BIG CALIFORNIA WEEKEND AHEAD FOR AMBROSE

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Marcos Ambrose has a big weekend ahead of him with both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series duties at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California this weekend.

Ambrose will aim to qualify the #21 Little Debbie Ford Fusion of Wood =rothers Racing into the Pepsi 500, that entry one of 44 cars entered for this weekend's Sprint Cup race.

The Australian will look to qualify on speed along with Mike Skinner, =ohnny Sauter, Patrick Carpentier, Kyle Petty, Tony Raines, Joe Nemechek, AJ Allmendinger and Brad Coleman, with one car missing out on the 43-car starting line-up.

On the Nationwide Series side Ambrose is determined to maintain his sp=t in the top 10 in the series standings at this weekend's Camping World 300.

Ambrose had an ignition failure set him back in the #59 Kingsford Ford=Fusion last weekend in Bristol, but still sits just 80 points behind eighth placed Jason Leffler.

Ambrose qualified 16th and finished 13th in the corresponding race at =he 2.0-mile speedway last season, giving him confidence of another solid finish heading into this weekend.

QUOTES - MARCOS AMBROSE

‘We are entering the final phase of the season now so I really want =o keep my head down and work hard to finish the season strongly,’ said Ambrose.

‘This sport has a lot to do with momentum. We didn't have a good=night in Bristol but I'm sure we can turn that around in Fontana.

‘The Wood Brothers program is on the up with David Hyder leading the=way. That whole team is working really hard on things at the moment.

‘My last start in the 21 was not the best with the early engine fail=re at Michigan so I'm keen to get in the race in California and give the Wood Brothers, the Little Debbie people and all the Ford fans that love the 21 car a good showing.’

Marcos Ambrose's remaining 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Schedu=e:
August 31 - Auto Club Speedway; Fontana, California (#21 Wood Brothers=Racing)
September 21 - Dover International Speedway; Dover, Delaware (#21 Wood=Brothers Racing)
September 28 - Kansas Speedway; Kansas City, Kansas (#47 JTG Daugherty=Racing)
October 26 - Atlanta Motor Speedway; Hampton, Georgia (#47 JTG Daugher=y Racing)
November 2 - Texas Motor Speedway; Fort Worth, Texas (#21 Wood Brother= Racing)
November 9 - Phoenix International Raceway; Phoenix, Arizona (#21 Wood=Brothers Racing)
November 16 - Homestead-Miami Speedway; Homestead, Florida (#47 JTG Da=gherty Racing)

2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Standings ˜ After Race 26 of 35
1. Clint Bowyer 3762
2. Brad Keselowski 3640
3. Carl Edwards 3521
4. David Reutimann 3361
5. Mike Bliss 3347
6. David Ragan 3290
7. Kyle Busch 3149
8. Jason Leffler 3044
9. Mike Wallace 3021
10. Marcos Ambrose 2964

2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Prizemoney after 26 races:
Marcos Ambrose: US$835,283

2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Prizemoney after 4 races:
Marcos Ambrose: US$467,422

RACE SCHEDULE
Local California (US Pacific) Times
SPRINT CUP Practice 1
Friday 29 August 2008
12:00pm ˜ 1:30pm

NATIONWIDE Practice 1
Friday 29 August 2008
2:00pm ˜ 3:30pm

SPRINT CUP Qualifying
Friday 29 August 2008
3:40pm

NATIONWIDE Final Practice
Friday 29 August 2008
5:30pm ˜ 6:30pm

NATIONWIDE Qualifying
Saturday 30 August 2008
2:05pm

SPRINT CUP Practice 2
Saturday 30 August 2008
4:00pm ˜ 4:45pm

SPRINT CUP Final Practice
Saturday 30 August 2008
5:20pm ˜ 6:20pm

NATIONWIDE Race ˜ 150 laps
Saturday 30 August 2008
7:00pm US Pacific
10:00pm US Eastern

SPRINT CUP Race ˜ 250 laps
Sunday 31 August 2008
5:00pm US Pacific
8:00pm US Eastern

UNITED STATES TV SCHEDULE
NATIONWIDE Race
Saturday 30 August 2008
9:30pm US Eastern
ESPN2

SPRINT CUP Race
Sunday 31 August 2008
7:00pm US Eastern
ESPN

AUSTRALIAN TIMES
Australian Eastern Standard Times
SPRINT CUP Practice 1
Saturday 30 August 2008
5:00am ˜ 6:30am

NATIONWIDE Practice 1
Saturday 30 August 2008
7:00am ˜ 8:30am

SPRINT CUP Qualifying
Saturday 30 August 2008
8:40am

NATIONWIDE Final Prac tice
Saturday 30 August 2008
10:30am ˜ 11:30am

NATIONWIDE Qualifying
Sunday 31 August 2008
7:05am

SPRINT CUP Practice 2
Sunday 31 August 2008
9:00am ˜ 9:45am

SPRINT CUP Final Practice
Sunday 31 August 2008
10:20am ˜ 11:20am

NATIONWIDE Race ˜ 150 laps
Sunday 31 August 2008
12:00pm AEST

SPRINT CUP Race ˜ 250 laps
Monday 1 September 2008
10:00am AEST

AUSTRALIAN TV SCHEDULE
NATIONWIDE Race
Sunday 31 August 2008
Ten HD
11:30am ˜ 3:00pm AEST

SPRINT CUP Race
Monday 1 September 2008
FOX Sports ONE
9:00am ˜ 2:00pm AEST

AUSTRALIAN TV REPLAY from Bristol
Saturday 30 August 2008
Ten HD
12:00pm ˜ 1:00pm AEST