Preliminary Entry List Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

[Fundytrail]

Car Driver Team Name Owner
1 0 John Fitzpatrick Jr Home Hardware Chevy Keith Duesenberg
2 01 Joe Fox TBA Chevy Johnny Davis
3 1 Max Papis Miccosukee Resort Chevy James Finch
4 6 David Ragan Discount Tire Ford Jack Roush
5 7 Mike Wallace GEICO Chevy James Finch
6 9 Boris Said Hellmann's Dodge Ray Evernham
7 10 John Graham Kick Butt Energy Ballz Toyota Greg Pollex
8 14 Kyle Krisiloff Lily/Walgreens Ford Greg Pollex
9 16 Todd Kluever 3M Ford Jack Roush
10 17 Michel Jourdain Dish Network Ford Jack Roush
11 18 Brad Coleman FedEx Chevy Joe Gibbs
12 20 Aric Almirola Rockwell Automation Chevy Joe Gibbs
13 21 Kevin Harvick Auto Zone Chevy Richard Childress
14 22 Patrick Carpentier Zellers & Komatsu Dodge Armando Fitz
15 25 Richard Johns FreeCreditReport.com Ford Ed Rensi
16 27 Jorge Goeters Cottonelle Ford Tammy Brewer
17 28 Niclas Jonsson Yellow Transportation Chevy Gene Haas
18 29 Jeff Burton Holiday Inn Chevy Richard Childress
19 30 Stanton Barrett 4caring.org Chevy Stanton Barrett
20 33 Ron Fellows Camping World Chevy Delana Harvick
21 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr McDonald's Ford Gary Weisbaum
22 36 Brent Sherman Big Lots! Chevy John McGill
23 37 Greg Biffle Yard-Man Ford Clarence Brewer
24 38 Jason Leffler Great Clips Toyota Todd Braun
25 41 Scott Pruett Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Dodge Chip Ganassi
26 42 Michael Valiante Texaco / Havoline Dodge Floyd Ganassi
27 47 Andy Lally Clorox Ford Jodi Geschickter
28 52 Scott Gaylord TBA Ford Jimmy Means
29 55 Robby Gordon Camping World Ford Robby Gordon
30 59 Marcos Ambrose Kingsford Ford Tad Geschickter
31 60 Carl Edwards Scotts Ford Jack Roush
32 63 Mike MacKenzie Forbes Chevy Chevy Susan Spraker :D Nova Scotia :D
33 66 Steve Wallace Homelife Communities Dodge Rusty Wallace
34 71 Trevor Boys TBA Chevy Gina MacDonald
35 72 D.J. Kennington Northern Provincial Pipelines Dodge Pat MacDonald
36 76 Jerick Johnson American Legion Chevy Jack Johnson
37 77 Ron Hornaday Jr Dollar General Chevy Delana Harvick
38 88 Andy Pilgram U.S. Navy Chevy Dale Earnhardt Jr.
39 89 Morgan Shepherd Victory In Jesus Dodge Cindy Shepherd
40 90 Stephen Leicht Citifinancial Ford Robert Yates
41 98 Alex Garcia Dixien/Omni Source Corp. Chevy Alex Garcia
42 99 David Reutimann Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota Michael Waltrip
43 144 TBA TBA Dodge Armando Fitz

[JimmieJohnson]

Tom Bowles from Frontstretch.com wrote this to help us fans who might not know some of the drivers who are going to attemp to race this saturday. 8)

Patrick Carpentier
From : Villa Lasalle, Quebec
Driving : No. 22 Dodge For Fitz Motorsports

Why He's A Household Name In Canada : The 1997 Champ Car Rookie Of The Year, Carpentier's spent the better part of a decade making a name for himself in open wheel. With five wins, five poles, and 22 podium finishes in 140 starts in Champ Car, the road racing expert finished a career-best third in the series standings in 2004 before making the jump to the rival Indy Racing League. However, that's where his career hit a wall; after a year of disappointing finishes in IRL with Eddie Cheever, he was left without a ride for 2006 and has since transitioned into stock cars, driving for Zeller Racing in the CASCAR Series. He hopes a strong performance on Saturday will give him a shot at a full-time Busch Series ride in the states.

Michael Valiante
From : New Westminster, British Columbia
Driving : No. 42 Dodge For Chip Ganassi Racing With Felix Sabates

Why He's A Household Name In Canada : Valiante is currently making a name for himself in the Grand Am Series, driving for Ganassi there along with teammates Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas. Valiante came to road racing after several years of competition in Champ Car's Toyota Atlantic Series, Champ Car's "minor leagues." He's coming off his first-ever second place finish in Grand Am on July 13th, trailing Scott Pruett to the finish line by .325 seconds in Iowa.

John Graham
From : Toronto, Ontario
Driving : No. 10 Dodge For Braun Racing

Why He's A Household Name In Canada : A seven-time competitior in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Graham has made a name for himself in road racing. In 2000, he was part of the only Canadian team to win its class in the prestigious race. In the past few years, he's made an effort to switch to stock cars; he made four Busch Series starts in 2004 for Canadian-owned MacDonald Motorsports. Another driver in the hunt for a full-time ride that's hoping this opportunity pays dividends.

Mike MacKenzie
From : Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Driving : No. 63 Chevrolet For Spraker Racing

Why He's A Household Name In Canada : A veteran of stock car racing series in Canada for over 20 years, MacKenzie has competed in pro stock and late model races all over the country while building his reputation as a popular, consistent driver. He has three feature wins in MASCAR, a Canadian version of NASCAR that he's run since 1983. At 52, MacKenzie is running the race more as a pinnacle to his long career than anything else.

Trevor Boys
From : Calgary, Alberta
Driving : No. 71 Chevrolet For MacDonald Motorsports

Why He's A Household Name In Canada : The 49-year-old Boys already holds a NASCAR record of his own for the most starts by a Canadian in what is now the Nextel Cup series. In 102 career starts, most of them driving for legendary car owner James Hylton, Boys came up with a best finish of 9th at Dover in 1983. Earlier this season, Boys had announced a comeback into the series with a new team called H & K Motorsports, but plans stalled out. He's since made one Busch Series start for the MacDonald Motorsports team, coming home 29th at Milwaukee earlier this year.

D.J. Kennington
From : St. Thomas, Ontario
Driving : No. 72 Chevy For MacDonald Motorsports

Why He's A Household Name In Canada : Already a semi-regular in the Busch Series with MacDonald Motorsports, Kennington is likely looking at this event as the highlight of his young career. In five Busch Series starts this season, his best run is a 23rd at Dover in June.

Others entered from other countries include road racing open wheel vets Max Papis (Italy) and Niclas Jonsson (Sweden). Missing from the Montreal entry list : Jacques Villeneuve, the former open wheel star in both Champ Car and Formula One who was unable to land a high-quality ride for the race.

[Fundytrail]

Great update "JimmieJohnson" :!:

THANKS :D

[Nascarcamping]

Waht about Peter Sheppard :evil:

[Fundytrail]

Speaking of Peter Shepherd, the last I hear of him was back in June when was to run the ARCA 200 at Michigan International Speedway and I'm not sure if he made the race. :?

Anyone got an update on Peter :?:

[JimmieJohnson]

Peter just finished 21st in the Truck Series race here in Indy. This is what I have.

Roush Fenway Racing Article (http://www.roushracing.com/peter_shepherd/default.asp?page=/Peter_Shepherd/articles/xb073007_005.htm)

[Nascarcamping]

Thanks JJ, Peter Sheppard is right down the road from me :D