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Ambrose, a former two-time Australian V8 Supercar champion, is back in Australia after his third season of racing in NASCAR. Ambrose visited Round 13 of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series at his home circuit on the weekend

Ambrose, a former two-time Australian V8 Supercar champion, is back in Australia after his third season of racing in NASCAR. Ambrose visited Round 13 of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series at his home circuit on the weekend to see old friends and speak with Australian media.

Australian motor racing fans will get a unique insight into the world of NASCAR and the life of Aussie ace Marcos Ambrose when 60 Minutes resumes on the Nine Network early in 2009.

Australians will have two drivers to cheer for in next year’s NASCAR series.
While the Gold Coast’s Marcus Ambrose will drive a Toyota Camry in the top-level Sprint Cup, Caboolture apprentice mechanic Andrew Hagen, 22, will compete in the entry level Late Model Series.
Hagen recently completed a successful test at Michigan International Speedway for the Brad [...]

JTG-Daugherty Racing announced it has chosen to field Toyotas in 2009, after forming a technical alliance with Michael Waltrip Racing and Toyota Racing Development.
The JTG-Daugherty #47 Toyota Camry will maintain its current primary sponsors, Kingsford Charcoal, CloroxLaundry and Household Products, and Little Debbie’s Snack Cakes.
The new alliance will see JTG-Daugherty moving its Sprint Cup operation [...]

Marcos Ambrose winning the Nationwide race on Saturday at Watkins Glen was a massive relief and a huge celebration all in one. Coming from the back to get third in the Cup race on Sunday was just as satisfying.

Kyle Busch has won the Centurion Boats at The Glen to become the first driver in NASCAR history to win three road course races in one season.
Marcos Ambrose of Australia, who started last in the No.21 Wood Brothers Ford, finished third a day after winning the Nationwide race.
After rivals said they thought he was slipping [...]

For the second consecutive year Australian Marcos Ambrose has dominated the Montreal NASCAR round only to be robbed of victory, finishing third in Canada.

MARCOS Ambrose claimed his second top 10 finish of the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series with a hard-fought 10th place in the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 at Darlington Raceway.
The Australian, driving a Ford Fusion, started from 20th but avoided wreckage with 13 laps to go to climb up the places.
“We got a bit of damage early [...]

In the next few years it is possible V8 Supercars will move in the same direction as Nascar has.
To put racing back into the hands of Nascar drivers, the governing body introduced the “Car of Today” which has standardised parts, simpler design specs and centralised purchasing.
Not only does this take some of the dark arts [...]

Marcos Ambrose sees his first road course race for 2008 as a chance to gain a ‘leg up’ in this year’s NASCAR Nationwide Series in the Mexico Corona 200 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City this weekend.
Ambrose currently lies 17th in the NASCAR Nationwide Series standings in the #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion. [...]

Marcos Ambrose is confident that his team can produce a team effort at the tough Phoenix International Raceway for the Bashas Supermarkets 200 in Phoenix, Arizona this weekend.
Ambrose qualified in the top ten for the spring race at Phoenix last season on his way to a 22nd place finish.
It is the second Phoenix race later [...]

As previously noted Jacques Villeneuve is in Bahrain this weekend competing in the Speedcar Series.
Nothing entirely unusual in that, he is a racer and racers want to race.
Racing has been on Jacques’ the back burner since being ushered out of the Bill Davis Racing garage door in February for lack of sponsorship he was said [...]

When last seen Jacques “International Man of Mystery” Villeneuve was getting summarily booted out of the Bill Davis Racing Toyota Camry for lack of greenbacks. Greenbacks, it should be added, the organization was promised would flow like water down a flushing toilet. (metaphorically speaking of course. I think. -ed)
The cash never materialized and neither did [...]