Frank Gardner has passed away

[rayman]

Motor racing legend Frank Gardner passed away last night. This is a very sad moment. Frank was an absolute genius in both driving and engineering racing cars and was very successful. He was truely one of the best racer's to come from this country. R.I.P Frank.

[Kashmir]

Sad to hear:(

[malscar]

Sad to hear that another of the legends of our sport has gone. He was a great allrounder - great driver, great engineer and team owner. Something that you don't see much of these days.

[Buffalo]

Wow that's sad news - was only wondering the other day what Frank Gardner was up to these days .... I hope he's resting in peace.

[Andrew]

Extremely sad news. :(

[hobby]

Another great has gone
R.I.P Frank

Thanks for the heads up

[singer]

Motor racing legend Frank Gardner passed away last night. This is a very sad moment. Frank was an absolute genius in both driving and engineering racing cars and was very successful. He was truely one of the best racer's to come from this country. R.I.P Frank.

Also the Author/co-Author (ghost writer) of some very good Driving Books, 1 manual which was funded by Avis rent a Car as well as very good racing stories

RIP FG

[Road Runner 72]

Very sad to hear....

[AmonFan]

RIP Frank.... I still remember getting an autograph from him @ Calder, August 1977 with the JPS Corvair and he told my brother i was a nice little girl :( ;) :p If im gonna be called a girl, i can't think of a better person to give me that label........

[ratster70]

RIP Frank.... I still remember getting an autograph from him @ Calder, August 1977 with the JPS Corvair and he told my brother i was a nice little girl :( ;) :p If im gonna be called a girl, i can't think of a better person to give me that label........

So when did you decide to have the operation???:p

[Kalekta]

Very sad news!!

A true champion - R.I.P. Frank

[fordmad17]

WOW. This is sad news. R.I.P Frank

[SS Mick]

Sad news :(
RIP Frank

[El Cheapo]

Sad news :( Didn't see much of him as he was a bit before my time. Can only wish I did. RIP.

[BB]

Motor Racing Legends don't come much bigger.

RIP Frank Gardner.

Gone but not forgotten.

Condolences to his family and friends.

[steelo]

Frank was one of the drivers to take australia to the world as well as masterminding bmw and Tony Longhursts efforts locally as well as many others.A true legend that will sadly be missed.I will forever think of that white terry towelling hat and seeing that awesome jps corvair at wanneroo raceway many years ago.R.I.P. Frank my thoughts are with his family.

[monarocveightz]

R.I.P Frank:(

[Mr K]

Thank you Frank for your contribution to motor sport will never forget.
R.I.P Frank

[wayne]

Very Sad RIP Frank

[basman]

Not only a great on our shores, but a legend over in the British touring car scene of the late 60's and early 70's. A sad day when one of our greatest is taken from us.
RIP Frank

[david5]

Just heard about this on the GP quali telecast, bit upset.


Sadly missed. I dont think a lot of people realised the depths of his acheivements.

[inter]

Only recently i was asked who I would invite to a dinner party ( max 4)......... and Mr Frank Gardner was one.

One of the sharpest minds around....the spike Milligan of motorsports.

R.I.P.

[fordmad17]

There is going to be a tribute to Frank Gardner in the F1 preview show tonight on onehd

[bostonwayne]

3 times british touring car champion RIP Frank
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[k1w1taxi]

Very sad news. Not just a supremely talented driver and engineer, but someone who was never afraid to speak his mind. My condolences to his family.

Thanks for the memories Frank.
Lee Tracey.

[rex555]

Never met him but wish that I had after all that I had read/heard about him. RIP Frank, a true legend in your chosen sport.

[GroupCVH]

A very very sad time, Frank was a legend on and off the track. My Dad knew Frank quite well, its hit him abit hard.

Tony Longhurst's 1st Sierra (Freeport car) was built in my Dads w/shop on the Nthn Beaches of Sydney & my greatest memory of Frank is me sitting in the Sierra at the ripe age of 7, doing a lap of Bathurst, making car noises (as the car was still only 50% built) and Frank leaning in to say.. "Mate that was one quick lap, you've stuck it on pole!!" :)

RIP Frank, you will never be forgotten

[inter]

i drive past that garage, I remember.

it was in warriwood if i am not mistaken

[GroupCVH]

i drive past that garage, I remember.

it was in warriwood if i am not mistaken

Workshop was down in Mona Vale :)

[David Paterson]

Also the Author of some very good Driving Books, 1 manual which was funded by Avis rent a Car I still have that book, it's called "Drive to Survive" I read it from cover to cover when i was 15 or 16. I still live by what it taught me. I loved the John Stoneham cartoons that accompanied each lesson.

Frank Gardner was a guest speaker at a car club meeting and he was brilliant! What a storyteller? He had some great motor racing yarns and he was totally dead pan and straightfaced while we were in stitches.

Years ago, I won a Frank Gardner tribute white terry towelling hat at a HSCRA meeting. That's something I won't sell.

Like Jack Brabham, I think Frank was under appreciated by Australians who didn't realise how great he was and what he had accomplished.

[singer]

I still have that book, it's called "Drive to Survive" I read it from cover to cover when i was 15 or 16. I still live by what it taught me. I loved the John Stoneham cartoons that accompanied each lesson.

Frank Gardner was a guest speaker at a car club meeting and he was brilliant! What a storyteller? He had some great motor racing yarns and he was totally dead pan and straightfaced while we were in stitches.

Years ago, I won a Frank Gardner tribute white terry towelling hat at a HSCRA meeting. That's something I won't sell.

Like Jack Brabham, I think Frank was under appreciated by Australians who didn't realise how great he was and what he had accomplished.


I have a copy of Drive to Survive

Both men spent the majority of their respective careers in Europe & as the F1 is Europe-centric (even more so when they Raced) so I do not find it surprising that their Talent is not as respected in Australia

[commanderwhite]

R.I.P. Frank - you are bloody legend!

[mick78]

Have any of the major newspapers had anything about Frank in them? We live in the country and our editions of the Sydney Papers have had nothing to note Franks' passing - a tragedy.

[trustme]

So many great stories.

"What the Holden Delaer Team nead to understand is you can't just jack up the windscreen and put a racecar underneath"

Frank gardner commenting on HDT strugle with the new group A rules

[BrianP]

I had the great pleasure of meeting Frank Gardner at Symmons Plains just after he came back from Europe, Frank, Bob Jane, Peter Brock and I think John Harvey or it may have been Colin Bond were all sitting in the Castrol tent telling "war" stories, what a great experience, Frank was good at telling a story and had so many to tell, a really nice guy who would spend time talking to anyone who was not trying to set him up, do that and beware.

[malscar]

This may be of interest to some. frank's family has just started up a website dedicated to him. The page with a photo of models of all his cars is of interest. I worked out I have 10 of them.

http://frankgardnerracing.com/home

[fordmad17]

Yes very good.. Some interesting stuff on there indeed

[wazza002]

So sad to hear frank has past on, RIP frank your a great legend and never be forgotten :(

[fordmad17]

Didn't you know Wazza??? It almost been a year since he passed...

[wazza002]

Didn't you know Wazza??? It almost been a year since he passed...

No I didn't mate sorry,I didn't even know it ever came on the news where I live :(

[Kashmir]

Sad isn't it I remember when he died the only mention of his passing was in the F1 telecast.

[AmonFan]

This may be of interest to some. frank's family has just started up a website dedicated to him. The page with a photo of models of all his cars is of interest. I worked out I have 10 of them.

http://frankgardnerracing.com/home

Wow i wonder who made the Elfin 620B, that is awesome...

[wazza002]

This is franks collection of car and Raced over the years they are tops have at look awesome

http://frankgardnerracing.com/Text/1248917963707-8276/

cheers wazza ;)