1. Garth Dirk Tander was born on 31 March 1977 and is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver competing in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship's Enduro Cup, co-driving for Grove Racing.
24 Facts About Garth Tander
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Garth Tander was the 2007 series champion for the HSV Dealer Team and is a five-time winner in Australia's most prestigious motor race, the Bathurst 1000.
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Garth Tander finished second in the 2000 championship taking the championship to the last round where he was beaten by now five-time championship winner Mark Skaife.
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Garth Tander was the winner of the first Bathurst 24hr race driving a modified Holden Monaro 427C running a 7.0L motor rather than the 5.7L Gen III that the road car runs.
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Garth Tander was widely tipped to drive the Monaro for GRM in the Australian Nations Cup Championship in 2003 but concentrated instead on V8 Supercars with the drive going to Nathan Pretty.
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In 2004 Garth Tander remained at Garry Rogers Motorsport but it was announced in the early part of the season that he would not be returning to the team in 2005.
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Garth Tander's season started poorly at Adelaide with a DNF in Race 1 and he was unable to even start Race 2.
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In November 2004 it was announced that Garth Tander would move to the HSV Dealer Team on a 3-year deal starting in 2005.
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Garth Tander was leading the V8 Supercar championship in 2006 after six rounds, but a disastrous round in Oran Park lost him the championship lead.
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Garth Tander participated in a highly controversial driver swap with the Holden Racing Team which involved Todd Kelly coming to the HSV Dealer Team.
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Late in the season, Garth Tander had a disappointment at Bathurst where brake issues forced his retirement, but at Surfers Paradise and Bahrain he scored solid points to take the lead in the championship back off Jamie Whincup.
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At the penultimate Symmons Plains round in Tasmania, Garth Tander won the first race, before a slow pitstop in the second race dropped him to tenth.
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Garth Tander claimed the 2007 V8 Supercars Championship, just two points ahead of Jamie Whincup with Craig Lowndes in third, and defending champ Rick Kelly in fourth.
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In 2008 Garth Tander moved to Holden Racing Team after three years at the HSV Dealer Team.
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Garth Tander came third in the 2008 V8 Supercars Championship season behind Mark Winterbottom and series champion Jamie Whincup.
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Garth Tander won the Bathurst 1000 twice in 2009 with Will Davison and in 2011 with Nick Percat.
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Garth Tander managed to clock up 5 podium finishes, including a win at both Townsville and Phillip Island.
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In 2015, Garth Tander won the Enduro Cup driving with Warren Luff, despite not winning any of the endurance races.
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In 2016, Garth Tander has slammed Jamie Whincup's "pretty desperate" move that triggered a disastrous chain-reaction, sending the Holden Racing Team driver crashing into the wall and ending his 2016 hopes.
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Garth Tander, who was fourth and in pursuit of his second enduro win after his stunning victory at Sandown, said immediately after the incident he blamed Whincup for starting the chain reaction.
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Garth Tander rejoined GRM at the start of the 2017 season.
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Garth Tander spent two years with GRM but was unexpectedly dumped by the team just before the start of the 2019 season.
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Garth Tander Won the 2020 and 2022 Bathurst 1000's with the team.
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Garth Tander was married to his ex-wife Leanne from 2004 to 2022.