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AMBROSE CONDUCTS SHAKEDOWN OF NEXTEL CUP CAR OF TOMORROW

cambo, Monday May 14, 2007.

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During the week Australian NASCAR star Marcos Ambrose drove his first laps in a NASCAR Nextel Cup car in a shakedown test at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, South Carolina on Wednesday 9 May 2007.

Ambrose and the Wood Brothers/JTG Racing team conducted the shakedown at the 2.5-mile (3.22-kilometre) road course circuit one day before entering practice for the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 NASCAR Busch Series event at Darlington Raceway, also in South Carolina.

The test was Ambrose’s first opportunity to drive a top-flight NASCAR Nextel Cup car and also the Australian’s first drive of a ‘Car of Tomorrow’, the latest generation NASCAR introduced to the sport in March this year.

Ambrose will 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.

Marcos Ambrose Quotes on COT Test

“The day went well and the car felt good,” said Ambrose.

“It was really a shakedown day for us. We didn’t complete too many laps. It was more about me feeling comfortable in the car and getting a feel for it.”

“We looked over everything as we went and we’ve already found some areas where we will go back and make some modifications back at the workshop.”

“It was good to get the opportunity to get some laps in a Car of Tomorrow. Now we can sit down and have a good think about our road course plans.”

MARCOS AMBROSE FAST FACTS

Marcos Ambrose and the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion team at Wood Brothers/JTG Racing have earned US$331,924 (A$399,043) in prizemoney in 12 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

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