Mark got his start racing karts at age 10. He's enjoyed tremendous success at each successive level of competition. What started as an innocent way to spend some good family time together seems like a long time ago now. His career accomplishments include 36 main event wins, 25 poles, 4 track records and 3 championships.
Mark has raced or been trained in a variety of different race cars. His 2005 season began with time in Ford Focus Midgets on pavement and a 410 sprint car on dirt. He campaigned the full 2006 season in a PMP Mini-Sprint while enjoying various other seat time opportunities as well.
The recent completion of the required legal emancipation process allowed Mark to get his USAC license. Mark will be the youngest competitor in the USAC events that he'll run this year. The 2007 season sees him campaigning the full USAC Ford Focus California Pavement Series as well as a limited dirt sprint car schedule. He'll also have various other training opportunities in other venues.
As a member of the much acclaimed Ron Sutton's Winners Circle Team based in California, Mark will participate in a rigorous classroom training schedule throughout the year.
Born in Seattle in 1991, Mark recently celebrated his 16th birthday and still lives in the area. His 2007 race schedule is a grueling one and one that has him enjoying special airline privledges early in the season. His travels this year will take him to race tracks in AZ, CA, NV, UT and WA.
The 2007 race season begins with Mark as a sophomore at Juanita High in Kirkland, WA. His off track interests include race conditioning, snow skiing and wake boarding. Mark is a serious cyclist and it’s not unusual to see him knock off a quick 40 or 50 miles after school or a hundred on a Saturday. Mark is currently training to do the 200 mile Seattle to Portland (STP) bike ride in one day.