Mark Anthony Noske (born 25 July 1975) is a former Australian racing car driver. He has scored round wins in various Australian championships including the Australian Drivers' Championship, the Australian Formula Ford Championship and the Australian Nations Cup Championship.
Formula Racing The son of former 1980's Sprintcar and Group A racer Tony Noske, Mark started in Formula Ford in Australia in 1992 after three seasons of Karting finishing fourth in 1994 and third in 1995 1995 Australian Formula Ford Pointscore championships. In 1997 and 1998, he entered the Formula Holden class finishing sixth and third respectively. He made a brief return in 2002 for two races only. He competed in the US Formula Ford 2000 series.
Touring/GT Racing Noske raced for Allan Moffat Racing at the 1995 Bathurst 1000, Gibson Motorsport at the 1996 Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 and the Holden Racing Team in 1997/98. His only full season was in 1999 driving for the Holden Young Lions program. He continued as a co-driver for endurance events and was drafted into the vacant Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport seat for the remainder of the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series.
Noske tried GT racing in the Australian Nations Cup finishing third in 2000 and seventh in 2001, both years driving a Ferrari 360 Challenge for Prancing Horse Racing. In 2011 he stood in for an ill Jason Richards as a guest driver at the Australian Carrera Cup Championship third round in Townsville.
Noske has also done selected Production Car Racing mainly in long-distance events. His best finish was in the 1995 Eastern Creek 12 Hour finishing third driving a Porsche 911 RSCS.
Results Career results Season Series Position Car Entrant 1992 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series 16th Van Diemen RF91 Ford Mark Noske 1993 Australian Formula Ford Championship 11th Swift SC93F Ford Mark Noske 1994 Australian Formula Ford Championship 4th Van Diemen RF94 Ford Valvoline Australia Pty Ltd 1995 Australian Formula Ford Championship 3rd Van Diemen RF95 Ford AMSA Team Agip 1997 Australian Drivers' Championship 6th Lola T93/50 Holden Mark Noske 1998 Australian Drivers' Championship 3rd Reynard 95D Holden Arthur Abrahams 1999 Shell Championship Series 19th Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore Young Lions Racing Holden Racing Team 2000 Australian Nations Cup Championship 3rd Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge Prancing Horse Racing 2001 Australian Nations Cup Championship 7th Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge Prancing Horse Racing 2002 Australian Drivers' Championship 13th Reynard 96D Holden John Herman 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 28th Ford AU Falcon Ford BA Falcon ICS Team Ford Caltex Havoline Race Team 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 35th Ford BA Falcon WPS 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 52nd Holden VZ Commodore Tasman Motorsport 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 42nd Holden VE Commodore Sprint Gas Racing 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 37th Holden VE Commodore Sprint Gas Racing 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 52nd Holden VE Commodore Gulf Western Oil Racing
Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Car# Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 1995 9 Allan Moffat Racing Ford EB Falcon Andrew Miedecke DNF 16 1996 6 Gibson Motorsport Holden VR Commodore Garry Waldon 9th 158 1997 97 Holden Young Lions Holden VS Commodore Jason Bargwanna DNS 0 1998 50 Holden Racing Team Holden VT Commodore Greg Murphy DNF 86 1999 15 Holden Young Lions Holden VT Commodore Todd Kelly 6th 161 2001 888 Prancing Horse Racing Ford AU Falcon Craig Baird DNF 27 2002 35 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VX Commodore Jamie Whincup DNF 72 2003 9 Stone Brothers Racing Ford BA Falcon Mark Winterbottom DNF 102 2004 14 Robert Smith Racing Holden VY Commodore Lee Holdsworth DNF 59 2005 15 HSV Dealer Team Holden VZ Commodore Tim Leahey DNF 32 2006 23 Tasman Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore Owen Kelly 15th 159 2007 3 Tasman Motorsport Holden VE Commodore Jay Verdnik DNF 138 2008 51 Tasman Motorsport Holden VE Commodore Dale Wood 13th 160 2009 3 Tasman Motorsport Holden VE Commodore Jason Bargwanna 6th 161 2010 30 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden VE Commodore Nathan Pretty 17th 161
References
External links Speedsport Magazine Race Driver Database: Mark Noske VESRIX: Driver Profile: Mark Noske