NASCAR race winner and Supercars champion Ambrose was set to team up with former protege Miedecke in a Ford Mustang for the six-hour production car race.
However that plan has been scuppered just days out due to a random electrical issue which saw the car shut itself down at speed during its final test earlier this week.
As a result the team has decided to withdraw the entry on the grounds of safety.
“We’re a bit shattered,” said Miedecke. “The car would ‘chuck a code’ into the system every now and then which would put the car in limp mode.
“It wasn’t an issue that you could just fix by stopping the car on track and re-starting things, it needed to be brought back to base.
“It’s a safety issue. It’s fine testing at Winton but if it happened coming out of McPhillamy Park, for example, at 200 km/h then there’s a good chance we get drilled by another car which is not safe for us and for other competitors around us.
“To have something like this throw itself at…
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