Backstretch Motorsports

Kyle Busch lets the fans know that he's won eight races this year, clinching the top spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup after winning the Centurion Boats at The Glen NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday at Watkins Glen. (Todd Warshaw/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Race Fast Facts
Watkins Glen International
Centurion Boats at The Glen

Race Winner: Kyle Busch
Age: 23
Team : No. 18 - M&M’S Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Steve Addington

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Marcos Ambrose celebrates his first NASCAR win at Watkins Glen . The popular Aussie driver won his first NASCAR Nationwide Series event after 59 starts.(CIA Stock photo)

Race Fast Facts
Watkins Glen International
Zippo 200

Race Winner: Marcos Ambrose
Age: 31
Team : No. 59 - STP Ford
Owner: Tad Geschickter
Crew Chief: Gary Cogswell

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Race Fast Facts
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
NAPA Auto Parts 200 Presented by Dodge

Race Winner: Ron Fellows
Age: 48
Team : No. 5 - GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
Owner: Rick Hendrick
Crew Chief: Chad Walter

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Marcos Ambrose will be in the No. 21 Motorcraft Ford Fusion this weekend in Loudon, N.H., attempting to qualify for his second consecutive Cup race. Ambrose, a two-time Australian V8 Supercars champion, made his NASCAR Sprint Cup debut last weekend at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif. Ambrose and team co-owner Eddie Wood talk about running on the flat oval at Loudon.

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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Toyota/Save Mart 350
Infineon Raceway
Qualifying Fast Facts

Pole Winner: Kasey Kahne
Age: 28
Team: No. 9 Budweiser Dodge
Owner: George Gillett
Crew Chief: Kenny Francis

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One-Day Show In Milwaukee Packed With Possibilities
400 Hitter: Kenny Wallace To Join Exclusive Start Club
In The Loop: Saturday Night Might Be All Right For Leffler
Double-Duty Drivers Abound At Milwaukee Mile
Going The Extra Mile: Series-Only Regulars Seek Third Straight Win

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Kentucky Boasts Seven Different Race, Pole Winners
Keselowski’s Win Throws Standings Battle Into Full Gear
In The Loop: Coleman Returns To Kentucky With Stout Stats

Is Kentucky In Store For Another Surprise Party?

Another first-time winner or an eighth different winner in eight races?

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ROAD COURSE GIVES AMBROSE OPPORTUNITY FOR LEG-UP IN NATIONWIDE SERIES

Marcos Ambrose sees his first road course race for 2008 as a chance to gain a ‘leg up’ in this year’s NASCAR Nationwide Series in the Mexico Corona 200 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City this weekend.

Ambrose currently lies 17th in the NASCAR Nationwide Series standings in the #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion. The 31-year-old, a two-time Australian V8 Supercar Champion, was eighth after eight races last season in his rookie year and Ambrose is determined and working hard on getting the momentum back into his 2008 assault.

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Young series regulars making strides in 2008 with solid top-10 points ranking
Ambrose, No. 59 team, have to right the ship after crew chief Giles departs

RICHMOND,Va. (March 25, 2008) – In this 60th anniversary season of NASCAR, short tracks like Richmond International Raceway are recognized as having laid the foundation for the sport.
Classic racing, beating and banging, no apologies … those are the words drivers use to describe competing at the .75-mile oval.

If it sounds old school, it is.

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