Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

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Aug. 18, 2012

By Dominic Fugure
Special to NASCAR Wire Service

MONTREAL — Justin Allgaier might come from a family whose roots are
deeply planted in oval track stock-car racing but Saturday afternoon, Lil’ Gator proved he can turn left and right with the best of the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Allgaier captured his first win of the season at the NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, emerging in front after a frenzied overtime finish.

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Marcos Ambrose wins his second NASCAR race in less than a week. Coming off his first Cup Series win at Watkins Glen on Monday, he turns around and put his #9 Nationwide Series car in Victory Lane at Montreal.

1 Marcos Ambrose
2 Alex Tagliani
3 Michael McDowell
4 Steve Wallace
5 J.R. Fitzpatrick
6 Scott Speed
7 Carl Edwards
8 Justin Allgaier
9 Jason Leffler
10 Elliott Sadler

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1 22 Jacques Villeneuve Discount Tire/Ruby Tuesday Dodge 101.800 SEC / 95.800
2 12 * Alex Tagliani Hot Wheels Dodge 101.935 SEC / 95.673
3 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Chevrolet 102.165 SEC / 95.457
4 33 Scott Speed RheemHeatingCoolingWaterHeating Chevrolet 102.284 SEC / 95.346
5 18 Michael McDowell(i) Sherwin Williams Toyota 102.363 SEC / 95.273
6 77 * Robby Gordon(i) MAPEI/Menards/SPEED Energy Dodge 102.365 SEC / 95.271
7 66 Steve Wallace 5-hour Energy Toyota 102.490 SEC / 95.155
8 99 * Patrick Carpentier NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 102.496 SEC / 95.149
9 9 * Owen Kelly Stanley Ford 102.563 SEC / 95.087
10 31 Justin Allgaier Florida Gulf Safe Chevrolet 102.580 SEC / 95.071
11 53 * Andrew Ranger Quebec Dodge Dealers Dodge 102.638 SEC / 95.017
12 30 Boris Said(i) Great Clips Chevrolet 102.669 SEC / 94.989
13 5 * Ron Fellows Canadian Tire Chevrolet 102.967 SEC / 94.714
14 60 Billy Johnson Fastenal Ford 103.076 SEC / 94.614
15 64 * Jason Bowles Fuel Doctor Toyota 103.141 SEC / 94.554
16 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet 103.638 SEC / 94.101
17 16 * Michel Jourdain, Jr. 3M Ford 103.663 SEC / 94.078
18 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Fastenal Ford 103.664 SEC / 94.077

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19 11 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Toyota 103.777 SEC / 93.975
20 88 Aric Almirola Grand Touring Vodka Chevrolet 104.073 SEC / 93.707

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Star Power Personified
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.

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