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Brian Scott makes the biggest gain in the 2012 point standings after the Nationwide Series Sargento 200 at Road America. |
He started the No. 11 Toyota 6th in the lineup and finished 7th. He moved up 3 spots to 9th in the standings. This was the biggest gain of all drivers who have made all 14 races so far this season. |
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Besides winning the race, Nelson Piquet Jr. and his team win multiple race awards in the Nationwide Series Sargento 200 at Road America. |
Piquet won the $3,400 Coors Light Pole award for his 109.516 mph qualifying lap in the No. 30 Chevrolet. He won $2,200 3M Lap Leader award for leading the most laps (19 of 50) and he also won the $2,000 Mobil 1 Driver of the Race award. Hendrick Engines won the $2,100 Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race award. Piquet is a Camping World Truck Series regular (No. 30) and is ineligible for driver points in this series. |
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. makes the most improvement in the Nationwide Series after this weekend's race. |
His 11th place finish in the Sargento 200 was 14 places better than his last NNS finish. This earned the No. 6 Ford driver a $2,600 check and the Featherlite "Most Improved Driver" award. Stenhouse is currently 3rd in the 2012 Nationwide Series point standings. |
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Cole Whitt is the top rookie finisher in the Nationwide Series Sargento 200 at Road America. |
The No. 88 driver started 14th and finished 9th. This was ahead of the rest of the 2012 Rookie of the Year contenders. Whitt is currently 5th in the 2012 NNS point standings. |
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Denny Hamlin has the best 10-lap consecutive average speed in Happy Hour practice for the Sprint Cup Toyota/Save Mart 350(k) at Sonoma. |
His average speed of 91.559 mph in the No. 11 Toyota was best of the 3 cars that ran 10 consecutive laps on the track for this final practice session. No. 48 Jimmie Johnson (91.460 mph) and No. 27 Paul Menard (90.893 mph) were the other two drivers on this list. |
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Jeff Gordon was at the top of the speed chart in the Happy Hour practice leading to the Sprint Cup Toyota/Save Mart 350(k) at Sonoma. |
The No. 24 Chevrolet driver put up a 93.225 mph lap in the final practice. No. 16 Greg Biffle, No. 42 Juan Pablo Montoya, No. 48 Jimmie Johnson and No. 22 AJ Allmendinger were the rest of the top five and No. 33 Stephen Leicht was the slowest of the 41 cars running in this session. |
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Brad Keselowski has the best 10-lap consecutive average speed in the first Saturday practice for the Sprint Cup Toyota/Save Mart 350(k) at Sonoma. |
His average of 91.866 mph in the No. 2 Dodge was best of the 5 cars that ran 10 consecutive laps on the track for this session. No. 27 Paul Menard (91.384 mph), No. 13 Casey Mears (91.291 mph), No. 43 Aric Almirola (90.585 mph) and No. 10 Tomy Drissi (89.290 mph) were the rest of the drivers on this list. |
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Jeff Gordon leads the first Saturday practice for the Sprint Cup Toyota/Save Mart 350(k) at Sonoma. |
He ran a fast lap of 94.312 mph in the No. 24 Chevrolet and will start second in the race. No. 9 Marcos Ambrose, No. 22 AJ Allmendinger, No. 42 Juan Pablo Montoya and No. 2 Brad Keselowski rounded out the rest of the top five on the speed chart for this practice. Chris Cook in the No. 19 was the slowest. |
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Cole Whitt is the top rookie qualifier for the Nationwide Series Sargento 200 at Road America. |
His lap of 107.920 mph in the No. 88 was 14th fastest, ahead of the rest of the 2012 Rookie of the Year contenders qualifying for the race. |
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Ron Fellows runs quickest Nationwide Series qualifying lap of the go-or-go-homer drivers. |
Of the teams required to make the field on speed, his lap of 109.044 mph in the No. 5 Chevrolet was the fastest. His qualifying speed puts him 3rd in the lineup for the Nationwide Series Sargento 200 at Road America. |
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Camping World Truck Series regular Nelson Piquet Jr. won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Sargento 200 at Road America with a lap of 133.660 seconds, 109.516 mph. |
This is the No. 30 Qualcomm/Autotrac Chevrolet driver's first pole in three NASCAR Nationwide Series races. It is his first top-10 start in 2012 and first start at Road America. |
Player News - Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
