Ambrose, JTG Daugherty Racing parting ways at season's end

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07/27/2010 - Cornelius, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - JTG Daugherty Racing and driver Marcos Ambrose will part ways at the end of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, team officials announced on Tuesday.

Ambrose has driven the No.47 Toyota for JTG Daugherty Racing since the tail end of the 2008 season. He also drove a Nationwide Series entry full-time for the team during the 2007 and '08 seasons.

The Australian made his first appearance with the team at Martinsville Speedway in 2006 when he made his Camping World Truck Series debut. He was a two-time V8 Supercar champion before coming to NASCAR.

"It has been a great five-year journey for me and JTG Daugherty Racing," Ambrose said in a statement. "Our plan is to complete the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season with the same desire and commitment and end our relationship the same way it started with a positive attitude and the willingness to win. I will do everything I can to help JTG Daugherty transition into next year with their new driver."

Ambrose currently is 27th in points, with just two top-10 finishes so far this season. He ended the 2009 season 18th in points. His career-best Cup finish of second came last year at the Watkins Glen, NY road course. Ambrose is considered a road course expert.

He has won the Nationwide race at Watkins Glen the last two years.

"JTG Daugherty Racing and our sponsors are obviously huge Marcos Ambrose fans, and we are disappointed to see him leave after five great years of building a program together from the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, to the Nationwide Series, and into the Sprint Cup Series," team co-owner Tad Geschickter said. "Marcos is a friend, and he is a great talent. He will be an asset to his next team."

Jodi Geschickter and Brad Daugherty, a former NBA player with the Cleveland Cavaliers and current analyst for NASCAR and college basketball on ESPN, also co-own the team.

The team is expected to announce their driver for the 2001 Sprint Cup season in the near future.

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