Reed Sorenson wins the NASCAR Nationwide Series Bucyrus 200 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on June 25, 2011. Rusty Jarrett MRD/CIA (CIA Stock Photo)
Race Information:
When: Saturday, June 23, 2012
Where: Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Laps: 50
Distance: 202.4 Miles
Last week at Michigan International Speedway, Joey Logano showed the boys just how fast his Toyota Camry could be, while he isn’t in the race this weekend could Michael McDowell end up in victory lane for Joe Gibbs Racing?
A true NASCAR Nationwide series driver will be able to win this weekend, as the NASCAR Sprint Cup boys are in Sonoma, California and known of them are taking the trip to Wisconsin.
Last year in this race,
Last weekend at Michigan International Speedway, Joey Logano showed the Nationwide Series just how fast his Camry was and ended up in Victory Lane again in 2012 and while he isn’t in the race this weekend, can Michael McDowell bring the No. 18 to Gatorade Victory Lane for Joe Gibbs Racing?
One of the best things about Road America is that is the longest track in NASCAR’s national series at 4.048 miles, and with one Sprint Cup series regular completing in the Nationwide Series this weekend, expect a true Nationwide Series driver to win the race.
In the two years that Road America has been on the NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule, drama has been the name of the game. Last year, Reed Sorenson ended up in Victory Lane after Justin Allgaier rain out of gas on the final lap of the second green-white-checkered attempt. Plus who can forget Jacques Villeneuve having a failed alternator on the last lap and Carl Edwards winning the race in 2010.
My pick for this race is Ron Fellows in the No. 5 JR Motorsports car. Who is yours?
Entry List
1 01 Mike Wallace Johnny Davis Newt Moore 12 Chevrolet TBA
2 2 Elliott Sadler Delana Harvick Luke Lambert 12 Chevrolet Charter
3 3 Austin Dillon Morgan Shepherd Danny Stockman Jr 12 Chevrolet ADVOCARE
4 4 Danny Efland Rusty Wallace Thomas Efland Jr 12 Chevrolet TradeBank
5 5 Ron Fellows Rick Hendrick Tony Eury Sr 12 Chevrolet AER Manufacturing
6 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Jack Roush Michael Kelley 12 Ford Roush Fenway Racing
7 7 Danica Patrick Kelley Earnhardt-Miller Tony Eury Jr 12 Chevrolet GoDaddy.com
8 108 TBA Randy Hill George Ingram 12 Ford Black Cat Wireworks
9 10 Jeff Green Mark Smith Todd Myers 12 Toyota TBD
10 11 Brian Scott J D Gibbs Kevin Kidd 12 Toyota Dollar General
11 12 Sam Hornish Jr Roger Penske Chad Walter 12 Dodge Alliance Truck Parts
12 14 Eric McClure Mark Smith Wes Ward 12 Toyota Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota Camry
13 15 Blake Koch Rick Ware Keith Plaza 12 Chevrolet RWR
14 18 Michael McDowell(i) Joe Gibbs Matthew Lucas 12 Toyota Pizza Ranch
15 19 Tayler Malsam Mark Smith Eddie Pardue 12 Toyota G-Oil / Ryobi
16 22 Jacques Villeneuve Roger Penske Jeremy Bullins 12 Dodge Discount Tire
17 23 Bill Prietzel Robert Richardson Sr Greg Conner 12 Chevrolet TBA
18 124 Benny Gordon Jason Sciavicco Benny Gordon 12 Chevrolet TBA
19 126 John Young John Young Ed Ash 12 Dodge Eklekt Technologies Group
20 30 Nelson Piquet Jr(i) Harry Scott Jr Trent Owens 12 Chevrolet TBA
21 31 Justin Allgaier Sandra Turner Jimmy Elledge 12 Chevrolet Brandt
22 32 Miguel Paludo(i) Steve Turner Michael Hillman Jr 12 Chevrolet Duroline Brakes
23 33 Max Papis Delana Harvick Ernie Cope 12 Chevrolet Menards
24 38 Brad Sweet Steve Turner Mike Shiplett 12 Chevrolet Great Clips
25 39 Josh Richards Archie St Hilaire Clinton Cram 12 Ford NSW Kids
26 40 Erik Darnell Curtis Key Sr Gary Showalter 12 Chevrolet TheMotorsportsGroup.com
27 41 Timmy Hill Rick Ware George Church 12 Ford Poynt.com
28 42 Josh Wise(i) Curtis Key Sr Mike Sroufe 12 Chevrolet Curtis Key Plumbing
29 43 Michael Annett Sandra Turner Philippe Lopez 12 Ford Pilot Flying J
30 44 Mike Bliss Mark Smith Paul Clapprood 12 Toyota TBD
31 46 Chase Miller Curtis Key Sr Jacob Richardson 12 Chevrolet TheMotorsportsGroup.com
32 47 Matt Dibenedetto Curtis Key Sr Chris Bohlman 12 Chevrolet Curtis Key Plumbing
33 50 T J Bell Rusty Wallace Bobby Burrell 12 Chevrolet TBA
34 51 Jeremy Clements Tony Clements Ricky Pearson 11 Chevrolet Clements Automotive
35 52 Tim Schendel Jimmy Means Tim Brown 12 Chevrolet TBA
36 54 Kurt Busch(i) Kyle Busch Mike Beam 12 Toyota Monster Energy
37 159 Kyle Kelley Bob Kelley Robert Rucker 12 Chevrolet Jamison Eng. UPR.com
38 70 David Green Mary Louise Miller Mark Gutekunst 12 Chevrolet TBA
39 174 TBA Mike Harmon Daniel Kolanda 12 Chevrolet Koma Unwind
40 275 Kenny Habul Kenny Habul Randy Cox 12 Toyota SunEnergy 1 Racing, LLC
41 81 Jason Bowles Gina MacDonald John Monsam 12 Toyota American Majority
42 87 Joe Nemechek Andrea Nemechek Gary Cogswell 12 Toyota AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves
43 88 Cole Whitt Dale Earnhardt Jr Bruce Cook 12 Chevrolet Voodoo Ride
44 89 Morgan Shepherd Morgan Shepherd Gary Ravan 12 Chevrolet TBA
45 199 TBA Robby Benton Scott Zipadelli 12 Toyota TBA
