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AMBROSE ON POLE AGAIN
Australian driver Marcos Ambrose has scored his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole position in two races, claiming the top starting position at California’s Sonoma Raceway aboard the Stanley ‘Racing for a Miracle’ Ford Fusion. After setting the seventh best time in opening practice, Ambrose blitzed the 43 car field to grab the top spot with [...]
Continue reading...WHY MARCOS? ‘CAUSE HE’S AN AUSSIE, THAT’S WHY
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
It's been described as one of the worst mistakes in NASCAR history, In Australia it has prompted comparisons with Greg Norman's finest choking efforts. What Roy & HG will make of it I can't wait to find out. Yes our DNF Maestro Mark Webber has nothing on this one. Just as he looked set for his long awaited NASCAR Sprint Cup maiden victory, Marcos Ambrose blew the biggest win of his career by stalling his car during a safety car period. Called on to save fuel Ambrose coasted down hill with the engine off, but when he couldn't get the Toyota to restart, it was back to eighth place on the restart and a win for Jimmie Johnson. (As if he needs any more)
Continue reading...KAHNE ON POLE AS AMBROSE STARTS SIXTH
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Kasey Kahne has put his Ford on pole for this weekend's NASCAR Road race at Sonoma. Kahne outpaced defending champion Jimmie Johnson in a Chev and Kurt Bush in a Dodge in third. Australian driver Marcos Ambrose, who had set the fastest time in practice, fell back to sixth place. Fellow road circuit specialist Juan Pablo Montoya will start back in 14th place just ahead of AJ Allmendinger, Robby Gordon and Boris Said. GT racer Jan Magnussen will start in 32nd with DTM star Mattias Ekstrom back in position 38.
Continue reading...AMBROSE ON TOP IN NASCAR PRACTICE. KELLY SHINES ON DEBUT
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Marcos Ambrose has made the early running in this weekend's NASCAR Road Course race at Infinion Raceway, Sonoma. Ambrose took his Toyota to a fastest lap time of 76.375 at 93.800 MPH to edge out the Chevys of Clint Boyer and Ryan Newman. GT driver Jan Magnussen was off the early pace back in 26th place. DTM star Mattias Ekstrom also found his first taste of US stockcars quite a challenge ending the day in 40th place. Meanwhile in the Nationwide Cup at the spectacular Road America circuit, Aussie NASCAR debutante Owen Kelly has done well finishing the day in sixth position. Fastest time at Road America went to former Formula One World Champion Jacques Villeneuve. The Nationwide race from Road America can be seen in Australia on ONE HD early Monday morning, with a delayed telecast of Sprint Cup action also on ONE Tuesday night at 8.30 p.m.
Continue reading...KASEY KAHNES THEM AT SONOMA
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
How strange was it for Kasey Kahne to win a road-course race? The driver of the No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge had to ask his crew chief for directions to victory lane after taking the checkered flag in a green-white-checkered finish in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway. Kahne held off road-course ace Tony Stewart through a succession of four late-race double-file restarts, the final time after Scott Speed’s spin on Lap 108 caused the seventh caution of the day. After starting from the rear because of an engine change, Marcos Ambrose chased the top two finishers to the line to claim third place, matching the best result of his Sprint Cup Series career. “Awesome—not too bad for a dirt-tracker from Washington!” Kenny Francis, Kahne’s crew chief, radioed after his driver crossed the stripe on Lap 113, three laps beyond the scheduled distance at the 1.99-mile road course. “Unreal,” replied Kahne, who gave owner Richard Petty his first victory since John Andretti in 1999. “Gosh, we had to hold him (Stewart) off for a while. We won a road-course race! Oh, my God, I can’t believe this.” Jimmie Johnson recovered from a pit-road speeding penalty to finish fourth. Denny Hamlin, who led 33 laps—second only to Kahne’s 37—came home fifth. Juan Pablo Montoya, AJ Allmendinger, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Gordon and Elliott Sadler completed the top 10....
Continue reading...CASTRONEVES, THE PENSKE PHOENIX RISES
Monday, August 25, 2008
Helio Castroneves ended a 30 race winless streak after winning the latest round of the Indy Racing League at Infineon Raceway. The win closed the gap at the top of the series championship table to only 43 points. Kiwi driver Scott Dixon, finished back in 12th place as Castroneves beat his Penske teammate, Australia's Ryan Briscoe, to the finish line by 5.2926 seconds.
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