2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200

2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200
Race details[1]
Race 23 of 35 in the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series season
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Date August 2, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-08-02)
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec
Course Permanent racing facility
2.709 mi (4.361 km)
Distance 74 laps, 200.466 mi (322.618 km)
Weather Mild with temperatures of 26.6 °C (79.9 °F); wind speeds of 4.9 kilometres per hour (3.0 mph)
Average speed 50.149 mph (80.707 km/h)
Attendance 60,000
Pole position
Driver
Chip Ganassi Racing
Time 102.569 sec
Most laps led
Driver Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing
Laps 27
Winner
No. 5 Ron Fellows JR Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN2[2]
Announcers Marty Reid, Rusty Wallace, Randy LaJoie

The 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 presented by Dodge[3] race was the second running of the NAPA Auto Parts 200, a discontinued NASCAR Nationwide Series race held on August 2, 2008, at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec. The race was the 23rd of the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series season.

The pole position was won by Scott Pruett of Chip Ganassi Racing, while the race was won by JR Motorsports' Ron Fellows. The race was the first points race in NASCAR history to be run with grooved rain tires.[4]

  1. ^ Weather information for the 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
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