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Friday, 25 April 2008
Marcos Ambrose has made a terrific start to the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway by posting the third fastest time in both practice sessions held today in Talladega, Alabama. The Australian showed strong pace in the #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion around the 2.66-mile superspeedway, an encouraging sign ahead of tomorrow’s qualifying.

Ambrose is coming off the back of his best ever NASCAR finish after claiming second place in Mexico City last weekend and is looking to continue that strong momentum into Talladega as he aims to leap into the top 10 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series points standings.

Steve Wallace and Jason Leffler topped today’s two practice sessions. Qualifying will be held tomorrow before the Aaron’s 312 is held on Saturday (Sunday morning Australian time).

Marcos Ambrose - #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion

“It’s good to roll the car out of the hauler and be quick straight up,” said Ambrose.

“We’ve got a lot of confidence from last weekend’s result and the team is working great, so it’s important that we keep that going.

“Practice speeds don’t mean a lot at a place like Talladega. It’s good to be at the top of the charts but having a strong race car in the last half of the race is the priority.”

RESULTS: Practice 1
1. #66 Steve Wallace 49.876
2. #38 Jason Leffler 50.043
3. #59 Marcos Ambrose 50.069
4. #99 David Reutimann 50.122
5. #6 David Ragan 50.161
6. #27 Brad Coleman 50.178
7. #2 Clint Bowyer 50.185
8. #81 DJ Kennington 50.218
9. #1 Mike Bliss 50.242
10. #32 Denny Hamlin 50.244

RESULTS: Final Practice
1. #38 Jason Leffler 49.274
2. #1 Mike Bliss 49.523
3. #59 Marcos Ambrose 29.579
4. #33 Cale Gale 49.715
5. #7 Mike Wallace 49.737
6. #81 DJ Kennington 49.743
7. #64 David Stremme 49.825
8. #21 Stephen Leicht 49.945
9. #2 Clint Bowyer 49.975
10. #16 Greg Biffle 50.090

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
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
Qualifying
Saturday 26 April 2008
7:05am

Race – 117 laps
Sunday 2! 7 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 Race Winner: Bobby Labonte
Defending Nationwide Polesitter: Brad Coleman
Marcos Ambrose 2007 Race Finish: 25th
Marcos Ambrose 2007 Qualifying: 32nd
 
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