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Ambrose Carries Confidence into California
Staff, Friday August 31, 2007.
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Marcos Ambrose is carrying confidence into the Camping World 300 at California Speedway in Fontana, California this weekend.
Ambrose will use the same car he raced two weeks ago in Michigan for this week?s event at California, that car proving a strong package for the 2.0-mile oval in Brooklyn, Michigan as Ambrose qualified sixth and finished 19th.
The Wood Brothers/JTG Racing crew has made further improvements to the car, which featured a new body in Michigan. The Australian is hoping that he can push for his fifth top 10 finish for the season this weekend at California, which like Michigan, is a fast two-mile speedway.
Race day could bring some luck for Ambrose, as he races the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion on his 31st birthday on September 1, but he knows that it takes more than luck to achieve success in the NASCAR Busch Series, which will run its 27th race for the 35-event season this weekend in Fontana.
“I think California has the potential to be a strong race for our team,” said Ambrose.
“We are taking the same car we ran at Michigan to California. We ran a new body at Michigan and were really pleased with how it ran. ”
“The team has done some more work on that body and made some improvements on it so we should be looking good for California. ”
“The oval at Fontana is a track I really like and the team is progressing nicely. We should be in for a good shot for a top 10, which would be a great reward for all the hard work and effort our guys have been putting it. ”
“I think if we can get the car right and things go our way this could be a good race for us, which would be a nice birthday present, that?s for sure.”
2007 NASCAR Busch Series Points Standings – After Race 26
1. Carl Edwards 3743
3. David Reutimann 3053
2. Kevin Harvick 3028
4. Jason Leffler 2921
5. David Ragan 2841
6. Bobby Hamilton Jr 2704
7. Stephen Leicht 2615
8 Greg Biffle 2585
9 Marcos Ambrose 2553
10. Mike Wallace 2477
2007 NASCAR Busch Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year Standings – After Race 26
1. David Ragan 208
2. Marcos Ambrose 183
3. Kyle Krisiloff 166
4. Juan Pablo Montoya 165
5. Brad Coleman 150
6. Brad Keselowski 137
7. Robert Richardson Jr 90
8. Justin Diercks 51
9. Sam Hornish Jr 35
10. Bobby Santos 21
Marcos Ambrose and the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion team at Wood Brothers/JTG Racing have earned US$717,619 (A$871,214) in prizemoney in 26 NASCAR Busch Series races this season
Ambrose will drive the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion for Wood Brothers/JTG Racing in the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series
Ambrose finished 16th in his NASCAR Busch Series debut at Daytona International Speedway on 17 February 2007, winning the Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award in what was his first race on the 2.5-mile Daytona superspeedway
The Australian scored his debut NASCAR Busch Series top 10 finish at his first NASCAR road course event with eighth place at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City on 4 March 2007
Ambrose picked up his second Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award and second-consecutive top 10 with 10th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on 10 March 2007, also winning the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award and the Checkers/Rally’s Double Drive-Thru Challenge Award for the fastest Busch Series pit crew
Ambrose achieved his best NASCAR Busch Series result to date with sixth place at Dover International Speedway on 2 June 2007, also winning him his fourth Raybestos Rookie of the Race award for the season
Ambrose was born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
finished 21st in the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and third in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings, earning US$256,368 in 22 starts in the #20 Aussie Vineyards Team Australia Ford F-150 for Wood Brothers/JTG Racing
2006 season highlighted by Budweiser Pole and WIX Lap Leader awards in Kentucky on 8 July 2006, along with third place finishes at Kansas on 1 July 2006 and Nashville 12 August 2006
Earned nine top 10 qualifying positions and four top 10 finishes in his first season of oval racing of any description
Ambrose won two consecutive Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series titles in 2003 and 2004 for Ford
RACE SCHEDULE
Local California (US Pacific) Times
Practice 1
Friday 31 August 2007
8:30am – 9:30am
Rookie Practice
Friday 31 August 2007
9:45am – 10:15am
Final Practice
Friday 31 August 2007
10:20am – 11:20am
Qualifying
Friday 31 August 2007
5:10pm
Race – 150 laps
Saturday 1 September 2007
7:00pm US Pacific
10:00pm US Eastern
UNITED STATES TV SCHEDULE
Saturday 1 September 2007
ESPN2
9:30pm US Eastern
AUSTRALIAN TIMES
Australian Eastern Standard Times
Practice 1
Saturday 1 September 2007
1:30am – 2:30am
Rookie Practice
Saturday 1 September 2007
2:45am – 3:15am
Final Practice
Saturday 1 September 2007
3:20am – 4:20am
Saturday 1 September 2007
10:10am
Race – 150 laps
Sunday 2 September 2007
12:00pm AEST
AUSTRALIAN TV REPLAYS
Sunday 2 September 2007
FOX Sports Two
11:30pm – 1:00am
Monday 3 September 2007
FOX Sports One
8:00am – 9:00am
ABOUT CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY
Location: Fontana, California
Race Distance: 150 laps ? 300 miles (482.8 kilometres)
Track Length: 2.0 miles (3.219 kilometres)
Degree of Banking in Turns: 14 degrees
Degree of Banking in Front Straight: 11 degrees
Degree of Banking in Back Straight: 3 degrees
Race Purse: US$1,607,454 (A$1,966,545)
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES RECORD BOOK
Busch Series Race Record: Hank Parker Jr, 28 April 2001 (155.957mph)
Busch Qualifying Record: Tony Stewart, 2005 (185.941mph)
Defending Busch Race Champion: Kasey Kahne
Defending Busch Polesitter: Clint Bowyer
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