WHEN AUSTRALIAN DRIVER Marcos Ambrose ventured into NASCAR in 2006 via the Camping World Truck Series, it was immediately apparent he knew how to manhandle heavy, higher-horsepower racer cars. A year later, he was in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, and in 2008, he made his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start. He has been a regular in Sprint Cup ever since, now driving the No. 9 DeWalt Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports. Ambrose has run 164 Cup races, has two wins and earnings of more than $22 million. And how did the Launceston, Tasmania, native get here? Through the Australian V8 Supercars series, where he began racing in 2001, qualifying on the pole for his first-ever event. He finished eighth in the championship his first year, third his second year, and won it in his third year. The V8 Supercars "gave me an excellent background to race in NASCAR," Ambrose said. "The races are physical, the competition can be brutal. It's a compelling series."
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机译：当澳大利亚车手马科斯·安布罗斯（Marcos Ambrose）在2006年通过“露营世界卡车系列”（Camping World Truck Series）进入纳斯卡时，很明显他知道如何操纵重型，高马力赛车。一年后，他参加了NASCAR全国系列赛，2008年，他开始了他的第一个NASCAR Sprint Cup系列赛。从那以后，他一直是Sprint杯的常客，现在为Richard Petty Motorsports驾驶9号DeWalt Ford Fusion。安布罗斯（Ambrose）参加了164场比赛，赢得了两次胜利，收入超过2200万美元。塔斯马尼亚州朗塞斯顿的本地人如何来到这里？在2001年开始参加澳大利亚V8超级跑车系列赛的比赛中，他首次有资格获得杆位。他第一年在锦标赛中获得第八名，第二年获得第三名，并在第三年获得冠军。 V8超级跑车“为我提供了参加NASCAR的出色背景，”安布罗斯说。 “比赛是身体的，比赛可能是残酷的。这是一个令人信服的系列赛。”
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