Her career reflects both talent and toughness—highlighted by early victories. W.F.O Racing is more than a team its chasing 🏁 Mark Ith Jr career began in 2002 in the modified class at Rocky Mountain Raceways. At the young age of 20, Mark Jr was one of the youngest drivers to ever challenge the aggressive, hard hitting group of local modified drivers. Having grown up watching his father, Mark Sr, win Championships in the trucks, late models, and super stocks Jr had winning in his blood. In his first season Mark Jr finished 2nd in the rookie of the yr points, and 11th overall in the series. In 2003, Mark Jr won 3 heat races, had 15 top 5 finishes, and 5 top 10 finishes while holding onto 6th place in the overall points standings at RMR. The Las Vegas, IMCA Fall Classic put Jr on the map. 47 modified cars attended this event from all across the country, Mark Jr accrued his first main event victory against stiff national competition. Mark Jr has proven ability to quickly get the feel for the track, set his car accordingly, and then charge hard for victory lane. In 2004, Mark returned to Las Vegas for the Spring IMCA Open where he finished 2nd in a field of 48 cars. At Rocky Mountain Raceway, he accrued 2 heat race wins, 13 top 5 finishes and 8 top 10 finishes. Mark finished 6th place in the final points standings. At RMR in 2005, Mark accrued 4 feature wins, 8 top 5 finishes, and 4 top 10 finishes. Mark again finished 6th in the points standings. In Oct, Mark returned to Las Vegas Motor speedway for the IMCA Fall Classic where he finished 4th in a field of 50+ cars. In 2006, Mark accrued 3 feature wins, 12 top 5 finishes, and 14 top 10 finishes. This proved to be Mark's best season to date, finishing 3rd in the points standings. again returned to Las Vegas for the IMCA Fall Classic, where he finished an impressive 2nd after starting in 10th position.
2007 proved to be another great year for Mark Jr. He went out week after week steadily finishing in the top 5. He climbed in the points battle week after week and with two races left was 3rd in the points. Mark qualified well in the last points race and was moving through the field when another bumped he and sent him head on into the wall causing him to finish in the back, but he was able to hold onto 3rd in the points. The crew put the car back together and again headed to Las Vegas for the Fall Classic. Mark and a fellow Salt Lake driver tied for the top qualifying spot out of 47 cars. In 2008, Mark accrued 5 top 5 finishes, 3 top 10 finishes and numerous heat race victories. Mark climbed the points ladder to finish in 6th position. Mark again ended up in Las Vegas for the Fall Classic race to score 4th in qualifying, he had a strong race only to be disappointed by mechanical failure.
2009 was a successful year, Mark had 2 feature wins 3 top five finishes and 7 top 10 finishes, all and all a great year. At midseason Mark was involved in an accident and was forced to missed two races due to repairing the #84 car. Even after missing 2 races falling down to 15th in the points, Mark came back and the end of the season to finish a strong 7th in the points standings among 20 plus cars. In Nov, Mark again returned to Vegas where he again qualified in the top 10 and ran well the entire race where he finished 11th in the field of 26 cars. At RMR in 2010, Mark Jr. accrued 6 top 5 finishes many top 10 finishes in route to a third place finish in the points standings. This year was looking like the best season yet for the #84 modified, but the some bad luck slowed him down at the end of the season. Mark Jr and the #84 crew then headed to Las Vegas for the Fall Classic. The 84 car was ready for the challenge of running with the Lucas Oil Rock star series drivers from the west coast. qualified into the race and finished 6th place in the A main.
2011 was and up and down year for Mark Jr and the 84 team. The team was able to pick up two main event victories and multiple top 10 finishes. The team and the 84 car had its share of bad luck in 2011 but we able to rebound and had a very strong finish to the season and finished 4th in the final season standings. The 84 team again traveled to Las Vegas to race with the Lucas Oil Modified series, where Mark Jr qualified very solidly in the race. Mark was running great in the race until a mechanical failure cut his race short. In 2012 Mark Jr probably had the strongest year he has had to date. He won three main event and numerous heat races. Mark Jr was running second in the points when a spring failure in the last race of the season gave the team a small set back. Mark struggled to keep the car going as best he could and was able to hold onto 3rd place in the final season standings. After the season was over Mark and the team headed to Las Vegas to run with the Lucas Oil Modified series. The team had the car performing great and were solidly in the top 10 with practice times when an engine failure stalled the weekend for Mark and the 84 team. In 2013 the team brought a new chassis to Ut, and had a very successful first year with the new car. Mark picked up 2 feature wins and many heat race wins. Mark also had two fast time awards. With the new car and new engine the team also ran two races with the Lucas Oil Modified series and finished both races in the top 10 with over 50 cars trying to compete.
2014 brought all the team goals and dreams together, Mark Jr won the season Championship!! Mark and team won three features events and qualified fast time for 9 out 10 events. 2014 was definitely a great year for the team. The team also qualified 2nd out of 50 for the Lucas Oil Modified race in SL and finished the feature in the top ten. The team also had a top 10 finish in Las Vegas with the Lucas Oil Series.
2015, WOW where do we start.. and the team were able to pick up three main event victories and 5 fast time awards. Mark Jr won the overall points for the night 9 out of 10 events on the season, and was able to DEFEND his track championship. Mark Jr and the #84 team are now back to back season champions. It was definitely a memorable season. Mark also qualified 8th for the Lucas Oil race in July at RMR out of 38 cars. Mark also drove a mini cup car for a friend the last four races of the season and was able to win 3 of the 4. In 2016 the team had its share of ups and downs. The season did not begin how the team would have hoped, but they refused to give up and got stronger and stronger as the season progressed. With their strong dedication and never give up attitude, Mark and the team were able to bring home the season championship and become the now THREE TIME track champions. Mark has one feature win on the season and numerous heat races victories along with 5 fast time awards. Mark also raced with the Lucas Oil Modifieds twice in 2016 and was very competitive in both races. Mark and team qualified inside the top 15 in both races. retired in 2017 and let his daughter Kylie take over. She is now the face of W.F.O Racing. She raced a Ford Focus Midget in Twin Falls Idaho in 2018 where she picked up Rookie of the year and Beauty car. In 2019 she raced her midget again where she broke the track record and still holds it to this day and won her first main event she finished 4th in points and won Beauty car! At the end of the season she was ready to move up a class so we sold the midget and bought a modified where she traveled to Las Vegas to compete in the Fall Classic. She finished in the top 10 first time in the car with some of the biggest names on the west coast. At this race she impressed alot of people and got a chance to return to Vegas to race in the Jr. late model class with Keller Motorsports. Kylie finished 5th first time in the car! She loved the late models much we sold the modified and bought her one. In 2020 she got a limited race schedule cause of the corona pandemic. We traveled to Madera Speedway in California where she competed with some of the best, youngest drivers on the west coast. Her luck was not good at all. She was wrecked every single race except the last race of the season where she finished 10th. In all the ups and downs she never gave up and still continued to race her heart out and race each lap. We are hoping 2021 will be a better year and she will be able to run more races and get more seat time. If you are interested in getting your name or company on her car please call or email Mark.
