Marcos Ambrose has a lot to play for as he enters the fourth race of the NASCAR Busch Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend. The Australian currently lies fifth in the NASCAR Busch Series standings and is the leading runner for the Raybestos Rookie of the Year award with ex-Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya. Ambrose will race in familiar territory this weekend at the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Not only did Ambrose perform well at the recently reconfigured speedway in the preseason test at the venue on February 5-6, the two-time Australian V8 Supercar champion also raced at the venue in last year’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event, where he netted a strong seventh place finish and lead 12 laps.
The Las Vegas Motor Speedway was reconfigured last season shortly before the truck race, with the banking in the turns increased from 12 degrees to 20, making for a much faster race track. Ambrose took a liking to the fast nature of Las Vegas in last year’s Truck Series event, finishing seventh and leading laps in the last half of the race despite being sent to the back of the field for speeding in pit lane early in the race. Ambrose made a second visit to the venue in February when the drove the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion in preseason testing, finishing the test as seventh fastest and the leading non-Cup driver on the final day. Coming off the back of his best Busch Series finish yet in his NASCAR road course debut in Mexico City, the Australian is aiming to continue his consistent approach to the early part of the season this weekend, but is confident that the #59 Kingsford Charcoal Ford Fusion can run strongly around the fast 1.5-mile speedway.
informative post about Ambrose or Kangaroo meat as Mr. Harvick likes to call him. You know the one thing i find interesting is that all the people bashing international races, and racers manage to forget the guy who "looks" american.
from what i understand ambrose's backround (the Australian V8 series) is also mostly road coarses. although i think he will be up to speed quicker on the ovals than JPM, due to past truck and busch experience. looks like a decent driver from little i have seen of him.
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