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Marcos
Ambrose
V8
SUPERCAR CHAMPION ; EUROPEAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPION
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| 1
September, 1977 |
- born
in Tasmania, Australia
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| 1995 |
- wins
Australian Karting championship
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| 1996 |
- Australia
Formula Ford Championship; 4th
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| 1997 |
- Australia
Formula Ford Championship; runner-up
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| 1998 |
- British
Formula Ford Championship with Van Diemens Team
- 5th
overall
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| 1999 |
- British
Formula Ford Championship; finish 3rd
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| 2000 |
- wins
European Formula Ford championship
- wins
the Motor Sports Achiever of the Year and Young Achiever of
the Year awards (Australian Motor Sports Awards, Feb 2000)
- French
Formula 3 with Mygale; withdraws mid season
- British
Formula 3 with Alan Docking Racing (last 4 rounds)
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| 2001 |
- returns
to Australia and joins V8 Supercar championship with FORD
- wins
Bathurst pole in his first outing
- first
V8 Round win (Hiden Valley, Darwin)
- finish
8th overall
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| 2002 |
- 2nd year
in V8 Supercar; Stone Brothers Pirtek Ford team
- 3 race
wins; wins the final round of 2002
- finish
3rd overall
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| 2003 |
- 3rd year
in V8 Supercar; Stone Brothers Pirtek Ford team
- the first
Ford driver (since Alan Moffat in 1977) to win 4 rounds in
a row
- wins
V8 Supercar Championship
- 6 round
wins
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| 2004 |
- 4th year
in V8 Supercar; Stone Brothers Ford team
- wins
V8 Supercar Championship;
the first Ford driver since Dick Johnson in 1989 to defend
his championship title
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| 2005 |
- 5th year
in V8 Supercar; Stone Brothers Ford team
- announce
move to US NASCAR Busach series in 2006
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