Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog

The following is a Q&A with Ron Fellows winner of this week’s NASCAR Nationwide Series NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Saturday:

Announcer: With drivers using wet-weather tires for the first time since they were built in 1999, Canadian Ron Fellows raced through the rain to victory in the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Saturday.

Ron Fellows: I’ve done some rain racing before, and you know the conditions were just treacherous with the downpour, lots of flooding, and that’s as flooded as I’ve seen it since Le Mans in 2001. So it’s obviously very, very difficult and visibility is a big, big problem, especially to see anything over about 70 MPH, there’s just so much spray from other cars, it’s just very, very difficult. So I’m happy that it ended, and I think we did just fine winning a race. This was, I think, a great day for Canadians and obviously very special to be here on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and I’ve got to thank the fans. The race fans here in Quebec are incredibly passionate and very vocal and it’s just like the Trans-Am days in Trois-Rivieres—and I hope I didn’t spoil anything but we’ll take this win.

Announcer: Fellow Canadian Patrick Carpentier came home the runner-up.

Patrick Carpentier: I’m happy for Ron, he’s a great competitor and he’s always been fast on road course so he definitely deserves it and I’m happy for him but, no I wish we would have gone a little bit longer for me. But not in those conditions so they made the right decision, they made the right call.

To hear an audio version of this interview and more about the race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, visit http://www.nationwide.com/about-us/fellows-wins-montreal-race.jsp.

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