Piquet nabs first NASCAR national series victory
June 23, 2012 (EDITORS: Will be updated)
By Marques Trost
Special for NASCAR Wire Service
ELKHART
LAKE, Wis. – Nelson Piquet Jr. enjoyed a lot of firsts during the
NASCAR Nationwide series Sargento 200 race weekend at Road America.
After
a career in Formula 1, Piquet Jr. used his first career pole and laps
led to earn his very first NASCAR national series win on the Wisconsin
road course. In his third career NASCAR Nationwide start, the native of
Brazil drove a flawless final 16 laps with the lead, earning a
2.258-second win over runner-up Michael McDowell.
The
Sargento 200 had a tamer finish than last year, which had three
green-white-checker finishes. However, one of the big names from last
year, Jacques Villeneuve, made contact with Danica Patrick in Turn 5 on
the final lap which spun Patrick, dropping her from fourth to 12th, her
eventual finish.
McDowell
and Ron Fellows finished where they started, at second and third
respectively. Max Papis and Sam Hornish Jr. rounded out the top five.
Villeneuve finished sixth, followed by Brian Scott, Kurt Bush, Cole Whitt and Justin Allgaier.
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