Marcos Ambrose won the Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International. Ambrose scored his career-first Nationwide Series victory in his 59th career start. He has scored top-15 finishes in the last five races, extending a streak that began at Chicagoland. Ambrose became the 12th different series winner in 2008. He became the 10th different winner in the 15 races at Watkins Glen. Ambrose led five laps including the final four.
Ford posted its fourth win of the 2008 season and just their second in 15 races at Watkins Glen. Toyota has 15 wins, Chevy has five while Dodge has yet to win in 2008.
Ambrose won the race due to fuel strategy, when leaders Jeff Burton and Jimmie Johnson ran out of fuel with four laps remaining.
Ambrose is the only driver to score top-10 finishes in all three road-course races this season. Ambrose finished second at Mexico and third at Montreal.
Ambrose is the third first-time winner at Watkins Glen in series history, joining Bill Elliott (1993) and Ron Fellows (1998).
Ambrose is the first Australian to win in the series. He is the fourth foreign-born driver to win in the Nationwide Series joining Fellows, Juan Pablo Montoya and Larry Pollard.
Kyle Busch finished second. He has finished third or better in his last five NNS starts.
Pole Winner Dario Franchitti finished fifth, posting his career-best finish.
David Ragan (ninth) has scored top-15 finishes in the last 10 races, a streak that began at Nashville in June.
The race featured 11 lead changes among seven drivers.
The top-10 consisted of four Fords, three Toyotas, two Chevys and one Dodge.
Brad Keselowski finished sixth and climbed from third to second in the points, passing Carl Edwards who finished 25th and dropped to third in the standings. Keselowski trails points leader Clint Bowyer by 128 points.(ESPN.com)(8-11-2008)
