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Saturday, 12 April 2008
Marcos Ambrose has enjoyed a solid run in the Bashas Supermarkets 200 with 17th place at Phoenix International Raceway in Arizona today.

Ambrose qualified in 11th position in the #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion and maintained a position in the top 15 in the early stages of the race. The Australian dropped out of the top 20 mid-race but improved the pace of his car entering the final stages, moving up to be one of the first cars running one lap down by the end of the race.

After 202 laps at the challenging 1.0-mile speedway Ambrose finished as the second car one lap down, collecting a solid haul of points to now sit 17th in the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series standings.

Kyle Busch won today’s Bashas Supermarkets 200 ahead of Carl Edwards and Denny Hamlin.

Ambrose returns to road course racing next weekend with the Corona Mexico 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City.

Marcos Ambrose - #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion

“We had a reasonable day out there and brought it home,” said Ambrose.

“I was waiting for the Lucky Dog to get back on the lead lap, because I really thought we could have had something for a lot of them towards the end to push us up the order.

“In the end we were trapped a lap down but we finished and added to the points.

“It wasn’t a bad day for the Kingsford team and we will look to step it up a notch over the next few races.”

RESULTS: Bashas Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway
Race 8 in the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series
1. #18 Kyle Busch 202 laps
2. #60 Carl Edwards
3. #20 Denny Hamlin
4. #33 Kevin Harvick
5. #6 David Ragan
6. #1 Mike Bliss
7. #21 Stephen Leicht
8. #2 Clint Bowyer
9. #99 David Reutimann
10. #64 David Stremme
17. #59 Marcos Ambrose 201 laps

RESULTS: Qualifying
1. #18 Kyle Busch 27.153
2. #88 Brad Keselowski 27.323
3. #60 Carl Edwards 27.358
4. #29 Jeff Burton 27.360
5. #33 Kevin Harvick 27.396
6. #20 Denny Hamlin 27.410
7. #11 Jason Keller 27.483
8. #27 Brad Coleman 27.490
9. #16 Jamie McMurray 27.502
10. #2 Clint Bowyer 27.506
11. #59 Marcos Ambrose 27.545

2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Standings - After Race 8 of 35
1. Clint Bowyer 1189
2. Car Edwards 1165
3. Kyle Busch 1083
4. David Ragan 1068
5. David Reutimann 1065
6. Brad Keselowski 1011
7. Mike Bliss 998
8. Kevin Harvick 977
9. Jason Leffler 962
10. Kelly Bires 926
17. Marcos Ambrose 773

2008 NNS Prizemoney after 8 races:
Marcos Ambrose: US$234,524

AUSTRALIAN TV REPLAY
Sunday 13 April 2008
Ten HD
9:00am – 12:00pm AEST

ABOUT PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Track Length: 1.0 mile (1.61km)
Race Distance: 200 laps – 200 miles (321.87km)
Degree of Banking in Turns 1 and 2: 11 degrees
Degree of Banking in Turns 3 and 4: 9 degrees
Degree of Banking on Front Straight: 3 degrees
Degree of Banking in Back Straight: 9 degrees

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RECORD BOOK!
Defending Nationwide Race Champion: Clint Bowyer
Defending Nationwide Polesitter: Kyle Busch
Marcos Ambrose 2007 Race Finish: 22nd
Marcos Ambrose 2007 Qualifying: 10th
 
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