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Frosty: The incredible true story of the boy from Doonside who became a Bathurst king

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Frosty: The incredible true story of the boy from Doonside who became a Bathurst king

By: Mark Winterbottom, James Phelps
Narrated by: Mark Winterbottom
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The incredible true story of the boy from Doonside who became a Bathurst king.


Mark Winterbottom's story is unlike any other in motorsport. It's not about privilege or million-dollar sponsors - it's the tale of a working-class kid with a dream so big it defied the odds. Mark's family couldn't afford to buy him the motorcycle he needed to kick-start his career, so they purchased a raffle ticket instead. The chances of winning that shiny, new PeeWee 50 were as slim as a boy from Doonside, near Blacktown, one day winning the Bathurst 1000. He would win both.

Having won a bike to secure his start, Mark and his family poured everything into his unlikely motorsport dream. But it was more than just luck that would define Mark's career, which included stints at Ford Performance Racing (Tickford Racing) and Team 18. Frosty's story is a motorsport fairy tale that is also proof that with heart, hustle and an unyielding will to succeed, you can achieve greatness.

Mark went on to win 10 Australian national kart titles and 25 state championships before transitioning into Formula Ford in 2001. His meteoric rise continued in 2003 when he clinched the Konica V8 Supercar Series Championship and was honoured with the Mike Kable Young Gun Award. Mark would also become one of Ford's most famous drivers when he broke through to beat Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup by winning the 2015 Supercars Championship in his flying Falcon. Frosty is more than a story of fast cars, chequered flags and brushes with some of motorsport's greats, including Lewis Hamilton and Peter Brock. It's about resilience, family and overcoming life's biggest challenges. In this inspiring memoir, Mark shares the raw truth of his hardest battles: the irreparable fallout with his father, supporting his mother through cancer, and pushing forward when most would have given up.

From the streets of western Sydney to the summit of Mount Panorama, Mark Winterbottom's story is a powerful reminder that impossible dreams can be chased - and won.

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Mark Winterbottom tells all he left no stone unturned . I enjoyed listening to the other side of the sport plus how he started with a peewee 50 motorbike and became not just a champion but a bathurst winner.

Rags to riches Mark tells all

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I enjoyed the book immensely. I fell out of love with Frosty when he went to Holden, but hearing that he still bled blue during his time there made me love him even more.

Heartfelt

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As a holden fan I know much about the Holden side of things and there drivers .. it was weird to here frosty speak of people like Markus Ambrose in such a positive light and the ford people in general for 30 years these people were the enemy so it was good to here the other side of things an excellent book good job frosty

From a Holden fan

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Loved the honesty of frosty words and telling his story even all the ups and the downs

Amazing

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I like his honesty his ups and downs how he started with no money at all

His life in the fast lane and family

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