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Wayne Gardner

1959 - Today

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Wayne Michael Gardner (born 11 October 1959) is an Australian former professional motorcycle and touring car racer. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1986 to 1992, most prominently as a member of the Honda factory racing team where he became the first Australian to win motorcycling's premier class in 1987. His success on the world motorcycle road racing circuit earned him the nickname The Wollongong Whiz. After his motorcycle racing career, Gardner competed in touring car racing from 1993 to 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wayne Gardner is the 485th most popular racing driver (down from 359th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Australia (down from 191st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Australian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Wayne Gardner ranks 485 out of 1,080. Before him are Ottorino Volonterio, Olivier Grouillard, Marc Gené, Casey Stoner, Peter de Klerk, and Guy Mairesse. After him are Mikko Kozarowitzky, Loris Capirossi, Johnnie Parsons, Jonathan Palmer, Michael Andretti, and Ricardo Zonta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Wayne Gardner ranks 343. Before him are Shawn Weatherly, Bronson Pinchot, José Carlos Somoza, Zeruya Shalev, Nadezhda Kadysheva, and Jim McGovern. After him are Eben Moglen, Francisco Flores Pérez, Fredric Lehne, Alexei Kasatonov, Tracey Ullman, and Brilliant Dadashova.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Wayne Gardner ranks 276 out of 1,143. Before him are Sam Kerr (1993), William McMahon (1908), Brad Jones (1982), Sheila Fitzpatrick (1941), Frank Sedgman (1927), and Casey Stoner (1985). After him are Phoebe Tonkin (1989), Pat Cash (1965), Robert May, Baron May of Oxford (1936), Arthur O'Hara Wood (1890), Lenka (1978), and Dannii Minogue (1971).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Australia

Among racing drivers born in Australia, Wayne Gardner ranks 10. Before him are Mick Doohan (1965), Tim Schenken (1943), Paul England (1929), Daniel Ricciardo (1989), Ken Kavanagh (1923), and Casey Stoner (1985). After him are David Walker (1941), Vern Schuppan (1943), Oscar Piastri (2001), Frank Gardner (1931), Paul Hawkins (1937), and Warwick Brown (1949).

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