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Ambrose Takes Second in Twilight Opener at Sydney's Eastern Creek

Staff, Monday April 29, 2002.

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Pirtek Racing's Marcos Ambrose has grabbed second place in the opening twilight race at the third round of the V8 Supercar Series at Sydney's Eastern Creek.

Ambrose started from second position in the 13-lap encounter, with pole-man Mark Skaife converting his number one position with victory.

On a day that included practice, qualifying, top-10 shootout and a 50-kilometre race, fans were treated to a great day's action.

Ambrose was especially sensational in the top-10 shootout, where he improved from seventh to second in a blistering one-lap dash.

"The shootout really set things up for the race," said Ambrose.

"I got a pretty good start in the race itself, but Skaife was able to hold his line going into the first bend. From there it was a case of maintaining position.

"Tomorrow's races are over 150-kilometres and include compulsory pit stops for tyres, so it was important to get a strong result in today's opener.

"We tend to show our strength in the longer races, so I'm confident we can go for victory tomorrow.

"Taking care of the tyres will be vital and picking the right time to stop is set to be the key moment."

Other standouts for Ford included Steve Ellery (Super Cheap Auto Racing) who took his best result of the season with sixth place. Ambrose team-mate David Besnard (Caltex Havoline Racing held off a string of cars including Craig Lowndes (00 Motorsport).

The first of tomorrow's two 150-kilometre (39-lap) races gets underway from 11:15am.

Race#1 Top-10 at Eastern Creek
1. Mark Skaife
2. Marcos Ambrose - Pirtek Racing - Ford Falcon AUXR8
3. John Faulkner
4. Greg Murphy
5. Russell Ingall
6. Steve Ellery - Super Cheap Auto Racing - Ford Falcon AUXR8
7. David Besnard - Caltex Havoline Racing - Ford Falcon AUXR8
8. Garth Tander
9. Craig Lowndes - 00 Motorsport - Ford Falcon AUXR8
10. Steve Richards

Details for Round Three of the 2002 V8 Supercar Series:
Race 2 (39 laps - 153.27km) Sunday 28 April - 11.15am
Race 3 (39 laps - 153.27km) Sunday 28 April - 2.45pm
Circuit: Eastern Creek, New South Wales
Length: 3.93km
Lap Record:
Qualifying - 1m.31.3941s (Murphy 2001)
Shootout - 1m.30.8955s (Ambrose 2001)
Race - 1m.31.7301s (Skaife 2000)
Estimated top speed:265 km/h - Pit Straight
Estimated average speed: 147 km/h

For further information contact:
Ben Beazley
Media Coordinator
Ford Racing
Phone: (03) 9533 4455
Mobile: 0417-262 753
Email: ben@segalmedia.com.au

****2002 Ford Racing Australia Media Guides and up to date statistics on all Ford V8 drivers are now available - please contact Ben if you would like a copy****