Full Throttle

What do you think you accomplished tonight?

Jacques: “We saw the checkered flag, which is good without too many incidents. We had pit stops and I worked with the spotter. That was very important — that was the key today. Talladega is a very different track and I expect it to be very different than here.”

Villeneuve qualified seventh on Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s 1.5-mile tri-oval, and was running 16th after 30 laps. But the Canadian star got into the rear of Brian Scott’s car on Turn 2 of Lap 46 and dropped back to 25th after pitting on Lap 48 so his crew could repair the damage. Villeneuve finished a lap down and never cracked the top 20 after the accident.

In the inter-race battle of former Indianapolis 500 champions Jacques Villeneuve and Buddy Lazier finished 21st and 24th, respectively, in their series debut.