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Yep, 2001 in the Remax Challenge Series.

Earl was fastest in second practice, followed by Menard and with Braun in 4th. The Roush cars are just fast.

Menard did Trans-Am for a season or two too.

Second practice results:

1 60 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 107.177 135.970 11 12
2 98 Paul Menard Mastercraft/Menards Ford 107.035 136.150 10 14
3 18 Brad Coleman SafeWay Driving Centers Toyota 106.568 136.747 5 15
4 16 Colin Braun # Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 106.442 136.908 14 17
5 32 Jacques Villeneuve Dollar General Stores Toyota 106.344 137.035 12 12
6 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Hotel & Casino Toyota 106.250 137.156 15 15
7 35 Tony Ave TriStar Motorsports Chevy 106.076 137.381 12 12
8 27 Owen Kelly Baker Curb Racing Ford 106.063 137.397 3 11
9 88 Ron Fellows AER Manufacturing Chevy 106.042 137.425 6 11
10 22 Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Dodge 105.963 137.527 14 21
11 66 Steve Wallace 5-hour Energy Toyota 105.872 137.646 3 14
12 90 Patrick Long System High Corporation Toyota 105.613 137.983 3 4
13 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota 105.498 138.133 2 13
14 81 Michael McDowell MOBILE-Shop.com Dodge 105.479 138.158 2 9
15 7 J R Fitzpatrick Schick Hydro Chevy 105.408 138.252 9 16
16 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # CitiFinancial Ford 105.356 138.319 10 15
17 20 Matt DiBenedetto Pizza Ranch Toyota 105.334 138.348 2 14
18 99 Trevor Bayne OutPetCare.com Toyota 105.198 138.528 15 15
19 24 C. Cook/ E. Mclure Hefty Odor Block Ford 105.104 138.651 2 16
20 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. Longhorn Chevy 104.975 138.822 2 8
21 09 Robb Brent RAB Racing Ford 104.967 138.832 15 16
22 21 Tim George Jr. Sargento Chevy 104.658 139.242 15 15
23 12 Justin Allgaier Verizon Wireless Dodge 104.414 139.567 16 21
24 11 Brian Scott # BigSpot.com Toyota 104.372 139.624 11 11
25 23 Alex Kennedy HelpTruckers.com Chevy 104.255 139.781 12 16
26 34 Tony Raines Long John Silver's Chevy 104.100 139.988 11 11
27 15 Michael Annett Germain.com Toyota 103.351 141.003 19 19
28 05 Victor Gonzalez Jr. State Water Heaters/31-W Chevy 103.255 141.134 6 6
29 10 Tayler Malsam Iron Horse Jeans Toyota 102.942 141.563 4 7
30 01 Mike Wallace JDavisMotorsports.com Chevy 102.630 141.993 9 9
31 40 Mike Bliss Key Motorsports Chevy 102.370 142.354 4 4
32 31 Stanton Barrett Lilly Trucking/4Caring.org/Taleo Grill Chevy 102.342 142.393 2 6
33 43 Kevin O'Connell Taleo Grill Chevy 100.656 144.778 2 6
34 59 Kyle Kelley UPR.com/Apel/Jamison Chevy 99.553 146.383 2 3
35 56 Joey Scarallo Cobble Stone Inn & Suites Ford 97.321 149.740 5 5
36 26 Brian Keselowski K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge 95.223 153.038 1 1
37 89 Morgan Shepherd Victory in Jesus Chevy 94.486 154.232 2 2

Wow. Owen Kelly 2nd and 8th in Practice. Looking good so far.

Paul Menard grew up just a couple hours away from Road America and (I'd assume) learned how to race there among the other short tracks around here. I for one am not too surprised about him leading the charts at basically his home track.

I've seen lots of news posts that says that this will be the first NASCAR race at Road America.

FFS

It is not.

The top series raced here in 1956, with Tim Flock winning.

cool story bro

good to see everyone blew their load with road course ringers. and people wonder why NASCAR drivers suck at road racing. it's because they never even get a chance to try it.

Even if they did, only having 1 or 2 races a year per series isn't enough for someone to get used to it. NASCAR Drivers aren't bad at road racing, just under experienced. They really need to take out some of the double dates and throw in 3 or 4 more road races. As long as they don't flood the calender, I'd love more road racing.

yeah that's what im saying, they don't have any experience. even 1 or 2 races per year could help give them a feel for how a road race plays out and how they need to drive.

I didn't even know that Menard was good on road courses. Best of luck to him. He has actually impressed me on occasion in cup this year.

Jan Magnussen on the entry list? Awesome.

I dunno about that..



And till one of these ringers actually win a (Cup) road race that they're always so hyped about, I wouldn't say NASCAR drivers suck at road racing either. Sure, some do but if they can do well on a variety of ovals, they have the skill to do well on road courses too, just not the upbringing. Kahne, Harvick, Stewart are good examples of someone breaking that mold. Try Dave's idea and you'll see many more guys make themselves learn road racing. Guys like Kenseth, Jr, Marlin, etc. pretty much said they never bothered trying to do well on the road courses as there were so few.

It looks like most, if not all of the ringers are driving for teams that already have a rotating lineup of drivers anyway. It's not like a couple years ago, when teams were deciding rookies like Reutimann or Stremme were incapable of driving on a road course.

Mattias Ekström is a Danish World Rally Championship driver. Xpert commentary from Jeff Hammond and Larry Mac.

Okay, there's two I want to punch in the stomach.

They probably get their info from someone else anyway.

Obviously, but how can the person that misinformed them sleep at night?

It makes you wonder how they have a job if they give incorrect info to the commentary team.