CONCORD, N.C. –Marcos Ambrose drives a Ford in the Sprint Cup Series, but that doesn’t mean the Tasmanian driver can’t be proud of an Australian product that will make its way into NASCAR’s top division next year.
Chevrolet recently announced its 2013 model for the Cup series, a rear-wheel drive SS performance sedan that owes its origins to such vehicles as the Camaro and upcoming VF Commodore, a product of the Holden subsidiary of General Motors in Australia.
“It’s the wrong make, so I want to be a little careful of what I say here, but I’m really proud to think that Australia can produce, with their people and infrastructure, a world-standard car that Chevrolet would like to bring to the U.S. and sell here,” Ambrose said Friday.
“I’ve grown up driving rear-wheel-drive cars, manual cars — it’s just a standard thing out there. It’s a world-class product, and I look forward to racing against them and beating them, but it’s definitely made a buzz in Australia.”
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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