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Sprint Showdown Report
TOP
10 FINISH FOR MARCOS IN SPRINT SHOWDOWN
CHARLOTTE, NC — Marcos
Ambrose took the checkered flag with his No. 47 Little
Debbie® backed Toyota in 10th-place Saturday night
in the NASCAR Sprint Showdown at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Sam Hornish Jr. and Jamie McMurray finished first and
second and Joey Logano won fan vote to advance to the
main event — the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.
“We started off loose, but we were pretty good,” Ambrose
said.
The lineup was set by the qualifying draw due to inclement
weather that caused NASCAR to cancel Sprint Showdown
qualifying. Ambrose lined up 14th in the 35-car field
while Kirk Shelmerdine, Carl Long, David Stremme, Dave
Blaney and Scott Riggs occupied the top-five starting
positions of the 40 lap preliminary race with two segments.
As the race began, the first caution occured on Lap
2, which involved Tony Raines. Ambrose was ninth when
the race went back to green flag racing at Lap 7. He
maintained a top 10 run most of the first 20 lap segment
and crossed the start-finish line 11th when the caution
flag was displayed at Lap 20.
“I was a little too loose,” Ambrose said.
When the second segment kicked off, Ambrose was right
back inside the top 10 and running lap times as fast
as leader David Stremme. With 15 to go, he was scored
in eighth-place. Inside 10 laps remaining, he was 11th
and determined to get a top-10 out of his first race
at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in the No. 47 Little Debbie® backed
Toyota. Ambrose crossed the finish line 10th.
“We were tight in the roll,” Ambrose said. “We
ran decent and it was a good practice session for us
to help prepare for the Coca-Cola 600 next weekend."
For the NASCAR Sprint All-Star event, Tony Stewart won,
Matt Kenseth finished second, Kurt Busch was third, Denny
Hamlin was fourth and Carl Edwards rounded out the top-five. Contributed
by Chip Warren, JTG Daugherty Racing
Sprint Showdown
Results:
1. Sam Hornish, Jr.
2. Jamie McMurray
3. David Stremme
4. David Reutimann
5. Joey Logano
6. Martin Truex, Jr.
7. A.J. Allmendinger
8. David Ragan
9. Robby Gordon
10. Marcos Ambrose
Next Race — Coca-Cola
600:
Where: Lowe's Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC
Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009
Network & Time: FOX Television, 5 p.m. /
PRN Radio, 4:30 p.m.
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Previous Reports:
2/17 Daytona
2/22 Fontana
3/1 Las
Vegas
3/8 Atlanta
3/22 Bristol
3/29 Martinsville
4/5 Texas
4/18 Phoenix
4/26 Talladega
5/2 Richmond
5/9 Darlington
5/16 All-Star
Race
5/24 Charlotte
5/31 Dover
6/7 Pocono
6/14 Michigan
6/21 Sonoma
6/28 New Hampshire
7/4 Daytona
7/11 Chicago
7/26 Indianapolis
8/3 Pocono
8/10 Watkins Glen
8/16 Michigan
8/22 Bristol
9/6 Atlanta
9/12 Richmond
9/20 New Hampshire
9/27 Dover
10/4 Kansas
10/11 Fontana
10/17 Charlotte
10/25 Martinsville
11/1 Talladega
11/8 Texas
11/15 Phoenix
2009 Point Standings:
1. Jimmie Johnson — 6492
2. Mark Martin — 6384
3. Jeff Gordon — 6323
4. Kurt Busch — 6281
5. Tony Stewart — 6207
6. Juan Montoya — 6203
7. Greg Biffle — 6171
8. Denny Hamlin — 6140
9. Ryan Newman — 6081
10. Kasey Kahne — 6016
11. Carl Edwards — 5972
12. Brian Vickers — 5826
18. M. Ambrose — 3767
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