Marcos Ambrose: Standing Out

[Henry]

Originally Posted by chavez

Jones (and Brabham to a lesser extent) spent a lot of time and money trying to win at Mount Panorama.

AJ even said that you are nothing as a driver in Australia unless you have won Bathurst - no doubt with a touch of sarcasm.

True. I believe that AJ's statement was more than tinged with sarcasm... I don't believe that you ever saw him consumed with Mt Panorama in the way of a Seton or a Johnson... and I didn't think Sir Jack had bothered with the JH1000 until he turned up post-retirement with Sir Stirling in the Blues Union Torana that copped a bit more than a Hopoate on the start line.

Brabham had won plenty on the Hill in open-wheelers, when the sort of speed he showed was dependent on not only a shedload of talent, self-belief, bravery and cautionary discretion, but also calm acceptance of your mortailty and an open dialogue with your favourite deity...