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Sunday, 20 April 2008 |
Marcos Ambrose will start the Corona Mexico 200 from fourth position after
qualifying well at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City today.
Ambrose has focused his attentions on having a stable car for long runs
during tomorrow’s race, but still was able to achieve a top five qualifying time
in the #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion.
Fourth is Ambrose’s NASCAR career best qualifying performance on a road course,
eclipsing the Australian’s previous best of fifth in Montreal last season.
Ambrose is confident that he has a strong package for the race and is
sighting race strategy as a crucial element to success in tomorrow’s 80-lap race
around the twisty Mexico City circuit.
Ford drivers occupy four of the
top five positions, with teenager Colin Braun putting his Ford Fusion on pole
from Scott Pruett, followed by the Fords of Carl Edwards, Ambrose and Boris
Said.
Marcos Ambrose - #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion
“We’re pretty happy,” said Ambrose.
“It’s nice to be in the top
third for this race.
“We feel like we have a good car on the longer run.
I was hoping for a top-five qualifying run there and I’m pretty pleased with it.
“I think we will be a lot of long runs tomorrow because the race will
settle down and everyone is just trying to look out for their gear. There will
be a cluster of cautions, that’s historically how this race is run.”
“It’s a nice gain for us. I feel like we’ve really improved our road
course program. We were faster here with this car with a 100 less horsepower
than what we had last year. We’ve made huge gains on the car and we’re really
pleased with it.”
RESULTS: Qualifying
1. #16 Colin Braun
88.217
2. #40 Scott Pruett 88.307
3. #60 Carl Edwards 88.432
4.
#59 Marcos Ambrose 88.600
5. #25 Boris Said 88.805
6. #20 Kyle Busch
88.939
7. #9 Patrick Carpentier 89.067
8. #2 Clint Bowyer 89.090
9.
#111 Jason Keller 89.119
10. #86 Antonio Perez 89.160
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 (A$252,632)
RACE SCHEDULE
Local Mexico
City (US Central) Times
Race – 80 laps
Sunday 20 April 2008
1:00pm US Central
2:00pm US Eastern
UNITED STATES TV
SCHEDULE
Sunday 20 April 2008
ESPN
1:30pm US Eastern
AUSTRALIAN TIMES
Australian Eastern Standard Times
Race – 80 laps
Monday 21 April 2008
4:00am AEST
AUSTRALIAN TV SCHEDULE
Monday 21 April 2008
Ten HD
3:30am –! 7:30am AEST
AUSTRALIAN TV REPLAY
Saturday 26
April 2008
Ten HD
12:00pm – 1:00pm AEST
ABOUT AUTODROMO
HERMANOS RODRIGUEZ
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Track Length: 2.518
miles (4.05km)
Race Distance: 80 laps – 201.44 miles (324.19km)
Circuit
Type: Permanent Road Course
NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RECORD BOOK
Defending Nationwide Race Winner: Juan Pablo Montoya
Defending
Nationwide Polesitter: Scott Pruett
Marcos Ambrose 2007 Race Finish: 8th
Marcos Ambrose 2007 Qualifying: 12th
For further information please
contact:
Chris Jordan – BAM Media: +61 412 936 338
Brett Murray – BAM
Media: +1 704 315 0083
Chip Warren – JTG Racing: +1 828 320 4079
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 20 April 2008 )
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