Marcos Ambrose

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Five years ago, Marcos Ambrose came all the way from Tasmania. Saturday morning, he came all the way from Michigan. Then, in the afternoon, on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Ambrose came all the way from the back of the pack to finally win the NAPA Auto Parts 200 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

Not only was Ambrose able to battle from the back of the field where he was forced to start because he was not able to qualify Friday, but he also was able to recover from a restart incident with pole-stitter and local favorite Jacques Villeneuve to earn his fourth Nationwide Series victory.

Villeneuve's teammate at Penske Racing, IndyCar Series regular and fellow Quebecois Alex Tagliani, came in second while Michael McDowell, Steve Wallace and Canadian J.R. Fitzpatrick rounded out the top five.

Ambrose, who won last week in the Sprint Cup Series at Watkins Glen, was qualifying his Cup car Friday at Michigan International Speedway for Sunday's Pure Michigan 400. The win at Watkins Glen was his first in the Cup Series. His previous three Nationwide wins also were at Watkins Glen.

Results

FIN	ST	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	PTS/BNS	LAPS	STATUS
1	9	009	Marcos Ambrose	Ford	Stanley	0	74	Running
2	2	12	Alex Tagliani	Dodge	Hot Wheels	43/1	74	Running
3	5	18	Michael McDowell	Toyota	Sherwin-Williams / Fix Auto	0	74	Running
4	7	66	Steve Wallace	Toyota	5-Hour Energy	40/0	74	Running
5	21	167	J.R. Fitzpatrick	Ford	Go Canada Racing	39/0	74	Running
6	4	33	Scott Speed	Chevrolet	Rheem Heating, Cooling & Water Heating	39/1	74	Running
7	14	60	Carl Edwards	Ford	Fastenal	0	74	Running
8	10	31	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	Florida Gulf Safe	36/0	74	Running
9	3	38	Jason Leffler	Chevrolet	Great Clips	36/1	74	Running
10	16	2	Elliott Sadler	Chevrolet	OneMain Financial	34/0	74	Running
11	13	5	Ron Fellows	Chevrolet	Canadian Tire	34/1	74	Running
12	19	11	Brian Scott	Toyota	Shore Lodge	32/0	74	Running
13	15	164	Jason Bowles	Toyota	Fuel Doctor	31/0	74	Running
14	22	97	Kyle Kelley	Chevrolet	Jamison	30/0	74	Running
15	29	19	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	Del Monte	29/0	74	Running
16	24	09	Kenny Wallace	Toyota	Toyota	28/0	74	Running
17	27	01	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	G&K Services	27/0	74	Running
18	28	62	Michael Annett	Toyota	Pilot Flying J	26/0	74	Running
19	34	39	Luis Martinez Jr.	Ford	King Taco	25/0	74	Running
20	20	88	Aric Almirola	Chevrolet	Grand Touring Vodka	24/0	74	Running
21	14	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	DAB Constructors	23/0	74	Running
22	32	15	Timmy Hill *	Ford	FW1 / FastWax.com	22/0	74	Running
23	17	16	Trevor Bayne	Ford	3M	21/0	74	Running
24	25	7	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	20/0	74	Running
25	23	32	Reed Sorenson	Chevrolet	Dollar General	19/0	73	Running
26	18	6	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	Fastenal	18/0	72	Engine
27	1	22	Jacques Villeneuve	Dodge	Discount Tire / Ruby Tuesday	19/2	72	Running
28	41	52	Louis-Philippe Dumoulin	Chevrolet	HairFax.com / Maskimo / DaVinci	16/0	72	Running
29	35	40	Josh Wise	Chevrolet	Key Motorsports	15/0	72	Running
30	39	81	Maryeve Dufault	Dodge	Quebec Dodge Dealer Association	14/0	69	Running
31	6	277	Robby Gordon	Dodge	Mapei / Menards / Speed Energy	0	67	Engine
32	8	99	Patrick Carpentier	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	12/0	65	Accident
33	26	23	Alex Kennedy	Chevrolet	Media Master / St. Baldrick's Foundation	11/0	64	Susp.
34	46	141	Tomy Drissi	Ford	"Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked"	0	64	Rear Gear
35	40	28	Derrike Cope	Dodge	Maxelence.com	9/0	59	Transmission
36	33	14	Eric McClure	Chevrolet	Hefty BlackOut / Reynolds	8/0	54	Running
37	12	30	Boris Said	Chevrolet	Great Clips	0	51	Accident
38	38	70	Blake Koch *	Dodge	Daystar.com	6/0	47	Electrical
39	37	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	Clements Racing Engines	5/0	45	Rear Gear
40	43	113	D.J. Kennington	Dodge	drivenmale.com / DriverBoutique.com	4/0	28	Susp.
41	11	153	Andrew Ranger	Dodge	Quebec Dodge Dealer Association	3/0	23	Engine
42	42	89	Morgan Shepherd	Chevrolet	Victory In Jesus	2/0	5	Engine
43	30	44	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	TriStar Motorsports	1/0	1	Brakes

* Denotes Rookie