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Kansas Speedway An Ambrose Favourite
Staff, Thursday September 27, 2007.
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Marcos Ambrose revisits one of his favourite NASCAR venues when the NASCAR Busch Series visits Kansas Speedway for the Yellow Transportation 300 in Kansas City this weekend.
Ambrose scored his first NASCAR top five finish at Kansas in last year’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with third place in only his ninth event.
The Australian also qualified fourth on that day around the 1.5-mile oval and on this occasion Ambrose is looking forward to taking the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion to Kansas as he seeks to score a similar result.
Ambrose and his Wood Brothers/JTG Racing team have shown good form on the faster intermediate-style speedways and enter this weekend with a positive outlook and ready to challenge for Ambrose’s fifth top ten and 16th top 20 finish for the season.
Ambrose sits eighth in the NASCAR Busch Series standings, 21 points behind fellow Ford driver Greg Biffle in the points with six races remaining. Ambrose remains second in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings behind David Ragan.
“Kansas is one of the tracks I have really been looking forward to in this final run of races,” said Ambrose.
“It’s a track that I really got used to very quickly when I was there in the truck last season and we had a great race. It was one of the events that gave me a lot of confidence for the rest of the season and into this year.”
“We have been working very well as a team and making progress. Last weekend we ran well after a bit of a hiccup in qualifying but Kansas is the place I’ve been looking towards for a really strong result.”
“We will go there, do our own thing and see how we go in practice and qualifying. We’ve got to think about the points situation as well but it would be great if we can get the car set-up right and be in a position to make a run for the top five in the last part of the race.”
“It’s been a big week for our family with the arrival of Adelaide and I really have to thank my team, sponsors and everyone both in the United States and in Australia who has been supportive of Sonja and me and sent their best wishes.”
“I’d love to give the girls a good result this weekend. With Sonja, Tabitha and now Adelaide I’m a very lucky guy, even if I finish last this weekend.”
2007 NASCAR Busch Series Points Standings – After Race 29
Carl Edwards 4153
David Reutimann 3399
Kevin Harvick 3265
Jason Leffler 3245
David Ragan 3088
Bobby Hamilton Jr 3046
Greg Biffle 2919
Marcos Ambrose 2898
Stephen Leicht 2831
Mike Wallace 2801
2007 NASCAR Busch Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year Standings – After Race 29
David Ragan 214
Marcos Ambrose 190
Kyle Krisiloff 171
Juan Pablo Montoya 165
Brad Keselowski 157
Brad Coleman 156
Robert Richardson Jr 99
Justin Diercks 51
Sam Hornish Jr 35
Bobby Santos 21
2007 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD TALLY
David Ragan 9
Marcos Ambrose 5
Juan Pablo Montoya 4
Brad Coleman 4
Brad Keselowski 4
Kyle Krisiloff 2
Timothy Peters 1
MARCOS AMBROSE FAST FACTS
Marcos Ambrose and the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion team at Wood Brothers/JTG Racing have earned US$808,278 (A$932,054) in prizemoney in 29 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
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