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The all-new FG Falcon has become the first Australian-built car to receive a 5 (five) star rating from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP). The petrol FG Falcon sedan range was awarded the maximum 5 (five) star safety rating rating with a total score of 34.6 points (out of a possible 37 points), giving it the highest score ever recorded by a locally produced car in Australia by a significant margin. Read more>
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Ambrose top 15 finish in California |
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 31/8/2008
Marcos Ambrose has scored an important top 15 finish in the Camping World RV Rental 300 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California today.
Ambrose earned a solid 15th place in the 150-lap race, maintaining his position in the NASCAR Nationwide Series standings after 27 of 35 races.
The Australian finished ahead of the two drivers immediately ahead in the Driver’s standings, Mike Wallace and Jason Leffler, edging closer to the two as the Nationwide Series reaches the final stages of the 2008 season.
Ambrose now sits just 47 points behind Wallace and 54 points behind Leffler with eighth Nationwide Series races remaining this year.
Ambrose qualified the #59 Kingsford Ford Fusion of JTG Daugherty Racing in 12th position earlier today, earning his best qualifying result at Auto Club Speedway.
In the first part of the race Ambrose maintained a position in the top 20. The first part of the race was staged with the afternoon sun blazing down on the circuit, but the second half of the race was staged at night. Ambrose, therefore, entered the race with a set-up more suited to the cooler conditions.
Ambrose dropped as far down as 24th, but passed cars to move his way back up the order in the second half of the race.
The 31-year-old gradually moved up the order, eventually reaching 15th position as the first car not on the lead lap. Unfortunately, a caution never came to allow Ambrose back on the lead lap by virtue of a ‘Lucky Dog’, and Ambrose finished the race in 15th.
Kyle Busch won today’s Camping World RV Rental 300 ahead of Carl Edwards and Brian Vickers.
In NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice earlier today, Ambrose was 40th fastest in second practice and 42nd fastest in final practice in the #21 Wood Brothers Ford Fusion.
Ambrose will start from 40th tomorrow in the Pepsi 500, the fifth Sprint Cup start for the driver from Launceston, Tasmania.
QUOTES - MARCOS AMBROSE
“We just pushed forward all night,” said Ambrose.
“At the start we weren’t great but we got better. We were passing cars out there and had good speed, but we were tight all night.
“When you are fighting the car like that there’s not much you can do.
“It’s a solid finish and we brought home a straight Ford in the end. This is a strong finish for the points and when you don’t have a top five car that’s the priority, to bring it home in a solid position and collect points.
“We want to keep moving forward in the points in these last races of the season. Our whole Kingsford team is working hard for that.
“We lost laps in the pits tonight. We were just out of position there at the wrong times.
“We had a pretty good car to run back in the top 10, so we probably finished two or three spots behind where we should have. That being said, we had a decent night for the points. It wasn’t a standout night for us, but not every night is going to be great.
“We just got lapped in the pits and then we couldn’t get ourselves back in position because there was another long green flag run to get the lucky dog. Then we went another lap down when we did our pit stop and that hurts.
“The cautions just came at the wrong time for us. You can’t follow the race. Some days it goes your way and some days it doesn’t.”
Camping World 300 at Auto Club Speedway
Race 27 in the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series
1. #18 Kyle Busch 150 laps
2. #60 Carl Edwards
3. #32 Brian Vickers
4. #29 Jeff Burton
5. #17 Jamie McMurray
6. #20 Joey Logano
7. #2 Clint Bowyer
8. #99 David Reutimann
9. #6 David Ragan
10. #64 David Stremme
15. #59 Marcos Ambrose 148 laps
RESULTS: Nationwide Qualifying
1. #18 Kyle Busch 40.586
2. #29 Jeff Burton 41.024
3. #20 Joey Logano 41.097
4. #60 Carl Edwards 41.104
5. #5 Jimmie Johnson 41.128
6. #1 Mike Bliss 41.142
7. #17 Jamie McMurray 41.160
8. #9 Chase Miller 41.204
9. #33 Kevin Harvick 41.250
10. #2 Clint Bowyer 41.262
12. #59 Marcos Ambrose 41.458
RESULTS: Sprint Cup Final Practice
1. #22 Dave Blaney 40.863
2. #24 Jeff Gordon 41.244
3. #48 Jimmie Johnson 41.273
4. #31 Jeff Burton 41.283
5. #84 AJ Allmendinger 41.293
6. #6 David Ragan 41.311
7. #11 Denny Hamlin 41.334
8. #99 Carl Edwards 41.342
9. #38 David Gilliland 41.370
10. #29 Kevin Harvick 41.440
42. #21 Marcos Ambrose 42.794
RESULTS: Sprint Cup Practice 2
1. #99 Carl Edwards 40.459
2. #48 Jimmie Johnson 40.651
3. #3 Greg Biffle 40.727
4. #6 David Ragan 40.765
5. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr 40.956
6. #83 Brian Vickers 41.030
7. #31 Jeff Burton 41.052
8. #18 Kyle Busch 41.064
9. #29 Kevin Harvick 41.092
10. #1 Martin Truex Jr 41.160
40. #21 Marcos Ambrose 42.611
2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Standings – After Race 27 of 35
1. Clint Bowyer 3913
2. Brad Keselowski 3709
3. Carl Edwards 3691
4. David Reutimann 3503
5. Mike Bliss 3474
6. David Ragan 3428
7. Kyle Busch 3344
8. Mike Wallace 3136
9. Jason Leffler 3129
10. Marcos Ambrose 3082
2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Prizemoney after 27 races:
Marcos Ambrose: US$868,326
2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Prizemoney after 4 races:
Marcos Ambrose: US$467,422 |
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Toyota first to export 100,000 cars |
19/12/2008
Toyota Australia is set to become the first Australian carmaker to export 100,000 vehicles in a calendar year.
The milestone car is due to be shipped from Melbourne on Christmas Eve, bound for the Middle East.
It will be among more than 2,100 Australian-built Toyota cars leaving Australia that day aboard the Positive Leader. |
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