Sports in Brief: Fellows wins on wet track in Montreal

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, August, 2008 | by Compiled By The Inquirer Staff

Canadian road-racer  Ron Fellows  splashed his way to victory yesterday in the first NASCAR points event run on grooved rain tires, winning when heavy rain and poor visibility forced officials to end the race 26 laps early in Montreal. The 48-year-old Ontario driver, a four-time winner in Nationwide Series road-course events, took advantage of  Marcos Ambrose 's pit-road speeding penalty to take the lead.

He had a 33-second advantage over fellow Canadian  Patrick Carpentier  when the NAPA Auto Parts 200 was red-flagged, then called a few minutes later. "There's so much water that you can't see," Fellows said minutes before the race with called. "Now, with the heavy rain, it's very dangerous." After just eight laps on the 2.71-mile, 14-turn road course, rain and lightning...