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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Gardner has received more than 16,771 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Gardner is the 565th most popular racing driver (down from 510th in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from Australia (down from 243rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Australian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Frank Gardner ranks 565 out of 1,080Before him are Enrico Bertaggia, Fabrizio Barbazza, Loris Kessel, Skip Barber, Torsten Palm, and Jim Hall. After him are Henri Louveau, Bob Gerard, Óscar González, Esteban Ocon, Nasif Estéfano, and Fritz d'Orey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Frank Gardner ranks 506Before him are Enrique Hormazábal, Ursula Donath, Ernest Schultz, Paul Halla, Walter Abish, and Leslie Bricusse. After him are Paul Motian, Gloria Talbott, Anatoly Lein, Otis Blackwell, Walt Davis, and Nirupa Roy. Among people deceased in 2009, Frank Gardner ranks 328Before him are Willy Kernen, Hugh Hopper, Gino Munaron, Conyers Herring, César Ruminski, and Ken Henry. After him are Héctor Rossetto, Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, Jean Margéot, Jorge Enrique Adoum, George Russell, and Mildred Cohn.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Frank Gardner ranks 298 out of 1,143Before him are Michael Jeffery (1937), Edgar Moon (1904), Helen Gourlay (1946), Arthur Fadden (1894), Daphne Akhurst (1903), and Lyn McClements (1951). After him are Bob Morley (1984), Robert Stigwood (1934), Wilberforce Eaves (1867), Mark Edmondson (1954), Horace Rice (1872), and Nick Winter (1894).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Australia

Among racing drivers born in Australia, Frank Gardner ranks 11Before him are Mick Doohan (1965), Daniel Ricciardo (1989), Wayne Gardner (1959), Casey Stoner (1985), Ken Kavanagh (1923), and Vern Schuppan (1943). After him are Paul Hawkins (1937), Tony Gaze (1920), Warwick Brown (1949), Troy Bayliss (1969), David Walker (1941), and Oscar Piastri (2001).