Mark Skaife

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Mark Skaife
Skaife at the Australian GP in 2006
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1967-04-03) 3 April 1967 (age 54) Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Supercars Championship career
Championships	5 (1992, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Races	479
Wins	90
Podiums	203
Pole positions	41

Mark Skaife OAM (born 3 April 1967) is a retired Australian motor 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.^[1] Since retiring from driving, Skaife has worked as a commentator and presenter for the series for both the Seven Network and Fox Sports Australia.

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.^[2] He attended Wyong High School and is a known supporter of National Rugby League club the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

In 2004, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, for services to motor racing and charity.^[3] 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, driving a HSV Maloo at the Woomera Prohibited Area.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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, , crashed the team's Toyota Celica Supra MA61 at close to 260 km/h (162 mph) 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.^[7]

In 1987 Skaife won the Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship in a Gibson Motorsport prepared Nissan Gazelle,^[8] 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 fueled 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).^[9][10]

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).^[11]

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.^[12]

Between 1991 and 1993 Skaife won 3 consecutive Australian Drivers Championships (ADC), earning 3 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.^[13]

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.^[14]

1991 – Wins three ATCC rounds, including his maiden victory at Round 3 at Wanneroo, WA.^[15] 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.^[16]

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.^[17] 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.^[18] 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.^[19]

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,^[20] 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.^[21] 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.^[22]

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.^[23] 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).^[24]

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.^[25]

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.^[26] Ends season 14th in points with a 27th place round result in Oran Park finale.^[27] Announces sale of remainder of HRT to Walkinshaw.^[28]

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,^[29] an arrangement that he continued into 2010 and 2011.^[30] 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^[31] and Bathurst 1000 alongside Craig Lowndes.^[32]

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^[33] 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.^[34]

Mark 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 ‘’Inside Supercars’’.^[35] 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:

• Mark Skaife: Diary of a Champion (2002)
• Mark Skaife: The Racing Years (2009)
• Skaifey: Life In The Fastlane (2010)
• Mark Skaife: The Complete Illustrated Autobiography (2020)

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-R Nissan 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

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 19	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	ALB	NOG 16	MAG Ret	NC	0

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	CAL R1	SYM R2	LAK R3	BAR R4	ADE R5	SUR R6	SAN R7 12	AMA R8	ORA R9																															17th	9
1989	Nissan Motorsport Australia	Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R	AMA R1	SYM R2	LAK R3	BAR R4	MAL R5 5	SAN R6 10	WIN R7 3	ORA R8 10																																9th	22
1990	Nissan Motorsport Australia	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	AMA R1 Ret	SYM R2	PHI R3 DNS	WIN R4 Ret	LAK R5 6	MAL R6 Ret	WAN R7 Ret	ORA R8 8																																14th	9
1991	Nissan Motorsport Australia	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	SAN R1 2	SYM R2 2	WAN R3 1	LAK R4 2	WIN R5 2	AMA R6 3	MAL R7 1	LAK R8 4	ORA R9 1																															2nd	132
1992	Winfield Team Nissan	Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R	AMA R1 3	AMA R2 1	SAN R3 3	SAN R4 2	SYM R5 3	SYM R6 3	WIN R7 1	WIN R8 1	LAK R9 2	LAK R10 7	EAS R11 3	EAS R12 2	MAL R13 1	MAL R14 1	WAN R15 7	WAN R16 11	ORA R17 2	ORA R18 1																						1st	234
1993	Winfield Racing Team	Holden VP Commodore	AMA R1 2	AMA R2 2	SYM R3 16	SYM R4 6	PHI R5 9	PHI R6 11	LAK R7 13	LAK R8 13	WIN R9 Ret	WIN R10 8	EAS R11 Ret	EAS R12 5	MAL R13 1	MAL R14 2	WAN R15 1	WAN R15 1	ORA R18 11	ORA R18 Ret																						6th	87
1994	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VP Commodore	AMA R1 1	AMA R2 1	SAN R3 1	SAN R4 1	SYM R5 1	SYM R6 1	PHI R7 2	PHI R8 3	LAK R9 4	LAK R10 4	WIN R11 3	WIN R12 2	EAS R13 2	EAS R14 3	MAL R15 2	MAL R15 1	BAR R18 Ret	BAR R18 9	ORA R19 Ret	ORA R20 Ret																				1st	285
1995	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VR Commodore	SAN R1	SAN R2	SYM R3 13	SYM R4 10	BAT R5 4	BAT R6 1	PHI R7 11	PHI R8 6	LAK R9 7	LAK R10 6	WIN R11 Ret	WIN R12 7	EAS R13 3	EAS R14 1	MAL R15 Ret	MAL R16 5	BAR R17 7	BAR R18 4	ORA R19 4	ORA R20 Ret																				6th	149
1996	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VR Commodore	EAS R1	EAS R2	EAS R3	SAN R4	SAN R5	SAN R6	BAT R7	BAT R8	BAT R9	SYM R10	SYM R11	SYM R12	PHI R13	PHI R14	PHI R15	CAL R16	CAL R17	CAL R18	LAK R19	LAK R20	LAK R21	BAR R22	BAR R23	BAR R24	MAL R25	MAL R26	MAL R27	ORA R28	ORA R29	ORA R30										9th	177
1997	Gibson Motorsport	Holden VS Commodore	CAL R1	CAL R2	CAL R3	PHI R4	PHI R5	PHI R6	SAN R7	SAN R8	SAN R9	SYM R10	SYM R11	SYM R12	WIN R13	WIN R14	WIN R15	EAS R16	EAS R17	EAS R18	LAK R19	LAK R20	LAK R21	BAR R22	BAR R23	BAR R24	MAL R25	MAL R26	MAL R27	ORA R28	ORA R29	ORA R30										13th	166
1998	Holden Racing Team	Holden VS Commodore	SAN R1	SAN R2	SAN R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	SYM R6	LAK R7	LAK R8	LAK R9	PHI R10	PHI R11	PHI R12	WIN R13	WIN R14	WIN R15	MAL R16	MAL R17	MAL R18	BAR R19	BAR R20	BAR R21	CAL R22	CAL R23	CAL R24	HDV R25	HDV R26	HDV R27	ORA R28	ORA R29	ORA R30										3rd	768
1999	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	HDV R11	HDV R12	HDV 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							3rd	1656
2000	Holden Racing Team	Holden VT Commodore	PHI R1	PHI R2	BAR R3	BAR R4	BAR R5	ADE R6	ADE R7	EAS R8	EAS R9	EAS R10	HDV R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	CAN R14	CAN R15	CAN R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	WIN R20	WIN R21	WIN R22	ORA R23	ORA R24	ORA R25	CAL R26	CAL R27	CAL R28	QLD R29	SAN R30	SAN R31	SAN R32	BAT R33							1st	1570
2001	Holden Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	PHI R1	PHI R2	ADE R3	ADE R4	EAS R5	EAS R6	HDV R7	HDV R8	HDV R9	CAN R10	CAN R11	CAN R12	BAR R13	BAR R14	BAR R15	CAL R16	CAL R17	CAL R18	ORA R19	ORA R20	QLD R21	WIN R22	WIN R23	BAT R24	PUK R25	PUK R26	PUK R27	SAN R28	SAN R29	SAN R30										1st	3478
2002	Holden Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	PHI R3	PHI R4	EAS R5	EAS R6	EAS R7	HDV R8	HDV R9	HDV R10	CAN R11	CAN R12	CAN R13	BAR R14	BAR R15	BAR R16	ORA R17	ORA R18	WIN R19	WIN R20	QLD R21	BAT R22	SUR R23	SUR R24	PUK R25	PUK R26	PUK R27	SAN R28	SAN R29											1st	2227
2003	Holden Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	ADE R1 2	ADE R1 1	PHI R3 6	EAS R4 19	WIN R5 6	BAR R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	HDV R9	HDV R10	HDV R11	QLD R12	ORA R13	SAN R14	BAT R15	SUR R16	SUR R17	PUK R18	PUK R19	PUK R20	EAS R21	EAS R22																		3rd	1817
2004	Holden Racing Team	Holden VX Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	EAS R3	PUK R4	PUK R5	PUK R6	HDV R7	HDV R8	HDV R9	BAR R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	QLD R13	WIN R14	ORA R15	ORA R16	SAN R17	BAT R18	SUR R19	SUR R20	SYM R21	SYM R22	SYM R23	EAS R24	EAS R25	EAS R26														12th	1294
2005	Holden Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	PUK R3	PUK R4	PUK R5	BAR R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	EAS R9	EAS R10	SHA R11	SHA R12	SHA R13	HDV R14	HDV R15	HDV R16	QLD R17	ORA R18	ORA R19	SAN R20	BAT R21	SUR R22	SUR R23	SUR R24	SYM R25	SYM R26	SYM R27	PHI R28	PHI R29	PHI R30										5th	1754
2006	Holden Racing Team	Holden VZ Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	PUK R3	PUK R4	PUK R5	BAR R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	WIN R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	HDV R14	QLD R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	ORA R18	ORA R19	ORA R20	SAN R21	BAT R22	SUR R23	SUR R24	SUR R25	SYM R26	SYM R27	SYM R28	BHR R29	BHR R30	BHR R31	PHI R32	PHI R33	PHI R34						16th	2036
2007	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1 14	ADE R2 7	BAR R3 3	BAR R4 3	BAR R5 2	PUK R6 10	PUK R7 6	PUK R8 9	WIN R9 21	WIN R10 17	WIN R11 26	EAS R12 1	EAS R13 1	EAS R14 3	HDV R15 1	HDV R16 5	HDV R17 5	QLD R18 2	QLD R19 8	QLD R20 17	ORA R21 1	ORA R22 20	ORA R23 Ret	SAN R24	BAT R25 Ret	SUR R26 17	SUR R27 8	SUR R28 Ret	BHR R29 7	BHR R30 18	BHR R31 21	SYM R32 7	SYM R33 4	SYM R34 4	PHI R35 2	PHI R36 5	PHI R37 7			8th	379
2008	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	EAS R3	EAS R4	EAS R5	HAM R6	HAM R7	HAM R8	BAR R9	BAR R10	BAR R11	SAN R12	SAN R13	SAN R14	HDV R15	HDV R16	HDV R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	WIN R21	WIN R22	WIN R23	PHI Q	PHI R24	BAT R25	SUR R26	SUR R27	SUR R28	BHR R29	BHR R30	BHR R31	SYM R32	SYM R33	SYM R34	ORA R35	ORA R36	ORA R37		14th	1644
2009	Tasman Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	HAM R3	HAM R4	WIN R5	WIN R6	SYM R7	SYM R8	HDV R9	HDV R10	TOW R11	TOW R12	SAN R13	SAN R14	QLD R15	QLD R16	PHI Q 21	PHI R17 11	BAT R18 4	SUR R19	SUR R20	SUR R21	SUR R22	PHI R23	PHI R24	BAR R25	BAR R26	SYD R27	SYD R28											31st	372
2010	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VE Commodore	YMC R1	YMC R2	BHR R3	BHR R4	ADE R5	ADE R6	HAM R7	HAM R8	QLD R9	QLD R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HDV R13	HDV R14	TOW R15	TOW R16	PHI R17 1	BAT R18 1	SUR R19	SUR R20	SYM R21	SYM R22	SAN R23	SAN R24	SYD R25	SYD R26														33rd	560
2011	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden VE Commodore	YMC R1	YMC R2	ADE R3	ADE R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	PHI R19 1	BAT R20 2	SUR R21	SUR R22	SYM R23	SYM R24	SAN R25	SAN R26	SYD R27	SYD R28												29th	532

Complete Bathurst 1000 results[]

Year	No.	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall Position	Class Position
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	Overall Position	Class Position
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 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall Position	Class Position
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	Overall Position	Class Position
2017	BMW Team SRM	Timo Glock Russell Ingall Tony Longhurst	BMW M6 GT3	Class A – GT3 Pro	134	DNF	DNF

References[]

• "Farewell Skaifey", 2008 NRMA Motoring & Services Gran Finale official race programme

External links[]

• Official Mark Skaife Website
• MotorSM.com – Mark Skaife
• Mark Skaife at IMDb

Sporting positions
Preceded by Simon Kane	Winner of the Australian Drivers' Championship 1991, 1992 and 1993	Succeeded by Paul Stokell
Preceded by Win Percy Allan Grice	Winner of the Bathurst 1000 1991 and 1992 (with Jim Richards)	Succeeded by Larry Perkins Gregg Hansford
Preceded by Jim Richards	Winner of the Australian Touring Car Championship 1992	Succeeded by Glenn Seton
Preceded by Glenn Seton	Winner of the Australian Touring Car Championship 1994	Succeeded by John Bowe
Preceded by Craig Lowndes	Winner of the V8Supercar Championship Series 2000, 2001 and 2002	Succeeded by Marcos Ambrose
Preceded by Garth Tander Jason Bargwanna	Winner of the Bathurst 1000 2001 and 2002 (with Tony Longhurst and Jim Richards)	Succeeded by Greg Murphy Rick Kelly
Preceded by Jason Bright	Winner of the Clipsal 500 2002–2003	Succeeded by Marcos Ambrose
Preceded by Greg Murphy Rick Kelly	Winner of the Bathurst 1000 2005 (with Todd Kelly)	Succeeded by Craig Lowndes Jamie Whincup
Preceded by Garth Tander Will Davison	Winner of the Bathurst 1000 2010 (with Craig Lowndes)	Succeeded by Garth Tander Nick Percat
Records
Preceded by Peter Brock 37 wins (1973 – 2004)	Most ATCC round wins 42 (1987 – 2011), 38th win at the 2007 Eastern Creek round of the V8 Supercar Championship	Succeeded by Craig Lowndes 49 wins (1996 – present)