![\"Marcos](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-459080434-e1761587058137.jpg\")
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty Image\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
HOMESTEAD, FL – NOVEMBER 16: Marcos Ambrose, driver of the #9 Stanley Ford, prepares to drive before the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 16, 2014 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Chris Graythen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Former NASCAR<\/a> and Supercars champion Marcos Ambrose has opened up about his battle with cancer. According to Joshua Mbu of The Express.com<\/a>, the 49-year-old Aussie racing star survived a deadly form of colorectal cancer. A liver transplant saved his life after doctors said he might not make it. Now, Ambrose is healthy again. He wants to spread the word about organ donation, the gift that gave him a second chance.<\/p>\n Ambrose is known for winning back-to-back NASCAR Cup races<\/a> at Watkins Glen<\/a> in 2011 and 2012.<\/p>\n Marcos Ambrose: A Racer in a Tough Battle<\/p>\n Marcos Ambrose first noticed something strange while doing chores at home. \u201cI was digging a trench in my backyard and I had a sore shoulder,\u201d he said. \u201cI thought, \u2018It doesn\u2019t quite feel right,\u2019 but I didn\u2019t think much of it.\u201d<\/p>\n A few days later, doctors gave him heartbreaking news. He had colorectal cancer, and it had already spread to his liver. \u201cThey called it terminal at the time,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we just went straight into panic mode.\u201d<\/p>\n He began strong chemotherapy right away. \u201cI did 12 months of heavy-duty chemo, as much as I could handle,\u201d Ambrose said. \u201cIt went longer and deeper than I ever thought I could go.\u201d<\/p>\n The treatment was hard. He was weak, tired, and scared. But he didn\u2019t give up. His family stood by him through it all. Together, they hoped for a miracle.<\/p>\n A Life Saved by a Gift<\/p>\n Doctors later said Ambrose needed a liver transplant. Without it, he wouldn\u2019t survive. It was a risky operation, but it was his only chance. \u201cMy life was saved by the grace of somebody else,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The transplant worked. Slowly, Ambrose began to recover. \u201cTo sit here one year after that big operation, after a terrible cancer, and to be here where we are today, it\u2019s just a miracle,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Today, he feels strong again. He\u2019s grateful to the person who donated their liver. \u201cSomeone\u2019s gift gave me a second chance,\u201d Ambrose said. \u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019ll be thankful for every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n As Express.com reported, Ambrose now uses his voice to promote organ donation. He wants people to understand that one small act can save another person\u2019s life.<\/p>\n Living Life Fully Again<\/p>\n Ambrose left full-time racing in 2015 after years in NASCAR and Supercars. He made a short comeback at the 2023 Bathurst 6 Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cMy racing career was coming to the point where I needed to come back to Australia for personal reasons,\u201d Ambrose said in an interview with NASCAR.com<\/a>. \u201cI got out of racing, it was just time for me to stop, really. Raising a family was really important to me, and being a good dad and a good husband.\u201d<\/p>\n He still loves motorsport, but life and family now come first.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve done it tough,\u201d he said. \u201cEverything is going great. We don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening tomorrow, but we\u2019re living every day.\u201d<\/p>\n His story is about courage, faith, and hope. Even when things looked hopeless, he kept fighting.<\/p>\n Ambrose wants others to remember that miracles are real. They can come from strangers. They can come from love. And they can come when you least expect them.<\/p>\n For Ambrose, life after cancer feels like winning the biggest race of all, the race to live.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tDogli Wilberforce<\/a> is a sports writer who covers NASCAR, Formula 1 and IndyCar Series for Heavy Sports. With bylines at Total Apex Sports and Last Word on Sports, Wilberforce has built a reputation for delivering timely, engaging coverage that blends sharp analysis with accessible storytelling. Wilberforce has covered everything from major football transfers to fight-night drama, bringing readers the insight and context behind the headlines. More about Dogli Wilberforce<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on NASCAR\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Image HOMESTEAD, FL – NOVEMBER 16: Marcos Ambrose, driver of the #9 Stanley Ford, prepares to drive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-243933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}