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Marcos Ambrose
Ambrose at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2012
Nationality Australian
Born (1976-09-01) 1 September 1976 (age 48)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Championships1999 European Formula Ford Champion
2003, 2004 V8 Supercars Champion
Supercars Championship career
Car number17
Current teamDJR Team Penske
Championships2 (2003, 2004)
Races147
Wins28
Podiums66
Pole positions18
NASCAR Cup Series career
227 races run over 7 years
2014 position23rd
Best finish18th (2009, 2012)
First race2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)
Last race2014 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead)
First win2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last win2012 Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 46 3
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
77 races run over 7 years
2014 position85th
Best finish8th (2007)
First race2007 Orbitz 300 (Daytona)
Last race2014 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
First win2008 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last win2014 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
5 18 4
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
22 races run over 1 year
Best finish21st (2006)
First race2006 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race2006 Ford 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 1
Statistics current as of 16 November 2014.

Marcos Ross Ambrose (born 1 September 1976)[1] is an Australian former racing driver and current Garry Rogers Motorsport competition director. He won the Australian V8 Supercar series' championship in 2003 and 2004.

In 2006, Ambrose relocated to the United States to pursue racing in NASCAR, starting with the Craftsman Truck Series. He moved up to the Nationwide Series in 2007,[2] and later the Sprint Cup Series in 2008. He is known in NASCAR for having won a total of 6 races at Watkins Glen International. In the Sprint Cup Series, he won at the Glen in 2011 and 2012, and in the Nationwide Series, he won at the Glen in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014. He is the first Australian driver to win in the highest level of NASCAR.

Early life

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Ambrose grew up in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, the son of another racing driver, Ross Ambrose and was educated at Scotch Oakburn College. He began racing karts at the age of ten. 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. He moved into Formula Ford in 1996. Ambrose finished second in the Australian Formula Ford championship in 1997.

In 1998 Ambrose moved to Europe in a bid to reach Formula One, competing in British Formula Ford in 1998 and 1999. In 1999 he won the European Formula Ford Championship. In 2000 he began the season racing in the French Formula Three Championship, before switching mid-season to the British Formula Three Championship.

At the end of 2000 Ambrose did not have the budget to continue in racing in Europe, and returned to Australia. In October 2000 he was invited to compete in a Young Guns invitational race held at the Gold Coast Indy 300. Ambrose won against a host of young drivers in Honda road cars.

He also represented Australia in the 1996 EFDA Nations Cup at Donington Park in England.

V8 Supercars

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Ambrose in his Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in October 2005

For 2001, Ambrose was signed by Stone Brothers Racing to drive a Ford Falcon AU. Ambrose stunned the Supercars Championship world when he qualified on pole on debut, at the Australian Grand Prix support race. 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.

Ambrose went on to finish eighth in the championship, winning the Rookie of the Year award. 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.[3]

In 2002, Ambrose started the season winning pole position at Phillip Island before recording his debut race win in the first race. He eventually finished third in the championship, including winning the final round at Sandown.

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 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.

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. 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. Teammate Russell Ingall finished second in the championship, giving Stone Brothers Racing a 1–2 Quinella finish. The late part of the season was highlighted by an altercation between Ambrose and Rick Kelly when Ambrose appeared to have brake-checked Kelly on purpose after a race at the Gold Coast; Ambrose was fined $10,000 for careless driving.[4]

Ambrose won the coveted Barry Sheene Medal in 2003 and 2004.[5]

Ambrose started 2005 with a clean sweep of the opening round in Adelaide. He remained in the championship lead and was near to winning the championship until Round 10 at the Bathurst 1000 when he was involved in a controversial crash with Greg Murphy approaching The Cutting late in the race. The two drivers walked out and argued to applause from the fans. Both of them were infuriated with one another,[6] and shared some heated words after the crash. Murphy said "He's got an ego problem that we all know about and it reared its ugly head again, and I'm just not going to put up with it".[6] Ambrose was quoted after the race was finished with his title hopes;

Greg's probably going to blame me, because he tends to blame everyone but himself for these kinds of incidents. I knew that I was already 99% past him, I gave him a car-length and a half to go two-wide up into The Cutting, and I just got clean wiped out.

— Marcos Ambrose, on a TV Interview after Bathurst 2005

This crash, combined with a poor performance on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit arguably lost him a third straight title. He thereafter supported teammate Russell Ingall's title bid successfully, and the two helped Ford and Stone Brothers Racing take the Drivers, Teams, and Manufacturer's championships. Ambrose finished third in the championship behind Ingall and fellow Ford driver Craig Lowndes.

2015

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In September 2014, it was announced that Ambrose would return to V8 Supercars to race a Ford Falcon FG X for DJR Team Penske, formed by NASCAR owner Roger Penske, who was interested in expanding his Team Penske organization to start a team in Australia and as a result merged with Dick Johnson Racing, becoming DJR Team Penske

Ambrose started in 2015.[7] He debuted at the final round of the 2014 season,[8] driving the #66 Xbox-sponsored FG Falcon.

He began the 2015 season on a low note, starting near the back of the field in every one of the race. His best finish was 12th in the 3rd race at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide.

In March 2015, Ambrose took a temporary leave from DJR Team Penske in order to improve his practice with V8 Supercar racing, being replaced with Scott Pye.[9] He returned for the three-round Pirtek Endurance Cup as Pye's second driver, claiming an eighth finish at Surfers Paradise race 1.

Ambrose did not return as a full-season driver in 2016.

Post-racing career

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In a 2017 interview, two years after his abrupt retirement, a journalist for Motorsport.com interviewed Ambrose at his brand-new Lodge near Launceston, over his shocking retirement from V8 Supercars. In the interview, Ambrose said that the ultimate reason was that, "My time was up," and that he was "Putting the team first" in making his decision to step aside from the car after only two races.[10][11]

In the interview, Ambrose stated, "The deal with Roger and Team Penske and Dick, it was really formulated a year and a half beforehand where a conversation occurs you say 'if you ever did that Roger I'd love to drive for you', and you kind of leave it at that. And then a year and a half later the phone call comes and it's on. And it's like 'oh shit, is this really what I should be doing now? Because I'm feeling pretty tired and worn out from my American thing'. I thought it'd be right, I'd come home and it'd work itself out. And then the situation that DJR was in at the time, where they were in this transition phase – and they still are, they're getting better and better each race, you can see their progression, but it takes time. I knew it. So when you come back, and I'm struggling to adapt from NASCAR back into a modern V8, the testing restrictions, and the tires are hard, and I'm confused and tired from the States … and then you see 'Fuck, to get out of this is going to take three years, to dig yourself out of this hole'. And I realised that I'm not the right person for that team in the phase that they're in. I need to get out of the way. And that's what I did."[10]

In an interview with the same journalist for Motorsport.com, Roger Penske said, "It was a call that he made and we supported him; he was very gracious in the way he handled it, and quite honestly I respect him. It reminded me of Rick Mears when he told me in 1992 that he didn't have it in his belly any more to go as hard as he needed to, and that it was time to move on. Marcos didn't say it that way, but he realized the sport had moved on and maybe he was not able to make the commitment we needed over a longer period of time".[11]

Ambrose made a brief return to racing at the 2023 Bathurst 6 Hour, which is part of the Bathurst Motor Festival held during the Easter weekend. He raced as a co-driver alongside George Miedecke and Tim Brook in the number 33 Ford Mustang.[12] He retired from the race after the Mustang's 10-speed automatic transmission failed after two hours into the race.[13]

NASCAR

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2006

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At the first V8 Supercar race of 2005, Ambrose called a press conference on the Saturday morning to announce to the top staff and fans that he would leave V8 Supercars at the end of the 2005 season to try to make a career in NASCAR.

In 2005 Ambrose signed his deal to compete under NASCAR and Ford Motor Company signed Ambrose to participate overseas in the United States with Wood Brothers/JTG Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2006 to start his career. However, Ambrose had to wait until part way through the 2006 season to begin. NASCAR did not clear Ambrose to race the NCTS' first three races, as they were held on intermediate to high-speed ovals, and like fellow Wood Brothers/JTG Racing driver Bobby East, Ambrose was not cleared to start in the faster races. Ambrose made his Truck Series debut on 1 April 2006 at the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway, qualifying 20th and finishing 33rd after being caught up in an incident unfolding in front of him.[14]

Ambrose is the first notable Australian driver in a NASCAR sanctioned event since Dick Johnson in 1990 and Australian based New Zealander Jim Richards in the mid 90s.

Ambrose made history by finishing third in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway on 2 July 2006. This was the first time a non-American driver has finished in the top five of a truck series event since Canadian Ron Fellows won on the Watkins Glen road course on 26 June 1999. He also took the lead in the opening laps, becoming the first Australian to lead laps in Camping World Truck Series competition. The next week, he made further history by scoring his first pole position for the Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway,[15] and then leading the most laps in the race itself, though he finished 19th.[16] Ambrose finished 3rd in the Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway after qualifying 11th.

Ambrose reached as high as 19th in the championship points,[17] but finished the season 21st overall and 3rd in the Rookie of the Year standings, despite having missed the first three races of the year.[2]

2007–10

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Marcos Ambrose during the 2007 Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

For 2007, Ambrose stepped up to the NASCAR Nationwide Series, driving the No. 59 Kingsford Ford Fusion fielded by Wood Brothers/JTG Racing. In the first two races of the 2007 season, he finished on the lead lap, in 16th and 25th, on tracks he had never previously raced on. In the third race of the season, the Telcel-Motorola México 200, Ambrose finished eighth, his career best at the time. having gained several positions in the last few laps of the race. He followed up his 8th-place finish in Mexico City with another top 10, finishing 10th in the Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas. He recorded a career best Nationwide Series finish of sixth after starting third at Dover in May.

At the 2007 NAPA Auto Parts 200 Nationwide Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Ambrose was the dominant driver of the day, having led for 37 laps. After a caution period had finished, Ambrose had well-known Sprint Cup regular and Dakar Rally racer Robby Gordon behind him. At turn 3, Gordon successfully made a pass on Ambrose and then the yellow flag came out. At the next corner, Ambrose rammed the left-rear of Gordon's car, spinning him out under yellow. Due to a caution being brought out earlier because of a large crash behind them, Gordon sped back behind Ambrose. During the caution, NASCAR officials declared that Ambrose was actually leading at the moment of caution (even though video footage appeared to show otherwise) and that Gordon had not maintained cautious pace by stopping in the middle of the race-track after the spin. Therefore, officials ordered Gordon to move back to 14th position for the oncoming restart, but he refused and was subsequently black-flagged. When they restarted with 2 laps to go, Gordon intentionally ran into the back of Ambrose at turn 2, spinning him around. Although the win slipped away, Ambrose dropped down the field but recovered to finish in 7th. Following this incident, Gordon apologised and made a peace offering to Ambrose in the form of a ride for the Watkins Glen road race, in Gordon's No. 77 Camping World Ford Fusion. However, qualifying was rained out and the field was set by owner's points, and the No. 77 did not make the race.[18]

In September, Ambrose skipped a second opportunity to drive the No. 77 car because his wife Sonja gave birth to their daughter Adelaide on the same day as the Cup race at Dover. Ambrose finished the 2007 season 8th in the points standings, highest of any driver not also competing in the Cup series, and finished second behind David Ragan in the Rookie of the Year standings. On Sunday 20 April 2008 Ambrose was involved in a racing incident with Boris Said in the Busch Series event in Mexico. Ambrose admitted "getting into the back" of road course specialist, Said, causing Said to wreck and ruining his chances at a race where Said has consistently finished in the top 10. After the race Said claimed that he was not mad at Ambrose, but wanted to apologise to (Ambrose's) crew chief, Gary Cogswell because it was going to "cost him a car," implying that Said will wreck Ambrose intentionally next time they find themselves on a NASCAR track together. Even though NASCAR said that Boris just wrecked himself by getting loose, and that Ambrose has repeatedly apologised, in numerous subsequent public appearances, Said has not backed down in his threatening of Ambrose, at one point suggesting he would not apologise but preferred to "beat (Ambrose's) ass".[19]

However, later that year at Watkins Glen when Ambrose was leading the NBNS race, in the final five laps he took the lead and with 2 laps left he raced behind the bumper of a lapped Boris Said. Ambrose's crew chief Gary Cogswell ordered Ambrose to not pass Said believing that Said still had a grudge against them after Mexico City. The fans, Ambrose, his team and among other NASCAR drivers were surprised when Boris Said did not commit his revenge before Ambrose later won the race. To this day Said has not explained why he did not crash Ambrose when he had a good chance and it still remains unknown why Said did not perform his revenge.[20]

2008 No. 21 Sprint Cup car

Prior to the 2008 season, Wood Brothers Racing and JTG Racing split into two teams.[21] Ambrose was scheduled to drive for both teams in Sprint Cup competition in 2008. He was going to run twelve races in the No. 21 car for the Wood Brothers and another four in the No. 47 car for JTG Racing. However, due to various issues he only ran 11 of the 16 planned races. He ran well in the Toyota-Save Mart 350 at Infineon, qualifying 7th out of 47 drivers and was running in the top three, but his No. 21 spun through the famous Turn 11 hairpin and blowing his transmission, finishing a disappointing 42nd in the 43-car field. He attempted to make his second career Sprint Cup start in the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire, but failed to qualify, qualifying 45 out of 45. Again, 43 cars would start, and again, he attempted to qualify the 21 car.[22][23] He also drove the full Nationwide Series schedule.

He almost won the 2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200, dominating again like in 2007 but when a thunderstorm blew the track, Ambrose tried to slow for a pit stop. Nonetheless, his car slid across pit road too fast unable to stop because of the waters; thus he earned a black-flag for a pass-through penalty. He ended up third in the final results behind race winner Ron Fellows.

On 15 July 2008, it was announced that Ambrose would run the full 2009 cup schedule with JTG Racing with a new partnership with Brad Daugherty. The team was renamed JTG Daugherty Racing.[24]

Ambrose got his first Nationwide Series win on 9 August 2008 in the Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen after his heartbreak at Montreal the previous week (See above). The next day, he finished 3rd, after starting in 43rd position in the Centurion Boats at the Glen, behind winner Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart.

Ambrose drove the No. 47 Toyota in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup series, after forming a technical alliance with Michael Waltrip Racing and Toyota Racing Development.[25] Ambrose also drove the last 4 races of the 2008 Sprint Cup series in the No. 47 Toyota, after NASCAR agreed to change MWR's car number from No. 00 to No. 47.[26] Ambrose entered Homestead with the No. 47 in the Top 35, earning him a guaranteed start for the first time in his career. However, a bad finish at Homestead put the team back out of the Top 35, so Ambrose would have been required to qualify on time for the first five races of 2009. Eventually, the team earned a Top 35 exemption after a number of teams merged. Ambrose is ineligible for 2009 Rookie of the Year consideration because he ran 11 races in 2008. Ambrose finished 10th in the 2009 Food City 500, despite losing a cylinder with about 100 laps (50 miles) to go. Ambrose would back this Top-10 finish up by posting 4 more in the first half of the season. Ambrose got his second straight Nationwide Series win at Watkins Glen, his second in two years as he held off Kyle Busch for the win. He followed up with a 2nd place in the Sprint Cup race at the Glen. The following week Ambrose dominated the Nationwide race at Montreal, but on the final lap, he was passed by Carl Edwards when Ambrose jumped over the curb too high, and Carl Edwards zipped past him for the win. Ambrose picked up a top ten finish at the 2009 Sharpie 500. Ambrose charged hard from being 1 lap down with less than 100 laps left, to finish in third place behind Kyle Busch and Mark Martin.

Ambrose's No. 47 car during the 2010 Toyota/Save Mart 350

The 2010 season was a myriad of troubles for Ambrose. Engine problems, unlucky crashes and pit road troubles plagued his racing season. However, in the Zippo 200 at The Glen, Ambrose won his third straight Watkins Glen he held off Joey Logano and Kevin Harvick to win. Since the win, he started to gain some form, recording a top 10 at Atlanta and a top 5 at Richmond. At the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma, Ambrose led 35 laps, and held a ten-second lead over Jimmie Johnson. His lead got erased by a caution on lap 104. During the caution, Ambrose turned off his car's engine to conserve fuel, but was unable to restart it. As a result, Ambrose attempted to return to his spot, but was forced to fall to seventh on the restart due to not maintaining a particular speed during the caution,[27] and finished sixth. After the race, Ambrose stated, "I was leading the race and had trouble getting the motor cranked back up a little bit there, and NASCAR made the call. I was trying to save fuel and the motor shut off. It didn't recrank the way it should. I didn't stop rolling, but it is what it is."[28]

2011

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Ambrose's No. 9 car at Pocono Raceway in 2011

Ambrose announced on 17 August 2010 that he signed a multi-year deal with Richard Petty Motorsports to drive the #9 Stanley/DeWalt Power Tools Ford Fusion. He finished 37th in his first race with the team at the Daytona 500, after being crashed out of contention in a 15 car wreck in turn 3 on lap 29. He did finish the race. He went on to have an impressive race at Phoenix running in the top 10 for most of the day. In August, Ambrose won the rain delayed Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen on 15 August to rack up his first career Sprint Cup Series win by passing Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch with two laps to go. Ambrose further vindicated his road course abilities, backing up under a week later by taking an emotional victory at Montreal in the Nationwide Series, during the NAPA Auto Parts 200. The 2011 season continued to be his career best as he recorded 5 top 5 and 12 top 10 finishes. Ambrose finished the 2011 season 19th in the final point standings.

2012

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Ambrose (9) battling Jeff Gordon in the 2012 Kobalt Tools 400

Ambrose returned to Richard Petty Motorsports for 2012. In February he almost won the Budweiser Shootout with bump-drafting help from Keselowski; but lost the lead just as he took the white flag to Tony Stewart and eventual race winner Kyle Busch. Ambrose said after the race that despite losing the Shootout the race was his best performance on a restrictor plate track (although he also had several top-tens at previous plate races, such as a 4th-place finish at Talladega in the spring 2009 race).

Ambrose started the season with a 13th-place finish in the Daytona 500, and in the spring races, collected six top-twenty finishes and two top-ten finishes. In June, he posted the fastest qualifying speed in NASCAR competition in 25 years, winning his first career Sprint Cup pole in the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway at a speed of 203.241 miles per hour (327.085 km/h), the third fastest pole speed ever in NASCAR. Ambrose finished ninth in that race.

The following week, Ambrose won the pole at Infineon Raceway but only led about 10 laps before he had to pit thus putting him in the top ten for the rest of the day. He finished 8th.[29]

Returning to Watkins Glen, Ambrose started fifth and dominated part of the race but was passed in a three-wide move by Kyle Busch with 20 laps remaining. When the white flag was about to wave he saw that Busch was slipping in oil; in the entrance to the esses he and Brad Keselowski passed him; Ambrose then saw that Keselowski was slipping in oil too and he took the lead in the final turn, holding off Keselowski for the second time in a row and defending his win from the previous year. Ambrose was very emotional about his win due to his father seeing it on television in a hospital for an illness and due to his luck that day. The win moved Ambrose up one position in the standings from 18th to 17th. Ambrose still has promised the racing world for a future oval win since his #1 goal currently is to prove he can win at places other than road courses.

His victory caused local company Mac Tools to offer Ambrose multi-year sponsorship which Ambrose's boss, Richard Petty, approved of. Mac Tools sponsored Ambrose in a few races for 2012 and throughout 2013.

2013

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Ambrose during the 2013 Toyota/Save Mart 350

To start the 2013 season, Ambrose had 11th-place finishes in both the Sprint Unlimited and the Budweiser Duel. Ambrose drove in the top ten for a part of the Daytona 500 but when Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne and Tony Stewart crashed out of the race, Ambrose slowed down to avoid being involved in the accident, causing him to drive for the rest of the race further back in the field. He finished in 18th place. He recorded another 18th-place finish at Phoenix and a 22nd-place finish at Las Vegas.

Ambrose was on his way to a good finish in the NRA 500 at Texas Motor Speedway before crashing with Jeff Burton and finishing a lap down. Then, a couple weeks later he had a frustrating day at Richmond International Raceway when his engine failed early and he finished 42nd. He recovered for a 14th-place finish at Talladega, one of his top 2013 finishes.

In the Coca-Cola 600, Ambrose reached a top ten spot in an unusual style. On the final lap, Carl Edwards was about to hold off Ambrose for the tenth position, but got loose in the final turn to the finish line, causing Ambrose to slip by to steal the tenth spot and lock Edwards out of the top ten finishers. This fight for tenth place resembled a reverse style of Ambrose's race at Montreal in 2009, which ended with Edwards getting by him on the final lap.

At Sonoma, Ambrose led the first laps of the race getting by pole-sitter Jamie McMurray at the start of the race. He finished in 7th place. At Loudon, Ambrose fought Harvick in the opening laps for a top ten spot. In a corner, Harvick rammed Ambrose's right rear causing Ambrose to spin out; he would finish in 33rd.

At Watkins Glen, Ambrose won the pole after breaking the track record with a lap speed of 128.241 mph (206.384 km/h), breaking the previous record held by Juan Pablo Montoya's speed of 127.020 mph (204.419 km/h).[30] Ambrose led 51 laps but on lap 60, he pitted under caution. He restarted in 15th and never recovered. With 3 laps left while running in 8th place Ambrose tangled with road-course rival Max Papis, ending his hopes to win three races in a row at the Glen. Ambrose was visibly upset with Papis in the aftermath, furiously tossing his steering wheel at the in-car camera, tossing his helmet hard through his window, and pointing his finger at Papis when Papis came by under caution.[31] Ambrose finished 31st. Had he won, Ambrose would have joined Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin as the only drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive races at the Glen.[32]

Ambrose made a Nationwide Series return at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course's Nationwide Children's Hospital 200.[33] Ambrose had to start in the back as he did not qualify the car. Ambrose made it up to third, but was then spun out numerous times, falling to 16th. He rallied to finish in 7th place[34] but was spun out by Parker Kligerman after the checkered flag for previous contact during the race.

2014

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Ambrose during the 2014 Toyota/Save Mart 350

Ambrose started with a seventh-place finish in the Sprint Unlimited, and an 18th-place finish in the Daytona 500. He then had 21st and 24th-place finishes at Phoenix and Las Vegas. At Bristol, Ambrose finished fifth in what was statistically one of Richard Petty Motorsports' best races to date, as teammate Aric Almirola finished third. It was Ambrose's first top five finish in a race since the 2012 Irwin Tools Night Race.

At Richmond, Ambrose was running in the top five of the Richmond 400. While racing Casey Mears mid-way into the race, Ambrose was bumped wide by Mears that lost Ambrose multiple positions. The two drivers confronted each other post race, which saw Ambrose land a punch into Mears' face after Mears was seen pushing Ambrose.[35] Ambrose was fined $25,000 and Mears $15,000 for the altercation. Both drivers were placed on probation for one month.[36] Despite the feud, both Casey and Marcos said they remain buddies and will "have a beer together" with Ambrose promising to buy.

Ambrose finished 10th at Daytona for a top-ten finish while his teammate Aric Almirola won the race when rain had shortened the event.

Ambrose returned to the Nationwide Series at Watkins Glen in the No. 09.[37] Ambrose dominated the race and won his 5th Nationwide victory holding off Kyle Busch in a performance reminiscent of 2009. The next day Ambrose started second and after leading some laps, came up short after a side-by-side battle with former teammate A. J. Allmendinger who beat Ambrose by 1.5 seconds after accelerating away from Ambrose on the final lap. Ambrose's crew chief Drew Blickensderfer protested the finish by saying that Allmendinger jumped the restart, but NASCAR officials and Ambrose both denied this, Ambrose saying "The restart had no influence on the outcome. We just raced and he won."

Ambrose missed the Chase for the Sprint Cup and on 11 September 2014 said he did not expect to be back with Richard Petty Motorsports in 2015. This was soon after sponsor Stanley-DEWALT pulled out of RPM to join Carl Edwards' car at Joe Gibbs Racing but it is unknown if Ambrose's decision to depart had anything to do with Stanley-DEWALT pulling out their sponsorship of the 9 team. Not long after it was announced that Ambrose would be returning to Australia after the 2014 NASCAR season ends for what Ambrose and Petty described as "personal reasons."

In September 2014, Ambrose confirmed he would leave RPM and NASCAR at the end of the 2014 season with a purpose to return to Australia. Ambrose stated that it was for both personal reasons for his children and because he had accepted an offer to join DJR Team Penske, co-owned by NASCAR owner Roger Penske.

When asked about his departure from NASCAR Ambrose stated: "I think I've accomplished all I can accomplish in NASCAR. When I came it was clear all I could do was win races and not have any chance at a championship. I've enjoyed my time here and I will miss my friends and the other drivers very much but this move is done mostly to help my children get raised in our native country and I feel like I want to start a new chapter in my life. I'm glad to leave with multiple wins in NASCAR and having raced for the King."

In his final NASCAR race, the 2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Ambrose qualified 17th. He struggled with a poor-handling car, and hit the wall on lap 195, but managed to finish 27th and on the lead lap.[38]

Personal life

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Ambrose is from Launceston, Australia. He grew up in Launceston and found racing as his hobby. He became a race-car driver and was noticed by team owners of the Supercars Championship series. His father is an Australian investor in Ford named Ross Ambrose. Ross was born in London but aged three years, moved to Australia.

The Ambrose family have a rich history in this formula as Marcos' father Ross Ambrose, along with Ralph Firman Sr, co-founded Formula Ford chassis builder Van Diemen.

Marcos Ambrose is married to Sonja Ambrose and has two daughters named Adelaide and Tabitha.

Awards

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On 24 October 2000, Ambrose was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his motor racing achievements.[39]

Motorsports career results

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Career summary

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Season Series Position Car Team
1996 Australian Formula Ford Championship 4th Swift SC95K Ford Swift Racing Cars
EFDA Nations Cup 8th Van DiemenOpel Team Australia
1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship 2nd Van Diemen RF97 Ford Marcos Ambrose
1998 British Formula Ford Championship 5th Van Diemen RF98 Ford Van Diemen
1999 British Formula Ford Championship 3rd Van Diemen RF99 Ford Van Diemen
Formula Ford EuroCup 1st
2000 French Formula Three Championship 12th Martini Mk.79 Sodemo-Renault Mygale
British Formula Three Championship 16th Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda Alan Docking Racing
2001 Shell Championship Series 8th Ford AU Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 3rd Ford AU Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 1st Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 1st Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 3rd Ford BA Falcon Stone Brothers Racing
2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 21st Ford F-150 Wood Brothers/JTG Racing
2007 NASCAR Busch Series 8th Ford Fusion Wood Brothers/JTG Racing
2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series 10th Ford Fusion JTG Daugherty Racing
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 45th Ford Fusion
Toyota Camry
Wood Brothers Racing
JTG Daugherty Racing
Michael Waltrip Racing
2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 18th Toyota Camry JTG Daugherty Racing
NASCAR Nationwide Series 77th
2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 26th Toyota Camry JTG Daugherty Racing
NASCAR Nationwide Series 81st
2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 19th Ford Fusion Richard Petty Motorsports
2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 18th Ford Fusion Richard Petty Motorsports
2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 22nd Ford Fusion Richard Petty Motorsports
2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 23rd Ford Fusion Richard Petty Motorsports
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 43rd Ford FG X Falcon DJR Team Penske

International V8 Supercars Championship

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V8 Supercar results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Position Points
2001 Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon PHI
R1

4
PHI
R2

6
ADE
R3

Ret
ADE
R4

6
EAS
R5

13
EAS
R6

6
HDV
R7

2
HDV
R8

4
HDV
R9

3
CAN
R10

Ret
CAN
R11

2
CAN
R12

Ret
BAR
R13

18
BAR
R14

16
BAR
R15

24
CAL
R16

3
CAL
R17

5
CAL
R18

9
ORA
R19

16
ORA
R20

Ret
QLD
R21

Ret
WIN
R22

5
WIN
R23

3
BAT
R24

Ret
PUK
R25

2
PUK
R26

3
PUK
R27

4
SAN
R28

6
SAN
R29

5
SAN
R30

2
8th 2086
2002 Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon ADE
R1

3
ADE
R2

Ret
PHI
R3

1
PHI
R4

Ret
EAS
R5

2
EAS
R6

2
EAS
R7

4
HDV
R8

3
HDV
R9

9
HDV
R10

5
CAN
R11

4
CAN
R12

6
CAN
R13

20
BAR
R14

6
BAR
R15

24
BAR
R16

10
ORA
R17

4
ORA
R18

2
WIN
R19

2
WIN
R20

4
QLD
R21

5
BAT
R22

21
SUR
R23

2
SUR
R24

Ret
PUK
R25

3
PUK
R26

3
PUK
R27

10
SAN
R28

1
SAN
R29

1
3rd 1498
2003 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1

1
ADE
R1

Ret
PHI
R3

17
EAS
R4

1
WIN
R5

1
BAR
R6

3
BAR
R7

2
BAR
R8

1
HDV
R9

2
HDV
R10

1
HDV
R11

1
QLD
R12

2
ORA
R13

1
SAN
R14

5
BAT
R15

6
SUR
R16

6
SUR
R17

4
PUK
R18

6
PUK
R19

23
PUK
R20

9
EAS
R21

1
EAS
R22

1
1st 2085
2004 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1

1
ADE
R2

1
EAS
R3

7
PUK
R4

1
PUK
R5

3
PUK
R6

3
HDV
R7

3
HDV
R8

13
HDV
R9

2
BAR
R10

3
BAR
R11

4
BAR
R12

3
QLD
R13

1
WIN
R14

26
ORA
R15

2
ORA
R16

1
SAN
R17

1
BAT
R18

4
SUR
R19

1
SUR
R20

2
SYM
R21

2
SYM
R22

1
SYM
R23

Ret
EAS
R24

1
EAS
R25

1
EAS
R26

1
1st 2174
2005 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1

1
ADE
R2

1
PUK
R3

5
PUK
R4

3
PUK
R5

4
BAR
R6

2
BAR
R7

5
BAR
R8

3
EAS
R9

1
EAS
R10

2
SHA
R11

5
SHA
R12

4
SHA
R13

12
HDV
R14

4
HDV
R15

28
HDV
R16

9
QLD
R17

2
ORA
R18

4
ORA
R19

2
SAN
R20

14
BAT
R21

Ret
SUR
R22

Ret
SUR
R23

26
SUR
R24

11
SYM
R25

4
SYM
R26

27
SYM
R27

6
PHI
R28

3
PHI
R29

1
PHI
R30

1
3rd 1856
2014 Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
SYM
R6
WIN
R7
WIN
R8
WIN
R9
PUK
R10
PUK
R11
PUK
R12
PUK
R13
BAR
R14
BAR
R15
BAR
R16
HID
R17
HID
R18
HID
R19
TOW
R20
TOW
R21
TOW
R22
QLD
R23
QLD
R24
QLD
R25
SMP
R26
SMP
R27
SMP
R28
SAN
R29
BAT
R30
SUR
R31
SUR
R32
PHI
R33
PHI
R34
PHI
R35
SYD
R36

20
SYD
R37

21
SYD
R38

16
NC 01
2015 DJR Team Penske Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1

16
ADE
R2

16
ADE
R3

12
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
SYM
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
WIN
R12
HID
R13
HID
R14
HID
R15
TOW
R16
TOW
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
SMP
R21
SMP
R22
SMP
R23
SAN
R24

12
BAT
R25

Ret
SUR
R26

8
SUR
R27

21
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
PUK
R30
PHI
R31
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
SYD
R34
SYD
R35
SYD
R36
43rd 395

1 Wildcard entry ineligible for championship points

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

[edit]
Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2001 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon AU Australia Wayne Wakefield DNF 42
2002 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon AU Australia Paul Weel 21st 154
2003 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA Australia Russell Ingall 6th 161
2004 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA Australia Greg Ritter 4th 161
2005 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA Australia Warren Luff DNF 144
2015 DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X Australia Scott Pye DNF 137

NASCAR

[edit]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

[edit]
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NSCC Pts Ref
2007 Robby Gordon Motorsports 77 Ford DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN
DNQ
MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM NA - [40]
2008 Wood Brothers Racing 21 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON
42
NHA
DNQ
DAY CHI GLN
3
MCH
43
BRI CAL
32
RCH NHA DOV
32
45th 844 [41]
JTG Racing 47 IND
22
POC KAN
36
TAL CLT MAR
Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota ATL
29
TEX
21
PHO
18
HOM
42
2009 JTG Daugherty Racing DAY
17
CAL
22
LVS
20
ATL
38
BRI
10
MAR
14
TEX
41
PHO
14
TAL
4
RCH
11
DAR
33
CLT
26
DOV
20
POC
6
MCH
31
SON
3
NHA
23
DAY
6
CHI
11
IND
22
POC
34
GLN
2
MCH
35
BRI
3
ATL
23
RCH
22
NHA
20
DOV
14
KAN
14
CAL
23
CLT
22
MAR
27
TAL
34
TEX
15
PHO
11
HOM
35
18th 3830 [42]
2010 DAY
41
CAL
35
LVS
14
ATL
11
BRI
33
MAR
11
PHO
11
TEX
17
TAL
37
RCH
9
DAR
25
DOV
36
CLT
36
POC
30
MCH
15
SON
6
NHA
13
DAY
32
CHI
28
IND
21
POC
39
GLN
3
MCH
15
BRI
20
ATL
10
RCH
5
NHA
30
DOV
20
KAN
34
CAL
33
CLT
16
MAR
34
TAL
34
TEX
12
PHO
22
HOM
26
26th 3422 [43]
2011 Richard Petty Motorsports 9 Ford DAY
37
PHO
16
LVS
4
BRI
15
CAL
28
MAR
29
TEX
6
TAL
32
RCH
23
DAR
13
DOV
3
CLT
6
KAN
26
POC
34
MCH
23
SON
5
DAY
17
KEN
20
NHA
9
IND
34
POC
20
GLN
1
MCH
27
BRI
10
ATL
21
RCH
21
CHI
19
NHA
30
DOV
9
KAN
9
CLT
5
TAL
19
MAR
29
TEX
11
PHO
8
HOM
39
19th 936 [44]
2012 DAY
13
PHO
32
LVS
13
BRI
36
CAL
21
MAR
15
TEX
20
KAN
16
RCH
22
TAL
14
DAR
9
CLT
32
DOV
10
POC
13
MCH
9
SON
8
KEN
13
DAY
30
NHA
19
IND
20
POC
10
GLN
1
MCH
5
BRI
5
ATL
17
RCH
15
CHI
27
NHA
24
DOV
18
TAL
27
CLT
33
KAN
12
MAR
24
TEX
32
PHO
18
HOM
13
18th 950 [45]
2013 DAY
18
PHO
19
LVS
22
BRI
19
CAL
36
MAR
8
TEX
19
KAN
20
RCH
42
TAL
14
DAR
34
CLT
10
DOV
19
POC
17
MCH
23
SON
7
KEN
13
DAY
26
NHA
33
IND
16
POC
12
GLN
31*
MCH
6
BRI
8
ATL
13
RCH
27
CHI
15
NHA
18
DOV
16
KAN
9
CLT
17
TAL
39
MAR
19
TEX
21
PHO
26
HOM
26
22nd 872 [46]
2014 DAY
18
PHO
21
LVS
24
BRI
5
CAL
30
MAR
5
TEX
20
DAR
14
RCH
18
TAL
19
KAN
24
CLT
29
DOV
16
POC
24
MCH
25
SON
8
KEN
13
DAY
10
NHA
27
IND
22
POC
14
GLN
2
MCH
12
BRI
34
ATL
42
RCH
27
CHI
25
NHA
24
DOV
26
KAN
20
CLT
25
TAL
8
MAR
23
TEX
27
PHO
10
HOM
27
23rd 870 [47]
Daytona 500
[edit]
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2009 JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 23 17
2010 18 41
2011 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 35 37
2012 7 13
2013 24 18
2014 7 18

Nationwide Series

[edit]
NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts Ref
2007 Wood Brothers/JTG Racing 59 Ford DAY
16
CAL
25
MXC
8
LVS
10
ATL
28
BRI
28
NSH
17
TEX
31
PHO
22
TAL
25
RCH
26
DAR
19
CLT
20
DOV
6
NSH
36
KEN
11
MLW
15
NHA
30
DAY
35
CHI
37
GTY
18
IRP
32
CGV
7
GLN
13
MCH
19
BRI
37
CAL
13
RCH
15
DOV
20
KAN
39
CLT
40
MEM
4
TEX
30
PHO
15
HOM
10
8th 3477 [48]
2008 JTG Daugherty Racing DAY
39
CAL
22
LVS
28
ATL
11
BRI
19
NSH
23
TEX
18
PHO
17
MXC
2
TAL
28
RCH
25
DAR
10
CLT
14
DOV
30
NSH
19
KEN
6
MLW
16
NHA
14
DAY
20
CHI
15
GTY
15
IRP
20
CGV
3
GLN
1
MCH
12
BRI
34
CAL
15
RCH
13
DOV
16
KAN
11
CLT
15
MEM
15
TEX
9
PHO
24
HOM
31
10th 3991 [49]
2009 47 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN
1
MCH BRI CGV
2*
ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 77th 375 [50]
2010 DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN
1
MCH BRI CGV
33
ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY TEX PHO HOM 89th 264 [51]
2011 Richard Petty Motorsports 9 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV
1
BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 98th 01 [52]
2013 Richard Petty Motorsports 9 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH
7
BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 106th 01 [53]
2014 09 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN
1
MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 85th 01 [54]

Craftsman Truck Series

[edit]
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCTC Pts Ref
2006 Wood Brothers/JTG Racing 20 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR
33
GTY
34
CLT
36
MFD
23
DOV
26
TEX
27
MCH
26
MLW
18
KAN
3
KEN
19
MEM
34
IRP
22
NSH
3
BRI
26
NHA
23
LVS
7
TAL
17
MAR
25
ATL
16
TEX
10
PHO
15
HOM
27
21st 2228 [55]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

24 Hours of Daytona

[edit]

(key)

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year Class Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class pos.
2005 GT Australia Aussie Assault Porsche GT3 Cup Australia Paul Morris
New Zealand Craig Baird
Australia John Teulan
271 53 DNF 28 DNF
2013 DP United States Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley DP United States A. J. Allmendinger
Brazil Oswaldo Negri Jr.
United States John Pew
United Kingdom Justin Wilson
709 3 3

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
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[edit]
Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the Clipsal 500
2004-2005
Succeeded by
Preceded by V8 Supercar Champion
2003, 2004
Succeeded by
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mike Kable Young Gun Award
2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by
inaugural
Barry Sheene Medal
2003–2004
Succeeded by