One man who will be on a mission this weekend is Jacques Villeneuve. The former F1 champion was leading in the closing laps of last year’s event at Road America, but subsequently lost the lead on a restart to a charging Carl Edwards. A failing alternator wire landed him a 25th-place finish.
Villeneuve is entered in the Penske Racing No. 22 Dodge in place of 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Brad Keselowski.
Villeneuve is joined by several skilled road course talents this weekend, including Max Papis driving the Kevin Harvick Inc. No. 33 Chevrolet. In Papis’ most recent series race, last August in Montreal, he was edged by Boris Said by 0.012 seconds, the fifth-closest finish in series history and the closest in series history on a road course.
Another standout is Ron Fellows, who will be driving the JR Motorsports No. 7 Chevrolet. Fellows finished second to Edwards in this event last season. Fellows also won at Montreal in 2008 driving for JR Motorsports.
NASCAR Canadian Tires Series star Andrew Ranger will be piloting the No. 53 Dodge for owner Robert Torriere, and also J.R. Fitzpatrick will be in the No. 67 owned by Steve Meehan. Fitzpatrick finished in the top 10 in last season’s event at Road America.
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