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. Garth is a multiple championship winning Australian motor racing driver who has won Australia’s most prestigious motor race, the Bathurst 1000, four times; the most recent of which occurred just a couple of weekends ago at Mount Panorama as part of the Triple Eight Race engineering team. This weekend’s race at Phillip Island is the first of five rounds of the 2019 championship, with the series continuing at Townsville in July and Bathurst in October, before concluding with rounds at Sandown and Newcastle in November. 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. He managed to clock up 5 podium finishes, including a win at both Townsville and Phillip Island. In November 2004 it was announced that Garth would move to the HSV Dealer Team on a 3-year deal starting in 2005. 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. Husband and wife racers, Garth and Leanne Tander, will be back in action for this weekend’s TCR Australia Series race at The Bend Motorsport Park. His round win at Philip Island also saw Holden secure the manufacturers title, and Toll HSV Dealer Team took the teams championship. Tander also owns a motor racing team TanderSport, with his wife, fellow racing driver Leanne Tander. Leanne Tander, Garth's wife, discusses her journey in Motorsport. “I think Garth is talking himself down a bit!” she told Wide World of Sports. 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. [1] He was the 2007 series champion for the HSV Dealer Team and is a four-time winner in Australia's most prestigious motor race, the Bathurst 1000. Tander, who was fourth and in pursuit of his second enduro win after his stunning victory at Sandown, said immediately after the incident he blamed Whincup for starting the chain reaction. Picture: Herald Sun, Tim Carrafa. And in the opening round of the 2019 season, it delivered just that as the field of young aspiring pro-racers, amateur drivers and the two invited pro-drivers in the form of husband and wife Garth and Leanne Tander driving for the Toyota GAZOO Racing Australia team … Garth says their two children are keen to find out whether Mum or Dad will be able to claim bragging rights as the best driver in the family, although according to Leanne, both drivers are trying to paint themselves as the underdog. 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. Tander participated in a highly controversial driver swap with the Holden Racing Team which involved Todd Kelly coming to the HSV Dealer Team. Supercars champion Garth Tander and wife Leanne will both feature as guest drivers in the 2019 Toyota 86 Racing Series opener at Phillip Island next month. As a child, Tander started racing go karts at Tiger Kart Club in WA, and by the time he was 17 years old, he had won 7 state titles and one Australian title. North Melbourne's Daniel Harris with his wife Adele. PHILLIP ISLAND, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 02: Garth Tander of the Toll HSV Dealer Team poses with his wife Leanne Tander after winning the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship at the V8 Supercars Grand Finale held at the Phillip Island Circuit December 2, 2007 on Phillip Island, Australia. There’s only a small number of modifications you can make, so it’s a very level playing field,” she said. While Garth’s Supercars career came to an end a year earlier than planned, Leanne does just enough racing to keep her eye in, without committing to a full time role. 97 Holden ZB Commodore for Triple Eight Race Engineering. 5/15. Garth Tander (born 31 March 1977 in Perth, Western Australia) is a multiple-championship winning Australian motor racing driver. The three-times Bathurst 1000 winner will drive the #3 Audi RS 3 LMS, previously driven by his racing wife Leanne Tander. It’s an adjustment, but I’m not missing it. Motor racing fanatics would be very familiar with the name Garth Tander. Wife of Garth Tander. (Getty) (Getty) With Tander's wins spanning a 20-year period, only Jim … The endurance races following were no better. In 2016, Tander has slammed Jamie Whincup's "pretty desperate" move that triggered a disastrous chain-reaction, sending the Holden Racing Team driver crashing into the wall and ending his 2016 hopes. Garth Tander is a lucky fellow: Moses Lim: 4/15/06 10:44 PM: Just saw him and his Mrs on RPM - Ch 10. He's chief engineer for HER racing team :) Looks like he's one fellow who's found the right gal for him :) 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. Shane van Gisbergen and Garth Tander claimed the 2020 Bathurst 1000. 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. After winning the famous Bathurst 1000 race in 2000 with Jason Bargwanna, he found limited success. Garth Tander and wife Leanne celebrate his 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series win, complete with fluffy penguin friend and the trophy! This season gave Tander limited and inconsistent success. During race one, someone rear-ended him from first to finish fourth with a few laps to go. Tander was leading the V8 Supercar championship in 2006 after six rounds, but a disastrous round in Oran Park lost him the championship lead. 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 teammate 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. “They all have to have the roll cage built to a certain specification, they have to buy all the things like brakes and exhaust from the same place, so everyone has the same equipment. “He’s trying to make out that he won’t go well, but I reckon he’s going to smash it in the first session! The car had been near on fastest in every practice and qualifying session prior to the race on the Sunday. Garth rejoined GRM at the start of the 2017 season. [3], 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.[2]. This week it's Leanne's Garage! The race marked the final time Holden will contest a Supercars event in an official capacity, following the announcement by General Motors that the brand will be retired. This saw him take the points lead from his teammate Rick Kelly. The 2007 Supercars champion will join Shane van Gisbergen and Jamie Whincup in the Red Bull Holden squad for the sixth round of the virtual championship on Wednesday May 13. “This is the first time Leanne and I have had a real opportunity to race against each other, we’re only really worried about one other car, and that’s each other!” he said. “All the cars are pretty much the same, so it gives the drivers a chance to develop their racecraft against drivers in the same type of car. 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. Tander came third in the 2008 V8 Supercars Championship season behind Mark Winterbottom and series champion Jamie Whincup. 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. LEANNE TANDER, WIFE OF GARTH TANDER As a race car driver herself, Leanne Tander knows everything there is to know about life in the fast lane. THE Toll HSV Dealer Team Commodore VE that Garth Tander took to the 2007 V8 Supercars … A clash with Steven Richards over second position broke his steering column, ending the third race prematurely. Disclaimer: the data and summaries are all taken from the data available in the career details section further below on this page. “It will be interesting to see how that equalises over the course of the weekend.”. I don’t have the time and energy to pursue the sponsors to go racing, so for me it’s about opportunities like this, which I’ll obviously jump at.”. He also repeated this at Queensland Raceway. He ended the year 11th in the Championship. The following graph shows the change in the DriverDB Rating of Leanne Tander over time since January 1st 2013. 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. “This year was always going to be my last year anyway, so my mind was already processing the fact that my full-time career was coming to an end, it just happened 12 months earlier than we expected.”. Three-time Bathurst champion Garth Tander says he’s come to terms with the fact he’s no longer a full-time Supercars driver, just three months after his sudden axing by Garry Rogers Motorsport. Originally slated as a one-off deal at Phillip Island, the Tanders will drive the same brand-new Audi RS 3 … The duo had originally only planned to compete at Phillip Island this season, but have agreed to get behind the wheel of their Audi R3 LMSs at the South Australian round of the Shannons Nationals. By Craig Coomans. Tander will be back on track this weekend at Phillip Island, up against wife Leanne in the Toyota 86 racing series. He finished the 2013 Championship in 8th place. The GRM Monaro's led the race throughout and finished 13 laps ahead of the third place Porsche 911 GT3 RC. Tander won the Bathurst 1000 twice in 2009 with Will Davison and in 2011 with Nick Percat. The three-times Bathurst 1000 winner will drive the #3 Audi RS 3 LMS, previously driven by his racing wife Leanne Tander. LEANNE TANDER, WIFE OF GARTH TANDER As a race car driver herself, Leanne Tander knows everything there is to know about life in the fast lane. 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. Garth and Leanne Tander will return to the TCR Australia grid at The Bend this weekend. Tander was set to continue with GRM for his 21st full-time season, but … Nobody wants to talk themselves up and risk being embarrassed!”. Photo: an1images.com / Justin Deeley. His season started poorly at Adelaide with a DNF in Race 1 and he was unable to even start Race 2. He co-drove this race with Steven Richards, Cameron McConville and Nathan Pretty while driving for V8 Supercar team boss Garry Rogers Motorsport. 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