18 Facts About Jason Bargwanna

Jason Eric Bargwanna was born on 26 April, 1971 and is an Australian motor racing driver.

Best known as a Supercars Championship competitor, Bargwanna raced in the series for 25 years, the pinnacle of which was winning, with Garth Tander, the 2000 Bathurst 1000 in a Garry Rogers Motorsport prepared Holden Commodore.

Jason Bargwanna was the Driving Standards Observer for the Supercars Championship from 2014 until 2016.

Jason Bargwanna commenced his racing career in the late 1980s, initially competing in the Formula Vee category.

Jason Bargwanna made his Bathurst 1000 debut while still a teenager in 1990 and won the 1992 Bathurst 1600 cc class at 20, with his cousin Scott, however a lack of funding limited his motor sport participation for the next few seasons and he pursued a career in the financial sector.

Jason Bargwanna impressed in his seven-year-old Reynard, racing against younger drivers with the latest cars from Van Diemen and Swift and against drivers of the calibre of Jason Bright and Mark Webber.

Jason Bargwanna's 1995 showing allowed him to attract the budget to run a campaign with late model equipment in 1996 and he finished second in the championship to Van Diemen's factory supported driver, David Besnard.

Jason Bargwanna represented Australia in the EFDA Nations Cup in both 1995 and 1996.

Jason Bargwanna is best known for winning the 2000 Bathurst 1000 with Garth Tander for that team.

Jason Bargwanna scored two round wins at the Winton event in 1999 and 2000 and at the inaugural championship round supporting the Gold Coast Indy 300, the V8 Supercar Challenge, in 2002.

In 2003, Jason Bargwanna switched to Ford and drove for Larkham Motor Sport from 2003 to 2005.

Jason Bargwanna did however co-drive a Holden Commodore for Rod Nash Racing alongside Tony D'Alberto in the 2008 Phillip Island 500 and the Bathurst 1000 endurance races.

Jason Bargwanna joined Tasman Motorsport for 2009 and, following the closure of that team at the end of the season, he joined Kelly Racing for 2010.

Jason Bargwanna was voted in the top 50 all time Australian Touring car drivers in 2010.

In 2014, Jason Bargwanna was appointed as the Driver Standards Observer for the Supercars Championship.

In late 2011, Jason Bargwanna left the V8 Supercars Australia and joined the New Zealand V8.

In 2020, Jason Bargwanna was to make his debut in the TCR Australia and TCR Asia Pacific Cup driving a Peugeot 308.

Jason Bargwanna owns four Red Rooster franchises in Hampton Park, Fountain Gate, Hastings, and Pakenham West.