Marcos Ambrose, an Australian driver who came to NASCAR from V8 Supercars, won Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Watkins Glen, in his lone series start of the year. This is Ambrose's fifth series win and fourth at the road course in New York state. Ambrose, a full-time Sprint Cup driver in the #9 car owned by Richard Petty, also has two wins at the Glen in that series, in 2011 and 2012. He starts alongside Jeff Gordon on the front row in tomorrow's Cup race.
Ambrose was driving a car numbered 09, because the number 9 in the Nationwide Series is used by JR Motorsports driver Chase Elliott. In the early laps, Ambrose tangled with fellow Cup driver Kyle Busch, causing them to spin off the track into a sand trap. They lost several positions but got them back during a series of mid-race cautions. Ambrose held off Busch during the closing laps to get the win. Also contenders during the race were Team Penske drivers Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano, who started the race on the front row.
This makes Ambrose the winningest driver on road courses in Nationwide Series history. His last win in the series came at the Montreal road course in 2011. That track was replaced last year by Mid-Ohio, where the series races next week for their third and final road course trip of the season.
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