V8 Supercars Flashback - Marcos Ambrose Bathurst Shootout Lap (2005)

[@bus5683]

Should of won 3 straight championships if it wasn’t for Murphy at the cutting. Absolute gun

[@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4]

murphy was jealous of Ambrose success because he was the intended driver for the Pirtek falcon but he didnt want to drive a Ford, its just senseless hatred of a iconic pioneer car maker Ford, it causes hatred of holden, if they didnt hate and were respective theyd get the same in return, its just crazy how holden and GM fans hate on a car manufacturing giant that has done so much more than holden, Le-mans etc world rally etc holden cant rally drive, all these other forms of motor sport that Ford has competed in and been successfull that holden doesnt compete in like world drag racing, John force in the mustang was the first funny car to eclipse the 323 mph barrier in 1996 at the mopar nationals,

[@barryphillips7327]

Man and his machine at it,s BEST, great looking Falcon, very quick too! For me and many others i am sure, a sad day when he went USA, at least now we have Frosty to fly the Ford flag!

[@benjaminhawkins1026]

The Kelly boys r flying the ford flag next season though

[@Stephen05777]

Benjamin Hawkins McLaughlin*

[@rjblue1119]

Go the Falcons.

[@nhraandnascarfanatic5907]

The current lap record around the mountain is still held by a falcon isn’t it?? 2:03 by Scotty McLaughlin??

[@warrenheslip692]

those boss 302 s are an awesome motor.

[@toddc6682]

Best sounding engine!

[@HenauderTitzauf]

Way to Go Marcos! Miss you, Not Any Stock Cars Anywhere Racing(NASCRAP) just isn't the same without! But, from North Carolina, best of luck and life to you! Krikey Mate STAND ON IT! Brahaha!

[@kaslogan5597]

His car looked, very "grippy" on this lap. the car takes corners well but also had a "Bouncy/bumpy" appeal going on. Pushing it any harder would have resulted in a big incident. Ambros clearly had a great understanding of how hard he could push this beast with whatever setup they had at the time

[@ChicagoStreetCourseFan]

Love Marcos Ambrose Skipping Gears

[@toddc6682]

6th to 2nd 💥💪

[@19escort73]

Him and Skaife were masters at it 👌

[@ChicagoStreetCourseFan]

@@19escort73 Shane's Been Doing It Nascar 😀

[@jaknohi1909]

This Car an his 2003 BA Falcon best v8 supercargo ever

[@19escort73]

It’s the same car, he ran the same BA chassis from 2003-2005 🙂

[@jasonmcmillan4373]

Damn he was wringing its neck on this lap! And just listen to that Falcon sing, there's been subtle changes to the notes of the V8's over the years, it was about this time that they started to introduce bloody control engine parts & pretty soon they all sounded the same.

[@aerored252]

If you go to a V8 supercar race the cars all sound different. Erebus have a very loud and raw exhaust note, The tickford cars even sound different from Shell, They have a very deep exhaust note in comparison. Nissan’s sound different from the rest

[@CP0rings33]

Teams were still playing around with different exhausts up until around 2019 it seems, cars still have subtle differences now but not like before

[@maxpreece2322]

Love Marcos is one of my great friends. I know Marcos quite well sorry to crush your dreams of Marcus coming back. He won’t come back he’s helping Tabatha and Adelaide Ambrose with their guarding careers.

[@perhapscoleiro3164]

Well one off return now

[@Andrew-84]

AMBROSE the road course Great. Great person as well. I miss him schooling my American circle track racers

[@Agent-mb1xx]

we need these in GT7

[@petergrundy8081]

Awesome drive

[@Papaonwings]

Where is that balaclava marcos?

[@jamescook3297]

Excellent

[@klaffer3897]

his not wearing his balaclava

[@toddc6682]

🤬

[@nhraandnascarfanatic5907]

He would have had that race his bitch if it wasn’t for that crap and Murphy totalling him… that Pirtek ford was an absolute monster!

[@rujeromcrae9639]

The best Ford hero still to this day Amen

[@SALTY-hb1cd]

Big ambrose fan here 😎✌️ And a FORD 💙 fan

[@nhraandnascarfanatic5907]

I heard from a fairly reliable source that the development of the BA/BF falcon supercar was so successful that ford were actually instructed to “dial things back” so the Holdens had a fighting chance of keeping up…?

[@toddc6682]

Sounds familiar 🤔

[@wadedixon6780]

No balaclava either just like in the race. Cost him a Bathurst win. Unlucky.

[@MattL-tp5ru]

Nobody cared until they had to find a way to stop him winning. When that didn't work, they let Murphy do it.

[@nhraandnascarfanatic5907]

@@MattL-tp5ruwouldn’t surprise me, even with all the penalties and set backs, he was gaining! I remember the day well. The speed and power of that pirtek car was MONSTROUS! And with some one of Marcos’ calibre at the wheel… Holden didn’t stand a chance

[@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4]

the sad days of holden,lol and also the v8 supercars had shares in holden thats why they weren't so happy for Ford and marcos Ambrose thats why he left, when ambrose Pirtek falcon dominated v8 supercars learned never let a Ford be on top for long change the series change it so holden can get on top and leave everything the same so holden can stay at the top for years, Ambrose dominated for 2 or 3 years , whincup dominated for 2 or 3 years with lowndes , and mcclaughlin dominated for 2 or 3 years, see the pattern ? Ford is allowed to dominate for a few years at a time then the plug gets pulled , that never happens with holden, theres all these reasons why the Ford teams or drivers left or changed brands but the reason was probably a holden v8supercars gun to their head, why else would you give up a good thing being at the top?? holden drivers and teams at the top stay there for 10 years etc and in 2023 its so obvious what v8 supercars is doing, they have shares in Chevrolet because holden is DEAD they want to keep GM beating up on Ford like road runner always beats the chayote ,is pathetic and obvious, why be a fan of hollow victories????

[@nhraandnascarfanatic5907]

And to be fair… the politics got even worse and more in depth when brock kicked the bucket

[@geoffbowring4124]

Who would have thought that Paul Morris would have a Bathurst win to his name, and Ambrose never will?

[@dinosshed]

Lady Luck has her say and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. Morris stuffed the falcon into the tyres the year he and mostert won, nothing but Lady Luck on their side for that moment and Whincup running out of fuel. Was a great finish

[@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4]

paul morris took out tony longhursts falcon when Tony only had 6 laps to go to win Bathurst, paul morris was 3 laps behind in the big kev holden and he contested hard into the corner then t boned him into the wall, hated paul morris ever since

[@nhraandnascarfanatic5907]

I know what you mean… it just doesn’t sit right does it.. either way morris still remains “The Dud” not “The Dude” in my eyes

[@nhraandnascarfanatic5907]

@@dinosshedEvery stuff up made in that car at the race was executed by Paul Morris… young Chaz literally did all the work to make that win possible. Yet all eyes were on Morris and boy wasn’t he quick to capitalise!!

[@xbeast666]

Pushing 200 ks through some corners. Fuck

[@theblackduck6038]

No Balaclava Hummmmm

[@bus5683]

Lol he wasn’t the only one in that race

[@davos4wdadventures]

Thank god the Americans love Lee Duffy because I could never stand the guy.. his comments about Mark is coming through the chase smooth.. then Neil correct his mistake thank you America

[@kylewaddington1983]

Final year in Australia before moving to United States of American

[@Reggie1979]

Flashback. Ambrose never wins Bathurst but his enemies in skaife and Murphy clocked a few between them. He should have driven a Holden

[@nhraandnascarfanatic5907]

And how many years of driving was between Murphy and skaife at the time… 35-40years?? And how many championships did they have between them… 5?? Ambrose was 5 years in and would have had 3 in the bank if it was for Murphy… I think the ratio speaks for itself. Regardless of what brand he drove, that guy was something else

[@Shmilzy]

Ambrose one of the best drivers in V8 Supercars, V8 Supercars never gave anyone that drove a Ford a fair go. The politics in this game ruins the sport. Reason I don’t follow it anymore.

[@colinstewart1432]

That's sad to hear. Same's true of a lot of other motorsport 🤔

[@nottodaybuddy370]

How much is Marcos paying for fans to stoke his ego these days?

[@nhraandnascarfanatic5907]

Ambrose wasn’t as good as what people thought… he just so happened to be blessed with a car that was far superior to the others for 2 years straight, then in 2005 when the competition started to level out again. He got dirty.. how else do you try to get to the front when you’ve just coasted through 2 seasons with no one challenging you to sharpen your skills?? We are seeing the exact same thing with SVG now.. that’s why he’s off to nascar.. *left hand down, wreck as many people as you can*. Its Deja vu

[@toddc6682]

He wasn't afraid to win. Waters had been letting the Giz past the last few years. Ambrose never let Skaife past without a fight!

[@knucklehead-maggotpapa-mac4078]

i love the fact he never won Bathurst and greg murphy was always given it too him

[@toddc6682]

Murphy never won the Championship & Ambrose would've made at least $30 million more than Murph in their careers.