Congrats To Frosty.

Mark Winterbottom, PRA. (C)

    Finally, finally, finally Frosty has done it. 2015 has a new V8 Supercar champion and his name is Mark Winterbottom. Ford fans can rejoice. It's a celebratory time of year, so it's only fitting we offer our kudos to the Prodrive Racing Australia driver now sporting the coveted #1. 
    Mark Winterbottom won 10 Australian kart championships, 25 state kart championships and was crowned Australian Formula A Kart Champ (Rotax 125CC class) in 2001. He also debuted in Victorian Formula Ford in 2001. Winning the Ford Kart Stars Scholarship Championship earned him a Ford supported drive in Australian Formula Ford for 2002, of which he finished 2nd to Jamie Whincup. 2003 saw Frosty move into V8's via the development series, winning the championship on debut. Courtesy of Larkham Motor Sport, Frosty stepped up to the main V8 Supercar game for 2004 and 2005. 2006-2014 saw Frosty driving for the Ford factory backed Ford Performance Racing with mixed results leaving him tantalisingly close to championship glory. Despite winning the signature event, the Bathurst 1000 in 2013, he'd finished 3rd five times and runner up once in the championship. Mark Winterbottom was always there or thereabouts. With Ford involvement diminishing, FPR morphed into Prodrive Racing Australia for 2015, producing the pace setting Falcon FG X and the rest as they say, is history. 
    Congratulations to Mark Winterbottom on finally reaching the pinnacle of Australian motorsport. Question is, can he back it up? This time next year, will we be celebrating a back-to-back champion? The back half of 2015 saw Jamie Whincup and Red Bull virtually back to their title winning best. That new car for Whincup since the start of the enduros worked a treat didn't it?. Don't forget, one of the most talented and versatile drivers on the grid, Shane van Gisbergen, will be piloting a Red Bull in 2016. We better leave the speculating for another time. When's Adelaide? Well done Frosty. 

    Best wishes to all our friends for the New Year. Thanks for your support. See you at the track in 2016....      
    

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