2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 22 of 33 in the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series season | |||
| Date | August 18, 2012 | ||
| Official name | NAPA Auto Parts 200 | ||
| Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.709 mi (4.360 km) |
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| Distance | 81 laps, 219.429 mi (342.700 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 74 laps, 200.5 mi (322.7 km) | ||
| Weather | Mild with temperatures reaching up to 25.2 °C (77.4 °F); wind speeds up to 15 kilometres per hour (9.3 mph) | ||
| Average speed | 70.043 miles per hour (112.723 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 60,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Turner Motorsports | ||
| Time | 100.865 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jacques Villeneuve | Penske Racing | |
| Laps | 43 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 31 | Justin Allgaier | Turner Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Marty Reid | ||
Coordinates: 45°30′2.08″N 73°31′20.86″W / 45.5005778°N 73.5224611°W
The 2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200, the sixth running of the event, was a NASCAR Nationwide Series racing event that was held on August 18, 2012, at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in the Canadian community of Montreal, Quebec.
This was the final race ever held in Montreal for the NASCAR Nationwide Series and took place on a temporary road course. The scheduled total distance of the racing event was 200.5 miles or 322.7 kilometres. However, NASCAR officials decided to lengthen this race in an attempt to implement two attempts at a green-white-checkered finish. Kyle Busch was the most favored driver at this racing event; with sports gambling web sites giving him 5-to-2 odds for winning.
More than 27% of this race was contested under a caution flag and green flags only lasted about seven laps on average. While accidents and debris were rare; cars were known to spun into hazardous conditions and the need for full-course cautions were given out alongside the "local" cautions usually found at events that are not considered to be oval tracks. While Alex Tagliani and Sam Hornish, Jr. were the main competitors for the lead in the first seven laps of the race, the final 54 laps of the race would be a five-way struggle to win the race. Notable drivers like Jacques Villeneuve, Elliott Sadler, Alex Tagliani and Justin Allgaier would be the drivers to beat.
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