Ambrose voted Australian Driver of the Year

Marcos Ambrose has been voted as the Australian Driver of the Year by Australian motor racing magazine Auto Action for the second-consecutive year. Ambrose, who is currently at home with his family in his hometown of Launceston, Tasmania, won the award by receiving 41 percent of the vote, which was decided by readers of Auto Action as part of the magazine's annual 'Racer of the Year Awards' issue. Marcos Ambrose PR

[Editor's Note: Let's see, IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon and Ryan Briscoe, both born in Australia, won races, and in fact Dixon won the title and the Indy 500, yet Ambrose who won, well…er….nothing except a rain effected race in Montreal in the Nationwide cars running on rain tires, and Ambrose gets Australian Driver of the Year! We're at a loss as to how the magazine could rationalize such a travesty.]