Teammate Russell Ingall finished second in the championship, giving Stone Brothers Racing a 1–2 Quinella finish. In the end he collected his second championship in the opening Saturday night race and then went on to clean-sweep the round in record-breaking style in his Pirtek Falcon. In 2004, Ambrose claimed three pole positions and five round wins and went into the final round at Eastern Creek with a virtually unbeatable lead.
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He followed this up with a third career win at Eastern Creek After 13 rounds in the 2003 V8 Supercar Series, Ambrose was presented with the driver's series trophy, 102 points clear of second place. With a new Falcon BA, Ambrose gave the Ford team a great start to the 2003 season with victory in the first race of the Clipsal 500. He eventually finished third in the championship, including winning the final round at Sandown. In 2002, Ambrose started the season winning pole position at Phillip Island before recording his debut race win in the first race. He won the fourth round of the season, at Hidden Valley Raceway, although he did not win any of the three races in the round. He qualified on pole again for round three at Eastern Creek, round nine at Queensland Raceway and round 11, the Bathurst 1000, where he became the first rookie to take pole position since 1987.Īmbrose went on to finish eighth in the championship, winning the Rookie of the Year award. Ambrose stunned the Supercars Championship world when he qualified on pole on debut, at the Australian Grand Prix support race. V8 Supercars Ambrose in his Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in October 2005įor 2001, Ambrose was signed by Stone Brothers Racing to drive a Ford Falcon AU. He also represented Australia in the 1996 EFDA Nations Cup at Donington Park in England.
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Ambrose won against a host of young drivers in Honda road cars. In October 2000 he was invited to compete in a Young Guns invitational race held at the Gold Coast Indy 300. In 2000 he began the season racing in the French Formula Three Championship, before switching mid-season to the British Formula Three Championship.Īt the end of 2000 Ambrose did not have the budget to continue in racing in Europe, and returned to Australia. In 1999 he won the European Formula Ford Championship. In 1998 Ambrose moved to Europe in a bid to reach Formula One, competing in British Formula Ford in 19.
Ambrose finished second in the Australian Formula Ford championship in 1997. He won four Tasmanian state junior karting titles and was the Australian karting champion in 1995 in the Clubman Heavy class at the Dubbo circuit in New South Wales.
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He is the first Australian driver to win in the highest level of NASCAR.Īmbrose grew up in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, the son of another racing driver, Ross Ambrose and was educated at Scotch Oakburn College. In the Sprint Cup Series, he won at the Glen in 20, and in the Nationwide Series, he won at the Glen in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014. He is known in NASCAR for having won a total of 6 races at Watkins Glen International. He moved up to the Nationwide Series in 2007, and later the Sprint Cup Series in 2008. In 2006, Ambrose relocated to the United States to pursue racing in NASCAR, starting with the Craftsman Truck Series. He won the Australian V8 Supercar series' championship in 20. Marcos Ambrose (born 1 September 1976) is an Australian former racing driver and current Garry Rogers Motorsport competition director. Statistics current as of 16 November 2014. Ambrose at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2012Ģ011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen ( Watkins Glen)Ģ012 Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen ( Watkins Glen)Ģ014 Zippo 200 at the Glen ( Watkins Glen)Ģ008 Zippo 200 at the Glen ( Watkins Glen)
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