Frosty Winterbumper

This article is about a race car. To read about a person, see: Mark Winterbottom.

Template:Infobox racing driverMark "Frosty" Winterbottom was a touring car, that was a racing driver who, since 2003, competed in the V8 Supercar championship.

History

Mark "Frosty" Winterbottom was a touring car from Australia. Since 2003 he competed in the V8 Supercar championship with the number 4. He was the fastest race car in Australia, capable of reaching high speeds both on roads and on the off-roads while racing on dirt tracks in the outback of Australia. In 2011 he was invited to the opening party of the World Grand Prix at the National Art Center in Tokyo, Japan. During the party he spoke to Lewis Hamilton and briefly to Lightning McQueen. However, their conversation soon came to a stop when Mark pointed out Tow Mater talking to Zen Master, making McQueen remove himself from the conversation.

Physical description

Mark was a 2009 World Torque Champion League touring car with a 4.0 liter V-8 engine and had 470 horsepower. He had a top speed of 257 km/h (160 mph) and could reach 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in 3.8 seconds. He had Tru-Tread Traction A Temperature A P215/65R15 tires. His livery was yellow in the front and blue at the back. He had flag of Australia shaped like the country on his hood and front side doors while his back was painted like the Australian flag with the Union Jack on his back doors and stars on the roof and back. At his boot he had the Australian flag painted on there.

Official profiles

• Frosty is the fastest race car Down Under, proudly sporting the Australian flag. This Aussie hero is as fast on the road as he is on the dirt tracks of the Australian outback. The highlight of his career so far was showing off his speed to international audiences and racing with the world elite at the World Grand Prix.
  • source: disney.com.au
• Mark "Frosty" Winterbottom is the V8 Supercar Australian representative at the World Grand Prix welcome party. Frosty will have a chance to meet Lightning McQueen, which is special opportunity for any car. Frosty has competed in the V8 Supercar since 2003 and proud of it, with his Australian paint job to prove it.

File:CARS 2 - Meet Australia's Frosty - Disney Pixar - On Blu-ray & DVD & 3D Blu-ray NOVEMBER 9

Mark "Frosty" Winterbottom in Cars 2

Appearances

Feature films

• Cars 2 (Australian version)

Books

• Neon Racers

Trivia

• He is based on, named after and voiced by Australian V8 Supercar driver Mark Winterbottom. His paint job includes the map and flag of Australia.
• Frosty replaces Jeff Gorvette the time of one scene in the Australian version, which is part of a localization of the movie in several countries.
• Frosty has the same car body as Max Schnell, Long Ge, Memo Rojas, Jr., Vitaly Petrov, Pyotr Racinov, and Flash Nilsson.
• On his diecast and in his artwork, his eyes are blue, but in the movie, they are brown.
• Although, despite having two bios that implies that he races in the World Grand Prix. He actually doesn't in the film, making them misleading.
• Frosty is the one of the two Super Chase racers from the 1:55 scale die-cast line to have variants. Ranging from a Silver Racers one, Neon Racers, Ice Racers and Carbon Racers variant.
  • Vitaly Petrov received one variant via the Ice Racers line.
• While Frosty does not have a confirmed number in the series, he has been seen with two so far. He was seen with the number 4 in the Neon Racers book however the Transcontinental Race of Champions series has depicted him with the number 12.
• Despite Frosty racing in the V8 Supercar series he does not resemble a V8 Supercar race car himself. Rather, resembling a DTM race car like Max Schnell and many others.

Quotes

"Lewis Hamilton: "Hey, McQueen! Over here!
Lightning McQueen: "Lewis!"
Lewis Hamilton: "Hey, man."
Lightning McQueen: "Frosty!"
Frosty: "Hey, Lightning! Can you believe this party?""

—Lightning McQueen meets him and Lewis Hamilton at the party in Tokyo., [[{{{3}}}]]

"Frosty: "Check out that tow truck."
Lewis Hamilton: "Man, I wonder who that guy's with."
Lightning McQueen: "Ah... Will you guys excuse me just for one little second?""

—He notices Mater talking to Zen Master., [[{{{3}}}]]

Gallery

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  Frosty with Lewis Hamilton and Lightning McQueen

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