Just when a hobbled #2-Brad Keselowski improbably won at Pocono for his second win of the season and put a grapple hold on a Wild Card spot, #9-Marcos Ambrose goes out and makes things a little hazier. Ambrose nabbed his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory on Monday at Watkins Glen. His 47-point day moved him to 22nd place, a single-point out of the top 20. Ambrose has yet to score a top-10 finish at Michigan, but finished 15th in each of last yearÂs races there. He was 23rd in last JuneÂs stop. The current Wild Card holders are Keselowski and #11-Denny Hamlin. Hamlin dipped to 12th in the points standings after his 36th-place finish at Watkins Glen, but still maintains the edge over 15th place #27-Paul Menard (one win, Indianapolis). The Wild Card tie-breaker is points position.(NASCAR)(8-19-2011)
