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Early Race Incident Thwarts Ambrose Effort In Bristol PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 25 March 2007
An incident in the early laps of the race has thwarted Team Australia driver Marcos Ambrose’s run in the Sharpie Mini 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee today.

Ambrose managed to soldier on with a stricken car to finish 28th and maintain seventh place in the NASCAR Busch Series standings.

Ambrose’s Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion was hit when Jason Leffler spun on lap 36 of the 300-lap event. Ambrose’s crew took the damaged car back to the garage and made repairs, with Ambrose returning to the race 24 laps down.

With his car still in a damaged state the Australian driver circulated as best he could to collect points and creep up the order as other cars retired.

The strategy paid off with Ambrose 34th in the 43-car field at the halfway point of the race and 33rd with 100 laps remaining on lap 200.

By the end of the race Ambrose had risen to 28th position, finishing 29 laps down and crucially gaining 79 championship points towards his NASCAR Busch Series campaign.

Earlier in the day Ambrose qualified the Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion in 36th position around the 0.533-mile (0.858km) speedway.

Carl Edwards won today’s Sharpie Mini 300 in front of an estimated crowd of 110,000 people ahead of Ford team-mate Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch.

Marcos Ambrose – Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion

“You have days like this in motorsport,” said Ambrose.

“We got hit early and it did plenty of damage to the car. We got it back together as much as we could and went back out there to circulate to get some points.

“Once we were back out there we just tried to stay out of everyone’s way and make sure the car got to the finish.

“It was a wild race today so we managed to climb up the order as people dropped out. We are still seventh in points so that’s something to take out of the weekend.

“After practice it was all looking good. It turned out to be a day to forget for the team but we will bounce back.

“It was really difficult after the incident because I was just trying to stay out of the way.

“You’re on the bottom groove and all the marbles and you’re clipping the apron all the time trying to keep out of the way and it was just a long, long day.

“We just kept ticking off those race laps and somehow finished with a 28th place.

“I was trying to do the right thing up there, but you can’t help it when someone just knocks you out.”

RESULTS: Sharpie Mini 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway Race 6 of the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series
1. #60 Carl Edwards 300 laps
2. #17 Matt Kenseth
3. #7 Kyle Busch
4. #12 Ryan Newman
5. #2 Clint Bowyer
6. #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr
7. #37 Greg Biffle
8. #33 Kevin Harvick
9. #29 Scott Wimmer
10. #22 Mike Bliss
28. #59 Marcos Ambrose 171 laps

RACE STATISTICS
Race Distance: 300 laps – 159.9 miles (257.33km)
Leaders: 8
Lead Changes: 13
Cautions: 12
Caution Laps: 103
Total Race Purse: US$1,464,894 (A$1,834,557)

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 655
7. Ma! rcos Ambrose 642
8. Greg Biffle 635
9. Mike Wallace 623
10. Bobby Hamilton Jr 600

Raybestos Rookie of the Race Award Tally
Marcos Ambrose 2
Juan Pablo Montoya 3
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 Aussie Vineyards-backed #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 Aussie Vineyards-backed #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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