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| Ambrose Kickes Off Daytona Weekend With Solid Practice Form |
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| Friday, 16 February 2007 | |
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Team Australia’s Marcos Ambrose has kicked off his debut event in the NASCAR Busch Series with a solid run in opening practice for the Orbitz 300 at Daytona International Speedway in Florda today. Ambrose drove the Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion to 29th fastest in first practice, completing 32 laps in the session. The Australian ran in the pack around the 2.5-mile superspeedway and felt comfortable with the set-up of his car. Establishing a race set-up for running in the draft was the priority for Ambrose and the Kingsford Charcoal team today and the entire crew came away pleased with the set-up achieved for the Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford Ford. Ambrose’s Wood Brothers/JTG Racing team-mate Jon Wood set the fastest time in today’s practice session in the #47 Clorox Ford Fusion, ahead of Steve Wallace, Mark Martin and Clint Bowyer. Ambrose continues proceedings tomorrow with Rookie Practice and Final Practice, before qualifying on Friday and the Orbitz 300 on Saturday. Marcos Ambrose – Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion “We are pretty pleased with how we ran today to start the weekend,” said Ambrose. “This was our first time running in a really big pack of cars in the draft and we managed to work our way into it and do OK. “Handling is really important at the moment as the tyres are a fairly hard compound so you need the car set-up well to get enough grip. We were happy with how the #59 Kingsford car was going so we will just keep working at it tomorrow. “I have the advantage of being allowed to run in rookie practice tomorrow so I will use that to practice some qualifying runs, then use final practice to run in the draft and get the car working well in the pack for the race.” Practice 1 Results 1. #47 Jon Wood 48.046 2. #66 Steve Wallace 48.164 3. #06 Mark Martin 48.208 4. #2 Clint Bowyer 48.214 5. #37 Jamie McMurray 48.263 6. #6 David Ragan 48.288 7. #29 Scott Wimmer 48.297 8. #60 Carl Edwards 48.302 9. #5 Kyle Busch 48.306 10. #11 Martin Truex Jr 48.320 29. #59 Marcos Ambrose 48.638 Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contenders 1. (6th) #6 David Ragan 48.288 2. (16th) #12 Sam Hornish Jr 48.413 3. (21st) #14 Kyle Krisiloff 48.538 4. (29th) #59 Marcos Ambrose 48.638 5. (37th) #42 Juan Pablo Montoya 49.031 6. (42nd) #70 Justin Diercks 49.513 7. (48th) #23 Brad Keselowski 50.700 MARCOS AMBROSE FAST FACTS – Ambrose will drive the Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion for Wood Brothers/JTG Racing in the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series – 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 RACE SCHEDULE Rookie Practice Thursday 15 February 2006 9:00am – 9:30am Final Practice Thursday 15 February 2006 9:30am – 10:55am Qualifying Friday 16 February 2006 3:05pm Race – 120 laps (300 miles) Saturday 17 February 2006 1:15pm AUSTRALIAN TIMES Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Times Rookie Practice Friday 16 February 2006 1:00am – 1:30am Final Practice Friday 16 February 2006 1:30am – 2:55am Qualifying Saturday 17 February 2006 7:05am Race – 120 laps (300 miles) Sunday 18 February 2006 5:15am EDST (NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, ACT) 4:45am South Australian time 4:15am Queensland time 3:45am Northern Territory time 3:15am West Australian time AUSTRALIAN TV SCHEDULE Sun! day 18 February 2006 FOX Sports Two 5:00am – 8:00am Ambrose’s Australian fans will also get their first opportunity to watch the Tasmanian-born driver race in NASCAR competition, as cable sports network FOX Sports broadcasts the Orbitz 300 live on its FOX Sports 2 channel at 5:00am this Sunday morning in Australia. ABOUT DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Race Distance: 120 laps – 300 miles (482.8 kilometres) Track Length: 2.5 miles (4.023 kilometres) Degree of Banking in Turns: 31 degrees Degree of Banking in Straights: NASCAR BUSCH SERIES RECORD BOOK Busch Series Race Record: Geoffrey Bodine, 16 February 1985 (157.137mph) Busch Qualifying Record: Tommy Houston, 2000 (194.389mph) Defending Busch Race Champion: Tony Stewart Defending Busch Polesitter: JJ Yeley |
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