Marcos Ambrose News

Same Orbit For NASCAR, F1? The subjects of NASCAR's Sprint Cup and Formula One have been coming up in the same sentence regularly these days.

JTG Daugherty Racing's Marcos Ambrose has been busy this offseason, announcing plans to compete in the Dubai 24-hour sports car race and being honored with the Sir Jack Brabham Award by the Confederation of Australia Motor Sport, the governing body of motorsports in Australia.

The season may be over, but Marcos Ambrose hardly has slowed down. A television crew from the Outdoor Channel program "Gold Fever" joined Ambrose for a week of filming in Tasmania last week for a show to be aired early next year.

December 7th - December 11th, 2009 Monday: With the Chase complete after Friday's championship banquet in Las Vegas, it's time to turn our focus towards the years of other full-time drivers who fell short of the playoffs.

V8 champion Jamie Whincup gets a champagne spray from yesterday's race winner James Courtney.

Former V8 Supercar champion Marcos Ambrose says he's delighted to see the sport doing so well.

As December nears, it is natural to look back at the last twelve months and contemplate what has happened.

On the verge of back-to-back V8 Supercar titles, Ford star Jamie Whincup won't risk his championship for a race win at the upcoming weekend's Sydney 500.

Marcos Ambrose is targeting a victory and a spot in the late-season title chase in 2010 after an impressive first full season in NASCAR Sprint Cup racing which earned him over $A4.3 million.

JAMIE Whincup can almost taste the celebratory champagne of his second straight V8 Supercars title.

Tony Cochrane plays down talk that Marcos Ambrose was blocked from racing in the final round of the V8 Supercar season finale Rumours that V8 Supercars Australia prevented former Champion Marcos Ambrose from competing at the Sydney Telstra 500 are wide of the mark according to series boss Tony Cochrane.

The Frontstretch: Did You Notice? ... Big Brother Gets To Keselowski, Marlin's "Sterling" Career, And No Championship Talk by Thomas Bowles -- Wednesday November 18, 2009 Did You Notice? ... That with only one week left to go in the season, there's plenty more to focus on than just the championship.

The Chase for the championship has tightened up. What looked to be all but locked up for Jimmie Johnson is suddenly open to the three drivers behind him, while the other 39 look to steal the spotlight...and a win.

There was a lot of whining goin' on. When Michael Waltrip bump-drafted Jimmie Johnson during practice last week, the Big Guys at NASCAR pretty much didn't like it.

Jamie McMurray crossed the finish line under a caution flag, a trail of carnage left behind on the front stretch, to win the AMP Energy 500 Sunday afternoon.

Lap 188 Marcos Ambrose starts the race in P17 as due to rain canceling qualifying on Saturday and field was set by driver's points.

NASCAR red-flagged Sunday's race at Talladega following a spectacular crash involving Ryan Newman with five laps remaining.

Lap 109: Robby Gordon leads for the first time today. GREEN FLAG - Lap 108: Denny Hamlin leads the field to the green.

Even though Marcos Ambrose , Sam Hornish Jr. and David Ragan aren't battling for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, they all have things they'd like to accomplish in the season's final five races.

NASCAR DRIVERS AND CELEBRITIES TO BE "LOCKED UP" FOR SECOND OFFICIAL JAIL AND BAIL WHAT : The second annual Official Jail & Bail charity event supported by Best Buy and Insignia to benefit the Brienne Davis Scholarship Fund at The NASCAR Foundation is set for Weds., Oct.