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Ambrose Returns to Happy Hunting Ground in Nashville
Staff, Thursday April 5, 2007.
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Marcos Ambrose returns to the venue of one of his finest performances when he tackles the Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee this weekend.
Ambrose was a fine third in his last visit to Nashville while competing in last year’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in the #20 Aussie Vineyards Ford F-150 last August.
Now Ambrose gets the opportunity to reacquaint himself with the 1.333-mile concrete-surfaced speedway in the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion as he strives for another strong finish.
The Australian sits seventh in the NASCAR Busch Series points standings after six races and is the highest-placed non-Nextel Cup driver.
Ambrose is also second in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings, locked in a battle with former Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya and the likes of NASCAR young gun David Ragan for the prestigious award.
“I’m really excited about Nashville,” said Ambrose.
“For some reason, on those concrete tracks, I get a good feel on them. I ran well at Dover, and I just feel like I can feel the car advancing on the concrete tracks. Nashville being slightly smaller than a one-and-a-half-mile speedway – like Lowe’s or Texas – I think is good for me, too, because the speed is slightly slower and you can be more aggressive behind the wheel.
“I’m really looking forward to Nashville, and I hope to duplicate what I did there last year in the truck series this weekend.”
“There isn’t a lot of carryover between the Truck and the Busch car. I think the trucks drive very differently from the Busch car. One of the main factors, too, is the competition is pretty steep in the Busch Series. You’ve got a lot of great drivers from Cup competing, so it’s pretty tricky.
“We’ve just got to focus on our own job, and I feel that if we do our job properly we can run a strong top 10.”
“I hope to keep growing as a driver in NASCAR and my focus this season has to be on just finishing the race, if I can, on the lead lap. If we can do that, we’ll have a good run – a top-15 finish – which has to be our goal, and a top-10 would be great.”
“If we just do our own job and don’t worry about the other people around us, and just race the track ourselves and get the best out of the car that we can, we should be fine. That’s really what I’m focused on.
“The family and I are having a great time. We’re treating it just like a holiday as much as anything. We’re getting to see places of America that you never dream of getting to. We’re having a great experience and that’s what it’s about.
“It’s just one of these life experiences that you get along the way. We’re lucky enough to be able to travel with a young family, and I’ve a great wife in Sonja to support me doing what I love to do.”
“I have absolutely no regrets and I think everything we’ve done in the last 12 months and into the future is going to be fantastic for us.”
Marcos Ambrose – #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion
2007 NASCAR Busch Series Points Standings – After Race 6
1. Carl Edwards 1005
2. Kevin Harvick 808
3. Kyle Busch 757
4. Dave Blaney 714
5. Matt Kenseth 683
6. Juan Pablo Montoya 650
7. Marcos Ambrose 642
8. Greg Biffle 635
9. Mike Wallace 623
10. Bobby Hamilton Jr 600
2007 NASCAR Busch Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year Standings – After Race 6
1. Juan Pablo Montoya 68
2. Marcos Ambrose 62
3. David Ragan 54
4. Kyle Krisiloff 47
5. Brad Keselowski 36
6. Sam Hornish Jr 25
7. Brad Coleman 11
8. Justin Diercks 10
9. Robert Richardson Jr 9
10. Alex Garcia 7
Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award Tally
Marcos Ambrose 2
Juan Pablo Montoya 2
Timothy Peters 1
David Ragan 1
WIX Filters Lap Leader Award Tally
Mike Wallace 2
Marcos Ambrose 1
Jason Leffler 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
MARCOS AMBROSE FAST FACTS
Marcos Ambrose and the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion team at Wood Brothers/JTG Racing have earned US$202,480 (A$251,184) in prizemoney in six 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
HOW TO FOLLOW NASCAR BUSCH SERIES RACES ONLINE
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.
Click Here for NASCAR.com
US Radio Station WYSHam regularly broadcasts radio commentary of NASCAR Busch Series events and streams radio via its website.
Go to the WYSHam website and click on the “Listen Live” button at the Top Left of screen
RACE SCHEDULE
Local Nashville (Central) Times
Practice 1
Friday 6 April 2007
1:45pm – 2:45pm
Rookie Practice
Friday 6 April 2007
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Final Practice
Friday 6 April 2007
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Qualifying
Saturday 7 April 2007
10:05am
Race ? 225 laps
Saturday 7 April 2007
2:30pm Local Nashville Time
3:30pm US Eastern Time
UNITED STATES TV SCHEDULE
Saturday 7 April 2007
ESPN2
3:00pm US Eastern Time
AUSTRALIAN TIMES
Eastern Standard Times
Practice 1
Saturday 7 April 2007
4:45am – 5:45am
Rookie Practice
Saturday 7 April 2007
6:00am – 7:00am
Final Practice
Saturday 7 April 2007
7:30am – 8:30am
Qualifying
Sunday 8 April 2007
1:05am
Race – ! 225 laps
Sunday 8 April 2007
5:30am Eastern Standard Time
5:00am SA/NT Time
3:30am WA Time
AUSTRALIAN TV SCHEDULE
Sunday 8 April 2007
FOX Sports One
5:00am – 8:30am EDST
AUSTRALIAN TV REPLAY
Sunday 8 April 2007
FOX Sports One
4:00pm – 6:00pm EDST
ABOUT NASHVILLE SUPERSPEEDWAY
Location: Lebanon, Tennessee
Track Length: 1.333 miles (2.145km)
Race Distance: 225 laps – 300 miles (482.8km)
Race Purse: US$1,085,653? (A 1,335,202)
Degree of Banking in Turns: 14 degrees
Degree of Banking in Front Straight: 9 degrees
Degree of Banking in Back Straight: 6 degrees
NASCAR BUSCH SERIES RECORD BOOK
Busch Series Race Record: Jack Sprague, 8 June 2002 (2hr, 23min, 41secs)
Busch Qualifying Record: Martin Truex Jr, 9 April 2004 (28.819 seconds)
Defending Busch Race Champion: Kevin Harvick
Defending Busch Polesitter: Denny Hamlin
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