THE Holden Racing Team’s Mark Skaife will capture yet another record in his stellar career at Phillip Island’s Grand Finale when he joins the elite ATCC/V8 Supercar 200 Club.
Skaife joins the retiring John Bowe (225), Peter Brock (212), Glenn Seton (205) and Dick Johnson (202) as the 2007 season ends.
Skaife has also set a benchmark for the career wins/rounds ratio for drivers completing over 200 rounds with victory every 5.2 rounds over his career.
Skaife also holds the record for most ever round wins (38) and most championships (5, together with Ian Geoghegan and Dick Johnson), plus five Bathurst 1000 victories. “When I started out twenty years ago I never envisaged those sort of statistics, ” said Skaife.
“Chalking up 200 is not easy in such a competitive environment and I suppose now that John Bowe is retiring there’s incentive to reel him in over the next couple of seasons.
“200 is a nice milestone and it seems that it’s taken no time at all to get there. “V8 racing being what it is, there’s highlights and lowlights, but there’s been some special race moments over the journey.
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