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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 . 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.〔(2012 NASCAR Odds – NAPA Auto Parts 200 – Kyle Busch Favored ) at Thespread.com〕 ==Summary== 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.〔(''2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200'' ) race information at Racing Reference〕 After three hours and seven minutes of racing, Justin Allgaier defeated Sam Hornish, Jr. by nearly four thousandths of a second in front a live audience of sixty thousand people.〔 The pre-race ceremonies began at 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Saving Time with the invocation in both of Canada's official languages along with the national anthems of Canada (O Canada) and the United States of America (The Star-Spangled Banner).〔(Results for the ''2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200'' ) at Sports Direct, Inc.〕 Actual racing began at approximately 2:49 PM Eastern Daylight Saving Time and ended at approximately 5:56 PM EDT.〔 Allgaier allegedly bumped a slower moving Jacques Villeneuve out of the way; extending his winless drought at this race track to 19 years.〔(Villeneuve cries foul at NAPA 200 ) at Toronto Sun〕 Villeneuve was running out of gas in the final lap of this racing event and would have needed luck to win the race. Villeneuve said when interviewed that he was not out of gas, but that Justin Allgaier won by shoving him around and said that he should have won the race.〔(''Justin Allgaier wins 2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200'' ) at YouTube〕 Danica Patrick was leading good deal of laps and had a decent chance to win the race. A good finish wasn't in the cards, however, as someone threw a shoe on the track for some reason. Patrick hit the shoe, which came apart on impact, and the rogue footwear broke something under her car causing her to fall back and eventually have to pit for repairs, losing laps and any chance at even scoring a top-20 finish. Jeff Green would be the last-place finisher due to a bad vibration in his vehicle on the second lap of this 81-lap race. Brian Scott, Michael Annett, and Patrick Carpentier were promising drivers that ended up finishing in the middle of the pack. Besides Allgaier and Hornish Jr., the other finishers in the "top ten" were Jacques Villeneuve, Elliot Sadler, Ron Fellows, Michael McDowell, Mike Wallace, Billy Johnson, Austin Dillon, and Kyle Busch. There were 43 drivers on the grid; Ryan Ellis was the only driver who didn't qualify for this race.〔(Race lineup for the ''2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200'' ) at NASCAR.com〕 His inadequate maximum speed of would be relatively slow even when qualifying for a road course event.〔(Qualifying results for the ''2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200'' ) at Racing Reference〕 Competitors for this race came from three different countries including: Canada, the United States of America, and Australian-born Kenny Habul.〔 Chris Cook switched from Sprint Cup Series to Nationwide (now Xfinity) Series points at this event; earning himself 5 points for qualifying for the race and finishing in 39th place. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2012 NAPA Auto Parts 200」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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