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Ending 14th in race one was adopted by tenth in race two on Saturday. Sunday noticed her declare eighth in race three earlier than capping it off with sixth in race 4.

Talking with Huge World of Sports activities, Tabitha mentioned she was satisfied with the outcomes however very happy simply to “convey the automotive house in a single piece”.

Though it has been almost a decade since Marcos final raced in Supercars, he nonetheless attracts a crowd.

The Launceston-born driver gained two Supercars titles in 2003 and 2004 earlier than shifting to the USA the place he started a profession in NASCAR.

He took two wins on the prime, each at Watkins Glen Worldwide, earlier than briefly returning to Supercars the place he made seven extra begins after which retired on the finish of 2015.

“I all the time overlook to different folks he is Marcos Ambrose,” Tabitha defined.

“To me, he is simply dad, and so I type of overlook somewhat bit. Typically I discover myself taking images of him and other people, as a result of they need a photograph with him, which is de facto humorous to me. 

“It is type of simply turn out to be regular and it is fairly cool as a result of he is my mentor now so I get to be taught from him, in order that’s fairly cool.”

Tabitha mentioned at no level did her dad push her in the direction of racing, if something, he tried steering her away from it. 

Having grown up across the high-octane world of NASCAR, she naturally needed to attempt racing herself.

“I used to be undoubtedly simply surrounded by motorsport racing, particularly within the States. That was a giant one. I used to be on the grid with him on a regular basis,” mentioned Tabitha.

“I feel it was one thing I began. I mentioned to dad in the future I need to get in a kart as a result of I had a few associates karting on the time and I used to be eager to get within the kart.

“I do not suppose dad was that eager, I feel he was attempting to steer clear of it, after which we purchased this cute little pink kart. It simply began from there.

“He undoubtedly retains me grounded. He undoubtedly retains me targeted on every thing.”

Lengthy-term, Tabitha sees a future in V8 racing.

Marcos is the competitors director at Garry Rogers Motorsport. With a direct line to the Nationwide Trans Am Sequence, she’s eager to drive one of many NASCAR-style racers.

Nevertheless, she’s in no rush, and is aware of full properly that she has loads to be taught to get to that time.

“I can undoubtedly see myself in Trans Am or in a much bigger automotive like that, however we’ll see what occurs,” she mentioned.

“I might like to develop my platform, I might like to develop my racing and make extra progress and undoubtedly simply maintain bettering all through the years. I feel that is my huge aim.

“I am not going too quick. I do know that some folks try to prefer to rush into issues, however I feel it takes time and it undoubtedly comes with age.”

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