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Ambrose looks to continue to build momentum at Talladega PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
mamexprac-th.jpgMarcos Ambrose is looking to carry the momentum of his best NASCAR finish into the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama this weekend.

Ambrose was second in the Corona Mexico 200 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez road course event last weekend but now turns to an entirely different discipline – restrictor plate superspeedway racing. Talladega represents the biggest oval in NASCAR and one that poses an intimidating challenge for drivers with it’s flat out racing in the spectacular 'draft'.

Ambrose has two top 20 finishes on superspeedways, one at Daytona in last year’s NASCAR Nationwide Series and the other at Talladega in the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

The Australian will be out to post a strong finish in Talladega this weekend, conscious of continuing the momentum created by the Mexico result as Ambrose seeks to push the #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion into the top 10 in the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series standings.

Marcos Ambrose - #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion

“We’re taking our Daytona car to Talladega without too many changes and we’remarcoslasvegas-th.jpg really hoping to have a good, solid run,” said Ambrose.

“The momentum we have after Mexico is a real boost to our guys so we want to keep it going and try to continue to improve and collect good points.

“We only run a few restrictor plate races a year so it’s not really an area where you concentrate a massive amount of your development.

“But it’s always a really exciting race at Talladega and it’s a wild experience to run a car there.

“Superspeedway racing is really fast and so close. It’s definitely a great place to race and it gets your attention.

“We will ride out the first part of the race and settle into the draft in the pack. Then once everyone has sorted themselves out we’ll aim to move forwards and see what we’ve got.”

2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Standings - After Race 9 of 35
1. Clint Bowyer 1339
2. Car Edwards 1330
3. Kyle Busch 1273
4. David Reutimann 1192
5. David Ragan 1165
6. Brad Keselowski 1153
7. Mike Bliss 1136
8. Jason Leffler 1062
9. Mike Wallace 1036
10. Kelly Bires 1008
13. Marcos Ambrose 943

2008 NNS Prizemoney after 9 races:
Marcos Ambrose: US$322,567 (A$345,134)

RACE SCHEDULE
Local Alabama (US Central) Times
Practice 1
Thursday 24 April 2008
3:00pm – 4:45pm

Final Practice
Friday 18 April 2008
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Qualifying
Friday 25 April 2008
4:05pm

Race – 117 laps
Saturday 26 April 2008
2:00pm US Central
3:00pm US Eastern

UNITED STATES TV SCHEDULE
Saturday 26 April 2008
ABC
2:30pm US Eastern

AUSTRALIAN TIMES!
Australian Eastern Standard Times
Practice 1
Friday 25 April 2008
6:00am – 7:45am

Final Practice
Friday 25 April 2008
8:00am – 9:00am

Qualifying
Saturday 26 April 2008
7:05am

Race – 117 laps
Sunday 27 April 2008
5:00am AEST

AUSTRALIAN TV SCHEDULE
Sunday 27 April 2008
Ten HD
4:30am – 8:00am AEST

AUSTRALIAN TV REPLAY
Saturday 3 May 2008
Ten HD
12:00pm – 1:00pm AEST

ABOUT TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY
Location: Talladega, Alabama
Track Length: 2.66 miles
Race Distance: 117 laps – 311.22 miles
Degree of Banking in Turns: 33 degrees
Degree of Banking in Front Straight: 16.5 degrees
Degree of Banking in Back Straight: 2 degrees

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RECORD BOOK
Defending Nationwide Ra! ce Winner: Bobby Labonte
Defending Nationwide Polesitter! : Brad C oleman
Marcos Ambrose 2007 Race Finish: 25th
Marcos Ambrose 2007 Qualifying: 32nd
 
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