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Mark Skaife

b. 1967

Australian racing driver

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Born 1967. Mark Skaife is an Australian racing automobile driver.

Mark Stephen Skaife (born 3 April 1967) is an Australian former racing driver. Skaife is a five-time champion of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, including its predecessor, the Australian Touring Car Championship, as well as a six-time Bathurst 1000 winner. On 29 October 2008, he announced his retirement from full-time touring car racing. Since retiring from driving, Skaife has worked as a commentator and presenter for the series for both the Seven Network and Fox Sports Australia.

Skaife is the director of motorsport for design and engineering consultancy - IEDM, which oversaw the reconfiguration of Albert Park Circuit - for which he has been working since he retired from racing.

Biography

Skaife was born in Gosford, New South Wales, the son of touring car racer, Russell Skaife. Skaife is married to his second wife Toni and has three children: Mitch, Mia and Tilly – Mitch born from his first wife Belinda. He attended Wyong High School and is a known supporter of National Rugby League club the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

In 2004, Skaife was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, for services to motor racing and charity. In 2006, Skaife set a Guinness World Record with the fastest speed of 277.16 km/h (172.21 mp/h) for a production ute, whilst driving a HSV Maloo in the Wimmera in Western Victoria.

In 2024, Skaife was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Racing career

Early years Skaife began racing karts in the 1980s in his native New South Wales, before moving to Melbourne to complete his apprenticeship under Fred Gibson. His first car race was at Amaroo Park in 1984, at the wheel of a Holden Torana XU-1 sports sedan, which was partly built by his father, Russell. In 1985 Skaife joined the NSW Ford Laser Series, finishing second in the series. Skaife again finished runner up in the 1986 NSW Laser Series and winning the Victorian Series of the same year. Skaife was due to compete in his maiden race at Bathurst in 1986, however his co-driver and team owner, Peter Williamson, crashed the team's Toyota Celica Supra MA61 at close to during practice with Williamson suffering a broken jaw in the crash due to the cars onboard fire extinguisher breaking free of its mountings and hitting the veteran Sydney driver in the mouth (Williamson wore an open face helmet). Subsequently, with Williamson confined to a hospital bed in Bathurst and the Supra in need of major repair, the entry was withdrawn.

In 1987, Skaife won the Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship in a Gibson Motorsport prepared Nissan Gazelle, before finishing 19th on Bathurst 1000 debut in same car (co-driven by Grant Jarret). The Bathurst result was somewhat controversial due to some alleged cheating during final qualifying. In 1987 Bathurst had become a round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship and under the FIA's rules, all drivers had to qualify within 110% of the fastest time in their class and within 130% of the fastest overall time. Due to the different class structure of the WTCC compared to the ATCC, the Gazelle was in Class 2 against the BMW M3 and Alfa Romeo 75 (instead of against the 1.6 L Toyota Corolla's) and during Friday qualifying Jarret had been struggling to post the required time and it looked like the car would be a non-qualifier. After struggling for speed, during the morning session Jarret suddenly found the pace required and managed to easily qualify for the race. However, it was alleged that it had actually been Skaife, dressed in Jarret's race suit and wearing his helmet, who had actually set the time with some pointing to the fact that Skaife was nowhere to be seen in the pits when Jarret allegedly set his qualifying time (after returning to the pits the car was driven straight into the Nissan team garage in the pit paddock with the door immediately closed which only fuelled the speculation). Nissan team boss Fred Gibson refuted these claims at the time but years later admitted that Skaife had indeed qualified the car as Jarret. Ironically Jarret's fastest race lap in the Gazelle (2:38.71) was actually faster than the qualifying time Skaife had set posing as Jarret (2:38.94).

During 1988, Skaife appeared at selected touring car events in Gibson's factory Nissan squad driving the Group A Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R. He failed to finish both the Sandown 500 (diff failure when Skaife was leading on lap 94 of 129) and Bathurst 1000 alongside George Fury (the Skyline, with Fury at the wheel, had lost its fan belt at full speed on Conrod Straight instantly cooking the turbocharged engine on just lap 17).

In 1989, Skaife made four ATCC starts as third driver in the Gibson Nissan team, starring in the wet at Winton on the way to fifth place. He paired with Jim Richards for endurance races, winning Sandown 500 before taking his first Bathurst 1000 podium in the Group A Nissan Skyline HR31 with third place.

Between 1991 and 1993, Skaife won three consecutive Australian Drivers Championships (ADC), earning three CAMS Gold Stars. In 1991 & 1992, he was driving the Spa 003, switching to the Lola T91/50 for 1993 each run by Gibson Motorsport.

Australian Touring Car Championship ATCC (1990–2001)

1990 – Graduates to full-time drive with Nissan team following retirement of Fury. Finishes 14th in ATCC having switched from HR31 to R32 GT-R model Skyline midseason. Finishes 18th at Bathurst alongside Richards having suffered mechanical problems. Sustains back injury after rolling GT-R in Australian Grand Prix support race.

1991 – Wins three ATCC rounds, including his maiden victory at Round 3 at Wanneroo, WA. Skaife scores more points than any other driver during the season, but loses title to Jim Richards under drop-worst-round rules. Takes dominant Bathurst 1000 win (with Richards) in record total time, in the Nissan GT-R R32, which was the first Japanese car to win Bathurst. Also records a Bathurst DNF after driving the team's second car late in the race under cross-entering rules.

1992 – Wins four ATCC rounds on his way to the championship. Takes second Bathurst 1000 win with the GT-R R32 as the race was red flagged due to wet conditions.

1993 – Stays with Gibson team during switch from Nissan GT-R R32 to Holden Commodore VP under new Group 3A rules. Finishes sixth in ATCC after failing to win a round. Takes second at Bathurst alongside Richards following a race-long duel with eventual winners Larry Perkins and Gregg Hansford. Competes in FIA Touring Car World Cup at Monza with Nissan Castrol Racing, finishing 35th.

1994 – Wins four rounds (including first three in succession) on his way to a second ATCC title. Finishes second (with Richards) in first Sandown 500 start in five years. Crashes out early in wet conditions at Bathurst.

1995 – Misses opening ATCC round after enormous pre-season testing crash ahead of the Winfield Triple Challenge at Eastern Creek. Eventually finishes sixth in points standings with one round win driving the Holden Commodore VR. Leads Bathurst 1000 comfortably before mechanical trouble strikes nearing half distance.

1996 – Gibson team scales down to one car for ATCC following end of tobacco advertising. Finishes ninth in points with best round result of third. Records 13th in Sandown 500 (with Gary Waldon and Mark Noske) and seventh at Bathurst (with John Cleland).

1997 – Competes in just five of 10 ATCC rounds in the Holden Commodore VS as funding issues continue at Gibson team. Ends season 13th after best round result of third. Drives Lister Storm alongside Julian Bailey and Tommy Erdos in Le Mans 24 Hours, but fails to finish following mechanical issues. Makes first appearance with Mobil Holden Racing Team driving alongside Peter Brock in Sandown 500, scoring pole and finishing 12th. Again on pole at Bathurst but retires from the race while leading.

1998 – First full season with HRT, signed to replace Peter Brock, finishing third in ATCC without winning a round. Teams with Craig Lowndes in new VT model Commodore at Sandown to finish second. Pair show dominant form at Bathurst but finish just sixth after tyre issues.

1999 – Wins six rounds of Shell Championship Series (the most of any driver) but again finishes third in points in the Holden Commodore VT. Teams with Paul Morris for endurance races, recording 22nd in new Queensland 500 event (after being delayed by accident damage) and third at Bathurst.

2000 – Wins four rounds, including Clipsal 500 Adelaide and Queensland 500, on way to Shell Championship Series title. Seals championship with sixth place alongside Craig Lowndes in Bathurst finale.

2001 – Takes four round wins, including the Bathurst 1000 alongside Tony Longhurst, to claim Shell Championship Series title. Secures crown at penultimate event in Pukekohe – the first championship round to be held outside of Australia, driving the Holden Commodore VX.

V8 Supercars Championship Series (2002–2008)

2002 – Enjoys dominant V8 Supercars Championship Series victory in the Holden Commodore VX, having won seven of the 13 rounds, including the first five in succession. Season highlights also include a fourth triumph in the Bathurst 1000, partnered by former teammate Jim Richards, and a second Clipsal 500 trophy.

2003 – Wins Clipsal 500 and Sandown 500 (alongside Todd Kelly) on his way to third in the championship in the Holden Commodore VY. Announced as new owner of Holden Racing Team mid-season following earlier collapse of founding owner Tom Walkinshaw Racing. Finishes eighth at Bathurst alongside Todd Kelly after late-race mechanical black flag for loose bodywork while running second. At the final race of the season at Eastern Creek Skaife and Russell Ingall were involved in a race incident in which both drivers were later fined by race officials. Both drivers also had points deducted, which left Skaife finishing the year in sixth place in the championship.

2004 – Fails to win a championship round for the first time in six years. Finishes season 12th in points with a best round result of second at Oran Park. Out of contention early at Bathurst with mechanical trouble (teamed with Todd Kelly).

2005 – Wins fifth Bathurst 1000 crown driving the Holden Commodore VZ, this time teamed with Todd Kelly. Records fifth place in V8 Supercars Championship Series.

2006 – Finishes only 16th in V8 Supercars Championship Series despite seven wins. Crashes out of Bathurst 1000 on opening lap after enduring mechanical issues while starting from pole position (teamed with Garth Tander).

2007 – Records eighth in V8 Supercars Championship Series with one round win, driving the Holden Commodore VE – finishing behind teammate Kelly in the standings for the fourth consecutive year. Misses Sandown 500 due to appendix surgery before crashing out of Bathurst 1000 in closing stages. Transfers partial ownership of HRT back to Tom Walkinshaw. Skaife reached 200 championship round starts in the final event of 2007.

2008 – Joined at HRT by the then reigning champion Garth Tander. Wins L&H 500 at Phillip Island alongside Garth Tander. Finishes 12th in Bathurst 1000 after mid-race crash. Confirms 2008 will be final season as full-time driver following Gold Coast event. Ends season 14th in points with a 27th place round result in Oran Park finale. Announces sale of remainder of HRT to Walkinshaw.

V8 Supercars Championship Series – Endurance Races (2009–2011)

Following Skaife's retirement from full-time driving, he announced that he would compete in the V8 Supercars endurance races for 2009, an arrangement that he continued into 2010 and 2011. This was a highly successful venture which gave Skaife further wins at Philip Island in 2010 & 2011 and his final Bathurst victory in 2010.

2009 – Skaife teams with Greg Murphy at Tasman Motorsport for endurance races, finishing 11th in Phillip Island 500 and fourth in Bathurst 1000.

2010 – Skaife joins TeamVodafone to win Phillip Island 500 and Bathurst 1000 alongside Craig Lowndes.

2011 – Skaife continues as an endurance-only driver in V8 Supercars Championship for third consecutive year. Teams with Lowndes to score second consecutive Phillip Island 500 victory before placing second in Bathurst 1000. Skaife announced on 17 October 2011, that he will retire as an endurance racer in order to take up the role as chairman of the newly formed V8 Supercars Commission.

Skaife ends his driving career with 482 race starts, 90 race wins, 42 event wins, 41 pole positions and 5 drivers championships.

Media career

Skaife joined the Seven Network following his full-time retirement. He became a co-commentator for the V8 Supercars series alongside Neil Crompton and Matthew White, continuing in this position until Seven lost the rights after the 2014 season. In 2015, with the broadcast rights moving to a shared deal between Fox Sports and Network Ten, Skaife joined Fox Sports. He took on a presenter role, without commentating, and also co-hosted their V8 Supercars television series β€˜β€™Inside Supercars’’. From 2016, Skaife returned to the commentary box as a commentator, whilst retaining his presenting roles at Fox Sports.

Skaife has four books published to as of 2020: Diary of a Champion (2002) by Mark Skaife The Racing Years (2009) by Andrew Clarke Life In The Fastlane (2010) by Mark Skaife & Andrew Clarke Mark Skaife: The Complete Illustrated Autobiography (2020) by Mark Skaife & Andrew Clarke

Career results Season Series Position Car Team 1985 New South Wales Laser Series 2nd Ford Laser Tyretown Racing 1986 New South Wales Laser Series 2nd Ford Laser Tyretown Racing Victorian Laser Series 1st 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship 17th Nissan Gazelle Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship 1st 1989 Australian Touring Car Championship 9th Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R Nissan Motorsport Australia 1990 Australian Touring Car Championship 14th Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-RNissan Skyline R32 GT-R Nissan Motorsport Australia Australian Drivers' Championship 3rd Spa FB001 Holden Skaife Racing P/L 1991 Australian Touring Car Championship 2nd Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R Nissan Motorsport Australia Australian Drivers' Championship 1st Spa FB003 Holden Gibson Motorsport 1992 Australian Touring Car Championship 1st Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R Winfield Team Nissan Australian Drivers' Championship 1st Spa FB003 Holden Winfield Racing FIA Formula 3000 International Championship 29th Reynard 92D Mugen Honda 3001 International 1993 Australian Touring Car Championship 6th Holden VP Commodore Winfield Racing Aurora AFX AMSCAR Series 1st Australian Drivers' Championship 1st Lola T91/50 Holden Touring Car World Cup 35th Nissan Primera eGT Nissan Castrol Racing 1994 Australian Touring Car Championship 1st Holden VP Commodore Gibson Motorsport 1995 Australian Touring Car Championship 6th Holden VR Commodore Gibson Motorsport Australian Drivers' Championship 7th Lola T93/50 Holden Gibson Motorsport 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship 9th Holden VR Commodore Gibson Motorsport 1997 Australian Touring Car Championship 13th Holden VS Commodore Gibson Motorsport 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship 3rd Holden VS Commodore Holden Racing Team 1999 Shell Championship Series 3rd Holden VT Commodore Holden Racing Team 2000 Shell Championship Series 1st Holden VT Commodore Holden Racing Team 2001 Shell Championship Series 1st Holden VX Commodore Holden Racing Team 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 1st Holden VX Commodore Holden Racing Team 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 3rd Holden VY Commodore Holden Racing Team 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 12th Holden VY Commodore Holden Racing Team 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 5th Holden VZ Commodore Holden Racing Team 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 16th Holden VZ Commodore Holden Racing Team 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 8th Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 14th Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 31st Holden VE Commodore Tasman Motorsport 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 33rd Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 29th Holden VE Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 2012 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 21st Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Porsche Cars Australia

Supercars Championship results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Supercars results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Position Points 1987 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Nissan Gazelle CALR1 SYMR2 LAKR3 BARR4 ADER5 SURR6 SANR7 AMAR8 ORAR9 17th 9 1989 Nissan Motorsport Australia Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R AMAR1 SYMR2 LAKR3 BARR4 MALR5 SANR6 WINR7 ORAR8 9th 22 1990 Nissan Motorsport Australia Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R AMAR1 SYMR2 PHIR3 WINR4 LAKR5 MALR6 WANR7 ORAR8 14th 9 1991 Nissan Motorsport Australia Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R SANR1 SYMR2 WANR3 LAKR4 WINR5 AMAR6 MALR7 LAKR8 ORAR9 2nd 132 1992 Winfield Team Nissan Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R AMAR1 AMAR2 SANR3 SANR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 WINR7 WINR8 LAKR9 LAKR10 EASR11 EASR12 MALR13 MALR14 WANR15 WANR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 1st 234 1993 Winfield Racing Team Holden VP Commodore AMAR1 AMAR2 SYMR3 SYMR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 LAKR7 LAKR8 WINR9 WINR10 EASR11 EASR12 MALR13 MALR14 WANR15 WANR15 ORAR18 ORAR18 6th 87 1994 Gibson Motorsport Holden VP Commodore AMAR1 AMAR2 SANR3 SANR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 PHIR7 PHIR8 LAKR9 LAKR10 WINR11 WINR12 EASR13 EASR14 MALR15 MALR15 BARR18 BARR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 1st 285 1995 Gibson Motorsport Holden VR Commodore SANR1 SANR2 SYMR3 SYMR4 BATR5 BATR6 PHIR7 PHIR8 LAKR9 LAKR10 WINR11 WINR12 EASR13 EASR14 MALR15 MALR16 BARR17 BARR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 6th 149 1996 Gibson Motorsport Holden VR Commodore EASR1 EASR2 EASR3 SANR4 SANR5 SANR6 BATR7 BATR8 BATR9 SYMR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 PHIR13 PHIR14 PHIR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 LAKR19 LAKR20 LAKR21 BARR22 BARR23 BARR24 MALR25 MALR26 MALR27 ORAR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 9th 177 1997 Gibson Motorsport Holden VS Commodore CALR1 CALR2 CALR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 SANR7 SANR8 SANR9 SYMR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 WINR13 WINR14 WINR15 EASR16 EASR17 EASR18 LAKR19 LAKR20 LAKR21 BARR22 BARR23 BARR24 MALR25 MALR26 MALR27 ORAR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 13th 166 1998 Holden Racing Team Holden VS Commodore SANR1 SANR2 SANR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 LAKR7 LAKR8 LAKR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 PHIR12 WINR13 WINR14 WINR15 MALR16 MALR17 MALR18 BARR19 BARR20 BARR21 CALR22 CALR23 CALR24 HDVR25 HDVR26 HDVR27 ORAR28 ORAR29 ORAR30 3rd 768 1999 Holden Racing Team Holden VT Commodore EASR1 EASR2 EASR3 ADER4 ADER5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 HDVR14 SANR15 SANR16 SANR16 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 CALR21 CALR22 CALR23 SYMR24 SYMR25 SYMR26 WINR27 WINR28 WINR29 ORAR30 ORAR31 ORAR32 QLDR33 BATR34 3rd 1656 2000 Holden Racing Team Holden VT Commodore EAS R1 EAS R2 EAS R3 ADE R4 BAR R5 BAR R6 BAR R7 PHI R8 PHI R9 PHI R10 HID R11 HID R12 HID R13 SAN R14 SAN R15 SAN R16 QLD R17 QLD R18 QLD R19 CAL R20 CAL R21 CAL R22 SYM R23 SYM R24 SYM R25 WIN R26 WIN R27 WIN R28 ORA R29 ORA R30 ORA R31 QLD R32 BAT R33 1st 1570 2001 Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore PHIR1 PHIR2 ADER3 ADER4 EASR5 EASR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 CANR10 CANR11 CANR12 BARR13 BARR14 BARR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 QLDR21 WINR22 WINR23 BATR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 SANR30 1st 3478 2002 Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 EASR5 EASR6 EASR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 CANR11 CANR12 CANR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 WINR19 WINR20 QLDR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 1st 2227 2003 Holden Racing Team Holden VY Commodore ADER1 ADER1 PHIR3 EASR4 WINR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 HDVR11 QLDR12 ORAR13 SANR14 BATR15 SURR16 SURR17 PUKR18 PUKR19 PUKR20 EASR21 EASR22 3rd 1817 2004 Holden Racing Team Holden VX Commodore ADER1 ADER2 EASR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 PUKR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 QLDR13 WINR14 ORAR15 ORAR16 SANR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SYMR21 SYMR22 SYMR23 EASR24 EASR25 EASR26 12th 1294 2005 Holden Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 EASR9 EASR10 SHAR11 SHAR12 SHAR13 HDVR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 SURR24 SYMR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 PHIR28 PHIR29 PHIR30 5th 1754 2006 Holden Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 HDVR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 SANR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 SURR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 SYMR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 16th 2036 2007 Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 PUKR6 PUKR7 PUKR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 EASR12 EASR13 EASR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 ORAR21 ORAR22 ORAR23 SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 PHIR35 PHIR36 PHIR37 8th 379 2008 Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore ADER1 ADER2 EASR3 EASR4 EASR5 HAMR6 HAMR7 HAMR8 BARR9 BARR10 BARR11 SANR12 SANR13 SANR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 WINR21 WINR22 WINR23 PHIQ PHIR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 ORAR35 ORAR36 ORAR37 14th 1644 2009 Tasman Motorsport Holden VE Commodore ADER1 ADER2 HAMR3 HAMR4 WINR5 WINR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 TOWR11 TOWR12 SANR13 SANR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 PHIQ PHIR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SURR21 SURR22 PHIR23 PHIR24 BARR25 BARR26 SYDR27 SYDR28 31st 372 2010 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore YMCR1 YMCR2 BHRR3 BHRR4 ADER5 ADER6 HAMR7 HAMR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 WINR11 WINR12 HDVR13 HDVR14 TOWR15 TOWR16 PHIR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SYMR21 SYMR22 SANR23 SANR24 SYDR25 SYDR26 33rd 560 2011 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore YMCR1 YMCR2 ADER3 ADER4 HAMR5 HAMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 PHIR19 BATR20 SURR21 SURR22 SYMR23 SYMR24 SANR25 SANR26 SYDR27 SYDR28 29th 532

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year No. Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 1986 77 Peter Williamson Toyota Peter Williamson Toyota Celica Supra B – DNS DNS 1987 60 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Grant Jarrett Nissan Gazelle 2 138 19th 7th 1988 15 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing George Fury Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R A 17 DNF DNF 1989 2 Nissan Motorsport Australia Jim Richards Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R A 160 3rd 3rd 1990 1 Nissan Motorsport Australia Jim Richards Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 1 146 18th 16th 1991 1 Nissan Motorsport Australia Jim Richards Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 1 161 1st 1st 2 Drew Price Garry Waldon Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R 135 DNF DNF 1992 1 Winfield Team Nissan Jim Richards Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R A 143 1st 1st 1993 1 Winfield Racing Team Jim Richards Holden VP Commodore A 161 2nd 2nd 1994 2 Winfield Racing Jim Richards Holden VP Commodore A 39 DNF DNF 1995 1 Winfield Racing Jim Richards Holden VR Commodore 65 DNF DNF 1996 2 Gibson Team Sega John Cleland Holden VR Commodore 159 7th 7th 1997 05 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock Holden VS Commodore L1 52 DNF DNF 1998 1 Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes Holden VT Commodore OC 159 6th 6th 1999 2 Holden Racing Team Paul Morris Holden VT Commodore 161 3rd 3rd 2000 1 Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes Holden VT Commodore OC 161 6th 6th 2001 1 Holden Racing Team Tony Longhurst Holden VX Commodore 161 1st 1st 2002 1 Holden Racing Team Jim Richards Holden VX Commodore 161 1st 1st 2003 1 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden VY Commodore 161 8th 8th 2004 2 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden VY Commodore 159 14th 14th 2005 2 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden VZ Commodore 161 1st 1st 2006 2 Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Holden VZ Commodore 0 DNF DNF 2007 2 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden VE Commodore 149 DNF DNF 2008 1 Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Holden VE Commodore 160 12th 12th 2009 51 Tasman Motorsport Greg Murphy Holden VE Commodore 161 4th 4th 2010 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Craig Lowndes Holden VE Commodore 161 1st 1st 2011 888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Craig Lowndes Holden VE Commodore 161 2nd 2nd

Complete Sandown endurance results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 1986 Peter Williamson Toyota Peter Williamson Toyota Celica Supra B 125 10th 10th 1987 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Grant Jarrett Nissan Gazelle C 121 10th 1st 1988 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing George Fury Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R A 94 DNF DNF 1989 Nissan Motorsport Australia Jim Richards Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R A 161 1st 1st 1994 Winfield Racing Jim Richards Holden VP Commodore V8 161 2nd 2nd 1995 Winfield Racing Jim Richards Holden VR Commodore 155 8th 8th 1996 Gibson Team Sega Gary Waldon Mark Noske Holden VR Commodore 138 13th 13th 1997 Holden Racing Team Peter Brock Holden VS Commodore 150 12th 12th 1998 Holden Racing Team Craig Lowndes Holden VT Commodore OC 147 2nd 2nd 2003 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden VY Commodore 141 1st 1st 2004 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden VY Commodore 133 23rd 23rd 2005 Holden Racing Team Todd Kelly Holden VZ Commodore 161 2nd 2nd 2006 Holden Racing Team Garth Tander Holden VZ Commodore 149 26th 26th

Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 1987 Peter Jackson Nissan Racing Nissan Gazelle MNZ JAR DIJ NUR SPA BNO SIL BAT CLD WEL FJI NC 0

Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points 1992 3001 International SIL PAU CAT PER HOC NÜR SPA ALBNOGMAG NC 0

Complete Indonesian Grand Prix results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Car 1 2 Rank Points 1993 Lola T91/50 Holden SEN SEN 4th 16

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 1997 Newcastle United Lister Julian Bailey Thomas Erdos Lister Storm GTL GT1 77 DNF DNF

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 2017 BMW Team SRM Timo Glock Russell Ingall Tony Longhurst BMW M6 GT3 Class A – GT3 Pro 134 DNF DNF

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