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Ambrose wins 3rd straight at Watkins Glen

Sun, 08/08/2010 - 10:50 by Rakhi

Watkins Glen, N.Y. -- Pole sitter Marcos Ambrose dominated for 60 of 82 laps Saturday, easily taking the Zippo 200 Nationwide Series race at Watkins Glen International.

Ambrose held off a late challenge by Joey Logano, finishing three seconds ahead and notching his third straight victory in the event.

He joins Terry Labonte as the only drivers to win three consecutive Nationwide races at Watkins Glen.

Kevin Harvick ended in third place, followed by points leader Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch, who fell short in his bid to collect a record-tying 10th Nationwide win this season.

Keselowski's fourth-place showing allowed him to widen his lead over Carl Edwards to 327 points. Edwards had engine problems Saturday and wound up finishing 33rd.

Sprint race at Watkins Glen rained out

Mon, 08/10/2009 - 10:52 by preet_20

Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 9: A thunderstorm Sunday forced the postponement of the Sprint Cup Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips auto race in Watkins Glen, N.Y.

This is the second straight week a race was postponed by rain. Last week, it was the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono.

Officials announced the postponement until noon Monday just before the command was given to start engines at 4 p.m. EDT.

NASCAR decided there was not enough daylight left to run the advertised 90-lap distance in its second road course race this season.

Jimmie Johnson will start on the pole after winning Friday's qualifying session. He has yet to win at either Watkins Glen or Sonoma, Calif., the site of the Toyota/Save Mart 350 in June.

Ambrose defends Watkins Glen title

Sun, 08/09/2009 - 04:50 by Salinder Kumar

Watkins Glen, N.Y. -- Marcos Ambrose beat points leader Kyle Busch Saturday to win the Nationwide Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen for the second year in a row.

Ambrose took the lead from Busch with 19 laps to go.

"I knew I had to dive-bomb him to try and get past," Ambrose said. "If I would have waited for the last 10 laps, he was going to do anything he could to block me, so I just tried to surprise him."

It marked Ambrose's his second career Nationwide victory.

He had won a NASCAR national touring series race for the first time a year ago at Watkins Glen.

Busch fell to third after Ambrose passed him but fought off Carl Edwards in the closing laps to finish second. Busch has now finished first or second for the 10th straight race.

Johnson wins pole at Watkins Glen

Sat, 08/08/2009 - 11:26 by preet_20

Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 7: Three-time defending Sprint Cup series champion Jimmie Johnson won his first pole of the year Friday for Sunday's race at Watkins Glen International.

Johnson covered the 2.45-mile, 11-turn road course in 71.340 seconds (123.633 mph). It was his first pole victory since last November and his first ever in 16 tries on a road course.

"We did all the right things today," Johnson said. "The car could have been a little bit better. For us, it was a little bit adventurous from time to time in qualifying trim, but I guess we had fewer problems than everybody else in putting in really good laps."

Kurt Busch was second-quickest Friday, just .008 seconds behind Johnson.