Not to be confused with the currently popular PK Nation (fans of Penske driver Parker Kligerman), Piquet Nation may well be on the verge of creation after former F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr.'s introduction to the stock car world in last Saturday's Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 ARCA series race.
Driving for defending series champion owner Eddie Sharp in the car that won the championship with Justin Lofton behind the wheel, Piquet Jr. started the weekend off well—qualifying a strong seventh out of the 51 cars that took time.
Now the race was not all good for Piquet Jr., who—despite running in the front of the pack for most of the day and avoiding the well-known "big one" crash, which collected ten cars in this year's edition—ended the day sti...
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