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Marcos Ambrose Is NASCAR Crash King With 19 Incidents

Bob Zeller — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:40:00 +0000

Filed under: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Elliott Sadler, Jimmie Johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., NASCAR Crashes, Sprint Cup, Joey Logano, FanHouse Exclusive, NASCAR

Marcos Ambrose, NASCAR's Aussie driver, did not let a mid-season surge in futility by Elliott Sadler deter him from capturing the season 'championship' in yellow-flag crashes and spins.

Coming on strong during the final eight races with seven spins or crashes, including a final spin (at right) during the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Ambrose easily outdistanced the competition in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series to post a season-leading 19 incidents and win the title by two.

Sadler, meanwhile, found uncommon consistency in the final stretch, chalking up only a single yellow flag in an incident at Martinsville Speedway during the last eight races. That brought his season total to 15, a number easily surpassed not only by Ambrose, but by hard-luck Sam Hornish Jr., who reached the second-highest total of 17 after the misfortune of four more incidents in the final eight races, including two in the Martinsville race.

Kyle Busch and Joey Logano were tied for fourth in our exclusive FanHouse crash and spin roundup, with 14 incidents apiece.

Drivers involved in 13 spins or crashes in the 36-race schedule, or one every three races, were Kurt Busch, Kasey Kahne, Brad Keselowski and Juan Pablo Montoya.

In our tally, we count an incident on a driver's tally if his car is listed as being involved in a spin or a crash that brings out a yellow flag. Caution periods caused by stalled cars, engine failures or debris do not count, unless a spin or crash was involved and a car number listed.

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Spotter’s Stand: Allmendinger, Ambrose Flew Under Richmond Radar

Geoffrey Miller — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:01:00 +0000

Filed under: A.J. Allmendinger, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup, NASCAR

The night is usually reserved for putting the spotlight on who will contend for the Sprint Cup championship over the next 10 races. Two unlikely names finished in the top 10 at Richmond Saturday, however, and were left out of the limelight despite strong and somewhat surprising performances.

Marcos Ambrose ended with a fifth-place finish -- just his second of the 2010 season -- while A.J. Allmendinger had to hang out to a loose race car at the end to finish eighth. at the Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway.

Ambrose has two straight top-10 runs on Richmond's 3/4-mile D-shaped oval, improving on his ninth-place run in May.

"It was hard out there racing with the contenders for The Chase, I wanted to run hard, but at the same time I didn't want to ruin their championship," Ambrose said. "In the past two weeks we have been a contender on two different types of oval tracks, which is gratifying."

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Ask The Insiders Wednesday #90

T.C. — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:11:55 +0000

Is this week dragging by? Don’t worry, a holiday weekend is approaching, and with it comes Truck Series action at Kentucky, and NNS and Cup racing at Atlanta! While we wait for it to get here, we’ve got the 90th edition of ATIW for you. If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions [...]

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Marcos Ambrose Extends Record of Road Racing Bad Luck

Motorsports FanHouse — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:42:00 +0000

by Geoffrey Miller

Filed under: Nationwide Series, Sprint Cup, NASCAR

The hits just keep on coming for Marcos Ambrose in his bid to take checkered flags when NASCAR has a road course event.

Ambrose, NASCAR's resident Aussie and a road racing phenom, once again saw a better-than-good shot at winning Sunday's Nationwide Series race in Montreal slip away -- just, of course, as he was preparing to drive away from the competition.

A faulty battery and a miserable attempt at trying to change it in the pits dropped Ambrose from the lead to two laps down quicker than a spectator making a trip to the concession stand.

The sad part of all of this is that you could have almost seen it coming. Even as he made a wild save with his car completely sideways in the grass while charging for the lead or when he stalked Carl Edwards and passed the No. 99 for the race's top spot.

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Marcos Ambrose Wins Pole at Montreal

FanHouse Newswire — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:33:00 +0000

Filed under: IRL

MONTREAL, N.Y. (AP) -- Marcos Ambrose again took care of business in Nationwide qualifying at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

All he has to do now is finally take advantage of starting up front at the tricky 14-turn layout. Ambrose turned a fast lap of 97.079 mph Saturday to edge Canadian star Jacques Villeneuve's 96.924 mph and take the pole for Sunday's Nationwide Series race.

"I've led more laps here than anybody else and haven't been to Victory Lane," said Ambrose, who won the pole a year ago, led 60 of 76 laps over the 2.7-mile circuit, and was passed by Carl Edwards in the final turn. "The race tomorrow could go any way. This race is hard on equipment, hard on tempers."

Joey Logano, who finished second to Ambrose at Watkins Glen three weeks ago, qualified third at 96.650 mph, while defending race winner Carl Edwards was fourth at 96.344 mph. Series points leader Brad Keselowski will start eighth.

Qualifying was divided into eight groups, with assignments based on practice times from the first session, which Villeneuve and Edwards topped with identical speeds. Villeneuve and Ambrose kept leapfrogging one another on each of their three laps before Ambrose finally won.

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Ask The Insiders Wednesday #88

T.C. — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:15:00 +0000

With big announcements flying this week, the teams are getting geared up to head for Bristol for a little short track Saturday night action. Don’t forget, the Truck Series races tonight at the ”World’s Fastest Half Mile.” If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right here. So if you’ve [...]

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Marcos Ambrose Signs With Richard Petty Motorsports

Holly Cain — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:36:00 +0000

Filed under: Ford, Sprint Cup, NASCAR

As speculated, Australian driver Marcos Ambrose has officially signed a multi-year contract to drive the Richard Petty Motorsports No. 9 Ford in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series beginning in 2011.

In its announcement Tuesday, the team also confirmed that Stanley Black & Decker will now be the primary sponsor of the car next year, replacing Budweiser, which goes to Kevin Harvick's No. 29 Chevrolet.

The move will reunite Ambrose with Ford Motor Company, which played a key role in bringing the former Australian V8 Supercar champ to America in 2006. He will replace Kasey Kahne, who revealed last week he is moving to Red Bull Racing for 2011 before joining the Hendrick Motorsports organization for 2012.

"It's a journey that I'm on -- this NASCAR journey -- (and) I'm very excited to be able to stay in the sport," Ambrose said during a press conference at Stanley's world headquarters in Connecticut.

Also, RPM announced last week that former open-wheeler A.J. Allmendinger will remain driver of the team's No. 43 Ford next season. Paul Menard will move from RPM to Richard Childress Racing in 2012, and it remains unclear where the RPM team's other driver, Elliott Sadler, will end up next season. Stanley has been a long-time sponsor of Sadler's No. 19 Ford at RPM.

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What Does Kenny Francis Do?

T.C. — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:26:57 +0000

We found out this last week that Kasey Kahne would be making a one year stop at Red Bull Racing before he takes over the #5 full time at Hendrick Motorsports for 2012. A lot of questions still remain about Kahne’s future, but one of the big ones is who will be his crew chief [...]

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Ask The Insiders Wednesday #87

Journo — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:01:39 +0000

It’s back to the Irish Hills this week as NASCAR rolls into Michigan International Speedway and inches closer to the start of the Chase. But before we head to Brooklyn (Michigan that is), it’s time to answer your questions! If you don’t know what this post is, we answer any and all reader questions every Wednesday, right [...]

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