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Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
NAPA Auto Parts 200 Presented by Dodge

Race Winner: Ron Fellows
Age: 48
Team : No. 5 - GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Crew Chief: Chad Walter

Ron Fellows won the NAPA Auto Parts 200 Presented by Dodge, his fourth victory in 13 NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2008. Fellows is the first Canadian born driver to win in Canada in NASCAR’s national series competition.
Fellows, a road course specialist and a two-time class winner in the rain at Le Mans, held the lead when NASCAR called the race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 25 laps short of its scheduled distance of 74 laps.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Fellows, 48, had pitted early on Lap 22 and gradually worked his way to the front, taking the lead when Jacques Villeneuve pitted on Lap 42.
“That was difficult,” Fellows said as he climbed from the No. 5 Chevrolet fielded by Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s JR Motorsports. “We’ve had a little bit of that over in France with the Corvette at Le Mans.
“But this was good fun. Now I’ve got to make Dale Jr. let me run next week (when the NASCAR Nationwide Series goes to Watkins Glen).”

NASCAR and Goodyear used rain tires, windshield wipers and brake lights for the first time in the Nationwide Series.
With the skies getting darker and visibility becoming a major problem, NASCAR called a halt to the proceedings after cars started wrecking under caution. Villeneuve was running sixth when he sustained severe damage to the front end of his Toyota, and minutes later, Joey Logano lost a fourth-place finish when he ran into the lapped car of Alex Garcia.

Drivers were very cautious during the first couple of circuits after changing over to the treaded tires.
Patrick Carpentier (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2008.
“The rain tire — (constructed in 1999, no less) everybody had questions about it, but it worked,” Carpentier said. “I don’t know if I would have wanted to be out there on dry tires that were nine years old, but the (rain) tires held up very well.”

Marcos Ambrose (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Ambrose commented on race conditions as they took place, “It was it tricky.” the Aussie explained, “For the first time, for these guys to have a race in the rain, we actually got a race in. That was a good thing. It felt really slow and the car was slipping around. Getting up to speed there when we first put the wets on, I thought I’m real trouble here because I’ve just got no grip. Obviously, I had no grip, better than everyone else because we did pretty well. It was treacherous, it was tricky but I think all the drivers kept of the race track for the most part and we got a race in, which is important. I think to NASCAR’s credit for not running rain races very often, that they did a pretty good job.”

Landon Cassill (14th) was the highest finishing rookie.

Clint Bowyer leads the point standings by 168 points over Carl Edwards.

NASCAR Race Number 23
Unofficial Race Results for the Napa Auto Parts 200 Presented By Dodge
- Saturday, August 2, 2008
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - Montreal, - 2.71 Mile Road
Total Race Length - 48 Laps - 130.08 Miles - Purse: $2,096,753
Leader
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Pts Bns Winnings Status Times Laps
1 6 5 Ron Fellows GoDaddy.com Chevrolet 48 190 5 $109,963 Running 1 7
2 4 9 Patrick Carpentier Subway Dodge 48 170 $76,043 Running
3 3 59 Marcos Ambrose STP Ford 48 175 10 $68,043 Running 1 27
4 12 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. Camping World Chevrolet 48 160 $51,443 Running
5 7 25 Boris Said NoFear/Team Smithfield Ford 48 155 $49,518 Running
6 18 60 Carl Edwards CitiFinancial Ford 48 150 $41,625 Running
7 14 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 48 146 $43,818 Running
8 16 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 48 142 $36,125 Running
9 29 2 Clint Bowyer BB&T Chevrolet 48 138 $35,825 Running
10 8 66 Steve Wallace 5-Hour Energy Chevrolet 48 134 $42,693 Running
11 17 29 Scott Wimmer Holiday Inn Chevrolet 48 130 $40,743 Running
12 28 88 Brad Keselowski U.S. NAVY Chevrolet 48 127 $40,468 Running
13 30 6 David Ragan Discount Tire Ford 48 124 $34,600 Running
14 19 4 Landon Cassill # Miccosukee Resorts Chevrolet 48 121 $41,793 Running
15 11 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Toyota 48 118 $40,668 Running
16 5 32 Jacques Villeneuve L’Equipeur/Ganotec Toyota 48 120 5 $39,793 Accident 1 1
17 10 20 Joey Logano GameStop Toyota 47 112 $39,668 Accident
18 32 99 David Reutimann NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 47 109 $33,050 Running
19 25 1 Mike Bliss Miccosukee Resorts Chevrolet 47 106 $39,693 Running
20 2 64 Max Papis Atreus Home & Communities Chevrolet 47 103 $40,068 Running
21 9 27 Brad Coleman Scott Towels/Wal Mart Ford 47 100 $39,418 Running
22 1 40 Scott Pruett Fastenal Dodge 47 102 5 $42,168 Running 1 13
23 23 11 Jason Keller America’s Incredible Pizza Company Chevrolet 47 94 $39,518 Running
24 26 47 Kelly Bires Clorox Ford 47 91 $41,043 Running
25 21 30 Stanton Barrett NOS Energy Drink Chevrolet 47 88 $32,700 Running
26 24 98 Alex Garcia Dixien/OmniSource Chevrolet 47 85 $32,480 Running
27 22 81 D J Kennington Mahindra Tractor Dodge 47 82 $38,893 Running
28 15 22 Andrew Ranger Tide/Wal Mart/Supercuts Dodge 47 79 $38,848 Running
29 37 52 Scott Gaylord Ford 46 76 $32,345 Running
30 20 24 Brian Simo Long John Silver’s Chevrolet 44 73 $39,028 Running
31 27 28 Kenny Wallace Phantom EFX Chevrolet 42 70 $38,718 Electrical
32 38 0 Wheeler Boys sponsordavis.com Chevrolet 37 67 $32,215 Brakes
33 13 10 Justin Marks Future Electronics Toyota 19 64 $32,180 Transmission
34 42 01 Trevor Boys sponsordavis.com Chevrolet 13 61 $38,613 Transmission
35 31 05 Burney Lamar 31W Insulation/Certainteed Ford 8 58 $32,110 Ignition
36 35 31 Jeff Fuller Grandstay.net Chevrolet 7 55 $32,075 Vibration
37 43 89 Morgan Shepherd Victory In Jesus Chevrolet 7 52 $32,035 Handling
38 34 62 Brandon Whitt Ford 7 49 $31,980 Brakes
39 41 61 Stan Barrett Interush.net Chevrolet 7 46 $38,413 Brakes
40 39 90 Don Thomson MSRP Chevrolet 2 43 $31,860 Ignition
41 36 91 Scott Steckly MSRP Chevrolet 2 40 $31,775 Transmission
42 40 84 Dale Quarterley Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 2 37 $31,715 Handling
43 33 49 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 1 34 $31,541 Brakes
Race Comments: Before an estimated crowd of 60,000 - Ron Fellows won the NAPA Auto Parts 200, his fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series victory. Prior to the green flag the following driver(s) dropped to the rear: #66 Wallace (engine change); #01 Boys (unapproved adjustments during impound).
Failed to Qualify: (1) Kevin O’Connell, #09.
Time of Race: 02 Hrs, 51 Mins, 38 Secs. Average Speed: 50.149 MPH Margin of Victory: 13.502 Seconds
Caution Flags: 4 for 12 laps: Laps: 8-13 (Rain [Red Flag 8 min. 3 sec. ]); 22-23 (#10 stopped on track turn 10); 31-32 (#64 accident turn 3); 47-48 (Rain).
Lead Changes: 3 among 4 drivers: S. Pruett 1-13; M. Ambrose 14-40; J. Villeneuve 41; R. Fellows 42-48.
Top 10 Driver Points: (1) C. Bowyer 3,354;(2) C. Edwards 3,186;(3) Brad Keselowski 3,170;(4) D. Reutimann 3,035;(5) D. Ragan 3,009;(6) M. Bliss 2,944;(7) K. Busch 2,828;(8) M. Wallace 2,736;(9) J. Leffler 2,637;(10) J. Keller 2,628.
Coors Light Pole Award : Scott Pruett, #40 Featherlite “Most Improved Driver” : Kelly Bires, #47 (12 Places)
Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race : Marcos Ambrose, #59 Mobil 1 Oil Command Performance : Marcos Ambrose, #59
Raybestos “Rookie of the Race” : Landon Cassill, #4 Sunoco Diamond Performance : Ron Fellows, #5
WIX Filters “Lap Leader” : Marcos Ambrose, #59 (27 Laps)
Next Race: Aug. 9, 2008 - Watkins Glen International