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Team: Richard Petty Motorsports-9
Age / DOB:  (36) / 9/1/1976
Ht / Wt:  5'11 / 178

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Marcos Ambrose heads into Charlotte looking for the speed he found last year when the team qualified on the outside pole for the Coca-Cola 600.
Ambrose has eight starts in point races at Charlotte. He tallied two top-10 finishes and a best finish of fifth with Richard Petty Motorsports in 2011. In last season's Coca-Cola 600, a broken wheel hub ended the team's hopes of finishing up front.-Breaking Limits May 21 - 8:34 PM

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Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

Marcos Ambrose earned a spot in this weekend's Sprint All-Star Race with his dramatic win at Watkins Glen International last season.

He passed Sprint Cup Champion Brad Keselowski in the final turns to capture his second consecutive win at the New York road course. In his eight starts at Charlotte, the Australian native has collected one top-five and two top-10 finishes, all with the No. 9 team. He posted his best start of second last spring and best finish of fifth in the fall of 2011.-Breaking Limits
May 14 - 8:11 PM
Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

Marcos Ambrose has four starts at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway in the Sprint Cup Series.

He tallied his best start of sixth in 2011 and finish of ninth last season, both with Richard Petty Motorsports and the No. 9 team. The Australian driver also has two Nationwide starts under his belt, including a best start of fourth and finish of 10th. After a 14th-place finish at Talladega and moving up two spots to 21st in the championship, the team is now ready for a solid run at Darlington.-Breaking Limits
May 7 - 8:43 PM
Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

Marcos Ambrose hopes to best his career-best finish of fifth at the Richmond and collect the team's first top-five of the season.

He will wheel the No. 9 DEWALT Ford in his ninth start at the .75-mile track this weekend. In the past three weekends, he qualified second, fourth and 15th. He finished eighth at Martinsville, but then was caught up in two accidents the past two weekends after running in the top-10. A car capable of winning, Ambrose is just looking for better luck this weekend.-Breaking Limits
Apr 23 - 9:04 PM
Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

Marcos Ambrose was at the top of the speed chart in the Happy Hour practice leading to the Sprint Cup NRA 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

The No. 9 Ford Fusion driver put up a 191.354 mph lap in the final practice. No. 18 Kyle Busch, No. 43 Aric Almirola, No. 78 Kurt Busch and No. 56 Martin Truex Jr. were the rest of the top five and No. 87 Joe Nemechek was the slowest of the 45 cars running in this session.
Apr 12 - 4:46 PM
Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

Marcos Ambrose will make his 10th start at the Texas Motor Speedway.

He has collected four top-15 finishes, including a sixth-place finish with Richard Petty Motorsports in the spring of 2011. The team will utilize a test session Thursday to prepare their newly-built chassis for 501 miles under the lights on Saturday.Richard Petty Motorsports
Apr 9 - 7:49 PM
Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

After a weekend off, Marcos Ambrose and the No. 9 Stanley Ford team are ready to get back to racing in Sunday's STP Gas Booster 500 at the .526-mile Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

Ambrose has secured three top-15 finishes at the paper clip track in his eight career starts, including a 15th-place finish last spring. With his strong road course skills, Ambrose knows how to conserve his brake package to be able to drive aggressively at the end of the 500-lap race.-Breaking Limits
Apr 2 - 3:10 PM
Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

Marcos Ambrose enters the weekend 16th in championship points and looks to move back up the point standings with a solid finish at Bristol.

The No. 9 team posted a fifth-place finish last fall at the World's Fastest Half Mile giving the team confidence that they can come away with a solid top-10 finish this weekend. Ambrose posted two top-fives and four top-10s in his eight starts at the .53-mile track and has an average finish of 16.5.-Breaking Limits
Mar 12 - 4:52 PM
Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

Marcos Ambrose is 16th in the standings with 74 points; 12 points out of 10th place.

In the Kobalt Tools 400, Ambrose finished in 22nd place, one lap down. The driver struggled with his No. 9 Ford throughout the day and caused a caution to be thrown when he briefly lost control of his car trying to enter pit road. This week: In eight starts at Bristol, he has two top fives and four top 10s. For races in the past eight years at Bristol, he ranks 16th out of 47 drivers with an average place of 16.2.-NASCAR.com
Mar 11 - 10:18 PM
Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

With an average finish of 12.8 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Marcos Ambrose looks to tally another top-10 finish this weekend in the No. 9 Stanley Ford.

Ambrose and the team have posted two 18th-place finishes this season and currently hold the 12th spot in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver points. Looking for his first top-10 of the season, the mile-and-a-half Las Vegas Motor Speedway is the perfect spot for that to happen. Ambrose posted his best Vegas finish of fourth in 2011 and finished 13th in this race last year.-Breaking Limits
Mar 5 - 9:33 PM
Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

Marcos Ambrose will look to better his season opening 18th-place finish in the Daytona 500 at the one-mile Phoenix track in his No. 9 DEWALT Ford Fusion.

Ambrose will make his 10th start at Phoenix in Sunday's Subway Fresh Fit 500. His best finish is an eighth-place finish in the fall of 2011 with the No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports team. He also has four top-15 finishes at the track.-Breaking Limits
Feb 27 - 11:35 AM
Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

This Saturday night, Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM), for the first time, will start their two cars in the Sprint Unlimited exhibition race for 2012 pole winners and past "Unlimited" winners.

Marcos Ambrose and the No. 9 Stanley Ford team and Aric Almirola and the No. 43 Smithfield Ford team will both be making their first starts in the event. Ambrose qualified for the event after winning two poles in 2012 (Sonoma and Michigan in June) while Almirola led the field to the start of the Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte in May last year. The three poles proved the continued progress of RPM in 2012 and now allow the team to get a head start in 2013.-Richard Petty Motorsports
Feb 12 - 3:51 PM
Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

The defending Rolex 24 At Daytona Champions Michael Shank Racing confirmed that NASCAR driver Marcos Ambrose will join Michael Shank Racing for the 2013 Rolex 24 At Daytona to drive the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Ford-Riley.

Ambrose, who impressed in testing with the team during the "Roar Before the 24" over the weekend, will supplement the driving line up of AJ Allmendinger, Justin Wilson, John Pew, and Ozz Negri as Negri continues to heal from an off-season testing injury. The Roar testing proved productive for the Shank organization, as the team led five of eight practice sessions during the weekend between the two team Daytona Prototype entries. Ambrose has previous experience in the Rolex 24 At Daytona and with the NASCAR Preseason Thunder kicking off this weekend, is getting plenty of seat time on both the oval and the 3.56-mile road course at Daytona International Speedway as he prepares to kick off a busy season.-Richard Petty Motorsports
Jan 10 - 4:28 PM
Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

Marcos Ambrose will make his ninth career start at Phoenix International Raceway this weekend.

His best start (third) and his best finish (eighth) came in the 2011 fall race. Ambrose sits in 18th place in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings heading into Sunday's 312-lap event.-Richard Petty Motorsports
Fri, Nov 9, 2012 12:55:00 PM
Marcos Ambrose - Richard Petty Motorsports-9

Richard Petty Motorsports announced Drew Blickensderfer has been assigned as the crew chief of the No. 9 team and driver Marcos Ambrose.

Blickensderfer comes to RPM most recently from Richard Childress Racing where he was the crew chief for Jeff Burton. Prior to his time there, Blickensderfer spent the majority of his career with teams associated with Ford Racing and Roush-Fenway Racing. He is a former Daytona 500 champion and has multiple Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series wins with drivers Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth. Ambrose has one win, eight top-10 and three top-five finishes this season. In addition, Ambrose has won two poles this year.-Richard Petty Motorsports
Tue, Oct 30, 2012 07:22:00 PM