Catchfence

Coming off from his first NSCS career victory last weekend at Waktins Glen, Marcos Ambrose took that momentum to the NNS this weekend, and won the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada.

Ambrose, who held off INDYCAR driver Alex Tagliani by 1.112 seconds, received his first series win of the 2011 season, his fourth series career win and his first series win at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Following Ambrose and Tagliani to the drop of the checkered flag were Michael McDowell finishing in third, Steve Wallace finishing fourth and J.R. Fitzpatrick finishing in fifth.

Scott Speed finished his day in the sixth position, while Carl Edwards finished seventh, Justin Allgaier eighth, Jason Leffler ninth and Elliott Sadler (second in the points, trailing  leader Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., by 8-points) rounding out the top-ten finishing positions.

RACE NOTES:

Average Speed: 70.025 MPH
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 51 Mins, 46 Secs.
Margin of Victory: 1.112 Seconds
Lead Changes: 10 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 17 laps
Attendance: 70,000+

Unofficial Top-Ten in the Point Standings: 1 — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 834 (Leader) 2. Elliott Sadler – 826 (-8 Points Behind the Leader) 3. Reed Sorenson – 825 (-9) 4.  Justin Allgaier – 772 (-62) 5. Aric Almirola – 770 (-64) 6.  Jason Leffler – 739 (-95) 7. Kenny Wallace – 714 (-120) 8. Steve Wallace – 676 (-158) 9. Brian Scott – 658 (-176) 10. Michael Annett – 649 (-185).

Next Up: The Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday night, August 26^th, with ESPN beginning their (pre-race) coverage at 7:00 PM (EDT).

2011 NNS NAPA Auto Parts 200 Race Results

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Lap	Pts	BPts	Status	TLd	LLd
1	9	9	Marcos Ambrose(i)	Stanley Ford	74	0		Running	1	10
2	2	12	Alex Tagliani	Hot Wheels Dodge	74	43	1	Running	2	11
3	5	18	Michael McDowell(i)	Sherwin Williams Toyota	74	0		Running
4	7	66	Steve Wallace	5-hour Energy Toyota	74	40		Running
5	21	67	J R Fitzpatrick	Go Canada Racing Ford	74	39		Running
6	4	33	Scott Speed	Rheem Heating Cooling and Water Heating Chevrolet	74	39	1	Running	1	5
7	14	60	Carl Edwards(i)	Fastenal Ford	74	0		Running
8	10	31	Justin Allgaier	Florida Gulf Safe Chevrolet	74	36		Running
9	3	38	Jason Leffler	Great Clips Chevrolet	74	36	1	Running	1	5
10	16	2	Elliott Sadler	OneMain Financial Chevrolet	74	34		Running
11	13	5	Ron Fellows	Canadian Tire Chevrolet	74	34	1	Running	2	9
12	19	11	Brian Scott	Shore Lodge Toyota	74	32		Running
13	15	64	Jason Bowles	Fuel Doctor Toyota	74	31		Running
14	22	97	Kyle Kelley	NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet	74	30		Running
15	29	19	Mike Bliss	Del Monte Chevrolet	74	29		Running
16	24	9	Kenny Wallace	Toyota Toyota	74	28		Running
17	27	1	Mike Wallace	G&K Services Chevrolet	74	27		Running
18	28	62	Michael Annett	Pilot/Flying J Toyota	74	26		Running
19	34	39	Luis Martinez Jr.	King Taco Ford	74	25		Running
20	20	88	Aric Almirola	Grand Touring Vodka Chevrolet	74	24		Running
21	36	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports Toyota	74	23		Running
22	32	15	Timmy Hill #	Rick Ware Racing Ford	74	22		Running
23	17	16	Trevor Bayne	3M Ford	74	21		Running
24	25	7	Danica Patrick	GoDaddy.com Chevrolet	74	20		Running
25	23	32	Reed Sorenson	Dollar General Chevrolet	73	19		Running
26	18	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Fastenal Ford	72	18		Engine
27	1	22	Jacques Villeneuve	Discount Tire/Ruby Tuesday Dodge	72	19	2	Running	3	29
28	41	52	Louis-Philippe Dumoulin	Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet	72	16		Running
29	35	40	Josh Wise	Key Motorsports Chevrolet	72	15		Running
30	39	81	Maryeve Dufault	Quebec Dodge Dealers Dodge	69	14		Running
31	6	77	Robby Gordon(i)	MAPEI/Menards/SPEED Energy Dodge	67	0		Engine	1	5
32	8	99	Patrick Carpentier	NAPA Auto Parts Toyota	65	12		Accident
33	26	23	Alex Kennedy	Media Master Chevrolet	64	11		Suspension
34	31	75	Tomy Drissi(i)	Alvin And The Chipmunks-Chipwrecked Ford	64	0		Rear Gear
35	40	28	Derrike Cope	Jay Robinson Racing Dodge	59	9		Transmission
36	33	14	Eric McClure	Hefty BlackOut/Reynolds Chevrolet	54	8		Running
37	12	30	Boris Said(i)	Great Clips Chevrolet	51	0		Accident
38	38	70	Blake Koch #	Daystar.com Dodge	47	6		Electrical
39	37	51	Jeremy Clements	Clements Racing Engines Chevrolet	45	5		Rear Gear
40	43	13	DJ Kennington	DrivenMale.com Dodge	28	4		Suspension
41	11	53	Andrew Ranger	Quebec Dodge Dealers Dodge	23	3		Engine
42	42	89	Morgan Shepherd	Victory In Jesus Chevrolet	5	2		Engine
43	30	44	Jeff Green	TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet	1	1		Brakes

(i) Ineligible for Points in this Series
# Denotes Rookie