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Ambrose pleased with seventh fastest in final practice ahead of season finale in Homestead PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 17 November 2007
Marcos Ambrose has set himself for a strong performance in the Ford 300, the finalmarcosbristol2-med.jpg race in the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series with seventh fastest in final practice at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida today.

Ambrose drove the Aussie Vineyards-backed #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion to seventh fastest in final practice around the 1.5-mile speedway and was happy with the performance of his car ahead of tomorrow’s all-important 200-lap race.
The Australian worked on car set-up throughout the day, concentrating on long runs while 29th fastest in first practice and eighth fastest in Rookie Practice.

ambrosephoenixpit-th.jpgAmbrose then ended the day with a quick race car, able to post a top 10 time as he aims to maintain his position in top 10 in the NASCAR Busch Series points standings.

Kasey Kahne was fastest in today’s final practice ahead of fellow Nextel Cup drivers Kevin Harvick and Mark Martin.

Leading Raybestos Rookie of the Year contendor David Ragan was fifth. Stephen Leicht, who sits one place above Ambrose in the series points, was seventh, and Matt Kenseth, who sits 11th in the points standings, was ninth, setting the scene for a tremendous battle for top 10 championship positions in tomorrow’s race.

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

“I’m pretty pleased with how the car performed in the end there,” said Ambrose.

“A lot of teams were doing different things and different times all day, but we had a good crack at a time in the last session and it turned out well.

“I feel like we’ve got a decent package and a car that is capable of running well.

“We are looking good but it’s still too early to be super-confident. We’ll think about things overnight and work on getting a good race car.

“It’s the last race of the season and it would be really, really good to put in a great finish to end the season.”

RESULTS: Final Practice
1. #9 Kasey Kahne 31.331
2. #21 Kevin Harvick 31.430
3. #5 Mark Martin 31.482
4. #99 David Reutimann 31.485
5. #6 David Ragan 31.487
6. #90 Stephen Leicht 31.493
7. #59 Marcos Ambrose 31.494
8. #24 Casey Mears 31.496
9. #17 Matt Kenseth 31.507
10. #20 Denny Hamlin 31.517

RESULTS: Rookie Practice
1. #41 AJ Allmendinger 31.904
2. #47 Kelly Bires 31.905
3. #42 Dario Franchitti 31.983
4. #6 David Ragan 32.030
5. #18 Aric Almirola 32.438
6. #00 Michael McDowell 32.595
7. #36 Jeremy Clements 32.676
8. #59 Marcos Ambrose 32.786
9. #49 Brian Keselowski 32.846
10. #88 Brad Keselowski 32.910

RESULTS: Practice 1
1=2! E #16 Greg Biffle 31.737
2. #10 Dave Blaney 31.773
3. #5 Mark Martin 31.785
4. #21 Kevin Harvick 31.787
5. #20 Denny Hamlin 31.815
6. #2 Clint Bowyer 31.869
7. #6 David Ragan 31.869
8. #99 David Reutimann 31.918
9. #38 Jason Leffler 31.956
10. #35 Bobby Hamilton Jr 31.958
29. #59 Marcos Ambrose 32.424

2007 NASCAR Busch Series Points Standings – After Race 34
1. Carl Edwards 4640
2. David Reutimann 4069
3. Jason Leffler 3875
4. Kevin Harvick 3868
5. David Ragan 3670
6. Bobby Hamilton Jr 3525
7. Stephen Leicht 3443
8. Marcos Ambrose 3343
9. Greg Biffle 3316
10. Mike Wallace 3300

2007 NASCAR Busch Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year Standings – After Race 34
1. David Ragan 234
2. Marcos Ambrose 204
3. Kyle Krisiloff 181
4. Brad Keselowski 181
5. Brad Coleman 169
6. Juan Pablo Montoya 165
7. Robert Richardson Jr 114
8. Justin Diercks 51
9. Sam Hornish Jr 35
10. Bobby Santos 21

2007 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD TALLY
David Ragan 11
Marcos Ambrose 6
Brad Keselowski 5
Juan Pablo Montoya 4
Brad Coleman 4
Kyle Krisiloff 3
Timothy Peters 1
 
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