# Mark Noske

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 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.
He 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.
He 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 |