Marcus John Marshall (born 25 November 1978) is a former

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driver from

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Biography

He began racing in

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, where he was generally a running outside the top ten, but took a hard-fought win in a wet race. He contested 12 races in 2005 for

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's renamed

Team Australia Team Australia was an auto racing team competing in the V8 Supercars and Champ Car World Series. It was created in early 2005 when two Australian businessmen Craig Gore and John Fish bought into Derrick Walker's Walker Racing operation. Aft ...

Racing. A lack of experience blighted his year and he scored only two top-ten finishes, the best of which was 8th in

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. He was fired and replaced by

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prior to the season finale in

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after what was described as a "serious breach of contract". On 12 February 2006 Marshall raced for

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in round 8 of the

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series at the

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and finished third in the feature race, behind

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Sean McIntosh and

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. He practiced in Mexico, but did not race. During 2006, Marshall is racing full-time in the touring car

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series for

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but lost his drive for 2007. He returned to Carrera Cup, taking over Peter Fitzgerald's car in the series after Fitzgerald retired at the end of the 2006 season. Marshall has also returned to V8Supercar, taking occasional drives with Matthew White Racing in the second tier series, before taking over Jack Perkins Commodore in the

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team after Perkins was forced to step aside with a medical condition. 2008 saw a move back to Ford and

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. In 2009 season Marshall had a new team established around him, Marcus Marshall Motorsport (known by its sponsored identity, IntaRacing). After six races financial issues forced the team to cease operations.

Racing record

Career results

† Team result

Complete Champ Car results

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Complete A1 Grand Prix results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

References

Conrod V8 Prifile

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Racing Reference Profile
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