NNS Pole Report: Villeneuve wins the pole award at Montreal

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After being the fastest in Nationwide Series Happy Hour for the Napa Auto Parts 200 earlier on Friday, Jacques Villeneuve and his No. 22 Discount Tire/Ruby Tuesday Dodge followed it up by turning a lap of 95.845 around the 2.71 mile Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. Alex Tagliani, Indianpolis 500 pole winner, who is making his NASCAR debut this weekend will start on the outside of the front row.

Filling in for the double duty drivers during practice and qualifying were:

Owen Kelly (Qualified 9th)- Marcos Ambrose

Billy Johnson (Qualified 14th)- Carl Edwards

Michael Jourdain, Jr (Qualified 17th) - Trevor Bayne

Kevin Conway (Qualified 40th)- Joe Nemechek


*Ambrose, Edwards, Bayne and Nemechek will all start from the rear of the field.

Starting Lineup:

1. Jacques Villeneuve

2. Alex Tagliani

3. Jason Leffler

4. Scott Speed

5. Michael McDowell

6. Robby Gordon

7. Steve Wallace

8. Patrick Carpentier

9. Owen Kelly

10. Justin Allgaier

11. Andrew Ranger

12. Boris Said

13. Ron Fellows

14. Billy Johnson

15. Jason Bowles

16. Elliott Sadler

17. Michael Jourdain, Jr

18. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr

19. Brian Scott

20. Aric Almirola

21. J.R. Fitzpatrick

22. Kyle Kelley

23. Reed Sorenson

24. Kenny Wallace

25. Danica Patrick

26. Alex Kennedy

27. Mike Wallace

28. Michael Annett

29. Mike Bliss

30. Jeff Green

31. Chris Cook

32. Timmy Hill

33. Eric McClure

34. Luis Martinez, Jr

35. Josh Wise

36. Kevin Conway

37. Jeremy Clements

38. Blake Koch

39. Maryeve Dufault

40. Derrike Cope

41. Louis-Philippe Dumoulin

42. Morgan Shepherd

43. DJ Kennington

DNQ: Jean Francois Dumoulin, Tim George Jr, Tomy Drissi, Brett Rowe, Chase Miller

Tune in for the Napa Auto Parts 200 Saturday on ESPN at 1pm.