Canadians fastest in Canada

UPDATE Ticket sales have not been released, but general manager Martin Spalding said hospitality suites are sold out and the last of the grandstand seats were snapped up Friday.

Only general admission lawn seats are still available. At $30 each, fans can bring a lawn chair, picnic basket and take a seat across from pit road that would give them access to the Busch race and a Canadian Tire Series support race.

“This can really be a marquee event for NASCAR," Spalding said. “It’s a terrific city, with two cultures, a wonderful nightlife. It’s safe, we have great food. The city is absolutely buzzing about this."

08/03/07 As if you could not have predicted it, two Canadian open wheel drivers (Patrick Carpentier and Michael Valiante) topped final NASCAR Busch Series practice in Montréal, Canada Friday. Another Canadian, Ron Fellows, was 5th. This should help to sell tickets for Saturday's race.

Pos. No. Driver Time Speed
1 22 Patrick Carpentier 101.948 95.661
2 42 Michael Valiante 102.153 95.469
3 59 Marcos Ambrose # 102.207 95.418
4 1 Max Papis 102.365 95.271
5 33 Ron Fellows 102.434 95.207
6 9 Boris Said 102.542 95.106
7 14 Kyle Krisiloff # 102.696 94.964
8 47 Andy Lally 102.699 94.961
9 41 Scott Pruett 103.081 94.609
10 66 Steve Wallace 103.086 94.605
11 28 Niclas Jonsson 103.107 94.585
12 90 Stephen Leicht 103.526 94.202
13 *17 Michel Jourdain 103.903 93.861
14 7 Mike Wallace 103.911 93.853
15 18 Brad Coleman # 104.015 93.760
16 20 Aric Almirola 104.230 93.566
17 88 Andy Pilgrim 104.271 93.529
18 77 Ron Hornaday 104.431 93.386
19 27 Jorge Goeters 104.904 92.965
20 38 Jason Leffler 105.590 92.361
21 *98 Alex Garcia 105.828 92.153
22 60 John Andretti 106.089 91.927
23 *30 Stanton Barrett 106.321 91.726
24 37 Casey Atwood 106.363 91.690
25 36 Brent Sherman 106.671 91.425
26 99 Mark Green 107.247 90.934
27 10 John Graham 107.259 90.924
28 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 107.735 90.522
29 *72 D.J. Kennington 108.193 90.139
30 *0 J.R. Fitzpatrick 108.710 89.710
31 25 Richard Johns 110.229 88.474
32 *52 Scott Gaylord 111.074 87.801
33 *63 Mike MacKenzie 111.983 87.088
34 *71 Trevor Boys 114.029 85.526
35 *01 Joe Fox 118.409 82.362
36 *89 Morgan Shepherd 121.980 79.951
37 *76 Jerick Johnson 128.719 75.765