Marcos Ambrose facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Marcos Ambrose |
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Ambrose at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2012
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| Nationality |  Australian |
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| Born | 1 September 1976 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
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| Championships | 1999 European Formula Ford Champion 2003, 2004 V8 Supercars Champion |
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| Supercars record | |||||||
| Car number | 17 | ||||||
| Current team | DJR Team Penske | ||||||
| Series championships | 2 (2003, 2004) | ||||||
| Races | 147 | ||||||
| Race wins | 28 | ||||||
| Podium finishes | 66 | ||||||
| Pole positions | 18 | ||||||
| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 227 races run over 7 years | |||||||
| 2014 position | 23rd | ||||||
| Best finish | 18th (2009, 2012) | ||||||
| First race | 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma) | ||||||
| Last race | 2014 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Homestead) | ||||||
| First win | 2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
| Last win | 2012 Finger Lakes 355 at The Glen (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 77 races run over 7 years | |||||||
| 2014 position | 85th | ||||||
| Best finish | 8th (2007) | ||||||
| First race | 2007 Orbitz 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last race | 2014 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
| First win | 2008 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
| Last win | 2014 Zippo 200 at the Glen (Watkins Glen) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career | |||||||
| 22 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 21st (2006) | ||||||
| First race | 2006 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| Last race | 2006 Ford 200 (Homestead) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of 16 November 2014. | |||||||
Marcos Ambrose (born 1 September 1976) is an Australian former racing driver. 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 Camping World Truck Series. He moved up to the Nationwide Series in 2007, and later the Sprint Cup Series in 2008. In 2011, he earned his first Cup Series win at Watkins Glen International, becoming the first Australian driver to win in the highest level of NASCAR, and repeated that win in the following year.
He is known in NASCAR for having won a total of 6 races at Watkins Glen. In the Sprint Cup Series he won at the Glen in 2011 and 2012. In the Nationwide Series he won 3 races at the Glen in 3 years 2008, 2009 and 2010. He won his last race during the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide series at the Glen. It was the only race he ran during that season.
Images for kids
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Ambrose in his Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon BA on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit in October 2005
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2008 No. 21 Sprint Cup car
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Ambrose's No. 47 car during the 2010 Toyota/Save Mart 350
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Ambrose's No. 9 car at Pocono Raceway in 2011
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Ambrose (9) battling Jeff Gordon in the 2012 Kobalt Tools 400
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Ambrose during the 2013 Toyota/Save Mart 350
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Ambrose during the 2014 Toyota/Save Mart 350
