Marcos Ambrose News

Marcos Ambrose is targeting a victory and a spot in the late-season title chase in 2010 after an impressive first full season in NASCAR Sprint Cup racing which earned him over $A4.3 million.

JAMIE Whincup can almost taste the celebratory champagne of his second straight V8 Supercars title.

Tony Cochrane plays down talk that Marcos Ambrose was blocked from racing in the final round of the V8 Supercar season finale Rumours that V8 Supercars Australia prevented former Champion Marcos Ambrose from competing at the Sydney Telstra 500 are wide of the mark according to series boss Tony Cochrane.

The Frontstretch: Did You Notice? ... Big Brother Gets To Keselowski, Marlin's "Sterling" Career, And No Championship Talk by Thomas Bowles -- Wednesday November 18, 2009 Did You Notice? ... That with only one week left to go in the season, there's plenty more to focus on than just the championship.

The Chase for the championship has tightened up. What looked to be all but locked up for Jimmie Johnson is suddenly open to the three drivers behind him, while the other 39 look to steal the spotlight...and a win.

There was a lot of whining goin' on. When Michael Waltrip bump-drafted Jimmie Johnson during practice last week, the Big Guys at NASCAR pretty much didn't like it.

Jamie McMurray crossed the finish line under a caution flag, a trail of carnage left behind on the front stretch, to win the AMP Energy 500 Sunday afternoon.

Lap 188 Marcos Ambrose starts the race in P17 as due to rain canceling qualifying on Saturday and field was set by driver's points.

NASCAR red-flagged Sunday's race at Talladega following a spectacular crash involving Ryan Newman with five laps remaining.

Lap 109: Robby Gordon leads for the first time today. GREEN FLAG - Lap 108: Denny Hamlin leads the field to the green.

Even though Marcos Ambrose , Sam Hornish Jr. and David Ragan aren't battling for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, they all have things they'd like to accomplish in the season's final five races.

NASCAR DRIVERS AND CELEBRITIES TO BE "LOCKED UP" FOR SECOND OFFICIAL JAIL AND BAIL WHAT : The second annual Official Jail & Bail charity event supported by Best Buy and Insignia to benefit the Brienne Davis Scholarship Fund at The NASCAR Foundation is set for Weds., Oct.

Thursday October 15, 2009 Marcos Ambrose's chance for a top-15 finish was ruined when he was collected in an accident inside ten laps remaining in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Auto Club Speedway.

Jarno Trulli was too ill join Toyota teammate Timo Glock at a Tokyo media event ahead of Sunday's Formula One Japan Grand Prix.

Lap 277: Several drivers, including Chasers, are in for pit stops - none of the leaders though.

Rusty Wallace works as a broadcaster for ESPN's coverage of the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

FREMONT -- During last Saturday's race at Fremont Speedway, a little boy's wish came true.

At best, it was a wild, crazy race with a thrilling finish. At worst, it was a fiasco, one that should have been stopped long before Carl Edwards slipped past Marcos Ambrose out of the final corner of the last lap.

One team will have a leg up on the competition in the upcoming season of "The Amazing Race." Two of the Harlem Globetrotters are among the 12 teams starring in the 15th edition of the CBS reality show, which premieres Sept.

The fifth-annual Prelude to the Dream that was originally scheduled for June 3 but had to be postponed due to rain will be Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET at the Tony Stewart-owned Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.