Marcos Ambrose is the King of the Road in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and his numbers at Watkins Glen prove it. In four starts prior to Sunday's Finger Lakes 355, Marcos posted four top-5 finishes and went to Victory Lane in last year's race at The Glen while posting an average finish of 2.2 in those four starts. When the race started on Sunday afternoon everyone's eyes were on Ambrose who was the heavy favorite to back up his effort from 2011 and by day's end he didn't disappoint.
One of the craziest final laps we’ve seen in awhile needs some breaking down. A lot of different story lines made up the final lap. When the white flag flew, we all thought Kyle Busch was going to win. Halfway through the final lap, we thought Brad Keselowski was going to be the winner and after the final lap was over.....
NASCAR once again further soured its reputation following the Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen by manufacturing the end of the race. Kyle Busch had the dominant car of the afternoon and made a daredevil move on the final restart to pass both Brad Keselowski and Marcos Ambrose to take the lead. Busch had a pretty decent gap with about 4-5 laps to go.
In one of the wildest laps ever seen, Marcos Ambrose held off Brad Keselowski for the win in the Finger Lakes 355 at the Glen Sunday. When the white flag flew the leader was Kyle Busch who took the lead in dramatic fashion on a late restart following Tony Stewart's spin coming off turn 11, slamming the entrance to pit road with 18 laps left.
Marcos Ambrose battled it out with Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski in the final laps and won Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) Finger Lakes 355 at the Glen at Watkins Glen International.
When the playoffs begin in most sports around the country it becomes win or go home situation. For Kyle Busch and his No. 18 M&M’s team at Joe Gibbs Racing, just getting to NASCAR’s version of the playoffs has that mentality.
They always say what a difference a year makes. In the case of Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, what a difference two years make. 2010 was a banner year for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing starting off with Jamie McMurray's emotional win in the Daytona 500 as he held off a charging Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the final lap.
Carl Edwards comes back to the Nationwide Series (NNS) and what does he do? He Wins! Edwards led nine laps in Saturday's Zippo 200 at The Glen and took over the lead with two laps remaining to earn his 38th career and the first win in 2012.
Following a day of rain yesterday here at Watkins Glen International, the drivers of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series were given the opportunity to test their equipment early this morning in a 1.5 hour final practice session. With the sun still hidden behind the clouds and a cool breeze aiding the cause, the speeds were at a blistering pace around the 2.45-mile course this morning.
How did you become a spotter? "Well, I used to drive late models and modified’s in the NASCAR touring division. I first drove to Charlotte in 1996. I became a General Manager since I have a good business background and we needed a spotter one day for the Cup race with Bill Elliott when I was a general manager there so I just started doing it and I’ve been doing it ever since 12-13 years ago."
The two-time ARCA Menards Series East champion from Prairie, Minnesota, cut his points deficit to make the Chase cutline by 14 points with a fifth-place run at IMS.
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Installing modern fleet dash cams with GPS tracking means managers can view exactly what was happening on the road at the same time as the position history of the vehicle.
