AMBROSE TO MAKE RETURN IN BATHURST 6 HOUR

Two-time Supercars champion and NASCAR race winner Marcos Ambrose will return to racing in the Bathurst 6 Hour, making a one-off start in the endurance event this Easter.

Ambrose will join experienced GT and touring car racer George Miedecke for the April 15-17 event, the pair driving a brand-new Ford Mustang GT prepared by Garry Rogers Motorsport.

The announcement of Ambrose’s entry will get fans tongues wagging for a full-scale comeback, but he has insisted that he has no plans for future races beyond the Easter long weekend.

Ambrose, who was inducted into the Tasmanian motorsport Hall of Fame last week, has not competed since his final Supercars race start and subsequent retirement in 2015.

As partners in motorsport, Ambrose and Miedecke go way back – the latter raced for Ambrose’s team in the US for several seasons and the two families have remained close since.

“I was proud to say yes, I’ll come and celebrate the past with them at Bathurst,” Ambrose said.

“We’ve built this new Mustang and we’re really excited to get it on the track. The 6 Hour will be a fun race to do and to get back behind the wheel will be celebrating not only the car build, but my long relationship with the Miedecke’s.

“We’re (Garry Rogers Motorsport) part of the car build, I’ve been part of the project throughout the build and hopefully we’re going to be a contender.

“It’s not a comeback – it’s a celebration, to be with George and Andrew and the Miedecke group and I’m looking forward to it.”

Miedecke is an experienced driver, who is also set to race a Chevrolet Camaro in the Touring Car Masters series this year.

Sharing a Ford Mustang with Paul Morris and Brodie Kostecki, Miedecke won his class in the 2021 Bathurst 6 Hour, finishing fifth outright.

Miedecke was excited ahead of the racing reunion.

“It’s a long way from crashing on Marcos’ couch in America to where we are today,” Miedecke said.

“He and I go back a long way and racing for him in the US was an incredible part of my career.

“We’re both incredibly competitive people so we’re not going there to do half the job – we both want to have a proper go at winning and I think we have the tools and experience to do that.

“It will be great to share a car, especially a Ford Mustang, with him at Mount Panorama.

“Garry Rogers Motorsport have built an incredible car and all the makings are there for a really strong weekend this Easter.”

The 2022 Bathurst 6 Hour will be the first major event to be held at Mount Panorama this year.

A capacity grid of 70 cars, set to be the largest ever grid to tackle an endurance race at Mount Panorama, will contest the Bathurst 6 Hour this year.

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