Montreal, Canada (My Sportsbook) - Boris Said pulled off an incredible victory in Sunday's NAPA Auto Parts 200 Nationwide Series race after edging Max Papis by inches at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Said passed Robby Gordon for the lead just after the final restart in a green- white-checkered finish. Papis moved around Said to take the top position on the final lap, but Said outran Papis to the finish line by 0.012 seconds, making it the fifth closest margin of victory in series history.
"[Papis] went in deep, and I thought 'Alright, I'm second'," Said explained. "It was good and really clean racing."
Said picked up his first Nationwide win in his 22nd start. He won a Truck Series race in 1998 at Sonoma, CA.
"It's unbelievable; I been trying so long, and this race is so tough," Said added. "I didn't know I won, because I didn't have a radio at the end."
Said, who is considered a road-course expert, drove the No.09 Ford for team owner Robby Benton, who also served as crew chief for the team.
Papis, another road-course ace, recorded his career-best Nationwide finish.
"I gave it everything I had," said Papis, who drove the No.33 Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick Inc.
Canadian Jacques Villeneuve finished third in front of his home crowd, while Brad Keselowski, the current points leader, and Paul Menard rounded out the top-five.
"The car was running strong all race, and the brakes lasted," Villeneuve said. "It just wasn't as good at the end of the race as it was earlier."
The 2.710-mile, 14-turn Montreal circuit is named after Villeneuve's late father.
Joey Logano finished sixth, followed by J.R. Fitzpatrick, Parker Kligerman, Justin Allgaier and Trevor Bayne.
Gordon appeared to be on his way to victory, but the seventh caution and final caution came in the final laps when Jason Leffler wrecked, setting up the two- lap overtime finish. NASCAR halted the race for 13 minutes in order to clean up fluid from Leffler's car that had spilled onto the track.
Gordon, who started the race from the rear of the field due to unapproved repairs on his car after qualifying, ran out of fuel on the second to last lap and finished 14th.
Marcos Ambrose and Carl Edwards dominated most of the race, but Ambrose, the pole sitter, finished 33rd after suffering an electrical issue late in the event, while Edwards, who led the most laps with 29, wound up 20th due to a mechanical problem in the closing laps.
Ambrose led the most laps in the first three races at Montreal, but victory continues to elude him here.
"I'm trying to get into victory lane here, and trying everything we can, but it's just not working out for us," a dejected Ambrose said.
Keselowski now holds a 365-point lead over Edwards.