NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES STRAPPED ON RAIN TIRES FOR THE 1ST TIME!

THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT GOING ON AT THE NAPA AUTO PARTS 200, IN MONTREAL, THIS PAST WEEKEND. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NASCAR RACING HISTORY, THE NATIONWIDE SERIES MADE THE CALL FOR EVERYONE TO HEAD TO THE PITS AND ADD ON RAINTIRES, BLOWERS, BRAKE LIGHTS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO THE RACE CARS. THIS ENDED UP BEING A SUCCESS. THEY HAD TO CALL THE RACE AFTER 48 LAPS, BUT THE NEW TIRES HELD UP LONGER THAN EXPECTED. DRIVERS SEEMED TO BE VERY TIMID OF THE NEW TIRES, SOME SAYING PLAINLY THAT THEY DID NOT LIKE THEM. RON FELLOWS ENDED IN 1ST PLACE THIS RACE WITH PATRICK CARPENTIER AND MARCOS AMBROS BEHIND HIM IN SECOND AND THIRD. THE NEXT NATIONWIDE SERIES RACE WILL BE ON THE 9TH OF AUGUST FOR THE ZIPPO 200, AT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL.