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| Place
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Dunedin,
New Zealand |
| Place
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Queenstown, New Zealand |
| Date
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30
September 1950 |
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Background:
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Grant
obtained his drivers licence in 1965 and gained racing experience
at club and Saloon Car Association meetings over the next 15 years.
He ventured into the Touring Car formula in the early 1980s being
placed as high as 2nd overall in the championship in 1981. Grant
then took a break from racing, returning in 1994 to take a Class
win in the NZ Touring Car Championship. He enjoys both circuit
and rally aspects of the sport and his association with Suzuki
has provided him with opportunities to compete in both aspects
of the sport. Grant is also heavily involved in the organisation
of motorsport, organising the Vitara Safari in 1997, the largest
gathering of Suzuki Vitaras in the world. A highlight has been
the organisation and promotion of the Silverstone Queenstown Gold
Rush, Race to the Sky, the immensely successful hill climb and
sister event to the Pikes Peak event in the U.S.A. Grant had a
heart stopping moment during practice for the 1998 AMP Bathurst
1000. Break failure resulted in serious injury that could have
cost him his life. After a period of hospitalisation Grant made
a successful recovery only to have his race car stolen on it's
return to NewZealand. He is currently undertaking a feisability
study to bring the Australian V8 Supercars to Auckland, New Zealand |
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Titles:
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1st 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98 Class Winner NZ Touring
Car Championship |
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1st 1998 Silverstone Borneo 4x4 Endurance Rally |
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3rd 19971600 cc Class Rally of New Zealand |
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2nd 1996 Class Winner Targa New Zealand |
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3rd 1996 Vitara Safari |
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2nd 1994 Vitara Safari |
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2nd 1981 NZ Touring Car Championship |
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Awards:
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