevin Harvick won the inaugural NAPA Auto Parts 200 back in 2007 at theCircuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. Harvick took the checkered flag in wildfashion after Robby Gordon spun out the race leader. The race would come downto the rookie Marcos Ambrose and one of NASCAR's best off- road and roadcourse racers, Gordon. On the restart with four laps to go, Ambrose got agreat jump on Gordon. But Fellows and Pruett didn't make it through turn twoand they spun around blocking the track and forcing a caution flag. Meanwhile,Ambrose had spun Gordon out after the caution flags were displayedNASCAR determined that Gordon should restart in 14th place, but Gordon refusedto move from behind Ambrose. NASCAR should have red-flagged the race at thatpoint to force Gordon to move, but instead began the race with Gordon rightbehind the leader. Gordon, of course, took out his frustration on Ambrosespinning him out in the second corner. Harvick inherited the lead and afterholding off Carpentier was declared the winner.Gordon claimed he won the race, but Harvick was the actual winner as Gordonhad been black-flagged and his final laps weren't counted by the scoringcomputer. NASCAR parked Gordon for the Cup event at the Pocono Raceway thenext day for his actions in Montreal. Pole sitter Patrick Carpentier led threetimes for 14 laps and placed second.The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve has hosted Formula One, Champ Car and the NASCARCanadian Tires Series. The circuit, on lle Notre-Dame, a man-made island inthe St. Lawrence River that is part of the city of Montreal, was named afterthe late Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve, father of Jacques Villeneuve. Thevenue hosted the Champ Car World Series and Grand Prix of Montreal from2002-2007. The circuit is a fast circuit, but it is also something like astreet circuit. The roads were designed for automobile racing, but are publicroads for the rest of the year.The Nationwide Series will be at Atlanta Motor Speedway on September 5 for theDegree V12 300. Matt Kenseth is the defending race champion.08/25 18:23:19 ET

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