RACING DRIVER

Frank Gardner

1931 - 2009

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Frank Gardner OAM (1 October 1931 – 29 August 2009) was a racing driver from Australia. Born in Sydney, he was best known for touring car racing, winning the British Saloon Car Championship three times, and sports car racing driver but he was also a top flight open wheeler driver. He was European Formula 5000 champion, and participated in nine World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 11 July 1964. He scored no championship points. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Gardner is the 595th most popular racing driver (down from 566th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Australia (down from 301st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Australian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Frank Gardner ranks 595 out of 1,080Before him are John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Georges Grignard, Helmut Niedermayr, Tiago Monteiro, Massimo Natili, and Rudolf Krause. After him are Cuth Harrison, Jack Doohan, Sam Tingle, Tony Rolt, Donald Campbell, and Roelof Wunderink.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Frank Gardner ranks 542Before him are Anderl Molterer, Marisa Del Frate, Georgi Naydenov, Ronald Drever, Anthony Newley, and Ali Beratlıgil. After him are Paul Motian, Gert Hofmann, Marla Gibbs, Karan Singh, Bogumił Kobiela, and Anatoly Lein. Among people deceased in 2009, Frank Gardner ranks 348Before him are Ernst Benda, Ricardo Londoño, Rashidi Kawawa, Vladimir Fedotov, Dana Vávrová, and Frank Vandenbroucke. After him are Mildred Cohn, Stanley Jaki, Peter Zadek, Rolf Rüssmann, Rose Friedman, and Peter Persidis.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Frank Gardner ranks 359 out of 1,143Before him are Leslie Boardman (1889), Hubert Wilkins (1888), Andrew Lesnie (1956), Peta Wilson (1970), Joan Hartigan (1912), and Charles Kingsford Smith (1897). After him are Henry Lawson (1867), Jason Culina (1980), Alex de Minaur (1999), Poppy Montgomery (1972), Frank Forde (1890), and Thomas Blamey (1884).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Australia

Among racing drivers born in Australia, Frank Gardner ranks 14Before him are Ken Kavanagh (1923), Casey Stoner (1985), Wayne Gardner (1959), David Walker (1941), Vern Schuppan (1943), and Oscar Piastri (2001). After him are Paul Hawkins (1937), Warwick Brown (1949), Troy Bayliss (1969), Larry Perkins (1950), Tony Gaze (1920), and Scott Dixon (1980).