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RIP Frank Gardner

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Bartman09

Active member
I have just read that Frank Gardner has passed away aged 78. Very sad to hear that another of our great drivers have died.
 
ROB17

ROB17

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Very sad news indeed bartman. I remember him best as a Team Manager in the 1980's for the JPS BMW team of Jim Richards, Neville Crichton and Tony Longhurst and later as Team Manager for Tony Longhurst at Freeport Motorsport/B&H Racing. He was often a man of few words but a very wily character whose terri-towling hat became a regular pit-lane fixture. He will be missed by the Motorsport fraternity all over the world. RIP.
 
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Bartman09

Active member
quote:Originally posted by ROB17

Very sad news indeed bartman. I remember him best as a Team Manager in the 1980's for the JPS BMW team of Jim Richards, Neville Crichton and Tony Longhurst and later as Team Manager for Tony Longhurst at Freeport Motorsport/B&H Racing. He was often a man of few words but a very wily character whose terri-towling hat became a regular pit-lane fixture. He will be missed by the Motorsport fraternity all over the world. RIP.
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His legacy will live on for many years especially with driver safety.
Quote from Brisbane Sunday Mail "One of Gardner's legacies is the Holden Performance Driving Centre he established near Norwell, south of Brisbane. Russell White, now head of the Fatality Free Friday program, worked with Gardner for 10 years at the centre.
"A lot of the current generation don't realise what Frank did," he said.
 
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Beejay

New member
Don't forget his overseas career:

* BTCC winner
* raced GT40s at Le Mans for Alan Mann
* raced 917 Porsches for the works

Then came back here and built the all-conquering John Player Corvair
 
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Bigcol

Active member
I had a chance meeting with him that turned into lunch with at the old Caltex servo at Coomera.

Nice bloke.

RIP
 
4EVER17

4EVER17

New member
See ya Frank & RIP Legand.
Then came back here and built the all-conquering John Player Corvair.
Awsome Machine!
 
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Doug

Guest
RIP Frank - a true gentleman of the sport, and I'll bet he's up there having a quiet one with Denny and having a catchup!
 
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Poita

Administrator
They had a great tribute to him last night before the start of the F1 on OneHD. Very talented man and raced a huge variety of motor cars. RIP Frank.
 
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Nascar12

New member
A racers racer by all accounts - he did it all - a great ambassador for Australian Motorsport. RIP Frank Gardner.
 
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Fordv8Fan

New member
They had a nice tribute to him today at the muscle car masters, with two of the JPS BMW's and the 1988 B&H sierra.
 
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