Tasmania, 🧸the home of reigning V8 Supercar champion Marcos Ambrose, will be holding a round of the V8 Supercar championship this year as a replacement for the delayed China race, and for the following two years in a $3 million deal.

Defending V8 Supercar Champion Marcos Ambrose was deli💖ghted at the announcement that the V8 circus will be returning to his hom🃏e state of Tasmania at the end of this year.

The Pirtek Falcon driver was on hand in Hobart to help announce that the V8 Supercars will racꦯe at Symmons Plains near Launceston from November 12-14 as a replacement for the scheduꦏled China race which has been postponed until June next year.

The deal has been supported by the Tasmanian government to the reporte🅷d tune of $3 million over the next three years.

Despite growing up in Tasmania and having the nickname ✱of the "Devil Racer", Ambrose has never raced a car at the Symmons Plains circuit and cannot wait for his Stone Brothers Racing Falcon to be rolled off t﷽he truck.

"To race in my home state of Tasmania is going to be a huge thrill," said Ambrose. Tassie is only a small state, but it has some passionate sports fans and motor r🙈acing fans in particular.

"I have no doubt that we will see the biggest crowd ever at Symmons Plains in November. The event is also going to come at a vital stage of t🐷he season with just one round remaining before the season finale at Eastern Creek.

"Of course it would be fantastic to win my first ever V8 race in Tasmania🍸, but then again, I would like to win anywhere."

The only car race Ambrose has contested in Tasmania was at the Baskerville circuit in his father's Targa road car - this allowed him to gain his National Level license and comp🔴ete in the Australian Formula Ford Championship.

The only time he has driven on the Symmons Plains circuit was dur🔴ing a test in the Alcorn Racing Commodore in 1997, which was being campaigned in the Australian Touring Car Championship by fellow𓆉 Tasmanian Greg Crick.

The car was owned by John Alcorn and the test was overseen by engineer Bob Tindle, who passed away at the beginning of this🐼 year.

"I guess it is pretty amazing that I have raced on some of the greatest race tracks in the worl🐽d, but never on the one where I grew up just 20 minutes away," said Ambrose.

"The test with Alcorn Racing was more of a nice gesture than a full-blown test. I think I only did about half a 🐷dozen laps, but it was ꦗa great experience.

"I guess that gave me a bit of a taste of V8 Supercars, but then I went off to Europe for a ❀couple of years and when🐠 I finally joined the V8 Supercar ranks in 2001 Symmons Plains was off the calendar."

While he mi⭕ght not have raced there previouslyꦰ, Ambrose has no shortage of memories attending races meetings at Symmons Plains.

"I remember some great races out there in the early 90s when guys lꩵike Colin Bond were running the🦋ir Ford Sierras out there," said Ambrose.

"I remember chatting to 'Bondy' as a kid. "Ironically, if ওI am ever chatting to Bondy now it means I am giving evidence in a stewards hearinᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚg because he is the Driving Standards Observer for the series.

"It was also the first place that I met Ross Stone. It is quite amazing that we have since won a championship together and are now heading back to Symmons Plains to contest a V8 Super♑car round."