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Ambrose Qualifies 29th for Texas Busch Race
Staff, Friday April 13, 2007.
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Marcos Ambrose will start the O’Reilly 300 from 29th position after a day of steady improvement at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas today.
Ambrose qualified the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion as the fourth best rookie on the opening day of proceedings at the 1.5-mile speedway.
Earlier in the day the two-time Australian V8 Supercar Champion was 35th in opening practice, fourth in Rookie Practice and 31st in final practice.
Ambrose achieved a top 10 finish at Texas Motor Speedway last November in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and has impressive form on 1.5-mile ovals in his short NASCAR career.
Today saw a lot of effort put into improving the speed of the car, with gains made towards the end of the day, giving Ambrose and the team confidence heading into Saturday’s O’Reilly 300 as the Australian aims to maintain his lead in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings and his sixth position in the NASCAR Busch Series points, a position that has Ambrose as the leading non-Nextel Cup driver in the series standings.
Young Ford driver David Ragan captured pole for the O’Reilly 300 ahead of his team-mate and series leader Carl Edwards, with Kyle Busch in third.
“It wasn’t the best day for us today but we worked hard to get things moving in the right direction,” said Ambrose
“We probably got on top of all our problems with roughly 10 minutes to go in the final practice session, which put us behind things a bit for qualifying.”
“It was a long day, but you are always going to have those at some point.”
“We are now competitive in that we are in the pack and have qualified in the mix there. We are just chasing that extra couple of tenths of a second now so that we can be right up the front for the race.”
“Anything can happen in a NASCAR race. Strategy, drafting, pit stops, you name it, so we will be thinking about things tonight and looking at moving forwards in the race come Saturday.”
RESULTS: Qualifying – O’Reilly 300 Race 8 of the NASCAR Busch Series 1. #6 David Ragan 28.263 2. #60 Carl Edwards 28.518 3. #5 Kyle Busch 28.614 4. #24 Casey Mears 28.743 5. #9 Kasey Kahne 28.770 6. #20 Denny Hamlin 28.792 7. #99 David Reutimann 28.806 8. #06 Mark Martin 28.837 9. #29 Jeff Burton 28.882 10. #17 Matt Kenseth 28.888 29. #59 Marcos Ambrose 29.373 RESULTS: Final Practice 1. #4 Regan Smith 29.325 2. #24 Casey Mears 29.393 3. #88 Shane Huffman 29.427 4. #5 Kyle Busch 29.447 5. #06 Mark Martin 29.449 6. #12 Kyle Busch 29.451 7. #41 Reed Sorenson 29.470 8. #29 Jeff Burton 29.470 9. #10 Dave Blaney 29.476 10. #9 Kasey Kahne 29.484 31. #59 Marcos Ambrose 29.906 RESULTS: Rookie Practice 1. #6 David Ragan 29.552 2. #42 Juan Pablo Montoya 29.897 3. #21 Timothy Peters 29.902 4. #59 Marcos Ambrose 29.940 5. #23 Brad Keselowski 30.047 6. #18 Brad Coleman 30.080 7. #14 Kyle Krisiloff 30.112 8. #70 Justin Diercks 30.224 9. #80 Robert Richardson Jr 30.856 10. #05 Brett Rowe 33.150 RESULTS: Practice 1 1. #60 Carl Edwards 29.137 2. #17 Matt Kenseth 29.197 3. #9 Kasey Kahne 29.190 4. #16 Greg Biffle 29.229 5. #88 Shane Huffman 29.244 6. #5 Kyle Busch 29.278 7. #6 David Ragan 29.343 8. #21 Timothy Peters 29.346 9. #29 Jeffrey Burton 29.350 10. #06 Mark Martin 29.359 35. #59 Marcos Ambrose 29.9352007 NASCAR Busch Series Points Standings – After Race 7
1. Carl Edwards 1200
2. Dave Blaney 879
3. Kevin Harvick 808
4. David Reutimann 757
5. Kyle Busch 757
6. Marcos Ambrose 754
7. Bobby Hamilton Jr 738
8. Shane Huffman 703
9. Mike Wallace 696
10. Regan Smith 691
2007 NASCAR Busch Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year Standings – After Race 7
1. Marcos Ambrose 72
2. Juan Pablo Montoya 68
3. David Ragan 56
4. Kyle Krisiloff 56
5. Brad Keselowski 40
6. Sam Hornish Jr. 32
7. Brad Coleman 22
8. Justin Diercks 18
9. Robert Richardson Jr. 15
10. Alex Garcia 7
Marcos A! mbrose and the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion team at Wood Brothers/JTG Racing have earned US$221,523 (A$271,475) in prizemoney in seven 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
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.
See NASCAR.com
US Radio Station WYSHam regularly broadcasts radio commentary of NASCAR Busch Series events and streams radio via its website.
Got to the WYSHam website and click on the “Listen Live” button at the Top Left of screen
RACE SCHEDULE Race – 200 laps Saturday 14 April 2007 2:00pm Local Texas (Central) Time 3:00pm US Eastern Time UNITED STATES TV SCHEDULE Saturday 14 April 2007 ESPN2 2:30pm US Eastern Time AUSTRALIAN TIMES Eastern Standard Times Race – 200 laps Sunday 15 April 2007 5:00am Eastern Standard Time 5:30am SA/NT Time 3:00am WA Time AUSTRALIAN TV SCHEDULE Sunday 15 April 2007 FOX Sports Two 4:30am – 8:00am EDST ABOUT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY Location: Texas Motor Speedway Track Length: 1.5 miles (2.414km) Race Distance: 225 laps – 300 miles (482.8km) Race Purse: US$1,085,653 (A 1,850,450) Degree of Banking in Turns: 24 degrees Degree of Banking on Front Straight: 5 degrees Degree of Banking in Back Straight: 5 degrees! NASCAR BUSCH SERIES RECORD BOOK Busch Series Race Record: Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet; 145.710 mph (2 hrs., 3 min., 32 sec.); November 4, 2006 Busch Qualifying Record: Jeff Green, Chevrolet; 193.493 mph (27.908 sec.); April 5, 2002 Defending Busch Race Champion: Kurt Busch Defending Busch Polesitter: Denny HamlinSubscribe to Fords News feed.
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