Marcos Ambrose - NASCAR

Dave085 · June 19, 2012, 02:09:31 AM

Good to see Ambrose getting back amongst it. Looking forwards to (HOPEFULLY!) another pole this week at Sonoma.

Anyone else following him and or the NASCAR schedule this year? I was really hoping that Ambrose could push for the shootout this year on points rather than relying on a wildcard, which i think he should manage...

LF · June 19, 2012, 03:19:20 PM

We have been following Ambrose since he was a V8 driver and continue to now.
Don`t often watch NASCAR(find it a bit boring) but follow all the news stories etc about Ambrose.
Won`t be long and he`ll be back in Australia.

Dave085 · June 20, 2012, 06:15:56 PM

You reckon? Whys that???

I think he will try and stay as long as he can to try and get an oval win under his belt.

LF · June 20, 2012, 09:56:32 PM

I`ll have to try to find it again but he has said it himself.

Dave085 · June 21, 2012, 06:25:33 PM

Interesting. Did he mention what he was going to do?
Retire from racing or come back to the V8's if he can get a seat secured?

Either way he will still be in the motor sport scene, either as a driver or owner...

LF · August 14, 2012, 07:11:30 PM

So he won at Watkins Glen for the 2nd year in a row on the final lap

BratPack · August 15, 2012, 02:36:32 PM

As much as I like Marcos he should never have won, NASCAR should've thrown the yellow flag

valkorum · August 15, 2012, 02:51:37 PM

Quote from: BratPack on August 15, 2012, 02:36:32 PM
As much as I like Marcos he should never have won, NASCAR should've thrown the yellow flag

Depends - if its a green-white finish then the yellow flag cant be deployed in the last lap.

If there is 2 laps to go then this rule gets applied. They stay under caution and regardless of the number of laps completed under yellow the race has 2 laps to go. When the track is clear and the green flag is shown they race for 2 laps. If there is an incident which requires the yellow on lap 1 of 2 remaining then the race gets reset back to 2 laps to go. They allow this 3 times and if there is a yellow each time then they will finish the race under caution.

If there is an incident on the last lap then the yellow flag will not be shown - its first man over the line wins.

BratPack · August 15, 2012, 05:25:21 PM

It was the last lap and there was oil on the track. 3 guys went off. It should have been yellow flagged

valkorum · August 15, 2012, 06:14:12 PM

Quote from: BratPack on August 15, 2012, 05:25:21 PM
It was the last lap and there was oil on the track. 3 guys went off. It should have been yellow flagged

If its a green-white-checker situation then no it will never be yellow flagged.

tbagrocks · August 15, 2012, 06:46:14 PM

Marcaos could win on an oval track, and Port could win the flag next year!