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Ambrose Makes Most of Eventful Race in Watkins Glen

Staff, Monday August 13, 2007.

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Marcos Ambrose has ensured he added a healthy collection of points to his NASCAR Busch Series tally from an eventful Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International in New York today.

The Australian finished 13th in the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion, surviving several incidents to bring his car home and score points that see him maintain eighth in the overall series standings after 24 of 35 races this season.

Ambrose qualified in seventh position and began to move steadily forward in the early stages of the race. Fuel strategy was not kind to the 30-year-old and as the race panned out Ambrose continually found himself having to claw his way back through the pack as the differing pit strategies played out.

Ambrose made a set-up change to the rear end of the car late in the race in an attempt to cure a handling problem, but the move back-fired when the car proved worse after the change.

Ambrose soldiered on and despite a poor handling car he showed his class on road courses to move forward in the closing stages, moving forward five positions in the last 10 laps to finish 13th and collect a solid haul of series points.

Kevin Harvick made it back-to-back NASCAR Busch Series wins in the Zippo 200 today, finishing ahead of team-mate Jeff Burton and polesitter Kurt Busch.

Ambrose will be back in action next weekend at Michigan International Speedway for the Carfax 250.

“It was certainly an eventful day,” said Ambrose.

“Our fuel mileage was different from some others. We missed the set-up on the rear of the car a little bit. We made a change; it’s my fault. We should’ve probably stuck with what we had. ”

“But it was not a bad day considering. I mean, we just didn’t quite get it right. ”

“We brought it home probably four or five spots worse than we could have. But all considering, it’s not a bad day.”

“We didn’t think we’d get the fuel mileage some others were trying for, so we didn’t do that strategy. That cost us a few spots. ”

“I asked for a change for that last stop and made the car worse. We stopped again. A couple things happened there that didn’t go our way. But all in all, it’s not a bad points day.”

RESULTS: Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International
(Race 24 of the NASCAR Busch Series)
1. #21 Kevin Harvick 82 laps
2. #29 Jeff Burton
3. #39 Kurt Busch
4. #15 Paul Menard
5. #18 Brad Coleman
6. #17 Matt Kenseth
7. #77 Bobby Labonte
8. #5 Casey Mears
9. #12 Ryan Newman
10. #47 Andy Lally
13. #59 Marcos Ambrose

RESULTS: Qualifying
1. #39 Kurt Busch 1:12.569
2. #42 Juan Pablo Montoya 1:12.846
3. #12 Ryan Newman 1:13.002
4. #55 Robby Gordon 1:13.154
5. #41 Scott Pruett 1:13.193
6. #29 Jeff Burton 1:13.262
7. #59 Marcos Ambrose 1:13.285
8. #15 Paul Menard 1:13.292
9. #9 Boris Said 1:13.321
10. #20 Denny Hamlin 1:13.359

2007 NASCAR Busch Series Points Standings – After Race 24
1. Carl Edwards 3534
2. David Reutimann 2768
3. Kevin Harvick 2743
4. Jason Leffler 2614
5. David Ragan 2586
6. Bobby Hamilton Jr 2495
7. Stephen Leicht 2427
8. Marcos Ambrose 2395
9. Mike Wallace 2325
10. Greg Biffle 2309

MARCOS AMBROSE FAST FACTS

Marcos Ambrose and the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion team at Wood Brothers/JTG Racing have earned US$666,531 (A$789,074) in prizemoney in 24 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

WATCH MARCOS RACE ONLINE FOR FREE

You can now watch live TV broadcasts of the NASCAR Busch Series for the majority of races remaining in 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.

AUSTRALIAN TV REPLAY
Monday 13 August 2007
Fox Sports Two
2:00pm – 4:00pm

ABOUT WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL
Location: Watkins Glen, New York
Track Length: 2.45 miles (3.94 km)
Race Distance: 82 laps – 200.9 miles (323.3km)
Circuit Type: Permanent Road Course (11 turns)

NASCAR BUSCH SERIES RECORD BOOK
Busch Series Race Record: Terry Labonte (2hr, 22min, 47sec) 30 June 1996
Busch Qualifying Record: Kurt Busch (72.577 seconds/121.526mph) 12 August 2006
Defending Busch Race Winner: Kurt Busch
Defending Busch Polesitter: Kurt Busch

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