Marcos Ambrose’s bid for a fourth straight Nationwide Series victory at Watkins Glen is over just days before the race. Ambrose’s Richard Petty Motorsports team has withdrawn its entry for the event, which Ambrose has won in 2008 (STP Ford), 2009 (Armor All Toyota) and 2010 (Zippo Toyota) for previous car owners Tad and Jodi Geschickter. Speedcafe.com understands that lack of sponsorship was the major factor in the decision to withdraw the entry, which was to be Ambrose’s first Nationwide Series start for 2011. The Australian will however race in the second tier Nationwide Series the week after at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada aboard a Ford Mustang backed by his Sprint Cup Series sponsor Stanley and fielded by his RPM team.(Speed Cafe)(8-9-2011)
UPDATE: Richard Petty Motorsports driver Marcos Ambrose is set to compete in the Nationwide Series 200-mile event at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada on Aug. 20. Known to many for his expertise in road course racing, Ambrose has come close to winning in Montreal but has yet to visit Victory Lane at the 2.709-mile track. Next weekend, Ambrose hopes to change that stat as he will make his fifth attempt at taking home the trophy in a Richard Petty Motorsports Ford Mustang sponsored by Stanley. Since Ambrose and Cup Series Crew Chief, Todd Parrott, will be busy racing in Michigan, fellow Tasmanian Owen Kelly will jump in the driver’s seat of the #9 Stanley Ford in Montreal on Friday for practice and qualifying and Chad Norris will act as crew chief for the weekend.In addition to sponsoring Ambrose’s car in Montreal, Stanley will donate $100,000 on Ambrose’s behalf to the Canadian Tire Jumpstart program next weekend.(Richard Petty Motorsports)(8-12-2011)
