{"id":247549,"date":"2026-01-23T08:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/247549\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T08:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:44:15","slug":"nascar-news-tabitha-ambrose-to-drive-fathers-race-winning-nascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/247549\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR news: Tabitha Ambrose to drive father&#8217;s race-winning NASCAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/9-Stanley-DEWALT-Fusion-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tabitha Ambrose to drive father\u2019s race-winning NASCAR\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe ex-Ambrose NASCAR in action in Adelaide. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>The two Ambroses are attending the event on behalf of event sponsor Repco and will appear together on stage in the Adelaide Marriott Grand Marquee.<\/p>\n<p>The younger Ambrose, a promising racer in her own right, is also confirmed to be hitting the Victoria Park circuit in an ex-Marcos Ambrose Ford Fusion NASCAR that was a Cup Series winner at Watkins Glen.<\/p>\n<p>She is set to test the car on February 4 under the supervision of Warren Luff ahead of her laps in Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p>The Fusion will run as part of the American Muscle category at the festival.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement also teases that Marcos himself will have his helmet bag with him, suggesting he too will take part in on-track activities.<\/p>\n<p>The AMF takes place on February 28-March 1.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Get the latest NASCAR news, stats and betting insights at <a href=\"https:\/\/motorracing.com\/nascar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotorRacing.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/285249\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/285249.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ex-Ambrose NASCAR in action in Adelaide. Image: Supplied The two Ambroses are attending the event on behalf&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[18697,111,139,69,213,144405],"class_list":["post-247549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-marcos-ambrose","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports","tag-tabitha-ambrose"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}