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Article: Auto racing glance
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- August 27, 2009
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NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES
NAPA Auto Parts 200
Site: Montreal.
Schedule: Saturday, practice, qualifying (ESPN2, 9-11 p.m.);
Sunday, race, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN2, 2-6 p.m.).
Track: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (road course, 2.709 miles).
Race distance: 200.466 miles, 74 laps.
Last year: Canadian road-racer Ron Fellows splashed his way to
victory in the first NASCAR points race run on grooved rain tires.
The event was cut from 74 to 48 laps because of heavy rain, flooding
and poor visibility.
Last week: David Ragan raced to his second Nationwide victory of
the year, holding off Roush Fenway teammate Carl Edwards at Bristol
in a two-lap sprint to the finish.
Fast facts: Kyle Busch leads the season ...