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Marcos Ambrose, Australian for WINNER!!!
by B C,posted Aug 15 2011 5:29PM
Marcos Ambrose wins at Watkins Glen: #9 Marcos Ambrose won the “Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen” Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International on Monday after the race was postponed Sunday because of rain. It is his 1st career win and he becomes the 5th first time winner of 2011 and the 15th different winner for the year.
#2 Brad Keselowski finished 2nd followed by #18 Kyle Busch, #56 Martin Truex, Jr., #20 Joey Logano, #29 Kevin Harvick, #42 Juan Montoya, #43 A.J. Allmendinger, #31 Jeff Burton, and #48 Jimmie Johnson.
The race ended under caution after a wreck on the last lap between #6 David Ragan and #00 David Reutimann that caused Reutimann's car to flip.
#99 Carl Edwards finished 13th and lost the points lead to #18 Kyle Busch. The two drivers are now tied with 752 points.
There were 14 lead changes among 9 drivers and 5 cautions for 13 yellow flag laps.
2011 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Watkins Glen, race 22 of 36]:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind 1) #18-Kyle Busch [3 wins], 752
2) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 752, -0 3) #48-Jimmie Johnson [1 win], 746, -6
4) #29-Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 738, -14 5) #17-Matt Kenseth [2 wins], 724, -28
6) #22-Kurt Busch [1 win], 712, -40 7) #24-Jeff Gordon [2 wins], 700, -52
8) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 686, -66 9) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 670, -82
10) #14-Tony Stewart, 659, -93 current wild cards
11) #2-Brad Keselowski [2 wins], 601, -151 [14th in points, 2 wins]
12) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 626, -126 [12th in points, 1 win] others in contension for the wild card
14) #27-Paul Menard [1 win], 599, -153 [15th in points, 1 win]
Three race winners are not inside the top-20: #9-Ambrose is 22nd, 1 point out of 20th; #6-David Ragan is 23rd, 5 pts out of 20th; #78-Smith is 25th, 82 pts out of 20th
Kurt Busch wins the Nationwide Series race at Watkins Glen: #22 Kurt Busch, filling in for Brad Keselowski, won the “Zippo 200” at Watkins Glen International Speedway. He took the lead with 5 laps to go when #18 Kyle Busch had to pit and then held off #7 Jimmie Johnson on a green-white checker finish. It is Kurt Busch's 3rd career Nationwide series win and his first since Watkins Glen in 2006. #7 Jimmie Johnson finished second, followed by #20 Joey Logano, #18 Kyle Busch, #60 Carl Edwards, #33 Paul Menard, #5 Ron Fellows, #88 Aric Almirola, #16 Trevor Bayne, and #2 Elliott Sadler. There were 2 cautions for 5 laps and 6 lead changes among 2 leaders.
The Sprint Cup Series: NSCS rolls into Michigan International Speedway Sunday August 20th at 12:00pm for the “Pure Michigan 400” on ESPN.
Nationwide Series Goes North of the Border to Montreal: The NASCAR Nationwide Series races on the famed Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal on Saturday, Aug. 20 for the “NAPA Auto Parts 200” at 2:00pm on ESPN.
Camping World Truck Series: CWTS rolls into Michigan International Speedway Saturday August 20th for the “VFW 200” at 12:30pm on SPEED.
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