Marcos Ambrose Honoured With Sir Jack Brabham Award in Australia

07 December 2009

Australian NASCAR driver Marcos Ambrose has been honoured with the prestigious Sir Jack Brabham Award by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS), the governing body of motorsport in Australia.

Ambrose was presented with the award by CAMS President Andrew Papadopoulos while at the Sydney Telstra 500 in Sydney, New South Wales over the weekend, the final event of the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series.

The Sir Jack Brabham Award is presented by CAMS in recognition of the remarkable achievements of Sir Jack Brabham OBE, the outstanding Australian engineer and driver who rose to the pinnacle of world motorsport.

The Sir Jack Brabham Award recognises outstanding achievement and success by an Australian motor sport competitor at the international level.

The recipient must demonstrate outstanding talent, determination and a significant level of success in international competition.

Sir Jack Brabham is a three-time Formula One World Champion and remains the only man in history to win the F1 title in a car of his own make.

“The award is unexpected and I feel privileged to be given the nod for it,” said Ambrose.

“Sir Jack is obviously a hero of mine, as all the Brabhams are to be honest. It’s a real racing dynasty. So I take that honour with pride.

“Jack and the whole Brabham family are pioneers in Australian racing and it's a privilege to be given the honour of this award and I hold it in high regard and I am very thankful that I've been given the nod for it.”

Ambrose moved to the US in 2006, leaving behind an successful five-year career in V8 Supercars that yielded two championships to pursue a career in NASCAR.

In 2009 Ambrose achieved his goal of becoming a full-time driver at the top level of the sport, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and finished the 36-race season as the highest ranked first-year driver with 18th in the series points standings.

This season Ambrose scored four top five, seven top 10 and 19 top 20 finishes from 36 points races and also qualified in the top 10 on six occasions.

The Australian scored a best result of second on the Watkins Glen road course and a standout third place finish on the tough Bristol Motor Speedway half-mile oval.

In two road course Nationwide Series appearances, Ambrose scored victory for the second-straight year at Watkins Glen and was second in Montreal, Canada.

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