Marcos Ambrose made a bold move on Kyle Busch for the lead and then held off the current points leader on two late- race double-file restarts to win the Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International for the second year in a row.
Ambrose made his pass on Busch for the lead as the two headed into the chicane with 19 laps to go. Ambrose’s maneuver forced Busch to swerve to the left, causing him to miss the entrance into the chicane. MiamiHerald.com
“Here we are in Victory Lane. It’s just awesome. I’ve got so many people to thank.
“Tad and Jodi Gescheckter, who plucked me out of nowhere to give me a chance here in NASCAR, and here I am.
“I had to surprise him (Kyle Busch). I didn’t have the straight line speed to really attack him. If I had waited for the last 10 laps there is no way he would have let me past so I just tried to surprise him and I surprised myself!
“It was an all-in move and I knew I had to do it then because the element of surprise was there and that’s what got the win for us.
I was worried (at the restarts). You know, it’s Kyle Busch, and he doesn’t give you an inch and I had Carl (Edwards) behind me too and I bumped into him earlier at Turn 1, so I had my hands full.
“But those guys are fair. They race really hard but it’s just awesome.
“Awesome to be alongside them, awesome to compete against them and awesome to beat them.”
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 3 60 Carl Edwards Ford 4 33 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 5 5 Ron Fellows Chevrolet 6 29 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 7 16 Greg Biffle Ford 8 6 David Ragan Ford 9 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 10 99 Scott Speed Toyota 11 9 Boris Said Ford 12 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet 13 91 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 14 155 Robby Gordon Toyota 15 38 Jason Leffler Toyota 16 27 Jason Keller Ford 17 12 Justin Allgaier * Dodge 18 4 J.R. Fitzpatrick Chevrolet 19 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 20 15 Michael Annett * Toyota 21 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 22 62 Brendan Gaughan * Chevrolet 23 81 Sean Murphy Dodge 24 40 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 25 1 Danny O'Quinn Jr. Chevrolet 26 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 27 26 Michael McDowell * Dodge 28 234 Tony Raines Dodge 29 198 Paul Menard Ford 30 24 Eric McClure Ford 31 23 Chris Cook Chevrolet 32 10 Justin Marks Toyota 33 20 Joey Logano Toyota 34 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 35 1 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 36 61 Matt Carter Ford 37 32 Brian Vickers Toyota 38 49 Mark Green Chevrolet 39 0 Mike Wallace Chevrolet 40 186 Antonio Perez Dodge 41 141 Tom Hubert Chevrolet 42 7 Kris Szekeres Chevrolet 43 90 Mike Bliss Chevrolet
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