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Craig Baird

b. 1970

New Zealand racing driver

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Born 1970. Craig Baird is a New Zealand racing automobile driver.

Craig George Baird (born 22 July 1970) is a New Zealand former racing driver who now is the driving standards observer for the Supercars Championship. He had previously raced competitively in the series from 2000 to 2016.

Baird enjoyed a prosperous career in his homeland of New Zealand and throughout the world, and is regarded as one of the countries most successful drivers. He won his first title in 1988 with the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship before moving to the Formula Pacific category the next season. Three years later, he would claim his first championship crown in the category and would win the next two seasons that followed. Throughout these three years, he also won the New Zealand Grand Prix, and shares the record for the most wins for the titular race by a single driver. Baird would then compete in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship where he won four consecutive titles from 1994 to 1997.

In 2000, Baird would sign with Stone Brothers Racing to compete in the V8 Supercars Championship Series. After immediate success in the opening round at Phillip Island, Baird struggled to retain a seat in the category. Driving with various teams for the next few years, he eventually stepped out of the category full-time in 2005. From there, he began competing in Porsche championships in Australia and New Zealand. Throughout his tenure, Baird established himself as one of the most successful drivers in the category with a five Australian Carrera Cup Championship titles and six New Zealand Porsche GT3 Championship titles. These achievements led to him being recognised by Porsche Germany as the most successful Porsche Cup driver in the world.

Following on from his racing career, Baird now assumes the role of driving standards observer for the Supercars Championship and was appointed to the Motorsport New Zealand board.

Junior and early racing career Karting Baird started racing karts in 1974 at the age of four. He achieved considerable success with four New Zealand titles and was a two-time Asia-Pacific champion.

Junior formula Baird began his foray into racing cars in 1985 in the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship. After two years of moderate success, he finally broke through for his first championship title in the 1987-88 season. The next season, Baird graduated to the New Zealand Formula Pacific Championship. After recording respectable results in his first full season, he competed on a part-time schedule for the next season where he recorded three wins from four appearances. The following year, he captured the title as well as the Motorsport New Zealand ‘Gold Star’ and won the New Zealand Grand Prix, driving a Swift DB4-Toyota. In 1992 and 1993, he dominated the championship, again attaining the New Zealand 'Gold Star' and would win the New Zealand Grand Prix twice more, thereby placing him equal-first for the most New Zealand Grand Prix victories by a single driver.

During the course of 1992, Baird also partook in a campaign in the British Formula Two Championship driving with Graham Lorrimer Motorsport. This proved to be less fruitful than his New Zealand exploits; finishing tenth overall and only nine points to his credit. In America, Baird made select appearances in the Formula Atlantic series in 1990 and 1993. However, his efforts were plagued by mechanical problems. He would also compete in the World Cup Formula 3000 in Buenos Aires. He retired from the event after 40 laps.

Touring car career In 1994, Baird would step out of single seaters and begin his pursuit in the touring car category. First competing in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship driving for BMW Motorsport New Zealand. This yielded immediate success with Baird winning the championship in his debut season. He would retain his title for the next three seasons. In this time, he also competed in the 1996 South African Touring Car Championship with the BMW works team. He achieved three podiums and finished eighth overall for the season. In 1997, Baird would make select appearances in the Australian Super Touring Championship for BMW Motorsport Australia. Later that year, he would team up with Paul Morris to drive in the 1997 AMP Bathurst 1000. The pairing took pole position and Baird drove the car to provisional victory. However, the team had breached the race regulation which limited any one driver to a maximum of three hours continuous driving and thus were disqualified from the overall results.

British Touring Car Championship Despite the disappointment of the disqualification, Baird's performance had captured the attention of race teams overseas. Multiple teams from the British Touring Car Championship were in attendance and were keen to sign the Kiwi after the event. This included West Surrey Racing owner Dick Bennetts, who he was already familiar with owing to having tested Formula 3 machinery with in the past. He would eventually sign a two-year deal with West Surrey Racing to compete in the series starting from 1998, driving a Ford Mondeo. Despite early promise in pre-season testing at Donington in the previous years' Mondeo, the newer iteration used for the season proved to be uncompetitive owing to a lack of balance in the car thanks in part to the increased engine weight. Thus Baird struggled for results the entire year and was constantly changing his driving style in a bid to find improvements. However, the cars characteristics meant that it tended to excel more in wet weather conditions. He recorded a best result of sixth in the rain at Snetterton and led at Knockhill. His campaign was also intermittently interrupted by way of being subsidised for 1992 Formula One World Champion, Nigel Mansell in select rounds. After WSR lost the Ford contract for the 1999 season, Baird would leave Europe and returned to New Zealand.

V8 Supercars Baird's first racing experience aboard a V8 Supercar came in the 1997 Primus 1000 Classic when he partnered Steven Johnson at Dick Johnson Racing. The pairing finished the race fourth albeit three laps down.

Baird made his championship debut in the category in the 1999 Queensland 500 as co-driver to Jason Bright at Stone Brothers Racing. The pairing placed their Ford Falcon on pole position for the event and were comfortably on course for victory on Sunday. However, mechanical issues forced them out of the race after 111 laps. They also demonstrated strong pace at the Bathurst 1000 but were once again overcome with mechanical issues. With Bright bound for the United States to compete in Indy Lights, this left a vacancy at Stone Brothers Racing. Following his performances in these events, Baird was promptly signed on a two-year deal as a full-time driver starting from the 2000 season.

The beginning of Baird's debut season showed tremendous promise. In the second race at the opening round at Phillip Island, Baird stormed from ninth on the grid to win the race by four seconds over Garth Tander. However, this ultimately proved to be the last time that Baird would finish on the podium in the category. After this event, Baird struggled for results for the remainder of the season and would be sacked mid-contract at the end of 2000. After losing his full-time drive for 2001, Baird paired with John Faulkner at the Queensland 500. For the Bathurst 1000, he would pair with Mark Noske to drive a Budweiser-sponsored entry run by Prancing Horse Racing. The team struggled for pace and would retire 27 laps into the event after Noske incurred a collision with Craig Lowndes at Forrest's Elbow.

In 2002, Baird would return to the series full-time. Signing with Rod Nash Racing which had formed an alliance with Peter Brock and ran under the Team Brock banner. Baird would team with Brock for the Bathurst 1000. However, they lacked pace and were plagued with mechanical issues. They finished 23rd and 25 laps down. In 2003, he moved to Team Kiwi Racing in search of greener pastures. However, the teams resources were lacking and the season passed without much note. Continuing with the team onto 2004, Baird continued to struggle with the lack of pace in the car although his racecraft did help him attain a handful of top ten finishes that year. The highlight of the season was a surprise pole position at Winton, in part thanks to changing conditions throughout the session.

Ahead of the 2005 season, Baird left Team Kiwi Racing for WPS Racing, marking his return to the Ford stable. The most noteworthy event to transpire for Baird that season was an accident that occurred during the final race at Pukekohe Park Raceway. At the end of lap 31, rain started to fall upon the circuit. This caught an array of drivers out and, in the ensuing chaos, Baird was spun by Paul Dumbrell and was sent into the wooden paddock fence used as part of the horse racing track. Baird retired from the race on the sport and the significant damage inflicted resulted in an extended red flag period. Following the conclusion of the 2005 season, WPS Racing would replace both Baird and teammate David Besnard with Jason Bargwanna and Brazilian driver, Max Wilson. With no other seats available elsewhere on the grid, this marked the last season where Baird would be a full-time driver in the V8 Supercar series.

Baird would be retained however, for the 2006 endurance events by WPS Racing. Partnering Bargwanna, achieving good results in both the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000. At the eleventh round in Tasmania, Baird would be afforded a one-off appearance for Team Kiwi Racing when he deputised for the injured Paul Radisich. Thereafter, Baird's racing resume in V8 Supercars was precluded purely to endurance co-driving duties. Competing with the Holden Racing Team, HSV Dealer Team, Stone Brothers Racing and Erebus Motorsport. Baird's final race in the category came in the 2016 endurance events, recording a 20th place finish in the second race at Surfers Paradise alongside main series driver, David Reynolds

Return to New Zealand

Beginning in 2008, Baird began racing in the New Zealand V8s series. Alongside his duties in the local Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, Baird would drive full-time with Pedersen Sheehan Racing. He finished third overall for the season with four wins to his credit. He returned the next season for the same time, this time winning the title over John McIntyre. McIntyre would reclaim the title next season as Baird narrowly missed out on the title after a trouble last couple of rounds.

Baird would take part in the inaugural running of the newly-formed V8SuperTourer series with PSR Racing. He scored two sprint championship podiums at Ruapuna and a third-placing at the same venue in the endurance series. He returned to the series for the next season, achieving similar results. Having left the series after this, Baird returned the New Zealand V8s series for 2014–15 season. This time driving in the TL class with Team Kiwi Racing. He ran a limited schedule of six races, winning two and finishing seventh in the overall standings. In the 2015–16 season, he returned for select rounds with the same team, although this time driving in Class One. He recorded two wins at Taupō and Pukekohe.

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

At the end of 1997, Baird took part in the TraNZam Championship Series. The championship utilised Trans-Am cars and took place across New Zealand over the summer spanning the end of 1997 to the beginning of 1998. He would finish second overall to series champion, Shane Drake. After returning from his failed stint in the British Touring Car Championship at the end of 1998, Baird returned to the series, once again finishing second in the championship to Drake. In his third attempt at the TraNZam crown, he finally pulled through to win the 1999-2000 championship. In this time, he began making one-off appearances in various sports car championships across the world. The first came in 1998 in the United States Road Racing Championship driving for Storm Racing in the GT category. He also drove in the Trans-Am Series for Alan Ferguson Racing in 2000. In 2001, he made select appearances in the Australian Nations Cup Championship for Prancing Horse Racing, procuring an array of podiums.

Porsche Carrera Cup Baird first exploits in Porsche Carrera Cup machinery came in the Porsche GT3 Cup Trans-Tasman held over the summer break at the end of 2003. He was a consistent front-runner and finished the championship in third place. At the end of 2004, while still competing in the V8 Supercar series, he made his debut in the Australian Carrera Cup Championship for Team VIP Petfoods.

Following the conclusion of his full-time V8 Supercar career the end of 2005, Baird signed on to compete in the Australian Carrera Cup Championship. Taking nine wins from 24 races, Baird proved to be the pacesetter and won the overall championship ahead of Alex Davison.

Honours In the 2010 New Year Honours, Baird was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to motorsport.

Career results Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position 1985–86 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship Caltex ? ? ? ? ? ? N/A 1986–87 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship Caltex 21 ? ? ? 1 ? N/A 1987–88 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship Caltex 21 ? ? ? ? ? 1st 1988 Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship Glenn McIntyre Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 1989 New Zealand Formula Pacific Championship Caltex 10 0 ? ? 0 ? N/A 1990 New Zealand Formula Pacific Championship Caltex 4 3 ? ? 3 ? N/A Australian Endurance Championship Bryce Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 N/A SCCA Toyota Atlantic Championship (West) - Pacific 4 0 0 0 0 26 16th 1991 New Zealand Formula Pacific Championship 12 6 ? ? 6 ? 1st 1992 New Zealand Formula Pacific Championship 12 11 ? ? 11 ? 1st British Formula Two Championship Graham Lorrimer Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 9 10th World Cup Formula 3000 Weylock Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 1993 New Zealand Formula Pacific Championship 10 ? ? ? ? ? 1st Toyota Atlantic Championship 1 ? ? ? ? ? N/A 1993–94 New Zealand Touring Car Championship BMW Motorsport New Zealand ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st 1994–95 New Zealand Touring Car Championship BMW Motorsport New Zealand ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st 1995–96 New Zealand Touring Car Championship BMW Motorsport New Zealand 6 ? ? ? ? ? 1st 1996 South African Touring Car Championship BMW Motorsport South Africa 18 0 0 0 3 27 8th 1996–97 New Zealand Touring Car Championship BMW Motorsport New Zealand 16 12 9 4 14 543 1st 1997 Australian Super Touring Championship BMW Motorsport Australia 4 0 1 1 2 35 8th 1997–98 TraNZam Championship ? ? ? ? ? ? 2nd 1998 British Touring Car Championship West Surrey Racing 17 0 0 0 0 6 20th United States Road Racing Championship Storm Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 1998–99 TraNZam Championship 20 3 0 0 4 212 2nd 1999 Shell Championship Series Stone Brothers Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 1999–00 TraNZam Championship ? ? ? ? ? 255 1st 2000 Shell Championship Series Stone Brothers Racing 31 1 0 0 1 702 15th BFGoodrich Tires Trans-Am Series Alan Ferguson Racing 2 0 0 0 1 33 33rd 2000–01 TraNZam Championship 3 3 1 0 3 96 10th 2001 Shell Championship Series John Faulkner RacingPrancing Horse Racing 2 0 0 0 0 56 76th Australian Nations Cup Championship Prancing Horse Racing 6 0 0 0 4 297 12th Australian GT Production Car Championship Prancing Horse Racing 2 0 0 0 0 5 25th 2001–02 New Zealand Touring Car Championship 3 0 0 1 1 65 16th 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series Rod Nash Racing 29 0 0 0 0 380 27th 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series Team Kiwi Racing 22 0 0 0 0 856 30th 2003–04 Porsche GT3 Cup Trans-Tasman 7 0 0 0 6 672 3rd 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series Team Kiwi Racing 24 0 1 0 0 925 27th Australian Carrera Cup Championship Team VIP Petfoods 9 1 0 0 4 324 13th 2004–05 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup 23 14 4 11 20 1444 1st 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series WPS Racing 30 0 0 0 0 980 23rd Rolex Sports Car Series - GT Aussie Assault 1 0 0 0 0 3 190th 2005–06 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup International Motorsport 20 6 1 8 19 1340 1st 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series WPS RacingTeam Kiwi Racing 4 0 0 0 0 287 38th Australian Carrera Cup Championship Team VIP Petfoods 24 9 0 2 19 1164 1st 2006–07 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup 17 6 3 5 15 1121 1st 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series HSV Dealer Team 2 0 0 0 0 45 31st Australian Carrera Cup Championship Team VIP Petfoods 24 7 3 7 19 1107 3rd Australian GT Championship Consolidated Chemical Company 4 0 0 0 1 76 22nd 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series Holden Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0 118 52nd Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series A.N.T. Racing 3 0 0 0 0 200 31st Australian Carrera Cup Championship Fitzgerald Racing 28 14 3 11 25 1458 1st Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Triple X Motorsport 18 14 2 5 15 1213 1st FIA GT Championship - GT2 Juniper Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0.5 30th 24H Series - A6 Team VIP Petfoods 1 1 1 0 0 1 30 1st 2008–09 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge 18 12 1 6 18 1295 1st New Zealand V8s Pedersen Sheehan Racing 21 4 2 4 9 1048 3rd 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series Holden Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0 249 36th Australian GT Championship John Teulan Racing 5 3 2 3 3 114 18th Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Team PCS Racing 1 0 0 0 1 0 N/A 2009–10 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Triple X Motorsport 18 5 1 7 15 1415 1st New Zealand V8s Pedersen Sheehan Racing 18 4 0 2 11 1041 1st 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series Walkinshaw Racing 2 0 0 0 0 98 62nd Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series Eggleston Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 133 35th Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Team PCS Racing 10 2 0 0 6 148 3rd 2010–11 Battery Town Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Triple X Motorsport 18 9 3 9 12 1037 2nd New Zealand V8s Pedersen Sheehan Racing 21 2 0 3 11 1075 2nd 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship Walkinshaw Racing 3 0 0 0 0 148 62nd Australian Carrera Cup Championship Dutton Insurance Racing 21 7 2 4 12 980 1st Porsche Carrera Cup Asia SC Global Racing 2 0 0 1 2 0 N/A Porsche Carrera World Cup Porsche AG 1 0 0 0 0 0 39th Australian GT Championship Hallmarc 1 0 0 0 1 50 20th 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship Stone Brothers Racing 3 0 0 0 0 343 39th Australian Carrera Cup Championship Dutton Insurance Racing 24 10 3 4 22 1267 1st Porsche Carrera Cup Asia SC Global Racing 1 1 0 1 1 0 N/A V8 SuperTourer Championship - Sprint PSR Racing 12 0 0 0 2 1604 8th V8 SuperTourer Championship - Endurance 7 0 0 0 1 976 6th 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship Erebus Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 546 34th Australian Carrera Cup Championship Alliance Group Racing 20 8 1 2 13 972.5 1st Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Team Carrera Cup Asia 1 0 0 0 1 0 N/A V8 SuperTourer Championship PSR Racing 15 0 0 0 1 1710 12th V8 SuperTourer Championship - Endurance 8 0 0 0 0 960 8th Australian GT Championship Clearwater RacingErebus MotorsportVIP Petfoods 6 2 2 4 6 220 9th 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship Erebus Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 72 52nd Australian Carrera Cup Championship Porsche Centre Melbourne 22 4 0 2 7 914 3rd GT Asia Series - GT3 Clearwater Racing 7 0 0 0 0 43 16th Australian GT Championship VIP Petfoods Racing 1 0 0 0 0 30 28th 2014–15 New Zealand V8s - TL Team Kiwi Racing 11 2 1 5 8 587 7th 2015 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Porsche Centre Melbourne 22 0 0 1 5 806 5th Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Clearwater Racing 14 2 1 2 8 216 2nd GT Asia Series - GT3 2 0 0 0 0 9 42nd Australian GT Championship Scott Taylor Motorsport 2 0 0 0 1 81 29th Australian Manufacturers' Championship Alphera Financial Services 1 0 0 0 1 90 23rd 2015–16 NZ Touring Cars Championship - Class One Team Kiwi Racing 5 2 0 0 2 253 13th 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship Erebus Motorsport 7 0 0 0 0 219 50th Australian Endurance Championship 3 1 1 0 1 351 6th Australian GT Championship Scott Taylor Motorsport 13 3 0 4 5 581 2nd Intercontinental GT Challenge Keltic Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 2017 Australian GT Championship Scott Taylor Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 35 32nd Australian Endurance Championship 2 0 0 0 0 6 37th Intercontinental GT Challenge HTP Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 2018 Australian GT Championship Scott Taylor Motorsport 6 2 1 1 2 578 13th Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 2 24th 2019 Australian GT Championship Scott Taylor Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 190 19th

Supercars Championship results (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 1999 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) EAS R1 EAS R2 EAS R3 ADE R4 BAR R5 BAR R6 BAR R7 PHI R8 PHI R9 PHI R10 HID R11 HID R12 HID 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 ORAR29 ORAR30 ORAR31 QLDR32 BATR33 N/A 0 2000 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (AU) PHIR1 PHIR2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 ADER6 ADER7 EASR8 EASR9 EASR10 HDVR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 CANR14 CANR15 CANR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 WINR20 WINR21 WINR22 ORAR23 ORAR24 ORAR25 CALR26 CALR27 CALR28 QLDR29 SANR30 SANR31 SANR32 BATR33 15th 702 2001 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VT) PHIR1 PHIR2 ADER3 ADER4 EASR5 EASR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 CANR10 CANR11 CANR12 BARR13 BARR14 BARR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 QLDR21 WINR22 WINR23 BATR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 SANR30 76th 56 Prancing Horse Racing Ford Falcon (AU) PHIR1 PHIR2 ADER3 ADER4 EASR5 EASR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 CANR10 CANR11 CANR12 BARR13 BARR14 BARR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 QLDR21 WINR22 WINR23 BATR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 SANR30 2002 Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VX) ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 EASR5 EASR6 EASR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 CANR11 CANR12 CANR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 WINR19 WINR20 QLDR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 27th 380 2003 Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VX) ADER1 ADER1 PHIR3 EASR4 WINR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 HDVR11 QLDR12 ORAR13 SANR14 BATR15 SURR16 SURR17 PUKR18 PUKR19 PUKR20 EASR21 EASR22 30th 856 2004 Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VY) ADER1 ADER2 EASR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 PUKR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 QLDR13 WINR14 ORAR15 ORAR16 SANR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SYMR21 SYMR22 SYMR23 EASR24 EASR25 EASR26 27th 925 2005 WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 EASR9 EASR10 SHAR11 SHAR12 SHAR13 HDVR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 SURR24 SYMR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 PHIR28 PHIR29 PHIR30 23rd 980 2006 WPS Racing Ford Falcon (BA) ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 HDVR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 SANR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 SURR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 SYMR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 38th 287 Team Kiwi Racing Holden Commodore (VZ) ADER1 ADER2 PUKR3 PUKR4 PUKR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 HDVR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 ORAR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 SANR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 SURR25 SYMR26 SYMR27 SYMR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 2007 HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore (VE) ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 PUKR6 PUKR7 PUKR8 WINR9 WINR10 WINR11 EASR12 EASR13 EASR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 ORAR21 ORAR22 ORAR23 SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 PHIR35 PHIR36 PHIR37 31st 45 2008 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VE) ADER1 ADER2 EASR3 EASR4 EASR5 HAMR6 HAMR7 HAMR8 BARR9 BARR10 BARR11 SANR12 SANR13 SANR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 WINR21 WINR22 WINR23 PHIQ PHIR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 ORAR35 ORAR36 ORAR37 52nd 118 2009 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore (VE) ADER1 ADER2 HAMR3 HAMR4 WINR5 WINR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 TOWR11 TOWR12 SANR13 SANR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 PHIQ PHIR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SURR21 SURR22 PHIR23 PHIR24 BARR25 BARR26 SYDR27 SYDR28 36th 249 2010 Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore (VE) YMCR1 YMCR2 BHRR3 BHRR4 ADER5 ADER6 HAMR7 HAMR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 WINR11 WINR12 HDVR13 HDVR14 TOWR15 TOWR16 PHIR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SYMR21 SYMR22 SANR23 SANR24 SYDR25 SYDR26 62nd 98 2011 Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore (VE) YMCR1 YMCR2 ADER3 ADER4 HAMR5 HAMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 PHIR19 BATR20 SURR21 SURR22 SYMR23 SYMR24 SANR25 SANR26 SYDR27 SYDR28 62nd 148 2012 Stone Brothers Racing Ford Falcon (FG) ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 HAMR5 HAMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 SANQR SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 YMCR24 YMCR25 YMCR26 WINR27 WINR28 SYDR29 SYDR30 39th 343 2013 Erebus Motorsport Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 PUKR6 PUKR7 PUKR8 PUKR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 COAR13 COAR14 COAR15 COAR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 HIDR19 TOWR20 TOWR21 QLDR22 QLDR23 QLDR24 WINR25 WINR26 WINR27 SANR28 BATR29 SURR30 SURR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 SYDR35 SYDR36 34th 546 2014 Erebus Motorsport Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 WINR7 WINR8 WINR9 PUKR10 PUKR11 PUKR12 PUKR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 HIDR19 TOWR20 TOWR21 TOWR22 QLDR23 QLDR24 QLDR25 SMPR26 SMPR27 SMPR28 SANQR SANR29 BATR30 SURR31 SURR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 PHIR35 SYDR36 SYDR37 SYDR38 52nd 72 2016 Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 PHIR6 PHIR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 SANQR SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 PUKR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SYDR28 SYDR29 50th 219

Australian Carrera Cup 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 27 28 Pos Pts 2006 Sherrin Motor Sport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 WAKR4 WAKR5 WAKR6 HIDR7 HIDR8 HIDR9 ORAR10 ORAR11 ORAR12 SANR13 SANR14 SANR15 BATR16 BATR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SURR21 PHIR22 PHIR23 PHIR24 6th 633 2007 Sherrin Motor Sport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 WINR4 WINR5 WINR6 HIDR7 HIDR8 HIDR9 QLDR10 QLDR11 QLDR12 ORAR13 ORAR14 ORAR15 SANR16 SANR17 SANR18 BATR19 BATR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 SURR24 8th 533 2008 Fitzgerald Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 ALBR4 ALBR5 ALBR6 ALBR7 WAKR8 WAKR9 WAKR10 BARR11 BARR12 BARR13 SANR14 SANR15 SANR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 PHIR20 PHIR21 PHIR22 BATR23 BATR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 1st 1458 2011 Dutton Insurance Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ALBR1 ALBR2 ALBR3 BARR4 BARR5 BARR6 TOWR7 TOWR8 TOWR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 PHIR12 BATR13 BATR14 BATR15 SURR16 SURR17 SURR18 HOMR19 HOMR20 HOMR21 1st 980 2012 Alliance Group Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 ALBR4 ALBR5 ALBR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 PHIR12 TOWR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 BATR16 BATR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SURR21 HOMR22 HOMR23 HOMR24 1st 1267 2013 Alliance Group Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 ALBR4 ALBR5 ALBR6 SYDR7 SYDR8 TOWR9 TOWR10 TOWR11 WINR12 WINR13 WINR14 BATR15 BATR16 BATR17 SURR18 SURR19 SURR20 1st 972.5 2014 Alliance Group Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 ALBR4 ALBR5 ALBR6 PHIR7 PHIR8 TOWR9 TOWR10 TOWR11 SMPR12 SMPR13 SMPR14 SANR15 SANR16 SANR17 BATR18 BATR19 BATR20 SURR21 SURR22 SURR23 3rd 914 2015 Porsche Centre Melbourne Porsche 911 GT3 Cup ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 ALBR4 ALBR5 ALBR6 PHIR7 PHIR8 TOWR9 TOWR10 TOWR11 SMPR12 SMPR13 SMPR14 SANR15 SANR16 SANR17 BATR18 BATR19 SURR20 SURR21 SURR22 5th 806

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 THR1 THR2 SIL1 SIL2 DON1 DON2 BRH1 BRH2 OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 CRO1 CRO2 SNE1 SNE2 THR1 THR2 KNO1 KNO2 BRH1 BRH2 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SIL2 20th 6

Note: No points were awarded for leading in the feature race at Knockhill.

Bathurst 1000 results Year Car# Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 1990 54 Diet Coke Racing BMW 318i Brett Riley DNF 82 1994 45 Diet Coke Racing BMW 318i Brett Riley 11th 152 * 2 BMW Motorsport Australia BMW 320i Paul Morris DSQ 161 1997 18 Dick Johnson Racing Ford EL Falcon Steven Johnson 4th 158 1999 4 Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon Jason Bright DNF 145 2000 4 Stone Brothers Racing Ford AU Falcon Simon Wills 7th 161 2001 888 Prancing Horse Racing Ford AU Falcon Mark Noske DNF 27 2002 05 Team Brock Holden VX Commodore Peter Brock 23rd 136 2003 021 Team Kiwi Racing Holden VX Commodore Mark Porter 17th 149 2004 021 Team Kiwi Racing Holden VY Commodore Mark Porter DNF 129 2005 48 WPS Racing Ford BA Falcon David Besnard 8th 158 2006 10 WPS Racing Ford BA Falcon Jason Bargwanna 10th 161 2007 16 HSV Dealer Team Holden VE Commodore Paul Radisich DNF 137 2008 2 Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore Glenn Seton DNF 146 2009 22 Holden Racing Team Holden VE Commodore Paul Dumbrell 21st 153 2010 24 Walkinshaw Racing Holden VE Commodore Fabian Coulthard DNF 0 2011 61 Walkinshaw Racing Holden VE Commodore Fabian Coulthard DNF 13 2012 4 Stone Brothers Racing Ford FG Falcon Lee Holdsworth 8th 161 2013 4 Erebus Motorsport Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Lee Holdsworth 14th 161 2014 4 Erebus Motorsport Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Lee Holdsworth DNF 132 2016 9 Erebus Motorsport Holden VF Commodore David Reynolds 18th 148

Super Touring race

Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 2007 Eastern Creek Karts P/L Paul Morris Garry Holt BMW 335i A 257 1st 1st 2008 Eastern Creek Karts P/L Paul Morris Garry Holt BMW 335i B 252 3rd 1st 2009 Wilson Brothers Racing Lee Castle Rodney Forbes Subaru Impreza WRX C 65 DNF DNF 2011 VIP Pet Foods Racing Klark Quinn Tony Quinn Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R A 291 3rd 3rd 2012 Clearwater Racing Matt Griffin Weng Sun Mok Ferrari 458 GT3 A 268 3rd 3rd 2013 Clearwater Racing Matt Griffin Weng Sun Mok Ferrari 458 GT3 A 267 2nd 2nd 2014 Clearwater Racing Matt Griffin Hiroshi Hamaguachi Weng Sun Mok Ferrari 458 GT3 A 57 DNF DNF 2015 M Motorsport Justin McMillan Steven Richards Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 AP 129 DNF DNF 2016 Darrell Lea Klark Quinn Tony Quinn McLaren 650S GT3 AA 171 DNF DNF 2017 Scott Taylor Motorsports Maro Engel Shane van Gisbergen Mercedes AMG GT3 AA 283 DNF DNF 2018 Scott Taylor Motorsports Tony D'Alberto Max Twigg Mercedes AMG GT3 APA 268 12th 6th

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Hamilton Boys' High School
Awards
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Also known as
Craig George Baird

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Craig Baird?

New Zealand racing driver

When was Craig Baird born?

Craig Baird was born on 22 July 1970 in Hamilton.

What is Craig Baird's occupation?

Craig Baird is a racing automobile driver.

What nationality is Craig Baird?

Craig Baird is New Zealand.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Craig Baird

· Wikidata: Q3001990

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