A report on Fred Gibson (racing driver)
Former Australian racing driver and race team owner.
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Gibson Motorsport
6 linksAustralian motor racing team that competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1981 until 2003, though the team had its roots in Gibson's "Road & Track" team which ran a series of Ford Falcon GTHOs in Series Production during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Australian motor racing team that competed in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1981 until 2003, though the team had its roots in Gibson's "Road & Track" team which ran a series of Ford Falcon GTHOs in Series Production during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The name of the team was also the name of Fred Gibson's automotive business in Sydney.
Ford works team (Australia)
3 linksThe unofficial name for an Australian motor racing team which was supported by the Ford Motor Company of Australia.
The unofficial name for an Australian motor racing team which was supported by the Ford Motor Company of Australia.
Drivers for the works team included Allan Moffat, Fred Gibson, Harry Firth, Bob Jane, Barry Seton, Bruce McPhee, John French, Ian Geoghegan and his brother Leo Geoghegan.
George Fury
3 linksRetired Australian rally and racing car driver.
Retired Australian rally and racing car driver.
Fury joined former Ford works driver (under Marsden) Fred Gibson as drivers and proved instantly competitive despite running in the mid-car class, though he was still seen more as a rally driver and less as a circuit racer.
Harry Firth
3 linksAustralian racing driver and team manager.
Australian racing driver and team manager.
1967 saw Firth notch up his last victory as a driver in the annual 500 mile race at Bathurst, winning the 1967 Gallaher 500 with a young Fred Gibson in a Ford XR Falcon GT, the first Australian made Ford Falcon to use a V8 engine.
Leo Geoghegan
2 linksAustralian former racing driver.
Australian former racing driver.
The race was then awarded to Firth and his co-driver Fred Gibson.
Ford Falcon (XR)
2 linksFull-sized car produced by Ford Australia from 1966 to 1968.
Full-sized car produced by Ford Australia from 1966 to 1968.
Ford Works Team manager/driver Harry Firth, and a young Fred Gibson won the 1967 Gallaher 500 at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst driving an XR Falcon GT.
Jim Richards (racing driver)
4 linksNew Zealand racing driver who won numerous championships in his home country and in Australia.
New Zealand racing driver who won numerous championships in his home country and in Australia.
At the end of the year, Brock's team decided to race Sierras in 1989 while Richards was snapped up by Fred Gibson to race for his factory-backed Nissan team.
Datsun Bluebird (910)
3 linksAutomobile which was produced by Nissan from 1979 to 1984.
Automobile which was produced by Nissan from 1979 to 1984.
Earlier in 1983, Fury's Nissan Australia team mate Fred Gibson had driven the Bluebird to its first race victory anywhere in the world when he won two heats and Round 3 of the 1983 Better Brakes AMSCAR Series at Sydney's Amaroo Park circuit.
1966 Gallaher 500
0 linksEndurance motor race for production cars, held on 2 October 1966 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales in Australia.
Endurance motor race for production cars, held on 2 October 1966 at the Mount Panorama Circuit just outside Bathurst, New South Wales in Australia.
It was won by the BMC entered example of Finnish rally star Rauno Aaltonen and experienced Australian Mini racer Bob Holden a lap ahead of Fred Gibson and Bill Stanley, leading home a flotilla of Cooper Ss that filled the first nine outright race positions.
Toby Lee Series
0 linksAustralian motor racing series run at Oran Park Raceway in Sydney, between 1970 and 1975.
Australian motor racing series run at Oran Park Raceway in Sydney, between 1970 and 1975.
The series featured a number of leading Sydney-based drivers, such as Holden Dealer Team driver Colin Bond, emerging Ford privateer John Goss, Ford stalwart Fred Gibson and Chrysler drivers Leo Geoghegan and Doug Chivas.