Why is mark winterbottom called frosty

Frosty Winterbottom. View source. History Talk 4. Do you like this video? Play Sound. This article is about a race car. To read about a person, see: Mark Winterbottom. Universal Conquest Wiki. The evergreen V8 veteran's slim chance to overhaul Winterbottom effectively disappeared when he crashed in qualifying for Saturday's first race, relegating him to last place on the grid. With Lowndes' challenge all but neutralised, Winterbottom surgically secured the results he needed to claim a title-winning points lead going into Sunday's kilometre season finale.

That will amount to 74 victory laps for the man known as "Frosty", who can finally relax and enjoy celebrating his success in his Prodrive Racing Ford Falcon after a long and tense wait. Winterbottom, 34, has battled for 10 years to claim the V8 Supercars crown — on top of the struggle it required to established himself as a leading professional racing driver.

While not all top drivers come from wealthy families, most come from comfortable upper middle-class backgrounds and rely on family funding to show their talent in karting and junior car racing. Far from a privileged upbringing, Winterbottom's childhood and adolescence were hard years growing up in modest surroundings at Doonside in Sydney's far west.

Frosty: Yeah, Christmas and New Year is purely all family time, absolutely no motor sport, but we go skiing for a bit up on the Murray River near Yarrawonga at a little place called Bundalong. We live the river life a bit. Frosty: It is. We stay in a family caravan with an annexe. The kids love it. They get in their undies and walk around, we cook on a barbie and a spit and just live life. We try to teach our kids normal values about life.

HuffPost Australia: Love it. Tell us about the part Renee plays in your life. Frosty: She plays a massive part. We are sub contractors who contract to a team, a business within a business, and my wife covers all of that stuff. Ford invested in me a long time ago and were my saving grace so my loyalty to them is huge. Frosty: The company is in transition as Ford goes from manufacturing to importing.

But there are still six Falcons on the grid compared to 15 Holdens, so to come come out on top was massively satisfying. Flying the flag for Ford this year was very satisyfying.

Frosty: Mid February is the first time we turn a wheel again. Winterbottom moved to the powerhouse Ford Performance Racing outfit later named Prodrive Racing and Tickford Racing in and remained with the outfit for 13 years in a stint that saw him win the Bathurst with Steven Richards and the Supercars Championship. Over the course of his time with the team he added over 30 wins and podiums to his name, establishing himself as a leading driver on the Supercars grid.

As the team expanded to two cars for with Scott Pye joining the fold, Winterbottom improved steadily to finish tenth in the points with a best result of fourth in Darwin. Winterbottom is hungry for more, and with a team on the rise the stage is set for Frosty to make a strong comeback in Repco Supercars Championship. Penalty 0. Average Qualifying Position Average finishing Position Driver Biography.