Ambrose gets first victory
WATKINS GLEN, NY (TheSpread) – Marcose Ambrose picked up his first NASCAR Sprint Cup win in his career, as he won the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen on Monday.
Ambrose used a competitive pass of Brad Keselowski to get ahead in the closing laps of the race. Kyle Busch was also in the hunt, but couldn’t get ahead of the front two drivers.
According to oddsmakers, Ambrose had 4/1 odds to win the race on Monday, meaning a $100 wager on Ambrose will pay out an additional $400.
Ambrose led a total of 21 laps in the race while Busch led 49 laps on the day.
Ambrose, who has driven a total of 105 races in his Sprint Cup career and finally broke through at a track he has had a lot of success at. As a road course specialist, Ambrose was favored to win the event coming into the week.
For complete Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen results, see below.
2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen Results – August 15 – Watkins Glen International Raceway
1 Marcos Ambrose (9)
2 Brad Keselowski (2)
3 Kyle Busch (18)
4 Martin Truex Jr. (56)
5 Joey Logano (20)
6 Kevin Harvick (29)
7 Juan Pablo Montoya (42)
8 A J Allmendinger (43)
9 Jeff Burton (31)
10 Jimmie Johnson (48)
11 Clint Bowyer (33)
12 Carl Edwards (99)
13 Jeff Gordon (24)
14 Matt Kenseth (17)
15 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88)
16 Ryan Newman (39)
17 Jamie McMurray (1)
18 Brian Vickers (83)
19 Bobby Labonte (47)
20 Casey Mears (13)
21 Andy Lally (71)
22 Boris Said (51)
23 Regan Smith (78)
24 Robby Gordon (7)
25 Mark Martin (5)
26 Kasey Kahne (4)
27 Tony Stewart (14)
28 David Ragan (6)
29 David Reutimann (00)
30 Ron Fellows (36)
31 Greg Biffle (16)
32 Paul Menard (27)
33 David Gilliland (34)
34 Terry Labonte (38)
35 Andrew Ranger (32)
36 Denny Hamlin (11)
37 T.J. Bell (150)
38 Kurt Busch (22)
39 Scott Speed (37)
40 Joe Nemechek (87)
41 Michael McDowell (66)
42 J.J. Yeley (55)
43 Mike Skinner (60)
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