The hot summer months ahead pack a big punch of unpredictability, and the BUCYRUS 200 presented by Menards at Road America, the longest series road course (4.048-miles), presents itself as one of the biggest wild cards of the season.
Not only will the drivers be faced with navigating 14 different turns at high speeds, but this also will be the first of three road course events on the NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule and the road course debut for the new car.
The door is wide open. The series could see another first-time winner this weekend. Already through the first 15 races there have been eight different winners and seven different Coors Light Pole award winners.
One driver that could be a standout this weekend is Daytona 500 champion Trevor Bayne, who posted top-10 finishes at both Road America and Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (Montreal) last season. Bayne is 12th in the standings, having posted three top fives and seven top 10s this season. He is ranked fifth in the pre-race Driver Rating with an 85.9 heading into this weekend.
Bayne’s Roush Fenway Racing teammate, Carl Edwards, is the only full-time double duty driver that will be making the trek from Northern California’s Infineon Raceway to Wisconsin’s Road America. Edwards won the series’ inaugural race at Road America last season, leading 35 of the scheduled 50 laps and posting a perfect Driver Rating (150.0). Edwards won last weekend at Michigan; his fourth victory of the season.
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