Ambrose dominates Zippo 200
Sonoma just faded a little bit from the psyche of Marcos Ambrose.
Starting from the pole for the first time at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International, Ambrose dominated the Nationwide Zippo 200 on Saturday and won the race for the third straight time. He led 60 of 82 laps, had a perfect driver rating of 150, and beat Joey Logano by 2.8 seconds.
Ambrose was poised to capture his first Sprint Cup victory at Sonoma in June when things went awry. He stalled his No. 47 while leading under a late caution, was unable to keep pace, had to restart seventh when he couldn’t get it refired, and finished sixth.
Kevin Harvick somehow avoided a 10-car wreck and overcame a dustup on the first lap and a speeding penalty on pit road to finish third. Points leader Brad Keselowski was fourth, followed by Kyle Busch.
Ron Fellows, Nelson Piquet, Jacques Villeneuve, Steve Wallace and Michael McDowell rounded out the top 10. Carl Edwards, second in points, finished 33rd after losing a cylinder and dropped 327 points behind Keselowski.
Bodine extends points lead with second Trucks victory
Points leader Todd Bodine earned his second victory of the season, winning the Nashville 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Nashville Superspeedway in Gladeville, Tenn.
Rookie Austin Dillon, the grandson of car owner Richard Childress, finished second, followed by Aric Almirola.
Timothy Peters, who led 57 laps early before trouble with his left front tire, came in fourth.
Bodine, who was the pole-sitter, extended his series lead over Almirola to 174 points.
The third caution of the race triggered tempers when Mario Gosselin was spun by Joe Aramendia along the front stretch on lap 66.
Edwards wins Sprint Cup pole at Watkins Glen
A year ago, Carl Edwards started 33rd in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International and finished third. This time he’ll start at the front.
Edwards turned a lap of 124.432 mph in 70.882 seconds on Saturday to easily outdistance Jamie McMurray’s lap of 123.814 mph in 71.236 secs. It was just the fifth pole in 215 starts for Edwards, his first on a road course in Cup competition, and it was fast. Edwards was just a few ticks off Jeff Gordon’s 2003 track record of 124.58 mph in 70.7979 secs.
Power captures IndyCar pole for Mid-Ohio race
Australian driver Will Power captured the pole for today’s race at Mid-Ohio in Lexington.
Power turned a lap time of 1:07.199 at the twisting 2.258-mile course. Dario Franchitti qualified second, followed by Takuma Sato and Ryan Hunter-Reay.