Craig Baird









































Craig Baird

Craig Baird 2012 V8ST.jpg
Craig Baird at Hampton Downs in 2012

Nationality
New Zealand New Zealander
Born
(1970-07-22) 22 July 1970 (age 48)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Supercars Record
Races 172
Race wins 1
Podium finishes 1
Pole positions 1
2016 Championship position 50th (219 points)


Craig George Baird, MNZM (born 22 July 1970) is a New Zealand racing driver.




Contents






  • 1 Awards


  • 2 Career results


  • 3 Racing record


    • 3.1 Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship results


    • 3.2 Complete British Touring Car Championship results


    • 3.3 Complete Bathurst 1000 results


    • 3.4 Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Awards


Baird was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours 2010, for services to motorsport.[1]



Career results




Baird won the 2012 Australian Carrera Cup Championship in this Jet Travel Insurance entry.




Baird placed 8th in the 2013 Australian GT Championship driving Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz (pictured) & Porsche















































































































































































































































































































































































Season
Series
Position
Car
Team
1991
New Zealand Formula Pacific Series

1st

Swift – Toyota

1992
New Zealand Formula Pacific Series

1st

Reynard 92H

1992

British Formula Two Championship
10th

Reynard 90D
Graham Lorrimer Motorsport
1993
New Zealand Formula Pacific Series

1st

Reynard 92H

1994

New Zealand Touring Car Championship

1st

BMW 325i

1995

New Zealand Touring Car Championship

1st

BMW 325i

1996

New Zealand Touring Car Championship

1st

BMW 325i

1996
South African Touring Car Championship
8th

BMW 318i
BMW Motorsport South Africa
1997

New Zealand Touring Car Championship

1st

BMW 320i


1997

Australian Super Touring Championship
8th

BMW 320i

Paul Morris Motorsport

1998

British Touring Car Championship
20th

Ford Mondeo

Ford Mondeo Racing [2]

2000

Shell Championship Series
15th

Ford AU Falcon

Stone Brothers Racing

2001

Shell Championship Series
76th

Holden VT Commodore
Ford AU Falcon

John Faulkner Racing
Prancing Horse Racing

2002

V8 Supercar Championship Series
27th

Holden VX Commodore

Rod Nash Racing

2003

V8 Supercar Championship Series
30th

Holden VX Commodore

Team Kiwi Racing

2004

Australian Carrera Cup Championship
13th

Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
VIP Pet Foods [3]

2004

V8 Supercar Championship Series
27th

Holden VY Commodore

Team Kiwi Racing

2005

V8 Supercar Championship Series
23rd

Ford BA Falcon

WPS Racing
2005
New Zealand Porsche GT3 Championship

1st
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

2006

Australian Carrera Cup Championship

1st

Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
V.I.P. Petfoods Racing

2006

V8 Supercar Championship Series
38th
Ford BA Falcon
WPS Racing
2006
New Zealand Porsche GT3 Championship

1st
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup


2007

Australian Carrera Cup Championship

3rd
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
V.I.P. Petfoods Racing

2007

V8 Supercar Championship Series
31st

Holden VE Commodore

Toll HSV Dealer Team

2007

Australian GT Championship
28th

Ferrari 360 GT
Consolidated Chemical Company
2007
New Zealand Porsche GT3 Championship

1st
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup


2008

V8 Supercar Championship Series
52nd

Holden VE Commodore

Holden Racing Team
2008
New Zealand Porsche GT3 Championship

1st
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup


2008

Australian Carrera Cup Championship

1st
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Fitzgerald Racing

2008

Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
31st

Ford BA Falcon

WPS Racing

2008

FIA GT Championship – GT2
48th
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR
Juniper Racing

2008–09

New Zealand V8s

3rd

Ford BA Falcon
United Video Racing
2008–09
New Zealand Porsche GT3 Championship

1st

Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
XXX Motorsport

2009

V8 Supercar Championship Series
37th

Holden VE Commodore

Holden Racing Team

2009–10

New Zealand V8s

1st

Ford BA Falcon
United Video Racing
2009–10
New Zealand Porsche GT3 Championship

1st

Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
XXX Motorsport

2010

Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
35th

Holden VE Commodore

Walkinshaw Performance
Eggleston Motorsport

2010

V8 Supercar Championship Series
62nd

Holden VE Commodore

Walkinshaw Racing

2011

Australian Carrera Cup Championship

1st

Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Dutton Insurance/ Jet Travel Insurance

2011

International V8 Supercars Championship
62nd

Holden VE Commodore

Walkinshaw Racing

2012

V8SuperTourer Championship
15th

Ford FG Falcon
PS Racing

2012

Australian Carrera Cup Championship

1st

Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Dutton Insurance/ Jet Travel Insurance

2012

International V8 Supercars Championship
39th

Ford FG Falcon

Stone Brothers Racing

2013

Australian Carrera Cup Championship

1st

Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
Dutton Insurance

2013

International V8 Supercars Championship
34th

Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG

Erebus Motorsport

2013

Australian GT Championship
8th

Ferrari 458 GT3
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Porsche 997 GT3 R
Clearwater Racing
Erebus Motorsport
VIP Petfoods Racing

2013

V8SuperTourer Championship
12th

Ford FG Falcon
PS Racing

2014

Australian Carrera Cup Championship

3rd

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991
Bonaire / Wilson Security

2014

Australian GT Championship
25th

McLaren MP4-12C
Darrell Lea

2015

Australian GT Championship
28th

Porsche 911 GT3-R


2015

Australian Carrera Cup Championship
5th

Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991
Porsche Centre Melbourne


Racing record



Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship results


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

























Year
Team
Car
1
2
3
4
DC
Points

1988
Glenn McIntyre Racing

BMW 635CSi

BAT

WEL

PUK
10

FJI
NC
0


Complete British Touring Car Championship results


(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)





































































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
Pos
Pts

1998

Ford Mondeo Racing

Ford Mondeo

THR
1
15

THR
2
14

SIL
1
Ret

SIL
2
10

DON
1
14

DON
2
13

BRH
1
15

BRH
2
Ret

OUL
1
14

OUL
2
11

DON
1

DON
2

CRO
1
14

CRO
2
13

SNE
1
11

SNE
2
6

THR
1
Ret

THR
2
DNS

KNO
1
12

KNO
2
13

BRH
1

BRH
2

OUL
1

OUL
2

SIL
1

SIL
2
20th
6


Complete Bathurst 1000 results
































































































































































































Year
Car#
Team
Car
Co-driver
Position
Laps

1994
45

Diet Coke Racing

BMW 318i

New Zealand Brett Riley
11th
152

1997
2

BMW Motorsport Australia

BMW 320i

Australia Paul Morris
DSQ
161

1997
18

Dick Johnson Racing

Ford EL Falcon

Australia Steven Johnson
4th
158

1999
4

Stone Brothers Racing

Ford AU Falcon

Australia Jason Bright
DNF
145

2000
4

Stone Brothers Racing

Ford AU Falcon

New Zealand Simon Wills
7th
161

2001
888
Prancing Horse Racing

Ford AU Falcon

Australia Mark Noske
DNF
27

2002
05

Team Brock

Holden VX Commodore

Australia Peter Brock
23rd
136

2003
021

Team Kiwi Racing

Holden VX Commodore

New Zealand Mark Porter
17th
149

2004
021

Team Kiwi Racing

Holden VY Commodore

New Zealand Mark Porter
DNF
129

2005
48

WPS Racing

Ford BA Falcon

Australia David Besnard
8th
158

2006
10

WPS Racing

Ford BA Falcon

Australia Jason Bargwanna
10th
161

2007
16

HSV Dealer Team

Holden VE Commodore

New Zealand Paul Radisich
DNF
137

2008
2

Holden Racing Team

Holden VE Commodore

Australia Glenn Seton
DNF
146

2009
22

Holden Racing Team

Holden VE Commodore

Australia Paul Dumbrell
21st
153

2010
24

Walkinshaw Racing

Holden VE Commodore

New Zealand Fabian Coulthard
DNF
0

2011
61

Walkinshaw Racing

Holden VE Commodore

New Zealand Fabian Coulthard
DNF
13

2012
4

Stone Brothers Racing

Ford FG Falcon

Australia Lee Holdsworth
8th
161

2013
4

Erebus Motorsport

Mercedes-Benz E63 W212

Australia Lee Holdsworth
14th
161

2014
4

Erebus Motorsport

Mercedes-Benz E63 W212

Australia Lee Holdsworth
DNF
132

2016
9

Erebus Motorsport

Holden VF Commodore

Australia David Reynolds
18th
148


Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

















































































































Year
Team
Co-Drivers
Car
Class
Laps
Overall
Position
Class
Position

2007

Australia Eastern Creek Karts P/L

Australia Paul Morris
Australia Garry Holt

BMW 335i
A
257

1st

1st

2008

Australia Eastern Creek Karts P/L

Australia Paul Morris
Australia Garry Holt

BMW 335i
B
252

3rd

1st

2009

Australia Wilson Brothers Racing

Australia Lee Castle
Australia Rodney Forbes

Subaru Impreza WRX
C
65
DNF
DNF

2011

Australia VIP Pet Foods Racing

Australia Klark Quinn
United Kingdom Tony Quinn

Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R
A
291

3rd

3rd

2012

Australia Clearwater Racing

Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Indonesia Weng Sun Mok

Ferrari 458 GT3
A
268

3rd

3rd

2013

Australia Clearwater Racing

Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Indonesia Weng Sun Mok

Ferrari 458 GT3
A
267

2nd

2nd

2014

Australia Clearwater Racing

Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Japan Hiroshi Hamaguachi
Indonesia Weng Sun Mok

Ferrari 458 GT3
A
57
DNF
DNF

2015

Australia M Motorsport

Australia Justin McMillan
New Zealand Steven Richards

Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4
AP
129
DNF
DNF

2016

Australia Darrell Lea

Australia Klark Quinn
United Kingdom Tony Quinn

McLaren 650S GT3
AA
171
DNF
DNF

2017

Australia Scott Taylor Motorsports

Germany Maro Engel
New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen

Mercedes AMG GT3
AA
283
DNF
DNF


References





  1. ^ "New Year Honours 2010". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2009. Archived from the original on 21 May 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2009..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ www.btccpages.com Retrieved on 22 August 2009


  3. ^ www.natsoft.com.au Archived 22 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 22 August 2009




External links




  • Craig Baird career summary at DriverDB.com

  • Speedsport Profile


  • Craig Baird driver statistics at Racing-Reference
























Sporting positions
Preceded by
Ken Smith

Winner of the New Zealand Grand Prix
1991, 1992, 1993
Succeeded by
Greg Murphy
Preceded by
Fabian Coulthard

Winner of the Australian Carrera Cup Championship
2006
Succeeded by
David Reynolds
Preceded by
John Bowe
Dick Johnson


Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour
2007
(with Paul Morris & Garry Holt)
Succeeded by
Graham Alexander
Rod Salmon
Damien White

Preceded by
David Reynolds

Winner of the Australian Carrera Cup Championship
2008, 2011-2013
Succeeded by
Steven Richards



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