Reigning V8 Supercar and three-time Bathurst 1000 Champions, TeamVodafone, and its drivers, Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup, will race Holden Commodores from 2010.
Holden Executive Director Sales, Marketing and Aftersales, Alan Batey made the announcement at a press conference held at GM Holden headquarters in Melbourne today.
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Marcos Ambrose has collected a solid 22nd place finish in the Allstate 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana today.
Ambrose’s consistent run at the ‘Brickyard’ means that the Australian maintains 18th in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings after 20 races.
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Hayden in action at Laguna seca with special paint scheme (pic: Ducati Corse Press)
Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden crossed the line in fourth and fifth place today to secure a top team result for Ducati that confirms the forward steps taken with the Desmosedici GP9 in recent weeks.
A top five finish for Hayden is the result of relentless hard work and dedication from rider and team since the start of the season and his best qualifying and race performances of the campaign so far represented a source of huge satisfaction. The American delighted his home crowd not only with his performance but also with a special ‘stars and stripes’ livery, that will also be available on the new Ducati 848, launched in the USA two days ago.
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04 July 2009
Marcos Ambrose has claimed his fifth top 10 finish of the 2009 Sprint Cup season with a sensational sixth place in the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway in Florida today.
The race ended in spectacular and controversial circumstances, as race winner Tony Stewart and NASCAR wild child Kyle Busch made contact on the run to the chequered flag, resulting in a spectacular crash that Ambrose was able to avoid.
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Saturday Jul 04 2009Round 8 – USA GP- Qualifying
Ducati MotoGP Team riders Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden were in competitive form in qualifying practice for the USGP at Laguna Seca today, with the Australian sealing a front row start for tomorrow’s race and the American qualifying on the third row in eighth place – the best grid position of his debut season with the Italian factory so far.
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Saturday Jul 04 2009Round 8 – USA GP- Free Practice
The opening day of free practice for the US Grand Prix took place at Laguna Seca today with Ducati MotoGP Team riders Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden back on track just six days after contesting the Dutch TT at the Assen circuit in Holland. A 10,000 kilometre trip and eight-hour time difference have not made life easier for any of the riders but for Stoner in particular this promises to be a particularly taxing weekend, with the Australian having suffered from physical exhaustion at the past two rounds.
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Marcos Ambrose is excited about his return to Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Zero 400 in Florida this weekend.
Ambrose finished 17th in his Daytona 500 debut earlier this year in the #47 entry of JTG Daugherty Racing and now gets his second crack at the 2.5-mile superspeedway at the venue’s 400-mile night race.
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