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Alex Tagliani poses with the pole award for the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, in Montreal.
IndyCar Series veteran driver, Alex Tagliani will make his fourth NASCAR Nationwide Series start on the pole for the Napa Auto Parts 200 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in his hometown of Montreal on Saturday afternoon. With a lap of 100.865 seconds, 96.687 mph, Tagliani was able to capture his first pole in the series. Sam Hornish, Jr. will start second, but will make the trip to Michigan International Speedway to compete in the Pure Michigan 400 on Sunday, while Jacque Villenueve will start third.
Fans can catch the Napa Auto Parts 200 beginning with the NASCAR Countdown at 2pm EST on ESPN.
Starting Lineup:
- Alex Tagliani
- Sam Hornish Jr.
- Jacques Villeneuve
- Danica Patrick
- Kyle Busch
- Michael McDowell
- Cole Whitt
- Ron Fellows
- Billy Johnson
- Brian Scott
- Brendan Gaughan
- Andrew Ranger
- Patrick Carpentier
- Eric Curran
- Justin Allgaier
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Elliott Sadler
- Jason Bowles
- Austin Dillon
- Alex Kennedy
- Brad Sweet
- Mike Wallace
- Mike Bliss
- Chris Cook
- Jeff Green
- Jeremy Clements
- Kyle Kelley
- Kenny Habul
- Timmy Hill
- Blake Koch
- Daryl Harr
- Tayler Malsam
- Michael Annett
- Eric Darnell
- Louis-Philippe Dumoulin
- Tim Andrews
- John Young
- Dexter Stacey
- Tony Raines
- Chase Miller
- Matt DiBenedetto
- Eric McClure
- Derek White
