{"id":890295,"date":"2026-09-13T08:34:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/890295\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:34:18","slug":"mark-winterbottom-signs-two-year-tickford-racing-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/890295\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Winterbottom signs two-year Tickford Racing contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-Enduro-Test-Day-QR-Z81_9310.jpg\" class=\"sc-hero-img\" alt=\"Mark Winterbottom signs Tickford contract extension\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Winterbottom. Image: Richard Gresham <\/p>\n<p>The Supercars veteran returned to the Ford squad in 2025 following the controversial conclusion of his full-time career.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Frosty\u2019 has played a part in the team\u2019s Dunlop Super2 Series program too as a mentor for the Tickford Autosport drivers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery excited to be locking in my extension with the team for another two years,\u201d said Winterbottom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking with Cam has been great and we have had a really good relationship that goes back to when he first joined the Tickford team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal is to win the big one and get Cam over the line because he has been close plenty of times, so to do that with him would be really good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also really enjoy working with the Autosport program, it fulfils a part of competing that comes without jumping in the car so there is so much that I continue to get out of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelping that next generation chase that full-time Supercars seat has been really rewarding and our goal is to continue that success within the program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickford Racing CEO Simon Brookhouse hailed Winterbottom\u2019s influence on the team\u2019s junior program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly excited to have Mark continue with the team for another two years,\u201d said Brookhouse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis talent, understanding of the sport and way he works with the Autosport program is second to none and a lot of credit deserves to go his way for how the team have grown since he returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to executing a strong Ryco Enduro Cup with Mark in car #6 and then getting him back involved with the Autosport drivers as they close out their season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Winterbottom and Waters will start Sunday\u2019s AirTouch 500 at The Bend from third, which gets underway at 1:45pm ACST.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-2026-the-bend-500-starting-grid-where-every-car-driver-starts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Bend 500 grid: Where every car will start<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Winterbottom. Image: Richard Gresham The Supercars veteran returned to the Ford squad in 2025 following the controversial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,127881,806,805,803,804,85,43956],"class_list":["post-890295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mark-winterbottom","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports","tag-tickford-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}