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In the first Nationwide Series practice at Road America, Jacques Villeneuve topped the charts with a lap of 133.564 seconds. He was six tenths quicker than Nelson Piquet Jr., who was second on the charts.

“We had, ultimately, quite a good weekend even though the end of the race was a little bit too exciting. It’s great to be back with the team and Discount Tire and mostly the same guys on the car. Last year we went from here to Montreal, improved the crew and then went testing three weeks back."

During its NASCAR Fuel for Business Council Meeting today in San Francisco, NASCAR announced plans for the development of the Fan and Media Engagement Center (FMEC), a resource that will enable the sport to better serve the industry, media and fans through a platform that facilitates near real-time response to traditional, digital and social media.

Sam Hornish Jr. (No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger) YOU ARE CURRENTLY FOURTH IN THE NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES STANDINGS ENTERING SATURDAY’S RACE HERE AT ROAD AMERICA. HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THIS SEASON SO FAR? “We need to be better (smiles). I mean, we’re fourth in points but I feel like for how we run a lot of the times, the handling that we’ve had of the car, we just need to be a little bit better."

While the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is off this weekend, series regular Miguel Paludo will be making his first ever Nationwide Series start at Road America. Paludo has been enjoying the atmosphere after arriving at the track early on Tuesday night after driving the motorhome from North Carolina.

Kentucky State Police (KSP) outlined its parking and traffic management plan for Kentucky Speedway’s June 28-30 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series “Quaker State 400” weekend during a news conference today.

Annett has two career starts in the Nationwide Series at Road America; Annett enters this weekend’s event in seventh-place in the Nationwide point standings; Annett’s best finish (seventh) at the Wisconsin road course came in last year’s event

NASCAR announced today the date and location for its 2012 postseason championship celebrations for the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Sargento 200 - Road America - Saturday, June 23, 2012 - SAM HORNISH JR. – No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Dodge Challenger Crew Chief: Chad Walter

"I’m a little disappointed. We’ve felt that we’ve had very strong racecars week-in-week-out, and for whatever reason, we’re not finishing the way we should. We’re struggling a little bit for the finishes, but not all of it is our fault. Some of it is mechanical failures, crashes, and things that are unfortunate, yet out of our control."