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Date Of Birth: September 1, 1976
Spouse: Sonja
Place Of Birth: Launceston , Tasmania
Home Town: Charlotte, N. C.
Team: JTG Daugherty Racing
Car Owner: Brad Daugherty
Crew Chief:
Car Number: 47
Manufacturer: Toyota
Primary Sponsor: Little Debbie
Years: 2008
Starts: 12
Poles: 0
Wins: 0
Top 5's: 1
Top 10's: 1
(Through 2008)
Ambrose began racing karts at the age of ten. He won 4 Tasmanian state junior karting titles and was the Australian karting champion in 1995 in the Clubman Heavy class in New South Wales .
He moved to Formula Ford in 1996. Ambrose finished second in the Australian Formula Ford championship in 1997.
In 1998 Ambrose moved to Europe in a bid to reach Formula 1, competing in British Formula Ford in 1998 and 1999. In 1999 he won the European Formula Ford championship. In 2000 he began the racing season in the French Formula 3 championship, before switching mid-season to the British Formula 3 championship.
At the end of 2000, Ambrose returned to Australia . In October 2000, he was invited to compete in a Young Guns invitational race held at the Gold Coast Indy 300 and won against a host of young drivers in Honda road cars.
From 2001-2005 Ambrose drove in the Australian V8 Supercars, winning championships in 2003 and 2004.
In 2006, Ford Motor Company signed Ambrose to participate with Wood Brothers/JTG Racing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series. His first race was at the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway. In his only year in the NCTS, he finished 21st in points and was 3rd in the Rookie of the Year standings despite having missed the first 3 races of the year.
In 2007, Ambrose moved up to the NASCAR Busch/Nationwide series, driving the #59 Ford Fusion fielded by Wood Brothers/JTG Racing. Ambrose got his first Nationwide win in the Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen.
Prior to the 2008 season, Wood Brothers Racing and JTG Racing split into 2 teams. Ambrose drove for both teams in Sprint Cup competition.
In 2009, Ambrose will drive the #47 Toyota in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series and will run the full Nationwide series as well.
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