Justin Allgaier was coasting to the finish and a near-certain victory – then he ran out of gas.
Ron Fellows still thinks he should’ve taken home the trophy.
In the end, NASCAR officials ruled Reed Sorenson won a chaotic, disputed overtime finish in Saturday’s Nationwide Series race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. TheNewsTribune.com
The win pushed Sorenson up two spots and into first in the standings by five points over Sadler. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished eighth and dropped from first to third. Allgaier finished 19th and remained fourth in the standings, but is now 34 points behind the leader.
Fellows finished second in this race for the second year in a row.
Villeneuve bounced back from a penalty midway through the race to finish third.
Elliott Sadler and Mike Wallace rounded out the top-five
“It’s easy for the guys to get bundled up and have wrecks,” he said. “We were able to capitalize on that. When the last caution came out, Justin was first, and we were second. We were able to break away and stay in second place. Justin ran out of gas in Turn 6, and we were able to make it around and even have some gas left for some doughnuts.”
Fellows, who was scored second, was disappointed with his result.
“We got ourselves in a little bit of trouble, anyway,” he said. “For whatever reason, on the restarts toward the end, I just couldn’t get any forward traction.” NASCAR.com
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Reed Sorenson Wins Bucyrus 200 NASCAR Nationwide Race at Road America
NASCAR Nationwide Series: Bucyrus 200 at Road America - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Reed Sorenson 568 Leader 2 Elliott Sadler 563 -5 3 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 561 -7 4 Justin Allgaier 534 -34 5 Jason Leffler 495 -73 6 Aric Almirola 493 -75 7 Kenny Wallace 457 -111 8 Steve Wallace 434 -134 9 Brian Scott 422 -146 10 Michael Annett 408 -160 11 Josh Wise 393 -175 12 Mike Bliss 365 -203 13 Mike Wallace 364 -204 14 Trevor Bayne 354 -214 15 Joe Nemechek 340 -228 16 Jeremy Clements 320 -248 17 Timmy Hill* 299 -269 18 Eric McClure 273 -295 19 Derrike Cope 268 -300 20 Morgan Shepherd 264 -304 21 Blake Koch* 251 -317 22 Ryan Truex* 249 -319 23 Scott Wimmer 236 -332 24 Robert Richardson Jr. 200 -368 25 Sam Hornish Jr. 159 -409 26 Dennis Setzer 146 -422 27 Danica Patrick 143 -425 28 Jennifer Jo Cobb* 130 -438 29 Carl Long 121 -447 30 Danny Efland 108 -460 31 Kevin Lepage 105 -463 32 Charles Lewandoski* 102 -466 33 J R Fitzpatrick 100 -468 34 Shelby Howard 84 -484 35 Tim Andrews 84 -484 36 Donnie Neuenberger 74 -494 37 Kelly Bires 70 -498 38 Chris Buescher 54 -514 39 Jeff Green 54 -514 40 Tim Schendel 47 -521
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