The following year, Skaife joined the Ford Laser Series, finishing second in the series.

Skaife joined the Holden Racing Team for the 1997 Bathurst 1000, partnering Peter Brock.

Mid-way through the year when his then main employer Gibson Motor Sport was having a limited run due to a lack of funds, Skaife joined the Newcastle United Lister Storm team at the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Lowndes returned to HRT in 1998 and joined Skaife as the drivers for the championship.

Murphy and Mark Noske joined the team for the enduros and after qualifying the cars first and second at Sandown, Lowndes and Skaife finished in second position.

Former Ford driver Glenn Seton, a lifelong friend of Skaife, joined the team to participate in the endurance races at Sandown and Bathurst.

After a disappointing end to 2008, where he slipped from title contender to score only a third place finish in the championship, Garth Tander continues with HRT, where he was joined by Will Davison, previously of the Dick Johnson Racing Ford team, following the full-time retirement of Mark Skaife.

The round was won by Marcos Ambrose in a fitting conclusion to his 2003 championship win, but made headlines when Ambrose's teammate Russell Ingall and Holden Racing Team rival Mark Skaife spectacularly brought the sport into disrepute with an on-track / off-track stoush.

Already disliked by a section of the parochial Bathurst crowd, who preferred the race to be a contest between the traditional V8 touring car marques of Holden and Ford, the leading Skyline of Jim Richards and Mark Skaife was awarded victory after the race was stopped following a huge rainstorm that caused a number of crashes, including that of the winning car.

However, since the regulations for the V8 Supercar Championship Series forbid a manufacturer owning a race team, Holden had to divest the teams assets and sell the Holden Racing Team to lead driver Mark Skaife, and K-Mart Racing ( later HSV Dealer Team ) to John and Margaret Kelly ( the parents of V8 Supercar drivers Todd and Rick ).

In 2007 Walkinshaw Performance acquired a 50 % stake in the Holden Racing Team, and in 2008 fully re-acquired the team from Skaife Sports.

* 13 October – Mark Skaife and Jim Richards win the Bob Jane T-marts Bathurst 1000 defending the Holden Racing Team's 2001 win.

* 7 October – Mark Skaife and Tony Longhurst survive a late race challenge from Brad Jones and John Bowe to win the V8Supercar Bathurst 1000 for the Holden Racing Team.

Skaife won the Formula Holden Australian Drivers ' Championship each year from 1991 – 1993.

Skaife sold his interest in Holden Racing Team to Tom Walkinshaw, who owned the team before his UK business collapsed in 2002.

He resumed his racing seat with the Holden Racing Team, alongside new team-mate Mark Skaife, shuffling Greg Murphy into a test-driving role.

* 9 October – Mark Skaife and Todd Kelly win the Super Cheap Auto Bathurst 1000 for the Holden Racing Team.

From 2000 to 2003 the Adelaide 500 was dominated by Holden teams, with three wins to Mark Skaife and one to Jason Bright.

A commercial settlement ( payment ) was struck between Skaife and TEGA that ensured that Skaife, and not Holden Motor Sport owner Tom Walkinshaw, had ownership and control over the team.

Skaife paired up with Greg Murphy at Sprint Gas Racing for the 2009 enduros.

At the Bathurst 1000, Skaife and Kelly were in 2nd right right up Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly's hammer with ten laps to go, when they were given a mechanical black flag to repair damage to the left rear door sustained in an accident with one of the Brad Jones Racing cars.

For the endurance races, a deal was done between HRT and the Toll HSV Dealer Team so that Garth Tander would drive for HRT with Skaife, and Todd Kelly would drive for the Toll HSV Dealer Team with his brother Rick Kelly.

After this Garth Tander held the lead narrowly over Bathurst heroes Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife in the other Team Vodafone Commodore.

When Fury retired at the end of 1989, Skaife was elevated into a full-time driving role alongside Jim Richards.

Mark Skaife at Queensland Raceway 2008On 29 October 2008, Skaife announced that he would be retiring from full-time driving in the V8 Supercar Championship Series.

With a new rule prohibiting full-time drivers from being teammates for the endurances races ( Phillip Island and Bathurst ) in the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series, Skaife paired up with Craig Lowndes at Triple Eight Race Engineering for both events.

On 29 October Skaife also announced that 2008 would be his last season in a full-time drive in V8 Supercars.

In the middle of 2008, a working group known as the " Car of the Future " project and led by former driver Mark Skaife was organised by V8 Supercars to investigate future directions for the sport.

* Skaife / Collins / Kinney / LaFond ( 2006 ): This research paper indicates that borrowing costs are lower for companies that improved their internal control, by between 50 and 150 basis points (. 5 to 1. 5 percentage points ).

In 2006, Skaife set a Guinness World Record with the fastest speed of 277. 16 km / h for a production ute, driving a HSV Maloo at the Woomera Prohibited Area.

Skaife was recruited by Fred Gibson for 1987, however his early days at Gibson Motor Sport were spent as a mechanic for the team.

Skaife won his first Bathurst in 1991 with Richards, and the following year became the only driver to win the Australian Touring Car Championship, the Bathurst 1000 and the CAMS Gold Star for the Australian Drivers ' Championship in the same year.

In 1992 Skaife had briefly raced in the International Formula 3000 championship, he took part in the last two races driving for the 3001 International team.

2004 did not hold much for Skaife, and he finished 12th in the standings, with his best result 2nd overall at Oran Park.

Skaife designed the Homebush Street Circuit for touring cars in Sydney in 2009 as well as the unsuccessful Canberra Street Circuit ten year prior.

In 2000, Skaife only finished with fourth highest points for the weekend, but won the second race.

Partnering five-time champion Mark Skaife, Lowndes won the Bathurst 1000 for the fifth time, as well as the Phillip Island 500.

The team drivers remained the same for the 1999 season, with Skaife finishing third and Lowndes winning his third championship for the team, despite fracturing his kneecap in a crash at Calder Park Raceway.

For the 2000 season, once again Lowndes and Skaife drive for HRT.

2001 also saw a win at Bathurst for Skaife and Tony Longhurst as well as Skaife winning his second championship for the team.

At Phillip Island Skaife finished first together with Craig Lowndes over FPR's Mark Winterbottom and Luke Youlden.