“Kangaroo Me!”

Marcos Ambrose won his 2nd consecutive victory Saturday at the Glen!

With 19 laps to go, Ambrose made a surprisingly bold move to pass Kyle Busch for the lead on the way to collect his 2nd Nationwide Series victory.

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“I knew I was going to have to bomb him somewhere to get the win,” Ambrose said. He wasn’t going to make a mistake on his own. I was going to have to force one on him. It’s Kyle Busch we’re talking about, and he’s going to race you hard, and so I just tried to throw the element of surprise in. I came from a fair way back — about a length-and-a-half back on him — and just bombed up in there. I knew that it was a high-risk move, but it was one that was needed to be made to try to win the race. We’re not here to come second. We’re here to win, and I had that mindset all weekend.”

Ambrose led a race-high 26 laps.

Busch wasn’t happy with the aggressive pass.  He missed the chicane and was forced to stop on the track to serve a three-second penalty, but still was able to rally back to the rear bumper of Ambrose’s car for a runner-up finish.

Busch said he wouldn’t have tried that move.

“I wouldn’t have made it, because I would have wrecked,” said Busch. “I think we would have wrecked if one of the cars didn’t give, (and) I was the car that gave. I don’t think it was a fair move. It won him the race. He had to do something. Yay for him. Good job — whatever. I wouldn’t have been able to it. I would have wadded my stuff up.”

It was the 10th consecutive race Busch has finished 1st or 2nd, breaking the previous record set by Jack Ingram in the series in 1983. Busch led once for 15 laps, tying a record held by Sam Ard for leading laps in 19 consecutive series races.

Carl Edwards finished 3rd followed by the polesitter Kevin Harvick and “road course ringer” Ron Fellows, Jeff Burton, Greg Biffle, David Ragan, Brad Keselowski and Scott Speed completed the top 10.

For the (unofficial) race results, click here.

During the closing laps, Joey Logano and Robby Gordon made contact sending Logano into a tire barrier. The car caught on fire, but Logano was able to climb out unhurt.

“You can’t fix stupid,” Logano said about Gordon’s move. “It’s forever.”

There were 6 cautions for 20 laps and 7 lead changes among 7 drivers: K. Harvick 1-12; M. Ambrose 13-19; S. Speed 20; C. Edwards 21-45; S. Wallace 46-47; D. Ragan 48; K. Busch 49-63; M. Ambrose 64-82.

Kyle Busch extended his series points lead over 2nd place Carl Edwards to 212 points.