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NASCAR - Nationwide - Johnsonville Sausage 200 Preview
From The Sports Network
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| DATE: Saturday, June 22 |
| SITE: Road America -- Elkhart Lake, Wis. |
| TRACK: 4.048-mile, 14-turn road course |
| CAPACITY: N/A |
| ANNUAL: 4th |
| TELEVISION: ESPN |
| RADIO: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio |
| START TIME: 5 p.m. ET |
| QUALIFYING TIME: Saturday, June 22/2:05 p.m. ET |
| DEFENDING CHAMPION: Nelson Piquet Jr. |
| RUNNER-UP: Michael McDowell |
| POLE WINNER: Nelson Piquet Jr. (finished 1) |
| LAPS: 50 |
| MILES: 202.4 |
| QUALIFYING RECORD: Nelson Piquet Jr., 2012 (109.516 mph) |
| RACE RECORD: Nelson Piquet Jr., 2012 (85.171 mph) |
| 2012 Finish |
| Finish | Driver | Start | Finish | Driver | Start |
| 1 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 1 | 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | 4 |
| 2 | Michael McDowell | 2 | 7 | Brian Scott | 6 |
| 3 | Ron Fellows | 3 | 8 | Kurt Busch | 22 |
| 4 | Max Papis | 5 | 9 | Cole Whitt | 14 |
| 5 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 8 | 10 | Justin Allgaier | 7 |
| 2012 Johnsonville Sausage 200 Facts and Figures |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 85.171 mph |
| TIME OF RACE: 2 hrs., 22 mins., 35 secs. |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.258 secs. |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 5 for 8 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 9 among 8 drivers |
| POLE WINNER: Nelson Piquet Jr. (109.516 mph) |
| Past Johnsonville Sausage 200 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed |
| 2012 -- Nelson Piquet Jr. (1) -- Chevrolet -- 85.171 mph |
| 2011 -- Reed Sorenson (12) -- Chevrolet -- 78.929 mph |
| 2010 -- Carl Edwards (1) -- Ford -- 68.501 mph |
| NOTE: Formerly called Bucyrus 200 (2010-11), Sargento (2012). |
| Past Johnsonville Sausage 200 Pole Winners (Finish) |
| 2012 -- Nelson Piquet Jr. -- 1 |
| 2011 -- Michael McDowell -- 12 |
| 2010 -- Carl Edwards -- 1 |
| Last Race Results |
| RACE: Alliance Truck Parts 250 (June 15) |
| SITE: Michigan International Speedway -- Brooklyn, Mich. |
| MILES: 250 |
| LAPS: 125 |
| WINNER: Regan Smith |
| RUNNER-UP: Kyle Larson |
| THIRD: Paul Menard |
| FOURTH: Kyle Busch |
| FIFTH: Trevor Bayne |
| POLE WINNER: Austin Dillon (finished 20) |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hr., 48 mins., 50 mins. |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 137.825 mph |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.330 secs. |
| CAUTION FLAGS: 5 for 23 laps |
| LEAD CHANGES: 5 among 5 drivers |
| LAP LEADERS: A. Dillon 1-41; A. Bowman 42-48; A. Dillon 49-68; J. Logano |
| 69-98; P. Kligerman 99-111; R. Smith 112-125. |
| Johnsonville Sausage 200 Entry List |
| Car | Driver, Hometown | Car/Name |
| 00 | Blake Koch (West Palm Beach, FL) | Toyota/TBA |
| 01 | Mike Wallace (St. Louis, MO) | Chevrolet/GK Services |
| 2 | Brian Scott (Boise, ID) | Chevrolet/Charter |
| 3 | Austin Dillon (Welcome, NC) | Chevrolet/AdvoCare |
| 4 | Landon Cassill (Fairfax, IA) | Chevrolet/Flex Seal |
| 5 | Johnny O'Connell (Poughkeepsie, NY) | Chevrolet/corvetteparts.com |
| 6 | Trevor Bayne (Knoxville, TN) | Ford/Valvoline NextGen |
| 7 | Regan Smith (Cato, NY) | Chevrolet/taxslayer.com |
| 10 | Jeff Green (Owensboro, KY) | Toyota/TriStar Motorsports |
| 11 | Elliott Sadler (Emporia, VA) | Toyota/One Main Financial |
| 12 | Sam Hornish Jr. (Defiance, OH) | Ford/Snap-On |
| 14 | Eric McClure (Chilhowie, VA) | Toyota/Hefty/Reynolds Wrap |
| 15 | Carl Long (Roxboro, NC) | Ford/Rick Ware Racing |
| 16 | Billy Johnson (Torrance, CA) | Ford/Roush Fenway Racing |
| 18 | Michael McDowell (Glendale, AZ) | Toyota/K-Love |
| 19 | Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) | Toyota/TriStar Motorsports |
| 20 | Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC) | Toyota/Dollar General |
| 21 | Brendan Gaughan (Las Vegas, NV) | Chevrolet/South Point |
| 22 | A.J. Allmendinger (Los Gatos, CA) | Ford/Discount Tire |
| 23 | Stanton Barrett (Bishop, CA) | Ford/Rick Ware Racing |
| 24 | Derek White (Kahnawake, Canada) | Toyota/VIP Poker |
| 26 | John Young (Discovery Bay, CA) | Dodge/CMP Inc. |
| 30 * | Nelson Piquet Jr. (Brasilia, Brazil) | Chevrolet/Qualcomm |
| 31 | Justin Allgaier (Riverton, IL) | Chevrolet/Brandt |
| 32 | Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, CA) | Chevrolet/Cottonelle |
| 33 | Max Papis (Como, Italy) | Chevrolet/Menards |
| 34 | James Buescher (Plano, TX) | Chevrolet/Wolfpack Energy Services |
| 40 | Reed Sorenson (Peachtree City, GA) | Chevrolet/E-Swisher.com |
| 43 | Michael Annett (Des Moines, IA) | Ford/Flying J Travel Plaza |
| 44 | Cole Whitt (Alpine, CA) | Toyota/TriStar Motorsports |
| 51 | Jeremy Clements (Spartanburg, SC) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 52 | To Be Announced | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 53 | Andrew Ranger (Roxton Pond, Canada) | Dodge/WM Bagster |
| 54 | Owen Kelly (Tasmania, Australia) | Toyota/Monster Energy |
| 60 | Travis Pastrana (Annapolis, MD) | Ford/Roush Fenway Racing |
| 70 | Tony Raines (LaPorte, IN) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 74 | Mike Harmon (Birmingport, AL) | Chevrolet/TBA |
| 75 | Kenny Habul (Etobicoke, Canada) | Toyota/Sun Energy 1 |
| 77 | Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) | Toyota/Kyle Busch Motorsports |
| 79 | Jeffrey Earnhardt (Mooresville, NC) | Ford/Oath Keepers |
| 87 | Kyle Kelley (Huntington Beach, CA) | Toyota/Jamison Engineering |
| 92 | Dexter Stacey (Kahnawake, Canada) | Ford/Maddie's Place |
| 99 | Alex Bowman (Tucson, AZ) | Toyota/Safety First |
| Leading Contenders (Finish the last three years) |
| Driver | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | | | | | | |
| Nelson Piquet Jr | --- | --- | Won | | | | | | |
| Michael McDowell | 33 | 12 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Max Papis | --- | 23 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Sam Hornish Jr. | --- | --- | 5 | | | | | | |
| Brian Scott | 13 | 16 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Justin Allgaier | 35 | 19 | 10 | | | | | | |
| Elliott Sadler | --- | 4 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Austin Dillon | --- | --- | 18 | | | | | | |
| Trevor Bayne | 10 | 31 | --- | | | | | | |
| Regan Smith | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | |
| Brian Vickers | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | |
| A.J. Allmendinger | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | |
| Mover of the Week |
| Regan Smith - started 20 and finished 1 |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - A.J. Allmendinger |
| Last Week's Pick to Win (Kyle Busch) - finished 4 |
| NOTES: |
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The Johnsonville Sausage 200 at Road America is the 14th race on the 2013
Nationwide Series schedule.
This will be the fourth time the series has competed at this 4-mile road
course. Carl Edwards won the inaugural race there on June 19, 2010.
Seven drivers on the entry list for this weekend's race have competed in the
previous three events at Road America. They are: Justin Allgaier, Michael
Annett, Mike Bliss, Eric McClure, Michael McDowell, Brian Scott and Mike
Wallace.
One year ago, Nelson Piquet Jr. claimed his first career Nationwide win at
Road America. Piquet, who was a full-time competitor in the Camping World
Truck Series in 2012, started on the pole and led 19 of the 50 laps. He
finished more than 2 seconds ahead of Michael McDowell for his maiden victory
in just his third Nationwide start. He is now a rookie in the series.
Piquet became the fifth different driver born outside of the United States to
win a race in Nationwide. He is the son of three-time F1 world champion Nelson
Piquet.
Road America, which is the longest track in all three of NASCAR's national
touring series, is the first of three road-course events in Nationwide this
season. The series will run back-to-back road-course races in August at
Watkins Glen International and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
The next race is the June 28 Feed the Children 300 at Kentucky Speedway.
Austin Dillon won last year's event there.
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