Mark Skaife

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mark Skaife
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Apr 3, 1967(1967-04-03)
Age	57
Birthplace	Gosford
Country	Australia
Birth City	New South Wales
Horoscope	Aries

Mark Skaife Biography

Mark Skaife is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on April 3, 1967 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. Multi-time winner of the Bathurst 1000 and the V8 Supercar Championship Series This experienced race driver was the recipient in 2004 of the highly coveted Medal of the Order of Australia.

He as well as his fellow Australian driver He and fellow Australian driver Craig Lowndes both won multiple V8 Supercar Championships. both have won numerous V8 Supercar Championships.

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 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with Williamson confined to a hospital bed in Bathurst and the Supra in need of major repair, the entry was withdrawn.

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 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).

His birthplace was Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, to race car driver Russell Skaife. Alongside his wife Toni The younger Skaife was a father to three children: Tilly, Mia, and Mitch.

Mark Skaife Net Worth

Mark Skaife is one of the richest Race Car Driver from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark Skaife 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began racing karts when he was as a teenager and participated in his first car race at seventeen.

In the latter part of 1990 in the late 1990s, he joined in Holden Racing Team. Holden Racing Team.

Mark Skaife OAM (born 3 April 1967 in Gosford, New South Wales) 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. Since retiring from driving, Skaife has worked as a commentator and presenter for the series for both the Seven Network and Fox Sports Australia.

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Who is Mark Skaife Dating?

According to our records, Mark Skaife married to Toni Skaife. As of December 1, 2023, Mark Skaife’s is not dating anyone.

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Between 1991–1993 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.

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Mark Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Mark Skaife celebrates birthday on April 3 of every year.

1993 – Stays with Gibson team during switch from Nissan GT-R R32 to Holden Commodore VP under new Group A 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.

What does Mark Skaife do now?

Since retiring from driving, Skaife has worked as a commentator and presenter for the series for both the Seven Network and Fox Sports Australia. In 2022, it was revealed that he is the Director of Motorsport for design and engineering consultancy – IEDM , which oversaw the reconfiguration of Albert Park Circuit.

Is Mark Skaife still married?

Yes, Skaife has been married to Toni since 2004. This is his second marriage, he married his first wife, Belinda, in 1993 but the pair filed for divorce a few years later.

Why did Mark Skaife retire?

In a long and wide-ranging interview with Greg Rust in the latest Rusty’s Garage podcast, released today, Skaife has explained how the demands of running the championship’s then-premier team, while fighting battles to establish its compliance with TEGA regulations , hastened his retirement.

How tall is Skaife?

5′ 10″

Who is buying V8 Supercars?

The RACE consortium will combine all of Australia’s major motor racing categories under one ownership and management group. RACE is buying V8 racing from private equity company Archer Capital and the teams, taking complete control of the sport.