RAIN POSTPONES RICHMOND RACE UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING

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NASCAR has announced that this weekend's NASCAR Sprint Cup and NASCAR Nationwide races are being postponed until Sunday due to weather.

The Sprint Cup race is scheduled to start at 1:00pm with the Nationwid= event set for 7:00pm US Eastern (9:00am Monday 8 September 2008 Australian Eastern Standard Time).

Marcos Ambrose will start the Emerson Radio 250 Nationwide Series race=from 16th position, with the starting order set by 2008 Owner's Points.

Be sure to check marcosambrose.com for further information as it com=s to hand ˜ NASCAR.com is expected to stream the Nationwide Series race live online.

In the sole Nationwide practice session held before rain set in, Ambro=e was 15th fastest in the #59 Kingsford Ford Fusion of JTG Daugherty Racing.

Joey Logano will start the Emerson Radio 250 from pole ahead of Clint =owyer, who leads the 2008 Nationwide Series Driver's Standings after 27 of 35 races.

2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Standings ˜ After Race 27 of 35
1. Clint Bowyer 3913
2. Brad Keselowski 3709
3. Carl Edwards 3691
4. David Reutimann 3503
5. Mike Bliss 3474
6. David Ragan 3428
7. Kyle Busch 3344
8. Mike Wallace 3136
9. Jason Leffler 3129
10. Marcos Ambrose 3082

2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Prizemoney after 27 races:
Marcos Ambrose: US$868,326

2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Prizemoney after 5 races:
Marcos Ambrose: US$573,017

ABOUT RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Track Length: 0.75 miles
Race Distance: 250 laps
Degree of Banking in Turns: 14 degrees

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RECORD BOOK
Defending Nationwide Race Winner: Kyle Busch
Defending Nationwide Polesitter: Kyle Busch
Marcos Ambrose 2007 Race Finish: 15th
Marcos Ambrose 2007 Qualifying: 19th
(Earlier this year, Ambrose qualified 17th, finished 25th)