Frank Gardner (racing driver)

Frank Gardner was an Australian racing driver born in Sydney in 1931 and best known for touring car racing, in which he won the British Saloon Car Championship three times. He also raced sports cars and open wheelers, was European Formula 5000 champion and started nine World Championship Formula One Grands Prix from 1964 without scoring a championship point. He won the 1972 New Zealand Grand Prix during the Tasman Series. Back in Australia he ran his own touring car team, for over a decade BMW's factory team there, which won two Australian Touring Car Championships and the 1988 and 1997 Bathurst 1000 races. He was also a champion surf boat rower in 1953.