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AMBROSE HAS EXCEEDED ALL MY EXPECTATIONS ON THE SUPERSPEEDWAY


24/04/2008

AMBROSE THIRD FASTEST IN BOTH PRACTICE SESSIONS AT TALLADEGA

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

GO AUSSIE GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to VL VERY SOON


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http://www.marcosambrose.com/latest_news.asp

that was some stupid driving by Keven Lepage
watch it in this site, he wrecked 14 cars doing what he did, & even his spotter said stay low the pack is coming

FF2

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RESULTS
2008 Unofficial Race Results : Aaron's 312
Aaron's 312 | April 26, 2008 | Race 10 of 35
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FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 1 20 Tony Stewart Toyota Old Spice 195/10 117 Running
2 24 64 David Stremme Chevrolet Atreus Homes & Communities 170/0 117 Running
3 36 25 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Ford Smithfield 165/0 117 Running
4 3 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips 165/5 117 Running
5 26 170 Mark Green Chevrolet Foretravel Motorcoach 155/0 117 Running
6 7 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Delphi 155/5 117 Running
7 2 1 Mike Bliss Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 146/0 117 Running
8 12 9 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge Lipton Tea 142/0 117 Running
9 19 29 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express 138/0 117 Running
10 20 7 Mike Wallace Toyota GEICO 134/0 117 Running
11 15 16 Greg Biffle Ford CitiFinancial 130/0 117 Running
12 23 01 Kertus Davis Chevrolet RaceGirl 127/0 117 Running
13 33 89 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Victory In Jesus 129/5 117 Running
14 39 52 Donnie Neuenberger Chevrolet Jimmy Means Racing 126/5 117 Running
15 29 24 Eric McClure Chevrolet Hefty 118/0 114 Running
16 8 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Z-Line Designs 115/0 114 Running
17 43 84 Mike Harmon Chevrolet Elite2 Racing / Bartlett 112/0 113 Running
18 21 6 David Ragan Ford Discount Tire 109/0 111 Running
19 37 4 Robert Richardson, II Chevrolet Jay Robinson Inc. 111/5 108 Overheating
20 27 99 David Reutimann Toyota Best Western / Aaron's 103/0 105 Running
21 35 111 Jason Keller Chevrolet America's Incredible Pizza Company 100/0 103 Running
22 9 33 Cale Gale * Chevrolet Camping World
/ RVs.com 97/0 101 In Pit
23 5 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet U.S. Navy 99/5 97 Running
24 16 27 Brad Coleman Ford U.S. Postal Service 96/5 95 In Pit
25 6 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Camping World
/ RVs.com 88/0 93 Running
26 17 81 D.J. Kennington Dodge Mahindra Tractors 85/0 88 Running
27 40 05 Brett Rowe Chevrolet 31-W Insulation / CertainTeed 82/0 88 In Pit
28 30 59 Marcos Ambrose Ford Kingsford Hickory Charcoal 79/0 81 Running
29 32 22 Reed Sorenson Dodge Supercuts 81/5 76 In Pit
30 28 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet U.S. Border Patrol 73/0 75 In Pit
31 11 60 Carl Edwards Ford Save-A-Lot 70/0 70 Running
32 25 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet Atreus Homes & Communities 67/0 70 In Pit
33 14 41 Kyle Krisiloff Dodge Polaroid 64/0 70 In Pit
34 13 21 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet Childress Vineyards 61/0 70 In Pit
35 38 161 Kevin Lepage Ford Specialty Racing 58/0 69 In Pit
36 18 47 Kelly Bires Ford Clorox 55/0 69 In Pit
37 10 32 Denny Hamlin Toyota Hass Avocados from Mexico 52/0 47 Out of Race
38 42 157 Justin Ashburn Dodge dverve.net 49/0 35 In Pit
39 41 90 Johnny Chapman Chevrolet MSRP Motorsports 46/0 29 Transmission
40 31 0 Dwayne Leik Chevrolet Lori Morgan 48/5 24 In Pit
41 4 40 Dario Franchitti * Dodge Fastenal 40/0 10 Running
42 22 275 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Bob Schacht Motorsports 37/0 10 In Pit
43 34 91 Larry Gunselman Chevrolet MSRP Motorsports 34/0 10 Running




Lepage apologizes for Nationwide Series accident
By The Associated Press
April 27, 2008
09:02 PM EDT
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TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Kevin Lepage apologized Sunday for starting a 15-car accident in the Nationwide Series that he initially insisted wasn't his fault.
Kevin Lepage
Kevin Lepage

Lepage started the crash at Talladega Superspeedway when he was coming out of the pits with 47 laps to go Saturday. He tried to blend back onto the track as the pack of traffic raced toward Turn 1, effectively entering the racing line at half the speed the rest of the cars were traveling.

Carl Edwards practically ran over Lepage's car to trigger the massive wreck (watch video). Lepage insisted it wasn't his fault, but took responsibility after reviewing the footage and called it the biggest mistake he's made in his 25 years of racing.

"After reviewing the tapes of the accident I realize I need to apologize to NASCAR, the car owners, my fellow competitors and, most importantly, the fans," he said in a statement released by his team, Specialty Racing. "I made a huge driver error by blending onto the racetrack in the wrong area. This caused a multi-car accident and changed the outcome of the race for many teams.

"I'm so thankful that no one was hurt considering the number of cars involved."

Lepage vowed not to make the same mistake again, and said not accepting blame initially made him look like a "heel."

"There is not a single person to blame for this huge mistake except myself," he said. "I have worked very hard over the years to gain the respect of NASCAR, the owners, competitors and the fans, and it will take a long time to gain it back after what happened."

Lepage said if he could do it over, he would have let the leaders by before blending on to the track.


Vets should know not to do stupid things like that, maybe he wan't get another drive this year in this series?

fordfreak2

STANDINGS
2008 Unofficial Driver Standings: Aaron's 312
Aaron's 312 | Talladega Superspeedway | Race 10 of 35
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RANK +/- DRIVER POINTS BEHIND STARTS POLES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 -- Clint Bowyer 1427 Leader 10 0 1 4 7
2 -- Carl Edwards 1400 -27 10 0 0 5 6
3 -- Kyle Busch 1388 -39 10 2 3 5 5
4 -- David Reutimann 1298 -129 10 0 0 2 5
5 +2 Mike Bliss 1282 -145 10 0 0 1 5
6 -1 David Ragan 1274 -153 10 0 0 1 5
7 -1 Brad Keselowski 1252 -175 10 0 0 2 4
8 -- Jason Leffler 1227 -200 10 0 0 1 4
9 -- Mike Wallace 1173 -254 10 0 0 0 3
10 +5 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 1055 -372 9 0 0 1 2
11 -1 Kelly Bires 1051 -376 10 0 0 1 1
12 -- Jason Keller 1044 -383 10 0 0 0 0
13 +3 David Stremme 1027 -400 9 0 0 2 5
14 -1 Marcos Ambrose 1022 -405 10 0 0 1 1
15 -1 Steve Wallace 989 -438 10 0 0 0 1
16 -5 Kevin Harvick 977 -450 7 0 0 4 5
17 -- Brad Coleman 935 -492 10 0 0 0 1
18 -- Kenny Wallace 890 -537 9 0 0 0 0
19 -- Dario Franchitti* 825 -602 8 0 0 0 1
20 +3 Tony Stewart 806 -621 5 2 3 3 4
21 -1 Kevin Lepage 771 -656 9 0 0 0 0
22 -- D J Kennington 739 -688 10 0 0 0 0
23 +1 Robert Richardson, II 721 -706 9 0 0 0 0
24 +1 Scott Wimmer 720 -707 5 0 1 1 3
25 +3 Kertus Davis 696 -731 10 0 0 0 0
26 +1 Eric McClure 693 -734 9 0 0 0 0
27 +4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 685 -742 5 0 0 1 4
28 +2 Greg Biffle 670 -757 5 0 0 1 2
29 -8 Jeff Burton 663 -764 5 0 0 2 3
30 -1 Denny Hamlin 605 -822 5 0 0 1 3
31 -5 Bobby Labonte 575 -852 5 0 0 2 2
32 -- Johnny Sauter 541 -886 6 0 0 0 0
33 -- Jamie McMurray 494 -933 4 0 0 1 2
34 +4 Brett Rowe 494 -933 8 0 0 0 0
35 -1 Brian Vickers 472 -955 4 1 0 1 2
36 -1 Kasey Kahne 471 -956 4 0 0 1 2
37 +2 Stephen Leicht 468 -959 4 0 0 0 2
38 +7 Morgan Shepherd 468 -959 8 0 0 0 0
39 -3 Bryan Clauson* 457 -970 5 0 0 0 1
40 +9 Mark Green 450 -977 5 0 0 1 1
41 +6 Patrick Carpentier* 444 -983 3 0 0 1 3
42 -5 Stanton Barrett 422 -1005 5 0 0 0 0
43 -2 Kyle Krisiloff 417 -1010 6 0 0 0 0
44 +2 Cale Gale* 411 -1016 4 0 0 0 1
45 -5 Derrike Cope 382 -1045 7 0 0 0 0
46 -2 Larry Gunselman 375 -1052 9 0 0 0 0
47 +3 Mike Harmon 373 -1054 7 0 0 0 0
48 -6 Matt Kenseth 345 -1082 2 0 1 2 2
49 -6 Brad Baker 344 -1083 5 0 0 0 0
50 -2 Landon Cassill* 297 -1130 3 0 0 0 0
51 +2 Johnny Chapman 285 -1142 6 0 0 0 0
52 -1 John Borneman III 243 -1184 3 0 0 0 0
53 -1 Brian Keselowski* 241 -1186 4 0 0 0 0
54 -- Sam Hornish Jr. 230 -1197 2 0 0 0 0
55 -- Chase Miller* 221 -1206 2 0 0 0 0
56 -- Mark Martin 195 -1232 1 0 1 1 1
57 -- Colin Braun 187 -1240 2 1 0 0 0
58 -- Robby Gordon 185 -1242 2 0 0 0 0
59 -- Scott Pruett 175 -1252 1 0 0 1 1
60 -- Martin Truex Jr. 175 -1252 2 0 0 0 0
61 +1 Dwayne Leik 171 -1256 4 0 0 0 0
62 -1 Willie Allen 140 -1287 2 0 0 0 0
63 -- Adrian Fernandez 121 -1306 1 0 0 0 0
64 +30 Donnie Neuenberger 126 -1301 1 0 0 0 0
65 -1 Max Papis 118 -1309 1 0 0 0 0
66 -- James Buescher 109 -1318 1 0 0 0 0
67 -2 Ruben Pardo 109 -1318 1 0 0 0 0
68 -1 Rafael Martinez 103 -1324 1 0 0 0 0
69 -1 Sterling Marlin 97 -1330 1 0 0 0 0
70 -1 Erik Darnell 85 -1342 1 0 0 0 0
71 -1 Michael McDowell 82 -1345 1 0 0 0 0
72 -1 Elliott Sadler 82 -1345 1 0 0 0 0
73 -1 Alex Garcia 82 -1345 1 0 0 0 0
74 -- Reed Sorenson 81 -1346 1 0 0 0 0
75 -2 Brian Simo 79 -1348 1 0 0 0 0
76 -2 Kirk Shelmerdine 78 -1349 1 0 0 0 0
77 -2 Mike Potter 74 -1353 2 0 0 0 0
78 -2 Scott Gaylord 71 -1356 2 0 0 0 0
79 -2 Ron Hornaday 67 -1360 1 0 0 0 0
80 -2 Antonio Perez 61 -1366 1 0 0 0 0
81 -2 Boris Said 58 -1369 1 0 0 0 0
82 -2 Michel Jourdain Jr. 55 -1372 1 0 0 0 0
83 -2 Todd Bodine 52 -1375 1 0 0 0 0
84 -1 John Young 52 -1375 1 0 0 0 0
85 -1 Kevin O'Connell 52 -1375 1 0 0 0 0
86 -1 Kenny Hendrick 49 -1378 1 0 0 0 0
87 -- Justin Ashburn 49 -1378 1 0 0 0 0
88 -2 Jose Luis Ramirez 46 -1381 1 0 0 0 0
89 -2 Burney Lamar 43 -1384 1 0 0 0 0
90 -2 Chris Cook 43 -1384 1 0 0 0 0
91 -2 Scott Lynch 40 -1387 1 0 0 0 0
92 -2 Brad Teague 40 -1387 1 0 0 0 0
93 -2 Steve Grissom 34 -1393 1 0 0 0 0
94 -2 David Gilliland 18 -1409 1 0 0 0 0

Lapage has got a lot of drivers he has to BOW DOWN TO