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Ambrose Looks to Tough Phoenix Challenge

Staff, Thursday April 19, 2007.

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Marcos Ambrose has his sights set on a strong result in the Bashas’ Supermarkert 200 at Phoenix International Raceway in Arizona this weekend.

Ambrose will tackle the Phoenix track for his 31st race in NASCAR, with Phoenix one of the most challenging venues on the NASCAR Busch Series schedule. Phoenix features different banking in the turns at each end of the one-mile venue as well as a ‘dog leg’ kink in the middle of the back straight.

Entering the ninth race of the season Ambrose sits eighth in the NASCAR Busch Series standings in the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion. The Australian also leads the Raybestos Rookie of the Year points tally and has scored two top ten results already this season.

Last year in the penultimate race of the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Ambrose had a strong showing at Phoenix, qualifying seventh and finishing 15th in the #20 Aussie Vineyards Team Australia Ford F-150.

Ambrose and the Wood Brothers/JTG Racing team are continually improving and moving forward. Twelve months on from his oval racing and NASCAR debut, Ambrose is still intent on learning and developing his skills as he pushes for his first top five of the season.

Marcos Ambrose – #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion

“Phoenix is a tough race track and one that puts on some really good racing,” said Ambrose.

“I hope to do well there, as we went well there and had some good speed there in the truck towards the end of last season.”

“It’s an interesting sort of place that always puts on a tough race.”

“We are definitely making some progress at the moment with the car and I’m getting a better feel for things with every run.”

“This is a rookie year and we are learning all the time with every single race track and every single experience. It’s just about putting consistent runs together, trying things and making sure we are continually improving.”

“I’m really happy with where things sit at the moment, not only with the points, but how we are moving forward together as a team.”

2007 NASCAR Busch Series Points Standings – After Race 8
1. Carl Edwards 1370
2. Dave Blaney 967
3. Kevin Harvick 938
4. Kyle Busch 913
5. David Reutimann 907
6. Matt Kenseth 873
7. Bobby Hamilton Jr 859
8. Marcos Ambrose 824
9. Mike Wallace 819
10. David Ragan 802

2007 NASCAR Busch Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year Standings – After Race 8
1. Marcos Ambrose 78
2. David Ragan 76
3. Juan Pablo Montoya 75
4. Kyle Krisiloff 64
5. Brad Keselowski 45
6. Brad Coleman 32
7. Sam Hornish Jr 32
8. Justin Diercks 27
9. Robert Richardson 16
10. Alex Garcia 7

Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award Tally Marcos Ambrose 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 2 David Ragan 2 Timothy Peters 1 Brad Coleman 1 WIX Filters Lap Leader Award Tally Mike Wallace 3 Jason Leffler 2 Marcos Ambrose 1 Juan Pablo Montoya 1 Steve Wallace 1 Checkers/Rally’s Double Drive-Thru Challenge Award Tally Marcos Ambrose 1 Aric Almirola 1 Regan Smith 1 Scott Pruett 1 Mike Wallace 1 Jay Sauter 1 Stephen Leicht 1 Paul Menard 1 MARCOS AMBROSE FAST FACTS Marcos Ambrose and the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion team at Wood Brothers/JTG Racing have earned US$247,791 (A$303,665) in prizemoney in eight 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 The 30-year-old will also aim to qualify for two NASCAR Nextel Cup races in the #47 Aussie Vineyards Team Australia Ford Fusion for Wood Brothers/JTG Racing at Sonoma on 24 June 2007 and Watkins Glen on 12 August 2007 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 WATCH MARCOS RACE ONLINE FOR FREE

You can now watch live TV broadcasts of the NASCAR Busch Series for select races for the 2007 season.

The live TV broadcast is streamed direct to your computer, with chat features also available.

Best of all, it’s FREE, so check NASCAR.com for the streaming schedule.

NASCAR.com features a host of useful content to help Marcos Ambrose fans follow NASCAR Busch Series races, whether they are watching the television coverage, listening to radio or simply following the race online.

By clicking on the Launch buttons on the Free Live Leaderboards links on the front page on NASCAR.com, you can not only watch live timing of NASCAR races, but also click on the Radio Broadcast button to listen to live radio commentary, an Indianapolis-style Scoring Pylon and a Head-To-Head Driver Comparison to help you follow Marcos and your other favourite drivers.

RACE SCHEDULE Local Phoenix (Mountain) Times Practice 1 Thursday 19 April 2007 11:15am – 12:35pm Rookie Practice Thursday 19 April 2007 4:25pm – 4:55pm Final Practice Thursday 19 April 2007 6:45pm – 7:45pm Qualifying Friday 20 April 2007 2:35pm Phoenix Time 5:35pm US Eastern Time Race – 200 laps Friday 20 April 2007 6:30pm Local Phoenix Time 9:30pm US Eastern Time UNITED STATES TV SCHEDULE Friday 20 April 2007 ESPN2 9:00pm US Eastern Time AUSTRALIAN TIMES Eastern Standard Times Practice 1 Friday 20 April 2007 4:15am – 5:35am Rookie Practice Friday 20 April 2007 9:25am – 9:55am Final Practice Friday 20 April 2007 11:45am – 12:45pm Qualifying Saturday 21 April 2007 7:35am Race – 200 laps Saturday 21 April 2007 11:30am AEST 1:30pm Auckland NZ Time AUSTRALIAN TV SCHEDULE Saturday 21 April 2007 FOX Sports Two 11:00am – 2:00pm EDST AUSTRALIAN TV REPLAY Monday 23 April 2007 FOX Sports One 2:00pm – 4:00pm EDST ABOUT PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Location: Phoenix, Arizona Track Length: 1 mile (1.609km) Race Distance: 200 laps ? 200 miles (321.87km) Race Purse: US$1,259,255 (A$1,513,891) Degree of Banking in Turns One and Two: 11 degrees Degree of Banking in Turns Three and Four: 9 degrees Degree of Banking in Front Straight: 3 degrees Degree of Banking in Back Straight: 9 degrees NASCAR BUSCH SERIES RECORD BOOK Busch Series Race Record: Jeff Burton (1hr, 44min, 13sec) 4 November 2000 Busch Qualifying Record: Kyle Busch (26.902sec) 4 November 2004 Defending Busch Race Champion: Kevin Harvick Defending Busch Polesitter: Jason Leffler Subscribe to Fords News feed.

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