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NNS: Said Wins Stunner
Boris Said won his first NASCAR Nationwide Series race...
Boris Said (Front) crosses the finish line ahead of Max Papis (Back) to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series Napa Auto Parts 200 on Sunday afternoon at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. (Photo: Jason Smith/Getty Images)
Boris Said scored a thrilling victory in Montreal Sunday, outracing Max Papis to the start-finish line at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve to claim the top spot in the NAPA Auto Parts 200.
LINK> UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: NAPA AUTO PARTS 200 - CIRCUIT GILLES VILLENEUVE
PDF > UNOFFICIAL DRIVER POINTS: NAPA AUTO PARTS 200 - CIRCUIT GILLES VILLENEUVE
Papis passed Said on the last lap and led through the 14th and final turn on the 2.71-mile road course. But as they accelerated out of the corners and onto the frontstretch, Said was able to edge ahead, with his Zaxby’s-sponsored No. 09 Ford crossing the line just .012-seconds ahead of Papis’s No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet.
Jacques Villeneuve, son of the late Gilles Villeneuve and local Montreal hero, finished third in his No. 32 Braun Racing Toyota. Completing the top five were series points leader Brad Keselowski in a Penske Dodge and Paul Menard’s Roush Fenway Ford.
“It’s unbelievable,” Said noted. “I’ve been trying so long and this race is so tough.”
The victory was the first in 22 NNS starts for Said, who had a previous best of second in Mexico City in 2006.
Said and Papis, two road racers who have struggled to gain a toe-hold in NASCAR, staged a epic last-lap duel, racing hard and clean for the victory.
“It was just awesome,” Said enthused. “It was good racing, really clean racing. Max is a great guy.”
Papis, although denied victory, scored his career-best NNS finish. “I gave everything I had,” said Papis. “ ... This is what I can do in a good car and I’m really proud.”
For the fourth year in a row, Marcos Ambrose had the fastest car and for the fourth year in a row couldn’t seal the deal at Montreal, this time being let down by a series of mechanical gremlins on his JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota.
The race started ugly and slow with four cautions in the first 24 laps of the race of the race.
Ambrose started from the pole and got a good launch, holding off Villeneuve for the lead after the green fell.
The worst came on Lap 12, when five cars, including Robby Gordon and Joe Nemechek, crashed between Turn 6 and 7, bringing out the third caution of the race.
On Lap 19, Ron Fellows tagged Steve Wallace going into the hairpin, which led to the fourth caution of the race after Wallace spun around and broke the motor in his Toyota two laps later. That, in turn, sent leaders Ambrose and Villeneuve down pit road, rejoining 14th and 15th, respectively.
Gordon, who earlier had made seven pit stops to repair damage, became the new leader, followed by Boris Said on the Lap 25 restart. Gordon held the point until Lap 29, when Edwards took over the top spot.
By Lap 34, Ambrose was up to second, about two seconds behind Edwards. The next lap, Villeneuve ran into the back of Said as the two dueled for fourth place. Said wound up spinning, with Villeneuve taking the position.
It didn’t take long for Ambrose to get back out front, and at the midway point he led over Edwards, Gordon, Villeneuve and Patrick Carpentier.
But Ambrose started complaining of losing voltage, allowing Edwards to close on him and eventually get by him and back up front on Lap 41. At that point, Edwards appeared headed for victory.
LINK> UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: NAPA AUTO PARTS 200 - CIRCUIT GILLES VILLENEUVE
PDF > UNOFFICIAL DRIVER POINTS: NAPA AUTO PARTS 200 - CIRCUIT GILLES VILLENEUVE
Papis passed Said on the last lap and led through the 14th and final turn on the 2.71-mile road course. But as they accelerated out of the corners and onto the frontstretch, Said was able to edge ahead, with his Zaxby’s-sponsored No. 09 Ford crossing the line just .012-seconds ahead of Papis’s No. 33 Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet.
Jacques Villeneuve, son of the late Gilles Villeneuve and local Montreal hero, finished third in his No. 32 Braun Racing Toyota. Completing the top five were series points leader Brad Keselowski in a Penske Dodge and Paul Menard’s Roush Fenway Ford.
“It’s unbelievable,” Said noted. “I’ve been trying so long and this race is so tough.”
The victory was the first in 22 NNS starts for Said, who had a previous best of second in Mexico City in 2006.
Said and Papis, two road racers who have struggled to gain a toe-hold in NASCAR, staged a epic last-lap duel, racing hard and clean for the victory.
“It was just awesome,” Said enthused. “It was good racing, really clean racing. Max is a great guy.”
Papis, although denied victory, scored his career-best NNS finish. “I gave everything I had,” said Papis. “ ... This is what I can do in a good car and I’m really proud.”
For the fourth year in a row, Marcos Ambrose had the fastest car and for the fourth year in a row couldn’t seal the deal at Montreal, this time being let down by a series of mechanical gremlins on his JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota.
The race started ugly and slow with four cautions in the first 24 laps of the race of the race.
Ambrose started from the pole and got a good launch, holding off Villeneuve for the lead after the green fell.
The worst came on Lap 12, when five cars, including Robby Gordon and Joe Nemechek, crashed between Turn 6 and 7, bringing out the third caution of the race.
On Lap 19, Ron Fellows tagged Steve Wallace going into the hairpin, which led to the fourth caution of the race after Wallace spun around and broke the motor in his Toyota two laps later. That, in turn, sent leaders Ambrose and Villeneuve down pit road, rejoining 14th and 15th, respectively.
Gordon, who earlier had made seven pit stops to repair damage, became the new leader, followed by Boris Said on the Lap 25 restart. Gordon held the point until Lap 29, when Edwards took over the top spot.
By Lap 34, Ambrose was up to second, about two seconds behind Edwards. The next lap, Villeneuve ran into the back of Said as the two dueled for fourth place. Said wound up spinning, with Villeneuve taking the position.
It didn’t take long for Ambrose to get back out front, and at the midway point he led over Edwards, Gordon, Villeneuve and Patrick Carpentier.
But Ambrose started complaining of losing voltage, allowing Edwards to close on him and eventually get by him and back up front on Lap 41. At that point, Edwards appeared headed for victory.
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