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Ambrose Makes Solid Start In Dover Heat PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 03 June 2007
Team Australia driver Marcos Ambrose has made a solid start in practice for the Dover 200 in hot conditions at Dover International Speedway in Delaware today.

Ambrose continually improved the set-up of the Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion ahead of tomorrow’s 200-lap event on the all-concrete, one-mile speedway dubbed ‘The Monster Mile’.

Ambrose was 14th fastest in opening practice, fourth fastest in rookie practice before ending the day 27th fastest in final practice. NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin topped opening and final practice respectively.

The Australian driver is confident that the work and progress achieved today will but him in a good position to challenge for a strong finish in this weekend’s NASCAR Busch Series event.

Qualifying for the Dover 200 will be held tomorrow with the race following four hours later at 3pm US Eastern Time (5:00am Eastern Australian Time).

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

“This is one of the hardest tracks in NASCAR,” said Ambrose.

“We had a reasonable day. We rolled off the truck with a good package. We never got a chance to do a qualifying run at the end of the day and that hurt our position on the practice sheet.

“We should have a good car for qualifying and then the race tomorrow.

“The weather has been hot and if that continues tomorrow it’s going to take a bit of a toll over 200 laps around this place.”

RESULTS: Practice One
1. #60 Carl Edwards 23.536
2. #90 Stephen Leicht 23.649
3. #20 Denny Hamlin 23.656
4. #10 Dave Blaney 23.661
5. #77 Kevin Harvick 23.700
6. #29 Jeff Burton 23.705
7. #24 Casey Mears 23.730
8. #33 Tony Raines 23.739
9. #16 Greg Biffle 23.742
10. #9 Kasey Kahne 23.763
14. #59 Marcos Ambrose 23.832

RESULTS: Rookie Practice
1. #99 David Reutimann 23.917
2. #6 David Ragan 23.924
3. #23 Brad Keselowski 23.953
4. #59 Marcos Ambrose 23.959
5. #25 David Gilliland 24.191
6. #36 Brent Sherman 24.546
7. #14 Kyle Krisiloff 24.574
8. #18 Kevin Conway 24.620
9. #28 Robert Richardson Jr. 24.696
10. #0 Eric McClure 25.254

RESULTS: Final Practice
1. #20 Denny Hamlin 23.494
2. #9 Kasey Kahne 23.561
3. #16 Greg Biffle 23.569
4. #10 Dave Blaney 23.584
5. #21 Scott Wimmer 23.644
6. #38 Jason Leffler 23.704
7. #77 Kevin Harvick 23.788
8. #1 J.J. Yeley 23.833
9. #66 Steve Wallace 23.842
10. #29 Jeff Burton 23.881
27. #59 Marcos Ambrose 24.093

2007 NASCAR Busch Series Points Standings – After Race 13
1. Carl Edwards 2075
2. Kevin Harvick 1652
3. Dave Blaney 1483
4. Matt Kenseth 1431
5. David Reutimann 1393
6. Regan Smith 1393
7. David Ragan 1358
8. Clint Bowyer 1349
9. Jeff Burton 1340
10. Greg Biffle 1320
11. Kyle Busch 1318
12. Bobby Hamilton Jr 1316
13. Marcos Ambrose 1303
14. Casey Mears 1302
15. Juan Pablo Montoya 1302

2007 NASCAR Busch Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year Standings – After Race 13
1. David Ragan 132
2. Juan Pablo Montoya 127
3. Marcos Ambrose 123
4. Kyle Krisiloff 111
5. Brad Keselowski 73
6. Brad Coleman 50
7. Justin Diercks 39
8. Sam Hornish Jr 35
9. Robert Richardson Jr 23
10. Alex Garcia 7

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$361,585 (A$581,914) in prizemoney in 13 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

WATCH MARCOS RACE ONLINE FOR FREE

You can now watch live TV broadcasts of the NASCAR Busch Series for the majority of races remaining in the 2007 season.

The live TV broadcast is streamed direct to your computer, with chat features also available.

Best of all, it’s FREE, so check NASCAR.com for the streaming schedule.

NASCAR.com features a host of useful content to help Marcos Ambrose fans follow NASCAR Busch Series races, whether they are watching the television coverage, listening to radio or simply following the race online.

By clicking on the Launch buttons on the Free Live Leaderboards links on the front page on NASCAR.com, you can not only watch live timing of NASCAR races, but also click on the Radio Broadcast button to listen to live radio commentary, an Indianapolis-style Scoring Pylon and a Head-To-Head Driver Comparison to help you follow Marcos and your other favourite drivers.

RACE SCHEDULE
Local Delaware (US Eastern) Times
Qualifying
Saturday 2 June 2007
11:05am

Race – 200 laps
Saturday 2 June 2007
3:00pm

UNITED STATES TV SCHEDULE
Saturday 2 June 2007
ESPN2
2:30pm

AUSTRALIAN TIMES
Australian Eastern Standard Times
Qualifying
Sunday 3 June 2007
1:05am

Race – 200 laps
Sunday 3 June 2007
5:00am

AUSTRALIAN TV SCHEDULE
Sunday 3 June 2007
FOX Sports Two
4:30am – 7:00am

AUSTRALIAN TV REPLAYS
Monday 4 June 2007
FOX Sports Three
1:00am – 3:00am

ABOUT DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
Location: Dover, Delaware
Track Length: 1.0 mile (1.60 km)
Race Distance: 200 laps – 200 miles (321.87km)
Total Race Purse: US$1,127,483 (A$1,3! 76,322)
Degree of Banking in Turns: 24 degrees
Degree of Banking in Straights: 9 degrees

NASCAR BUSCH SERIES RECORD BOOK
Busch Series Race Record: Dale Earnhardt Jr (1hr, 32min, 12sec) 30 May 1998
Busch Qualifying Record: David Green (22.797 seconds/187.735mph) 6 June 2004
Defending Busch Race Champion: Jeff Burton
Defending Busch Polesitter: none (weather)
 
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