Marcos Ambrose

  Marcos Ambrose was born in Australia on September 1st 1976, and began racing carts at the young age of ten. He grew up in Launceston Australia and by 1995 he had won four Tasmanian state junior karting titles and the Australian karting championship. In 1998 Ambrose moved to Europe, and within the first year won the European Formula Ford Championship. The following year he began his racing season in the French Formula Three. Then at the end of 2000 after returning back to Australia, he was invited to compete in a Young Guns invitational race held at the Gold Coast. He did win the Indy 300 in a Honda road car and made the decision to make a career in NASCAR after that race. So he announced that he was leaving V8 Supercars, and at Martinsville Speedway he made his Truck Series debut. Marcos raced in the Kroger 250 that evening and finished 33rd. That same year he became the first Australian to lead laps in Camping World Truck Series. He also had his first pole position at Kentucky Speedway, and won his first Nationwide Series at Watkins Glen in the Zippo 200. It was later announced in 2009 that Ambrose would run the full 2009 cup schedule with JTG Racing and a new partner Brad Daugherty. That year he received his second straight Nationwide Series win at Watkins glen as well as 2nd in the Sprint Cup. He finished 17th in standings for the 2009 Sprint Cup Series!!

2010- Marcos is currently racing for JTG Daugherty Racing in the #47 Little Debbie Toyota Camry. This year he got his second career win in Nationwide Series at Watkins Glen holding of Kyle Busch. He was able to follow with a 2nd place standing in the Sprint Cup race at the Glen and a 3rd in the Sharpie 500! He still holds the title for the first notable australian driver in NASCAR since 1990. Ambrose announced on August 17th that he signed a multi year deal with RPM driving the No 9 Stanley Tools Ford. He currently holds 26^th in standings for the Cup this year, and has earned over 2,000,000 for this season.