Garth Tander

Garth Tander

Garth Tander at HRT
Nationality Australia Australian
Born (1977-03-31) 31 March 1977
Perth, Western Australia
Related to Leanne Tander (wife)
V8 Supercar Record
Car number 2
Current team Holden Racing Team
Series championships 1 (2007)
Races 549
Race wins 53
Podium finishes 141
Pole positions 29
2015 Championship position 6th (2584 pts)

Garth Tander (born 31 March 1977 in Perth, Western Australia) is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver. Since 1998 Tander has been a competitor in touring car racing series V8 Supercar Championship Series. He was the 2007 series champion for the HSV Dealer Team and is a three-time winner in Australia's most prestigious motor race, the Bathurst 1000. Since 2008 Tander has raced with the Holden Racing Team.

Tander also owns a motor racing team TanderSport, with his wife, fellow racing driver Leanne Tander.

Early career

As a child, Tander started racing go karts, and by the time he was 17 years old, he had won 7 state titles and one Australian title.[1]

Tander was Australian Formula Ford champion in 1997.[2]

After failing to find a budget to run in Formula Holden in 1998, Tander was offered the seat in one of Garry Rogers Motorsport's V8 Supercars.[1]

Garry Rogers Motorsport

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. After winning the famous Bathurst 1000 race in 2000 with Jason Bargwanna, he found limited success.

Tander was the winner of the first Bathurst 24hr race driving a modified Holden Monaro running a 7.0L (427cui) motor rather than the 5.7L Gen III that the road car runs. He co-drove this race with Steven Richards, Cameron McConville and Nathan Pretty while driving for V8 Supercar team boss Garry Rogers Motorsport. 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. In the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour Tander, again driving the very same Monaro from 2002 with the same co-drivers in the same team, came second to the team's second Monaro driven by Peter Brock, Greg Murphy, Jason Bright and Todd Kelly. Driving at the end, Tander finished only 0.2 seconds behind Greg Murphy with Tander setting the race's fastest lap on lap 526, the second last of the race. The GRM Monaro's led the race throughout and finished 13 laps ahead of the third place Porsche 911 GT3 RC.

In 2004 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. His season started poorly at Adelaide with a DNF in Race 1 and he was unable to even start Race 2. The rest of the year improved slightly for Garth with his stand out results being 4th overall for the Round at Barbagallo and Sandown. He ended the year 11th in the Championship. In November 2004 it was announced that Garth would move to the HSV Dealer Team on a 3 year deal starting in 2005.

HSV Dealer Team

In 2005 he moved to a newly renamed team, the HSV Dealer Team (formerly K-Mart Racing Team) partnered with dual Bathurst winner Rick Kelly.

Tander was leading the V8 Supercar championship in 2006 after six rounds, but a disastrous round in Oran Park lost him the championship lead. The endurance races following were no better. Tander participated in a highly controversial driver swap with the Holden Racing Team which involved Todd Kelly coming to the HSV Dealer Team. Garth and co-driver Mark Skaife dominated the entire Sandown round until a broken steering problem destroyed the almost certain victory. At the next round at Bathurst, the car's clutch failed off the line and was hit from the rear by another car before the second turn on lap one. After a crushing end to his Bathurst 1000 campaign, Tander was visibly upset, probably realising that his run at the V8 Supercar title was all but over. The car had been near on fastest in every practice and qualifying session prior to the race on the Sunday.

For the second year in a row Tander won the Symmons Plains round, winning two of the three races, even with engine troubles resulting in the car running on seven cylinders. During race one, someone rear-ended him from first to finish fourth with a few laps to go.

Tander raced the #16 Toll HSV Commodore in 2007, and won the second round (held at Barbagallo Raceway in his home state of Western Australia), winning all three 50-lap races. He also repeated this at Queensland Raceway. This saw him take the points lead from his team mate Rick Kelly. Late in the season, 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. At the penultimate Symmons Plains round in Tasmania, Tander won the first race, before a slow pitstop in the second race dropped him to tenth. A clash with Steven Richards over second position broke his steering column, ending the third race prematurely.

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. All four were in contention for the title in the Grand Finale. His round win at Philip Island also saw Holden secure the manufacturers title, and Toll HSV Dealer Team took the teams championship.

Holden Racing Team

In 2008 Tander moved to Holden Racing Team after three years at the HSV Dealer Team. Tander had a bad start to the season with a DNF in both races at the Clipsal 500, His first round win of 2008 came in New Zealand at the Hamilton 400, his second round win came at Winton in July, Tander and his team mate Mark Skaife won the first enduro at the L & H 500 at Philip Island and Tander was looking strong at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 but a slipping clutch spoilt a pole position start. 100 laps later his co-driver Mark Skaife crashed lightly into the wall coming up to Forrests Elbow, ending their chances of a win.

Tander came third in the 2008 V8 Supercars Championship season behind Mark Winterbottom and series champion Jamie Whincup. Tander won the Bathurst 1000 twice in 2009 with Will Davison and in 2011 with Nick Percat.

In 2013, with the introduction of the Car Of The Future, Holden Racing Team (along with all other teams competing with Holdens) changed over to the newer VF Commodore. This season gave Tander limited and inconsistent success. He managed to clock up 5 podium finishes, including a win at both Townsville and Phillip Island. He finished the 2013 Championship in 8th place. In 2015, Tander won the Enduro Cup driving with Warren Luff, despite not winning any of the endurance races.

Career results

Season Series Position Car Team
1996 Australian Formula Ford Championship 17th Van Diemen RF95 Ford Fastlane Racing
1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship 1st Van Diemen RF95 Ford Fastlane Racing
1998 Australian Touring Car Championship 14th Holden VS Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
1999 Shell Championship Series 5th Holden VS Commodore
Holden VT Commodore
Garry Rogers Motorsport
2000 Shell Championship Series 2nd Holden VT Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
2001 Shell Championship Series 10th Holden VX Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
2002 V8Supercar Championship Series 10th Holden VX Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
2003 V8Supercar Championship Series 12th Holden VY Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
2004 V8Supercar Championship Series 11th Holden VY Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport
2005 V8Supercar Championship Series 6th Holden VZ Commodore HSV Dealer Team
2006 V8Supercar Championship Series 4th Holden VZ Commodore HSV Dealer Team
Holden Racing Team
2007 V8Supercar Championship Series 1st Holden VE Commodore HSV Dealer Team
2008 V8Supercar Championship Series 3rd Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team
2009 V8Supercar Championship Series 3rd Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team
2010 V8Supercar Championship Series 5th Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team
2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 5th Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team
2012 International V8 Supercars Championship 7th Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team
2013 International V8 Supercars Championship 8th Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team
2014 International V8 Supercars Championship 9th Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team
2014 Australian GT Championship 8th Aston Martin Vantage GT3 VIP Petfoods
2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 6th Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team
2015 Australian GT Championship 19th McLaren 650S GT3 Darrell Lea

Bathurst 1000 Results

Year Number Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
1998 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VS Commodore Cameron McLean DNF 49
1999 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VT Commodore Jason Bargwanna DNF 41
2000 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VT Commodore Jason Bargwanna 1st 161
2001 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VX Commodore Jason Bargwanna 6th 161
2002 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VX Commodore Jason Bargwanna DNF 51
2003 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VY Commodore Jamie Whincup 19th 146
2004 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VY Commodore Cameron McConville DNF 133
2005 16 HSV Dealer Team Holden VZ Commodore Rick Kelly 16th 149
2006 2 Holden Racing Team Holden VZ Commodore Mark Skaife DNF 0
2007 1 HSV Dealer Team Holden VE Commodore Rick Kelly DNF 134
2008 1 Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore Mark Skaife 12th 160
2009 2 Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore Will Davison 1st 161
2010 2 Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore Cameron McConville 3rd 161
2011 2 Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore Nick Percat 1st 161
2012 2 Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore Nick Percat 25th 139
2013 2 Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore Nick Percat 4th 161
2014 2 Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore Warren Luff DNS 0
2015 2 Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore Warren Luff 3rd 161

Bathurst 24 Hour results

Year Pos Class No Team Co-Drivers Chassis Laps
Engine
2002 1 1 427 Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport New Zealand Steven Richards
Australia Nathan Pretty
Australia Cameron McConville
Holden Monaro 427C 532
Chevrolet LS6 7.0 L V8
2003 2 A 427 Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport Australia Nathan Pretty
New Zealand Steven Richards
Australia Cameron McConville
Holden Monaro 427C 527
Chevrolet LS6 7.0 L V8

References

  1. 1 2 "Racing History". Garth Tander. Retrieved 2006-12-02.
  2. "Australian Formula Ford Championship: Records and Statistics". Australian Formula Ford Championship. Retrieved 2006-12-02.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Steven Richards
Greg Murphy
Winner of the Bathurst 1000
2000
(with Jason Bargwanna)
Succeeded by
Mark Skaife
Tony Longhurst
Preceded by
Rick Kelly
Winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series
2007
Succeeded by
Jamie Whincup
Preceded by
Craig Lowndes
Jamie Whincup
Winner of the Bathurst 1000
2009
(with Will Davison)
Succeeded by
Craig Lowndes
Mark Skaife
Preceded by
Craig Lowndes
Mark Skaife
Winner of the Bathurst 1000
2011
(with Nick Percat)
Succeeded by
Jamie Whincup
Paul Dumbrell
Preceded by
Craig Lowndes
Winner of the Clipsal 500
2000
Succeeded by
Jason Bright
Preceded by
Jamie Whincup
Winner of the Clipsal 500
2010
Succeeded by
Jamie Whincup
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