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Allgaier denies Villeneuve a Nationwide win in Montreal

Justin Allgaier prevailed in a fuel battle to win Saturday's NAPA Auto Parts 200 Nationwide Series race at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.Allgaier passed Canadian Jacques Villeneuve and took the lead on the final lap of a second green-white-checkered finish attempt. Villeneuve, who last pitted on lap 46, was running on fumes and appeared to have run out of gas when he slowed halfway through the last lap. Allgaier nudged him from behind and then got by to take the top spot. Sam Hornish Jr. moved into second."I feel really bad that I got into (Villeneuve) there going into (turn) six," Allgaier said. "To be honest, I thought he was out of fuel, because he was going so slow coming off of four and into five. I tried braking and started wheel-hopping, but I got into him a little bit. Once I got in front of him, I knew that I was going to have to race the best I ever had on a road course."Hornish, who was involved in two separate crashes earlier in the race, tried to catch Allgaier in r...

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