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Sunday, 27 April 2008
Marcos Ambrose has had a potentially strong finish evaporate in a second after the Australian was caught up in a massive accident in the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama today.
With 47 laps remaining Ambrose was running in 17th position in the #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion. Ambrose was running in the main pack and on the lead lap while conserving his Ford for the finish.

But when Kevin LePage’s car was struck from behind by the pack as he rejoined the track, chaos ensued and cars were left with no where to go in what is commonly known as ‘the big one’, a multiple car accident in a restrictor plate race on a superspeedway.

Ambrose was running on the high line and went up the banking to try and avoid the wreck but was left with nowhere to go and hit both the wall and other cars. Over a dozen cars were damaged in the accident. ambrose_leading_the_pack.jpg

The JTG Racing crew made hurried repairs to the #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion to allow Ambrose to complete a further 11 laps, ensuring he moved ahead of other cars involved in the incident and was classified in 28th position.

Ambrose drops one place to 14th in the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series standings after today’s bad luck and will be back in action next weekend at Richmond International Raceway for the 11th race of the season.

Tony Stewart won today’s Aaron’s 312 ahead of David Stremme and Bobby Hamilton Jr.

Marcos Ambrose - #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion

“There’s nothing you can do in that situation and sometimes these things happen,” said Ambrose.

“We were running to plan, just hanging out there in the lead pack and getting ready to make a run at the front.

“I took the conservative approach like a lot of others. It was all running pretty smoothly but once the wreck started there was no stopping it.

“We got it back out there and moved up a little, salvaging something out of nothing I guess. I’ve definitely got the thank the crew for that because we are trying to score all the points we can get.

“There’s nothing you can do about it. We’ll just put this behind us and look to run well at Richmond next week. We’re certainly not the only ones that got caught up in it – Talladega looked like a parking lot after the dust settled!”

Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway
Race 10 in the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series
1. #20 Tony Stewart 117 laps
2. #64 David Stremme
3. #25 Bobby Hamilton Jr
4. #38 Jason Leffler
5. #70 Mark Green
6. #5 Dale Earnhardt Jr
7. #1 Mike Bliss
8. #9 Patrick Carpentier
9. #29 Scott Wimmer
10. #7 Mike Wallace
28. #59 Marcos Ambrose 81 laps

RESULTS: Qualifying
1. #20 Tony Stewart 51.676
2. #1 Mike Bliss 51.745
3. #38 Jason Leffler 51.768
4. #40 Dario Franchitti 51.809
5. #88 Brad Keselowski 51.917
6. #2 Clint Bowyer 51.944
7. #5 Dale Earnhardt Jr 51.958
8. #18 Kyle Busch 51.969
9. #33 Cale Gale 51.984
10. #32 Denny Hamlin 51.984
30. #59 Marcos Ambrose 52.818

2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Standings - After Race 10 of 35
1. Clint Bowyer 1427
2. Car Edwards 1400
3. Kyle Busch 1388
4. David Reutimann 1298
5. Mike Bliss 1282
6. David Ragan 1274
7. Brad Keselowski 1252
8. Jason Leffler 1227
9. Mike Wallace 1173
10. Bobby Hamilton Jr 1055
14. Marcos Ambrose 1022

2008 NNS Prizemoney after 10 races:
Marcos Ambrose: US$347,760 (A$372,816)

AUSTRALIAN TV REPLAY
Saturday 3 May 2008
Ten HD
1:00pm – 2:00pm 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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