14 Facts About Geoff Brabham

Geoff Brabham was born on 20 March 1952 and is an Australian racing driver.

Geoff Brabham raced successfully in CART early in his career, finishing 8th in 1982,1984 and 1987 with nine podiums.

Geoff Brabham won the 1993 24 Hours of Le Mans driving one of the factory Peugeot 905 alongside French drivers Eric Helary and Christophe Bouchut.

Geoff Brabham became just the third Australian driver to win Le Mans after Bernard Rubin and Vern Schuppan in 1983.

David Geoff Brabham would go on to win Le Mans in 2009, driving for the factory Peugeot team.

Later in his career, Geoff Brabham returned to Australia, where he was runner-up in the 1995 and 1997 Australian Super Touring Championship, and won the 1997 Bathurst 1000 Super Touring race driving a BMW 320i alongside brother David.

Geoff Brabham dabbled in V8 Supercar drives in his native Australia throughout his career.

Geoff Brabham is still one of the few drivers to win his first race, Sandown 500 in 1993.

Geoff Brabham took two race victories in the International Race of Champions stock car series, both at Michigan.

Geoff Brabham made his only NASCAR Winston Cup Series start at the first ever Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis in 1994, driving for Michael Kranefuss.

Geoff Brabham is the son of three-time Formula One World Champion Jack Brabham.

Geoff Brabham teamed with David to win the 1997 Bathurst 1000 in a BMW, becoming the only brothers to have combined to win the race.

Geoff Brabham was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2004.

In 2014, Geoff Brabham was assigned as the chief director of Nissan and its developer Nismo.