Filed under: Carl Edwards, Robby Gordon, Nationwide Series, NASCAR
MONTREAL (AP) --
Boris Said has made a living helping
NASCAR drivers master road courses with the expertise he's accumulated racing around the world. With his 48th birthday looming in three weeks, he finally helped himself.
Said came back from an early spin and won the Nationwide race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Sunday, edging
Max Papis by a nose on a green-white-checkered finish.
Papis passed Said entering the final chicane for a split second, but Said never lost momentum and sped back by and outraced Papis to the line. The margin of victory was .012 seconds, fifth-lowest all-time and closest since 1998 at Homestead.
It was the first Nationwide victory for Said and his second in
NASCAR. He also won a truck race at Sonoma in 1998.
"I can't believe it!" Said shouted over the radio of his 09 Ford to team owner Robby Benton. "I'm going to keep trying until I win a Cup race."
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