Garth Tander

Garth Dirk Tander (born 31 March 1977) is an Australian former motor racing driver who competed in the Supercars Championship from 1998 to 2025. He was the 2007 champion for the HSV Dealer Team and claimed 57 wins, including six at Australia's most prestigious domestic race, the Bathurst 1000.

Tander also owns a motor racing team TanderSport.

Early career As a child, Tander started racing go karts at Tiger Kart Club in WA, and by the time he was 17 years old, he had won seven state titles and one Australian title.

Tander was Australian Formula Ford champion in 1997.

After failing to find a budget to run in Formula Holden in 1998, Tander was offered the seat in one of Garry Rogers Motorsport's V8 Supercars.

Triple Eight Race Engineering Without a full-time drive, Tander was signed by Triple Eight Race Engineering to be a co-driver to Shane Van Gisbergen for the endurance races. Tander won the 2020 and 2022 Bathurst 1000's with the team.

Grove Racing For the 2023 Endurance races, Tander moved to Grove Racing to drive a Ford for the first time in his Supercars Career. In 2023 he partnered David Reynolds for both the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 in the #26 car. For 2024, he moved across to partner Matthew Payne in the #19 Car. Tander and Payne would remain together for the 2025 season, and would win the rain-influenced 2025 Bathurst 1000 in spectacular fashion.

Retirement In November 2025, Tander formally announced his retirement from Supercars racing.

Personal life Tander was married to his ex-wife Leanne from 2004 to 2022. Tander is father to two children, Scarlet and Sebastian.

Career results

Season Series Position Car Team 1996 Australian Formula Ford Championship 17th Van Diemen RF95 Ford Fastlane Racing 1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship 1st Van Diemen RF95 Ford Fastlane Racing 1998 Australian Touring Car Championship 14th Holden VS Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 1999 Shell Championship Series 5th Holden VS Commodore Holden VT Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2000 Shell Championship Series 2nd Holden VT Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2001 Shell Championship Series 10th Holden VX Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series 10th Holden VX Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2003 V8 Supercar Championship Series 12th Holden VY Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2004 V8 Supercar Championship Series 11th Holden VY Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series 6th Holden VZ Commodore HSV Dealer Team 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series 4th Holden VZ Commodore HSV Dealer Team Holden Racing Team 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series 1st Holden VE Commodore HSV Dealer Team 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series 3rd Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 3rd Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 5th Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship 5th Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 2012 International V8 Supercars Championship 7th Holden VE Commodore Holden Racing Team 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship 8th Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 2014 International V8 Supercars Championship 9th Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team Australian GT Championship 8th Aston Martin Vantage GT3 VIP Petfoods 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 6th Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team Pirtek Enduro Cup 1st Australian GT Championship 19th McLaren 650S GT3 Darrell Lea 2016 International V8 Supercars Championship 9th Holden VF Commodore Holden Racing Team 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 9th Holden VF Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 13th Holden ZB Commodore Garry Rogers Motorsport 2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 27th Holden ZB Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering TCR Australia 10th Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Melbourne Performance Centre Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series 28th Toyota 86 Toyota Australia 2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 26th Holden ZB Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 2021 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 42nd Holden ZB Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering TCR Australia 21st Audi RS 3 LMS TCR Melbourne Performance Centre 2022 GT World Challenge Australia - Pro/Am 7th Audi R8 LMS Evo II The Bend Motorsport Park Supercars Championship 27th Holden ZB Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia - Pro 24th Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 992 SP Tools Racing Repco Australia Supercars Championship 41st Ford Mustang GT Grove Racing 2024 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia - Pro 22nd Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 992 Grove Racing Repco Australia Supercars Championship 41st Ford Mustang GT 2025 Supercars Endurance Cup 1st Ford Mustang GT Grove Racing Repco Australia Supercars Championship 25th

Supercars Championship results

Bathurst 1000 results The Holden Commodore VT in which Tander and Jason Bargwanna won the 2000 FAI 1000 at Bathurst. The car is pictured in 2018 Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 1998 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VS Cameron McLean DNF 49 1999 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VT Jason Bargwanna DNF 41 2000 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VT Jason Bargwanna 1st 161 2001 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VX Jason Bargwanna 6th 161 2002 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VX Jason Bargwanna DNF 51 2003 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VY Jamie Whincup 19th 146 2004 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VY Cameron McConville DNF 133 2005 HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VZ Rick Kelly 16th 149 2006 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZ Mark Skaife DNF 0 2007 HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VE Rick Kelly DNF 134 2008 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE Mark Skaife 12th 160 2009 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE Will Davison 1st 161 2010 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE Cameron McConville 3rd 161 2011 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE Nick Percat 1st 161 2012 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VE Nick Percat 25th 139 2013 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF Nick Percat 4th 161 2014 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF Warren Luff DNS 0 2015 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF Warren Luff 3rd 161 2016 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VF Warren Luff DNF 150 2017 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore VF James Golding 18th 152 2018 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB Chris Pither 6th 161 2019 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB Shane van Gisbergen 2nd 161 2020 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB Shane van Gisbergen 1st 161 2021 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB Shane van Gisbergen 18th 161 2022 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB Shane van Gisbergen 1st 161 2023 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 David Reynolds 5th 161 2024 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Matthew Payne DNF 130 2025 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Matthew Payne 1st 161

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2016 Melbourne Performance Centre Steve McLaughlan René Rast Audi R8 LMS AP 293 8th 7th 2017 Melbourne Performance Centre Christopher Mies Christopher Haase Audi R8 LMS Class A – GT3 Pro 282 13th 6th 2018 Jamec Pem Racing Kelvin van der Linde Frédéric Vervisch Audi R8 LMS APP 241 27th 7th 2019 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Kelvin van der Linde Frédéric Vervisch Audi R8 LMS APP 181 DNF DNF 2020 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Mirko Bortolotti Christopher Mies Audi R8 LMS Evo GT3 Pro 61 DNF DNF

TCR Australia results