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Wayne Michael Gardner AM (born 11 October 1959) is an Australian former professional motorcycle and touring car racer. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1986 to 1992 , most prominently as a member of the Honda factory racing team where he became the first Australian to win motorcycling's premier ...
Nov 23, 2020 · Subscribe and tap the notification bell 🔔 to be delivered Australian stories every day: http://ab.co/ABCAus-subscribe Wayne Gardner was the first Australian to win the 500CC/Moto GP World ...
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Though he started out thinking he was making a documentary about Wayne Gardner, the one-time apprentice steelworker from Wollongong who became Australia’s first 500cc motorcycle world champion in 1987, Jeremy Sims now realises his film has two stars.
Nov 16, 2021 · Learn how Wayne Gardner, the first Australian 500cc World Champion, and his son Remy, the 2021 Moto2™ World Champion, have made history as the second father-son duo to achieve the feat. See their achievements, challenges and comparisons with the only other father-son pair, the Roberts.
Oct 15, 2009 · Wayne Gardner: A true legend of Australian sport. In 1987 Wayne Gardner became the first Australian rider to win the premier class crown - on Michelin tyres.
Wayne Gardner AM was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1991 as an Athlete Member for his contribution to the sport of motorcycling. Gardner developed an early passion for motorbikes, competing in his first race on a well loved mini bike in 1972.
Wayne Gardner has two reasons to remember the 1986 Spanish 500 Grand Prix at Jarama. It was his first Grand Prix victory and the back story is one of his favourite anecdotes. Gardner had been knocking on the door of a race victory through 1985 on a Honda Britain entered factory NS500 triple.
