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August 2, 2008
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 
Montreal 
Race 23 of 34 on Nationwide series circuit

TV: ESPN2, 3 p.m. EDT

Laps: 74 
Track length: 2.709-mile road course 
Race length: 200 miles

Qualifying record: Patrick Carpentier, Dodge, 95.531 mph (2007)
Race record: Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 64.671 mph (2007)


DRIVERS TO WATCH
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Clint Bowyer
Team: Richard Childress Racing
Car: No. 2 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
2008 Earnings: $649,160

Has pulled double duty in both the Sprint and Nationwide 
series this season; took a gamble and stayed out during a rain 
delay to win at Bristol; followed with second at Nashville and 
third at Texas; sits atop the standings, 173 points ahead of 
Brad Keselowski after finishing 18 at O'Reilly last week; 
finished ninth at Kentucky; ran 19th at Atlanta after a third 
at Las Vegas; started the year with a 25th at Daytona, then 
rebounded with a ninth at California; ran a full Busch series 
slate in 2005 and 2006, finishing second and third, 
respectively, in the final standings; finished 12th overall 
last year after running just 22 races, winning at Phoenix and 
Richmond; did not race here last year.

Carl Edwards
Team: Roush Fenway Racing
Car: No. 60 Ford Fusion
2008 Earnings: $693,065

Won for the second time this year at Gateway then followed up 
with an 11th at O'Reilly and sits, 180 points behind Bowyer; 
also won at Milwaukee, then followed up with a fifth at New 
Hampshire and 11th at Daytona;; ran second at Dover two weeks 
after running dead last at Darlington; was fourth at Atlanta 
after being wrecked by Mark Martin at Las Vegas, winding up 
14th; opened defense of his series title with a 10th at Daytona 
and fifth at California; clinched last season's title at Texas, 
three races before the end of the season; was the runner-up to 
Kevin Harvick two seasons ago; despite late struggles still had 
a series-best 21 top-10 finishes and 15 top fives last season; 
led in the series standings for 33 consecutive weeks prior to 
Daytona this year; in 35 starts last season had four wins, 
trailing only Harvick, who had six; ran 30th here last year; is 
running "double-duty" slate again this season to defend his 
title.

Brad Keselowski 
Team: JR Motorsports 
Car: No. 88 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 
2008 Earnings: $763,486

Second-year driver followed up his first series win at Nashville
by running fourth at Kentucky and finishing eighth at Milwaukee;
remains second in the standings after finishing 19th at O'Reilly
trails Clint Bowyer by 173 points; through first 21 races has 13 
top 10s and eight top-fives; finished third at Lowe's and posted 
consecutive fourth-place finishes at Bristol and the first 
Nashville race; has only three finishes of 20th or worse this 
season; finished 25th in points last season and third in Rookie 
of the Year standings; joined Dale Earnhardt Jr's JR Motorsports 
team in July last season; did not race here last season.

Joey Logano
Team: Joe Gibbs Racing
Car: No. 20 Toyota Camry
2008 Earnings: $277,003

Young phenom finished 8th at O'Reilly a week after running 
second to Carl Edwards at Gateway; won his first race and second 
pole at Kentucky in his third series start; captured the pole at 
Nashville in just his second series start; was tapped by Greg 
Biffle early in that race and wound up a disappointing 31st; 
finished sixth at Dover in his highly anticipated debut in one 
of NASCAR's top series a week after turning 18; in previous race 
finished second to Edwards at Milwaukee; won the 2007 NASCAR 
Busch East Series championship as a rookie; won the Carolina 500 
during his ARCA RE/MAX Series debut at Rockingham Speedway; 
signed a development deal with Joe Gibbs Racing in 2005; was 
dubbed the "Real Deal" by Mark Martin when he was 15; is rumored 
to be Tony Stewart's Sprint Cup replacement in the No. 20 Toyota 
next season.

David Ragan
Team: Roush Fenway Racing
Car: No. 6 Ford Fusion
2008 Earnings: $533,270

Another driver who is running both series this year; finished 
ninth at O'Reilly and remains fifth in the standings; placed 
seventh at Kentucky; ran ninth at Daytona and 12th at California
to start the season, then posted a 10th at Las Vegas, ran 16th 
at Atlanta and was eighth at Bristol; was eighth at Texas and 
fifth at Phoenix; finished fourth at Richmond to jump up two 
spots to fourth in the standings; had an impressive rookie 
season, finishing fifth overall and winning the Raybestos Rookie
of the Year by 27 points over Marcos Ambrose; scored four 
top-five and eight top-10 finishes in 2007, but also had eight 
finishes of 30th or worse; finished 19th in this event last 
season.

David Reutimann
Team: Michael Waltrip Racing
Car: No. 99 Toyota Camry
2008 Earnings: $573,815

Plans to run full "double-duty" schedule again in 2008 after 
finishing second to Carl Edwards in the standings last season; 
sits fourth in the point standings after running 26th at 
O'Reilly; finished in 13th at Kentucky; started season with a 
14th at Daytona and ran fourth at California; ran 25th at Las 
Vegas, 10th at Atlanta and third at Bristol; last year had 
better finishes than Edwards in 10 of the last 15 races and 
scored the most points in the series after the midseason point; 
earned his first series win at the second Atlanta race; finished
with five top-fives and 12 top-10s; finished ninth in this race 
last year.


2007 Top 10
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1.  Kevin Harvick (21), Chevrolet
2.  Patrick Carpentier (22), Dodge
3.  Max Papis (1), Chevrolet
4.  Ron Fellows (33), Chevrolet
5.  Stephen Leicht (90), Ford
6.  Kyle Krisiloff (14), Ford
7.  Marcos Ambrose (59), Ford
8.  Brad Coleman (18), Chevrolet
9.  David Reutimann (99), Toyota
10. Jeff Burton (29), Chevrolet

Past winners
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2007 Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet