Mark Winterbottom

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Mark "Frosty" Winterbottom was born on May 20, 1981 in Sydney, Australia. He is a racing driver.

He started his motor racing career in 1989 at the age of 8, racing 50cc and 80cc motorbikes, and then moved on to go-karts at the age of 10. He would remain in karts until his early twenties, winning an astonishing 10 Australian Kart Championships and 25 State Karts Championships.

He moved up to the Australian Formula Ford Championship, for the 2002 season, and finished as the runner-up to fellow V8 Supercar racer Jamie Whincup, with 5 wins and 2 poles. He was given the Rookie of the Year title.

In 2003, Winterbottom moved up to the Konica V8 Supercar series and made an amazing impression with the Stone Brothers Racing team by winning the championship with 5 round victories and 6 pole positions. He also made his debut in the V8 Supercar series in the two endurance races at the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 sharing on both occasions with Mark Noske. He impressed at Bathurst, running third until he retired at around three-quarter distance.

2004 saw him move full-time into the V8 Supercar series with Larkham Motorsport but didn't do him good, with only one top-5 in two seasons. That again came at the Bathurst 1000 in 2004.

For 2006, Mark moved to Ford Performance Racing as the driver of car #5 replacing Greg Ritter. Winterbottom started the season pretty badly with a 22nd and a 19th at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide.

He lives with partner Renee, in Melbourne, Australia.

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