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Amborse scores top 10 in tough Darlingotn race PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 10 May 2008
Marcos Ambrose has claimed his second top 10 finish of the 2008 season and his first on an oval with a hard fought 10th place in the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina today.
Ambrose toughed it out in a demanding race at the track known as ‘Too Tough To Tame’, coming home strong in the first race on Darlington’s new surface.

Ambrose started from 20th position in the #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion and maintained track position early. The Australian ran a long first stint and was one of the last cars to pit, resulting in Ambrose leading a lap on lap 64.

Seconds before Ambrose was to make his first pit stop the caution flag came out, a stroke of luck for Ambrose that allowed him to pit under yellow.

Ambrose was in 15th position at the restart and maintained a top 20 position for the rest of the race, despite sustaining repairs at each of his pit stops to continue to repair slight right side damage, a common occurrence at Darlington.

After a brief red flag stoppage, Ambrose was in 13th position at the restart with 13 laps remaining. A crash at the restart triggered by Mark Martin’s car running out of fuel caused carnage but Ambrose drove well to avoid damage and survive the wreck.

Ambrose came home strong and was setting some of his fastest laps of the race in the last part of the event, finishing in 10th in a ‘green-white-checker’ finish right behind ninth placed Jason Leffer. nascar.jpg

Tony Stewart won today’s Diamond Hill Plywood 200 at Darlington Raceway ahead of fellow Sprint Cup drivers Clint Bowyer and David Reutimann.

Ambrose will participate in the official NASCAR Nationwide Series test at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 12-13 before a rare off-weekend.

The Australian’s next race will also be at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, with the Carquest Auto Parts 300 on May 24.

Marcos Ambrose - #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion

“We got a bit of damage early but it was a night when plenty of people got a lot more damage than we did,” said Ambrose.

“We fought the car all night and kept making small repairs at our stops and it was at it’s best towards the end of the race.

“This track is so tough that it’s really about fighting the conditions rather than the competitors. That’s what we did for a lot of the race tonight.

“We deserved to finish where we did tonight. We had a really good run in the Kingsford car and we were at the front when it matters in the last part of the race.

“This is a great result for our team and I’m looking forward to testing at Charlotte this week for the two day test there and then running well there for our next race in two weeks time.

“We’ve had a lot of bad luck this year so it was good to have some good luck go our way. That’s what happens in this game, some times things go your way and other times they keep going against you. So you’ve just got to keep fighting and be up there in the front when things go your way.”

RESULTS: Diamond Hill Plywood 200 at Darlington Raceway
Race 12 of the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series
1. #20 Tony Stewart 149 laps
2. #2 Clint Bowyer
3. #99 David Reutimann
4. #03 Todd Bodine
5. #66 Steve Wallace
6. #64 David Stremme
7. #11 Jason Keller
8. #9 Chase Miller
9. #38 Jason Leffler
10. #59 Marcos Ambrose

RESULTS: Qualifying
1. #60 Carl Edwards 27.784
2. #2 Clint Bowyer 27.945
3. #20 Tony Stewart 27.958
4. #64 David Stremme 28.000
5. #32 Kyle Busch 28.057
6. #29 Jeff Burton 28.052
7. #1 Mike Bliss 28.098
8. #17 Matt Kenseth 28.127
9. #6 David Ragan 28.144
10. #47 Kelly Bires 28.235
20. #59 Marcos Ambrose 28.463

2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Standings - After Race 12 of 35
1. Clint Bowyer 1740
2. Kyle Busch 1628
3. Carl Edwards 1590
4. David Reutimann 1572
5. Mike Bliss 1545
6. David Ragan 1521
7. Brad Keselowski 1500
8. Jason Leffler 1480
9. Mike Wallace 1385
10. David Stremme 1327
15. Marcos Ambrose 1249

2008 NNS Prizemoney after 12 races:
Marcos Ambrose: US$395,671 (A$420,163)

AUSTRALIAN DARLINGTON TV REPLAY
Saturday 17 May 2008
Ten HD
1:00pm – 2:00pm AEST

ABOUT DARLINGTON RACEWAY
Location: Darlington, South Carolina
Track Length: 1.366 miles (2.198km)
Race Distance: 147 laps – 200.8 miles (323.16km)
Degree of Banking in Turns 1 & 2: 25 degrees
Degree of Banking in Turns 3 & 4: 23 degrees
Degree of Banking in Straights: 6 degrees

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RECORD BOOK
Defending Nation! wide Race Winner: Denny Hamlin
Defending Nationwide Polesitter: Denny Hamlin
Marcos Ambrose 2007 Race Finish: 19th
Marcos Ambrose 2007 Qualifying: 4th
 
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