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| Ambrose begins his charge to the finish in Memphis |
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| Thursday, 25 October 2007 | |
Marcos Ambrose begins a run of four-consecutive races to complete the
2007 NASCAR Busch Series in the Sam’s Town 250 at Memphis Motorsports
Park in Memphis, Tennessee this weekend.
Ambrose remains focused on maintaining his position in the top 10 in the series standings in the Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion. Some poor luck over the past couple of events has not stopped the Australian thinking positively about the final races of this season, with Ambrose determined to finish his first season in the Busch Series and his second in NASCAR on a good note. Ambrose has one previous start at the short and challenging Memphis oval. The Australian made his 11th start at Memphis in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series last year, turning in a solid qualifying performance with 14th. An incident ahead saw Ambrose sustain damage to his truck in the race and he finished 34th. Ambrose sees a strong finish to this season as important as he and the #59 Kingsford crew work to build strong momentum to carry into next season, with the first open test for the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series scheduled for January 18 at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. Ambrose enters this weekend’s race having enjoyed a rare off-week last weekend and is now refreshed and ready to go for the final four races of the season, which are all staged on consecutive weekends. Marcos Ambrose – Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion  “I really didn’t do much during the off week, except change a few
diapers and do a bunch of little things that needed to be done around
the house,” said Ambrose.
“Sometimes it’s good to take a little break like that. I love to race. I’d be happy to do it every week. But we needed an extra week to put our run of bad luck behind us. We’ve had two bad races in a row, and neither were our fault. That’s all part of racing. It’s just as easy to have a run of good luck as bad luck. “We’ve definitely come a long way with our cars this year. The work that’s been done in the shop is incredible. It’s real important to turn that effort into good finishes. We’ve had some bad luck lately; we need to turn that around. “When you bring the car home in one piece, we can look at making the little adjustments to make it better for the future. When we bring it home with damage, we have to spend the time putting it back together and we have to start the whole process over again.” Ernie Cope – Crew Chief, Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion “We’ve worked closely with everyone over on the #47 Clorox team and together we’ve really created a good package,” said Cope. “We just need some luck. We’re trying to wrap up a Top 10 finish, but at the same time we’re working on things for next year. We believe that all works hand-in-hand.” AMBROSE MONTREAL VISOR SIGNED AND UP FOR AUCTION ON EBAY  Marcos Ambrose, driver of the Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford
Charcoal Ford Fusion in the NASCAR Busch Series has teamed up with eBay
Auctions to offer an astounding piece of his personal memorabilia to
benefit the Animal Adoption League. The helmet visor from his August 4th, 2007 race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal is being offered up for bidding. The Simpson visor is autographed by Ambrose, who led the most laps in the event (37 of 90), prior to being spun out of the lead with just two laps remaining in what would have been his first NASCAR victory. The visor has his Discover Tasmania decal on the front, Milipro decals on the sides and the trademarked Wood Brothers/JTG Racing #59 decals as well. Ambrose not only signed the visor, but included the date - marking one of the most controversial finishes of the year. Click Here for the eBay.com Auction page to bid now. The auction began on Monday, October 22nd and runs through October 29th. All proceeds from the auction of this visor will go to support the Animal Adoption League, a service providing loving homes for healthy and homeless pets. 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Points Standings – After Race 31 1. Carl Edwards 4276 2. David Reutimann 3638 3. Kevin Harvick 3523 4. Jason Leffler 3451 5. David Ragan 3299 6. Bobby Hamilton Jr 3264 7. Greg Biffle 3136 8. Stephen Leicht 3046 9. Marcos Ambrose 2987 10. Matt Kenseth 2981 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year Standings – After Race 31 1. David Ragan 222 2. Marcos Ambrose 192 3. Kyle Krisiloff 177 4. Juan Pablo Montoya 165 5. Brad Keselowski 165 6. Brad Coleman 156 7. Robert Richardson Jr 99 8. Justin Diercks 51 9. Sam Hornish Jr 35 10. Bobby Santos 21 2007 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD TALLY David Ragan 10 Marcos Ambrose 5 Juan Pablo Montoya 4 Brad Coleman 4 Brad Keselowski 4 Kyle Krisiloff 3 Timothy Peters 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$849,505 (A$948,637) in prizemoney in 31 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 – 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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