NATIONWIDE SERIES
NAPA AUTO PARTS 200 Aug. 20, 2011 • Montreal, Canada • 74 Laps
RACE 24 TIME OF RACE: 2:51:46 • AVERAGE SPEED: 70.025 mph • MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.112 seconds • POLE: Jacques Villeneuve, 95.8 mph • LEAD CHANGES: 10 among 7 drivers Mission Accomplished Ambrose Scores Impressive Win In Montreal
MARCOS AMBROSE came all the way from the back of the pack to win the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Not only was Ambrose able
to battle from the back of the fi eld — where he started because he missed qualifying Friday while he was practicing his Sprint Cup car at Michigan — but he also was able to recover from a restart incident with polesitter Jacques Villeneuve that dropped him from second to 28th with 26 laps to go. Villeneuve looked like the class
of the fi eld, leading 29 of the fi rst 44 laps. However, on a restart after the
race’s second caution, he locked up the rear wheels and went off course. He then bounded back onto the track and T-boned Ambrose. Villeneuve’s race was over as
he lost two laps in the pits while the Penske Racing crew worked on his car. “Jacques and I both dove into
Turn 1, but he ran out of track, got on the grass and was unable to stop,” Ambrose said. “Unluckily for him, it ended his day, but luckily for us, we were able to keep going.” T e victory was Ambrose’s fourth in the Nationwide Series
“We were able to keep going.” —MARCOS AMBROSE
and second NASCAR road- course victory in six days — he won his fi rst Cup race Monday at Watkins Glen. Alex Tagliani fi nished second
and Michael McDowell, Steve Wallace and J.R. Fitzpatrick rounded out the top fi ve. Patrick Carpentier and
Wallace tangled and after the race, Carpentier’s crew chief, Jerry Baxter, reached into Wallace’s car on pit road and pulled the driver’s hair.
—DOMINIC FUGERE RESULTS FIN CAR DRIVER
1 9 Marcos Ambrose 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
12 Alex Tagliani
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
88 NASCAR ILLUSTRATED
18 Michael McDowell 66 Steve Wallace 67 J.R. Fitzpatrick 33 Scott Speed 60 Carl Edwards 31 Justin Allgaier 38 Jason Leffl er 2
Elliott Sadler
5 Ron Fellows 11 Brian Scott 64 Jason Bowles 97 Kyle Kelley 19 Mike Bliss
09 Kenny Wallace 01 Mike Wallace 62 Michael Annett 39 Luis Martinez Jr. 88 Aric Almirola 87 Joe Nemechek 15 Timmy Hill 16 Trevor Bayne 7 Danica Patrick 32 Reed Sorenson
6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 22 Jacques Villeneuve
52 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 40 Josh Wise
81 Maryeve Dufault 77 Robby Gordon
99 Patrick Carpentier 23 Alex Kennedy 75 Tomy Drissi 28 Derrike Cope 14 Eric McClure 30 Boris Said 70 Blake Koch
51 Jeremy Clements 13 DJ Kennington 53 Andrew Ranger 89 Morgan Shepherd 44 Jeff Green
LAPS EARNINGS 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 73 72 72 72 72 69 67 65 64 64 59 54 51 47 45 28 23 5 1
$87,550 $54,975 $47,743 $40,268 $36,175 $33,143 $26,800 $30,543 $30,243 $30,443 $22,225 $28,418 $21,625 $22,700 $28,968 $28,118 $27,793 $27,443 $27,318 $27,693 $27,368 $28,093 $27,443 $26,968 $27,518 $26,848 $30,093 $20,680 $20,245 $26,978 $20,150 $20,115 $20,080 $20,045 $26,478 $19,975 $26,393 $26,348 $26,313 $19,710 $19,625 $19,570 $19,392
Source: NASCAR
Photos: Jason Smith/Getty Images
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