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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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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.
CORNELIUS, N.C. — No. 99 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota driver Patrick Carpentier returns to the NASCAR Nationwide Series for the final time this weekend at his home track of Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. The 39-year-old driver plans to retire after this weekend’s race. The Joliette (Quebec) native enjoyed a 27-year racing career where he won five IndyCar races and grabbed a Sprint Cup Series pole at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2008.
Carpentier has had great success at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. In 2007 he won the pole then led 14 laps in his series debut. In just four races on the road course, he has back-to-back runner up finishes and ran at the front of the field the last two years before mechanical issues ended his day.
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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.—Subbing for Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch won Saturday’s Zippo 200 Nationwide Series race at Watkins Glen International in an event in which Busch and his brother, Kyle Busch, led every lap.
Keselowski, who broke his ankle Aug. 3 during testing at Road Atlanta, watched the race from the ESPN television booth as Busch held off Jimmie Johnson and Joey Logano to win his first Nationwide race since 2006 and his third in 12 career starts.
Busch won in a green-white-checkered-flag finish that took the event three laps past its scheduled distance of 82 laps at the 2.45-mile road course.
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Johnson finished second despite a pit-road penalty. Logano was third, followed by Kyle Busch, who couldn’t improve his position after the final restart, and Carl Edwards. Paul Menard, Ron Fellows, Aric Almirola, Trevor Bayne and Elliott Sadler completed the top 10.
Continue reading “Watkins Glen Nationwide Series Race Recap with Photos”
1 1 22 Kurt Busch(i) Ruby Tuesday/Discount Tire Dodge
2 6 7 Jimmie Johnson(i) Jimmie Johnson’s Anything with an engine Chevrolet
3 8 20 Joey Logano(i) GameStop Toyota
4 2 18 Kyle Busch(i) Z-Line Designs Toyota
5 3 60 Carl Edwards(i) Fastenal Ford
6 7 33 Paul Menard(i) Rheem/Menards Chevrolet
7 5 5 Ron Fellows Canadian Tire Chevrolet
8 17 88 Aric Almirola Ragu Chevrolet
9 11 16 Trevor Bayne RickyvsTrevor.com Ford
10 4 2 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Chevrolet
11 19 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota
12 13 31 Justin Allgaier Florida Gulf Safe Chevrolet
13 15 32 Reed Sorenson Dollar General Chevrolet
14 16 11 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Toyota
15 12 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. RickyvsTrevor.com Ford
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