Jason Bargwanna

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Jason Eric Bargwanna
Bargwanna at the 2007 Bathurst 1000
NationalityAustralia Australian
Born (1971-04-26) 26 April 1971 (age 52)
Related toHarry Bargwanna (father)
Ben Bargwanna (son)
Alf Bargwanna (uncle)
Scott Bargwanna (cousin)
Jude Bargwanna (cousin)
Supercars Championship career
Championships0
Races377
Wins7
Podiums23
Pole positions2

Jason Eric Bargwanna (born 26 April, 1971) is an Australian motor racing driver. Best known as a Supercars Championship competitor, Bargwanna raced in the series for 25 years, the pinnacle of which was winning, with Garth Tander, the 2000 Bathurst 1000 in a Garry Rogers Motorsport prepared Holden Commodore. Bargwanna was the Driving Standards Observer for the Supercars Championship from 2014 until 2016.

Career history[edit]

Bargwanna commenced his racing career in the late 1980s, initially competing in the Formula Vee category. He made his Bathurst 1000 début while still a teenager in 1990 and won the 1992 Bathurst 1600 cc class at 20, with his cousin Scott, however a lack of funding limited his motor sport participation for the next few seasons and he pursued a career in the financial sector.

His career finally started to move forward in 1995, racing in the Australian Formula Ford Championship. He impressed in his seven-year-old Reynard, racing against younger drivers with the latest cars from Van Diemen and Swift and against drivers of the calibre of Jason Bright and Mark Webber. His 1995 showing allowed him to attract the budget to run a campaign with late model equipment in 1996 and he finished second in the championship to Van Diemen's factory supported driver, David Besnard. He also represented Australia in the EFDA Nations Cup in both 1995 and 1996. A move to Formula Holden resulted in second place in the 1997 Australian Drivers' Championship with SH Racing.

V8 Supercars[edit]

As a member of the Holden Young Lions V8 Supercar program in 1997, he surprised many by taking provisional pole position in the #97 Holden Commodore at the Bathurst 1000 Classic only to damage the car beyond repair in a race day warm up accident. His career further advanced in 1998 with a move full-time to Garry Rogers Motorsport, where he stayed for five years. Bargwanna is best known for winning the 2000 Bathurst 1000 with Garth Tander for that team. He also scored two round wins at the Winton event in 1999 and 2000 and at the inaugural championship round supporting the Gold Coast Indy 300, the V8 Supercar Challenge, in 2002.

In 2003, Bargwanna switched to Ford and drove for Larkham Motor Sport from 2003 to 2005. In 2006, Larkham Motor Sport merged with WPS Racing, the team folding immediately prior to the 2008 season and leaving Bargwanna without a full-time drive. He did however co-drive a Holden Commodore (VE) for Rod Nash Racing alongside Tony D'Alberto in the 2008 Phillip Island 500 and the Bathurst 1000 endurance races.

Bargwanna joined Tasman Motorsport for 2009 and, following the closure of that team at the end of the season,[1] he joined Kelly Racing for 2010.[2] He was also voted in the top 50 all time Australian Touring car drivers in 2010.[3] In 2011 Bargwanna drove a Brad Jones Racing Commodore alongside his junior open-wheel rival, Jason Bright.[4]

In 2014, Bargwanna was appointed as the Driver Standards Observer for the Supercars Championship.[5] Bargwanna left the post at the end of 2016.[6]

New Zealand V8[edit]

In late 2011, Bargwanna left the V8 Supercars Australia and joined the New Zealand V8. He resulted runner-up in the 2011/12 season behind Angus Fogg, collecting a round win and podiums in the six rounds driving a Tulloch Ford Falcon. The team switched to a Holden Commodore for the 2013 season. The driver won nine out of 15 races and got the TLX title.

TCR[edit]

In 2020, Bargwanna was to make his debut in the TCR Australia and TCR Asia Pacific Cup driving a Peugeot 308. Both series were cancelled due to the Corona Virus Pandemic. In 2021, he and his son Ben, debuted in the series. Jason scored his first win at Phillip Island[7]

Personal life[edit]

Bargwanna is married to Debra and has two children, Jake and Ben. He lives in Nar Nar Goon, Victoria. His father, Harry Bargwanna, himself an Australian racing driver, owns and operates a mechanical repair shop in the Southern Sydney suburb of Engadine. His uncle Alf and cousin Scott are also national level race drivers. Bargwanna attended Heathcote High School in Sydney. Bargwanna owns four Red Rooster franchises in Hampton Park, Fountain Gate, Hastings, and Pakenham West.[8]

Career results[edit]

Bargwanna drove a Holden Commodore (VE) for Kelly Racing in the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series.
Bargwanna is driving a Holden Commodore (VE) for Brad Jones Racing in the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship.
Season Series Position Car Team
1994 Australian Formula Ford Championship 18th Reynard FF88 Ford Ugly Kid Racing
1995 Australian Formula Ford Championship 9th Reynard FF88 Ford Ugly Kid Racing
EFDA Nations Cup 11th † Van DiemenOpel Team Australia
1996 Australian Formula Ford Championship 2nd Spectrum 05c Ford Team Arrow
EFDA Nations Cup 8th † Van DiemenOpel Team Australia
1997 Australian Drivers' Championship 2nd Reynard 92D Holden SH Racing
1998 Australian Touring Car Championship 7th Holden Commodore (VS) Garry Rogers Motorsport
1999 Shell Championship Series 11th Holden Commodore (VT) Garry Rogers Motorsport
2000 Shell Championship Series 7th Holden Commodore (VT) Garry Rogers Motorsport
2001 Shell Championship Series 15th Holden Commodore (VX) Garry Rogers Motorsport
2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 13th Holden Commodore (VX) Garry Rogers Motorsport
2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 14th Ford Falcon (AU)
Ford Falcon (BA)
Larkham Motor Sport
2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 8th Ford Falcon (BA) Larkham Motor Sport
2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 26th Ford Falcon (BA) Larkham Motor Sport
2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 14th Ford Falcon (BA) WPS Racing
2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 18th Ford Falcon (BF) WPS Racing
2008 Australian Mini Challenge 4th Mini Cooper Bargwanna Motorsport
V8 Supercar Championship Series 61st Holden Commodore (VE) Tony D'Alberto Racing
2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 25th Holden Commodore (VE) Tasman Motorsport
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 24th Holden Commodore (VE) Kelly Racing
2010-11 New Zealand V8 Touring Cars 11th Ford Falcon (BA) Tulloch Motorsport
2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 22nd Holden Commodore (VE) Brad Jones Racing
2011-12 New Zealand V8 Touring Cars 2nd Ford Falcon (BA) Tulloch Motorsport
2013 New Zealand V8 Touring Cars - TLX Class 1st Holden Commodore (VE) Tulloch Motorsport
2013–14 New Zealand V8 Touring Cars - TLX Class 2nd Toyota Camry Richards Team Motorsport
2014–15 New Zealand V8 Touring Cars - TLX Class 1st Toyota Camry Richards Team Motorsport
2015–16 New Zealand Touring Cars - Class one 4th Toyota Camry Richards Team Motorsport
2016–17 New Zealand Touring Cars - Class one 3rd Ford Falcon (FG)
Toyota Camry
Richards Team Motorsport
2017–18 New Zealand Touring Cars - Class one 2nd Toyota Camry Richards Team Motorsport
2020 TCR Asia Pacific Cup NC Peugeot 308 TCR Burson Auto Parts Racing
2021 TCR Australia 9th Peugeot 308 TCR Burson Auto Parts Racing
Trans Am Series 29th Ford Mustang Garry Rogers Motorsport

† team result

Supercars Championship results[edit]

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Position Points
1998 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VS Commodore SAN
R1

6
SAN
R2

Ret
SAN
R3

DNS
SYM
R4

5
SYM
R5

4
SYM
R6

3
LAK
R7

10
LAK
R8

23
LAK
R9

13
PHI
R10

8
PHI
R11

8
PHI
R12

11
WIN
R13

7
WIN
R14

Ret
WIN
R15

11
MAL
R16

20
MAL
R17

9
MAL
R18

6
BAR
R19

27
BAR
R20

Ret
BAR
R21

6
CAL
R22

4
CAL
R23

1
CAL
R24

C
HDV
R25

8
HDV
R26

2
HDV
R27

2
ORA
R28

10
ORA
R29

3
ORA
R30

3
7th 603
1999 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VT Commodore EAS
R1
EAS
R2
EAS
R3
ADE
R4
BAR
R5
BAR
R6
BAR
R7
PHI
R8
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
HDV
R11
HDV
R12
HDV
R13
SAN
R14
SAN
R15
SAN
R16
QLD
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
CAL
R20
CAL
R21
CAL
R22
SYM
R23
SYM
R24
SYM
R25
WIN
R26
WIN
R27
WIN
R28
ORA
R29
ORA
R30
ORA
R31
QLD
R32

BAT
R33

7th 1310
2000 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VT Commodore PHI
R1
PHI
R2
BAR
R3
BAR
R4
BAR
R5
ADE
R6
ADE
R7
EAS
R8
EAS
R9
EAS
R10
HDV
R11
HDV
R12
HDV
R13
CAN
R14
CAN
R15
CAN
R16
QLD
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
WIN
R20
WIN
R21
WIN
R22
ORA
R23
ORA
R24
ORA
R25
CAL
R26
CAL
R27
CAL
R28
QLD
R29

SAN
R30
SAN
R31
SAN
R32
BAT
R33

8th 993
2001 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VX Commodore PHI
R1
PHI
R2
ADE
R3
ADE
R4
EAS
R5
EAS
R6
HDV
R7
HDV
R8
HDV
R9
CAN
R10
CAN
R11
CAN
R12
BAR
R13
BAR
R14
BAR
R15
CAL
R16
CAL
R17
CAL
R18
ORA
R19
ORA
R20
QLD
R21

WIN
R22
WIN
R23
BAT
R24

PUK
R25
PUK
R26
PUK
R27
SAN
R28
SAN
R29
SAN
R30
12th 1912
2002 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VX Commodore ADE
R1

ADE
R2

PHI
R3
PHI
R4
EAS
R5

EAS
R6

EAS
R7

HDV
R8

HDV
R9

HDV
R10

CAN
R11

CAN
R12

CAN
R13

BAR
R14

BAR
R15

BAR
R16

ORA
R17

ORA
R18

WIN
R19

WIN
R20

QLD
R21

BAT
R22

SUR
R23

SUR
R24

PUK
R25

PUK
R26

PUK
R27

SAN
R28

SAN
R29

6th 1310
2003 Larkham Motorsport Ford AU Falcon ADE
R1

15
ADE
R1

19
PHI
R3

26
EAS
R4

14
WIN
R5

13
BAR
R6

Ret
BAR
R7

Ret
BAR
R8

DNS
HDV
R9

17
HDV
R10

13
HDV
R11

20
QLD
R12

17
ORA
R13

15
SAN
R14

9
BAT
R15

Ret
SUR
R16

17
SUR
R17

13
PUK
R18

4
PUK
R19

5
PUK
R20

13
EAS
R21

9
EAS
R22

6
14th 1341
2004 Larkham Motorsport Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1

2
ADE
R2

2
EAS
R3

4
PUK
R4

6
PUK
R5

5
PUK
R6

4
HDV
R7

5
HDV
R8

3
HDV
R9

3
BAR
R10

Ret
BAR
R11

6
BAR
R12

2
QLD
R13

2
WIN
R14

13
ORA
R15

10
ORA
R16

11
SAN
R17

15
BAT
R18

21
SUR
R19

Ret
SUR
R20

Ret
SYM
R21

4
SYM
R22

13
SYM
R23

6
EAS
R24

8
EAS
R25

4
EAS
R26

8
5th 1819
2005 Larkham Motorsport Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

PUK
R3
PUK
R4
PUK
R5
BAR
R6

BAR
R7

BAR
R8

EAS
R9

EAS
R10

SHA
R11
SHA
R12
SHA
R13

HDV
R14

HDV
R15

HDV
R16

QLD
R17

ORA
R18

ORA
R19

SAN
R20

BAT
R21

SUR
R22

SUR
R23

SUR
R24

SYM
R25

SYM
R26

SYM
R27

PHI
R28

PHI
R29

PHI
R30

7th 1669
2006 WPS Racing Ford BA Falcon ADE
R1

ADE
R2

PUK
R3

PUK
R4

PUK
R5

BAR
R6

BAR
R7

BAR
R8

WIN
R9

WIN
R10

WIN
R11

HDV
R12

HDV
R13

HDV
R14

QLD
R15

QLD
R16

QLD
R17

ORA
R18

ORA
R19

ORA
R20

SAN
R21

BAT
R22

SUR
R23

SUR
R24

SUR
R25

SYM
R26

SYM
R27

SYM
R28

BHR
R29

BHR
R30

BHR
R31

PHI
R32

PHI
R33

PHI
R34

7th 2740
2007 WPS Racing Ford BF Falcon ADE
R1

11
ADE
R2

8
BAR
R3

22
BAR
R4

13
BAR
R5

9
PUK
R6

5
PUK
R7

18
PUK
R8

12
WIN
R9

2
WIN
R10

16
WIN
R11

12
EAS
R12

6
EAS
R13

6
EAS
R14

7
HDV
R15

7
HDV
R16

9
HDV
R17

8
QLD
R18

13
QLD
R19

Ret
QLD
R20

Ret
ORA
R21

5
ORA
R22

6
ORA
R23

5
SAN
R24

3
BAT
R25

10
SUR
R26

Ret
SUR
R27

5
SUR
R28

1
BHR
R29

25
BHR
R30

6
BHR
R31

25
SYM
R32

4
SYM
R33

2
SYM
R34

2
PHI
R35

27
PHI
R36

12
PHI
R37

9
7th 380
2008 Tony D'Alberto Racing Holden VE Commodore ADE
R1

5
ADE
R2

15
EAS
R3

27
EAS
R4

7
EAS
R5

Ret
HAM
R6

3
HAM
R7

2
HAM
R8

2
BAR
R9

4
BAR
R10

7
BAR
R11

9
SAN
R12

23
SAN
R13

16
SAN
R14

9
HDV
R15

2
HDV
R16

2
HDV
R17

1
QLD
R18

7
QLD
R19

7
QLD
R20

11
WIN
R21

5
WIN
R22

24
WIN
R23

Ret
PHI
Q

9
PHI
R24

4
BAT
R25

4
SUR
R26

11
SUR
R27

12
SUR
R28

8
BHR
R29

8
BHR
R30

5
BHR
R31

9
SYM
R32

Ret
SYM
R33

Ret
SYM
R34

17
ORA
R35

4
ORA
R36

3
ORA
R37

17
8th 2416
2009 Tasman Motorsport Holden VE Commodore ADE
R1

Ret
ADE
R2

9
HAM
R3

15
HAM
R4

12
WIN
R5

3
WIN
R6

16
SYM
R7

15
SYM
R8

15
HDV
R9

21
HDV
R10

14
TOW
R11

21
TOW
R12

20
SAN
R13

14
SAN
R14

12
QLD
R15

11
QLD
R16

7
PHI
Q

1
PHI
R17

3
BAT
R18

Ret
SUR
R19

7
SUR
R20

6
SUR
R21

12
SUR
R22

Ret
PHI
R23

17
PHI
R24

14
BAR
R25

23
BAR
R26

8
SYD
R27

8
SYD
R28

15
13th 1780
2010 Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore YMC
R1

16
YMC
R2

17
BHR
R3

Ret
BHR
R4

15
ADE
R5

17
ADE
R6

13
HAM
R7

24
HAM
R8

DSQ
QLD
R9

27
QLD
R10

9
WIN
R11

14
WIN
R12

21
HDV
R13

Ret
HDV
R14

10
TOW
R15

9
TOW
R16

5
PHI
R17

21
BAT
R18

11
SUR
R19

Ret
SUR
R20

13
SYM
R21

8
SYM
R22

9
SAN
R23

12
SAN
R24

15
SYD
R25

11
SYD
R26

2
15th 1630
2011 Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore YMC
R1

YMC
R2

ADE
R3

ADE
R4

HAM
R5

HAM
R6

BAR
R7

BAR
R8

BAR
R9

WIN
R10

WIN
R11

HID
R12

HID
R13

TOW
R14

TOW
R15

QLD
R16

QLD
R17

QLD
R18

PHI
R19

17
BAT
R20

4
SUR
R21

SUR
R22

SYM
R23

SYM
R24

SAN
R25

SAN
R26

SYD
R27

SYD
R28

36th 366

Complete Bathurst 1000 results[edit]

The Holden Commodore (VT) in which Bargwanna and Garth Tander won the 2000 FAI 1000 at Bathurst. The car is pictured in 2018.
Year Car# Team Car Co-driver Overall
position
Class
position
Laps
1990 43 Brian Callaghan Holden Commodore (VL) Australia Brian Callaghan, Jr.
Australia John Gerwald
21st 19th 143
1992 71 Toyota Team Australia Toyota Corolla FX-GT Australia Scott Bargwanna 22nd 1st 126
1997 97 Holden Young Lions Holden Commodore (VS) Australia Mark Noske DNS DNS 0
1998 35 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VS Commodore New Zealand Jim Richards 3rd 3rd 161
1999 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VT) Australia Garth Tander DNF DNF 41
2000 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VT Commodore Australia Garth Tander 1st 1st 161
2001 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) Australia Garth Tander 6th 6th 161
2002 34 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden VX Commodore Australia Garth Tander DNF DNF 51
2003 10 Larkham Motor Sport Ford Falcon (BA) Australia Mark Larkham DNF DNF 118
2004 10 Larkham Motor Sport Ford BA Falcon Australia Mark Winterbottom 5th 5th 161
2005 20 Larkham Motor Sport Ford BA Falcon Australia Mark Winterbottom DNF DNF 122
2006 10 WPS Racing Ford BA Falcon New Zealand Craig Baird 10th 10th 161
2007 8 WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BF) Brazil Max Wilson 7th 7th 161
2008 55 Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VE) Australia Tony D'Alberto DNF DNF 159
2009 3 Tasman Motorsport Holden VE Commodore Australia Mark Noske 6th 6th 161
2010 11 Kelly Racing Holden VE Commodore Australia Glenn Seton DNF DNF 132
2011 14 Brad Jones Racing Holden VE Commodore Australia Shane Price 23rd 23rd 158

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results[edit]

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
1993 Australia Fowler Bathroom Products Australia Stephen Shedden
Australia Scott Bargwanna
Toyota MR2 S 228 DNF DNF
1994 Australia Mercantile Mutual Dealer Team Australia John Smith
Australia Scott Bargwanna
Toyota MR2 S 248 5th 2nd
2009 Australia Pro-Duct Motorsport Australia Steve Knight
Australia Brad Jones
Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X C 238 3rd 3rd
2010 Australia Pro-Duct Motorsport Australia Bob Pearson
Australia Steve Glenney
Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X A 83 DNF DNF

TCR Australia results[edit]

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

TCR Australia results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points Position
2021 Burson Auto Parts Racing Peugeot 308 TCR SYM
R1

11
SYM
R2

8
SYM
R3

Ret
PHI
R4

7
PHI
R5

5
PHI
R6

1
BAT
R7

11
BAT
R8

9
BAT
R9

8
SMP
R10
DSQ
SMP
R11

14
SMP
R12

Ret
BAT
R19

9
BAT
R20

3
BAT
R21

5
342 9th

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tasman Quits V8 Racing". Tasman / Sprint Gas Racing. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ http://www.motorsport.com/#/all/news/jason-bargwanna-gets-seat-team-with-kelly-racing/?v=2&s=1&q=Jason%2BBargwanna&i=98 Motorsport.com Retrieved 24 June 2011
  3. ^ http://www.motorsport.com/#/all/news/kelly-racing-drivers-honoured-in-top-50-list/?v=2&s=1&q=Jason%2BBargwanna&i=20 Motorsport.com Retrieved 24 June 2011
  4. ^ "Bargwanna Joins BJR". The Official Website of V8 Supercars Australia. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  5. ^ Bargwanna appointed as V8 DSO Speedcafe 6 February 2014
  6. ^ Bargwanna ousted as Supercars empire Speedcafe 7 December 2016
  7. ^ [https://www.speedcafe.com/2021/03/14/jason-bargwanna-wins-after-mostert-misfortune/ Jason Bargwanna wins after Mostert misfortune. Speedcafe 14th March, 2021.>
  8. ^ Bennett, Russell (29 March 2016). "Life in the fast lane". Grow Casey Carninia. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

External links[edit]

Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 1000
2000
(with Garth Tander)
Succeeded by