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The Montreal entry list reads like a motorsports’ who’s who.

There are the top series regulars, led by points leader Ricky Stenhouse Jr. He’s the lone driver among the top three in the standings – second-place Reed Sorenson (-10) and third-place Elliott Sadler (-24) – who has run at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, finishing 24th last year.

Danica Patrick returns to series competition, making her stock-car debut on a road course. This will be her first series race since July at Daytona, where she finished 10th. Another former open-wheel racer, Scott Speed, will make his first series start since 2009, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick Inc.

Double-duty drivers include Marcos Ambrose, Monday’s winner of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen, 2007 series champion Carl Edwards, Robby Gordon and Trevor Bayne, the 2011 Daytona 500 winner.

Canadian hopefuls include Jacques Villeneuve, Alex Tagliani, Patrick Carpentier, Andrew Ranger, JR Fitzpatrick, Ron Fellows and Maryeve Dufault. Should Dufault, Patrick and Jennifer Jo Cobb make the race it would mark the first time three women have started a NASCAR race at the track. Two of Villeneuve’s three career top-five finishes in the NASCAR Nationwide Series have come at this track, which bears his father’s name. No shortage of drama there.

Additionally a couple of NASCAR K&N Pro Series drivers are entered. Jason Bowles, the 2009 West champion, is in a third car for Rusty Wallace Racing. It’s also his third road-course race this year for RWR. Luis Martinez Jr., currently third in the West standings, is entered in the No. 39 Ford for Go Green Racing. He made his series debut in May at Iowa.

1 01 Mike Wallace
2 2 Elliott Sadler
3 103 Jean Francois Dumoulin
4 104 TBA
5 5 Ron Fellows
6 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr
7 7 Danica Patrick
8 09 Kenny Wallace
9 009 Marcos Ambrose(i)
10 11 Brian Scott
11 12 Alex Tagliani
12 113 Dan Brode
13 14 Eric McClure
14 15 Timmy Hill
15 16 Trevor Bayne
16 18 Michael McDowell(i)
17 19 Mike Bliss
18 21 Tim George Jr
19 22 Jacques Villeneuve
20 23 Alex Kennedy
21 28 Derrike Cope
22 30 Boris Said(i)
23 31 Justin Allgaier
24 32 Reed Sorenson
25 33 Scott Speed
26 38 Jason Leffler
27 39 Luis Martinez Jr
28 40 Josh Wise
29 141 Tomy Drissi(i)
30 142 Chase Miller
31 44 Jeff Green
32 * 146 Chase Miller
33 * 147 TBA
34 49 Mark Green
35 51 Jeremy Clements
36 52 Louis-Philippe Dumoulin
37 153 Andrew Ranger
38 55 Brett Rowe
39 60 Carl Edwards(i)
40 62 Michael Annett
41 164 Jason Bowles
42 66 Steve Wallace
43 167 J R Fitzpatrick
44 70 Blake Koch
45 175 Chris Cook(i)
46 277 Robby Gordon(i)
47 81 Maryeve Dufault
48 * 182 Blake Koch
49 87 Joe Nemechek
50 88 Aric Almirola
51 89 Morgan Shepherd
52 97 Kyle Kelley
53 99 Patrick Carpentier