Mark Noske (born 25 July 1975) is a former Australian racing car driver. He has scored round wins in various Australian championships including the

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, the

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and the

Australian Nations Cup Championship The Australian Nations Cup Championship was a motor racing title sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) from 2000 to 2004. History In the absence of the Australian GT Championship (which had not been run since 1985), Nat ...

Formula Racing

The son of former 1980's Sprintcar and

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racer Tony Noske, Mark started in

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in Australia in 1992 after three seasons of

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finishing fourth in

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and third in 1995 1995 Australian Formula Ford Pointscore championships. In

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and

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, he entered the

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class finishing sixth and third respectively. He made a brief return in

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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,

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at the 1996 Sandown 500 and

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and the

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in 1997/98. His only full season was in

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driving for the Holden Young Lions program. He continued as a co-driver for endurance events and was drafted into the vacant

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seat for the remainder of the

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. He tried GT racing in the Australian Nations Cup finishing third in

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and seventh in

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, both years driving a Ferrari 360 Challenge for Prancing Horse Racing. In

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he stood in for an ill

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as a guest driver at the

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third round in

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. He has also done selected

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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

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

References

External links

Speedsport Magazine Race Driver Database: Mark NoskeVESRIX: Driver Profile: Mark NoskeDriver Database Stats: Mark Noske
{{DEFAULTSORT:Noske, Mark 1975 births Living people Supercars Championship drivers Formula Holden drivers Formula Ford drivers People from Portland, Victoria Racing drivers from Victoria (Australia) Garry Rogers Motorsport drivers