Meet Mark

Last updated: January 2024
 

Mark Frosty Winterbottom

  • D.O.B. 20 May 1981
  • Birthplace Sydney, NSW
  • Resides Melbourne, VIC
  • Height 181 CM
  • Weight 74 KG
  • Status Married, Wife - Renee, Sons - Oliver, Austin & Elliot
  • Nickname Frosty
  • Interests Fitness, water sports, video games and my family
  • Strength & Conditioning Coach Paul Turk

Supercars Championship Career Stats

275 Event starts
Race starts 621
39 Race wins
118 Podiums
Poles 36
Front rows 87

Career

  • 1986

    Played soccer for Sydney Blacktown United Soccer Team

  • 1989

    Aged 8 won a pee wee 50 in a raffle and started racing against the likes of Chad Reed, soon moved on to 4 wheels in a go-kart

  • 1990-2000

    Won Ten Australian Kart Championship titles and 25 State Kart Championship titles

  • 2001

    Won Ford Kart Stars and Ford Scholarship

  • 2002

    Australian Formula Ford Championship runner-up

  • 2002

    Avon Formula Ford Rookie of the Year Award

  • 2003

    Konica V8 Supercar Series Champion

  • 2003

    Mike Kable V8 Supercar Rookie of the Year Award

  • 2004-2005

    Competed in V8 Supercar Championship Series with Ford team, Larkham Motor Sport (LMS)

  • 2006

    Onwards with Ford Performance Racing (9 seasons)

  • 2006-2014

    Finished 3rd in V8 Supercar Championship with FPR

  • 2012

    Won Barry Sheene Best and Fairest Driver

  • 2013

    Won Bathurst and global fame with Ford Fans

  • 2014

    Voted 2nd most popular Ford Driver in the World

  • 2015

    Won the 2015 V8 Supercars Championship.

  • 2016

    Finished 6th in the Supercars Championship.

  • 2017

    Finished 6th in the Supercars Championship.

  • 2018

    Finished 12th in the Supercars Championship.

  • 2019

    Finished 13th in the Supercars Championship.

  • 2020

    Finished 10th in the Supercars Championship.

  • 2021

    Finished 10th in the Supercars Championship.

  • 2022

    Finished 9th in the Supercars Championship.

  • 2023

    Finished 15th in the Supercars Championship.