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Saturday, 12 July 2008 |
Marcos Ambrose has finished a solid 15th place in the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois today.
The Australian qualified 24th in the #59 Kingsford Match Light Ford
Fusion around the 1.5-mile speedway and made a steady start to the race
and gradually moved forward as the race wore on.
Shortly after the final series of pit stops, held under green flag
conditions, Ambrose went a lap down with 39 laps remaining while
running in 15th place.
Ambrose brought the #59 Kingsford Match Light Ford Fusion home in
15th position as the first car one lap down, just ahead of defending
NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Carl Edwards and Sprint Cup drivers
Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick.
Kyle Busch won today’s Dollar General 300 ahead of Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski.
Ambrose will continue his campaign in the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide
Series next weekend at Gateway International Raceway in Madison,
Illinois.
QUOTES - MARCOS AMBROSE
“I’ve got arms like a gorilla because I’ve been hanging on all night,” said Ambrose.
“We had a pretty good car. It would’ve been nice to be a few spots up, but we just couldn’t get track position.
“We struggled for the first few laps. The car was good for … lap 15
to lap 30 and then went away again, so there was quite a shift in
balance. But, when we were good, we just didn’t have track position.”
“We were okay on the long runs. Not great, but okay.”
RESULTS: Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway
Race 20 in the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series
1. #18 Kyle Busch 200 laps
2. #32 Denny Hamlin
3. #88 Brad Keselowski
4. #10 Brian Vickers
5. #99 David Reutimann
6. #16 Greg Biffle
7. #2 Clint Bowyer
8. #29 Jeff Burton
9. #20 Tony Stewart
10. #5 Landon Cassill
15. #59 Marcos Ambrose 199 laps
2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Standings - After Race 20 of 35
1. Clint Bowyer 2965
2. Brad Keselowski 2782
3. David Reutimann 2748
4. Carl Edwards 2711
5. David Ragan 2633
6. Kyle Busch 2613
7. Mike Bliss 2603
8. Mike Wallace 2376
9. David Stremme 2325
10. Jason Keller 2278
11. Jason Leffler 2211
12. Steve Wallace 2170
13. Marcos Ambrose 2166
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