Jason Bargwanna

Jason Eric Bargwanna
Bargwanna at the 2007 Bathurst 1000
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1971-04-26) 26 April 1971 (age 53)
Related to	Harry Bargwanna (father) Ben Bargwanna (son) Alf Bargwanna (uncle) Scott Bargwanna (cousin) Jude Bargwanna (second cousin)
Supercars Championship career
Championships	0
Races	377
Wins	7
Podiums	23
Pole positions	2

Jason Eric Bargwanna (born 26 April, 1971) is an Australian motor racing driver. Best known as a Supercars Championship competitor, Bargwanna raced in the series for 25 years, the pinnacle of which was winning, with Garth Tander, the 2000 Bathurst 1000 in a Garry Rogers Motorsport prepared Holden Commodore. Bargwanna was the Driving Standards Observer for the Supercars Championship from 2014 until 2016.

Bargwanna commenced his racing career in the late 1980s, initially competing in the Formula Vee category. He made his Bathurst 1000 début while still a teenager in 1990 and won the 1992 Bathurst 1600 cc class at 20, with his cousin Scott, however a lack of funding limited his motor sport participation for the next few seasons and he pursued a career in the financial sector.

His career finally started to move forward in 1995, racing in the Australian Formula Ford Championship. He impressed in his seven-year-old Reynard, racing against younger drivers with the latest cars from Van Diemen and Swift and against drivers of the calibre of Jason Bright and Mark Webber. His 1995 showing allowed him to attract the budget to run a campaign with late model equipment in 1996 and he finished second in the championship to Van Diemen's factory supported driver, David Besnard. He also represented Australia in the EFDA Nations Cup in both 1995 and 1996. A move to Formula Holden resulted in second place in the 1997 Australian Drivers' Championship with SH Racing.

As a member of the Holden Young Lions V8 Supercar program in 1997, he surprised many by taking provisional pole position in the #97 Holden Commodore at the Bathurst 1000 Classic only to damage the car beyond repair in a race day warm up accident. His career further advanced in 1998 with a move full-time to Garry Rogers Motorsport, where he stayed for five years. Bargwanna is best known for winning the 2000 Bathurst 1000 with Garth Tander for that team. He also scored two round wins at the Winton event in 1999 and 2000 and at the inaugural championship round supporting the Gold Coast Indy 300, the V8 Supercar Challenge, in 2002.

In 2003, Bargwanna switched to Ford and drove for Larkham Motor Sport from 2003 to 2005. In 2006, Larkham Motor Sport merged with WPS Racing, the team folding immediately prior to the 2008 season and leaving Bargwanna without a full-time drive. He did however co-drive a Holden Commodore (VE) for Rod Nash Racing alongside Tony D'Alberto in the 2008 Phillip Island 500 and the Bathurst 1000 endurance races.

Bargwanna joined Tasman Motorsport for 2009 and, following the closure of that team at the end of the season,^[1] he joined Kelly Racing for 2010.^[2] He was also voted in the top 50 all time Australian Touring car drivers in 2010.^[3] In 2011 Bargwanna drove a Brad Jones Racing Commodore alongside his junior open-wheel rival, Jason Bright.^[4]

In 2014, Bargwanna was appointed as the Driver Standards Observer for the Supercars Championship.^[5] Bargwanna left the post at the end of 2016.^[6]

In late 2011, Bargwanna left the V8 Supercars Australia and joined the New Zealand V8. He resulted runner-up in the 2011/12 season behind Angus Fogg, collecting a round win and podiums in the six rounds driving a Tulloch Ford Falcon. The team switched to a Holden Commodore for the 2013 season. The driver won nine out of 15 races and got the TLX title.

In 2020, Bargwanna was to make his debut in the TCR Australia and TCR Asia Pacific Cup driving a Peugeot 308. Both series were cancelled due to the Corona Virus Pandemic. In 2021, he and his son Ben, debuted in the series. Jason scored his first win at Phillip Island^[7]

Bargwanna is married to Debra and has two children. He lives in Nar Nar Goon, Victoria. His father, Harry Bargwanna, himself an Australian racing driver, owns and operates a mechanical repair shop in the Southern Sydney suburb of Engadine. His uncle Alf and cousin Scott are also national level race drivers. Bargwanna attended Heathcote High School in Sydney. Bargwanna owns four Red Rooster franchises in Hampton Park, Fountain Gate, Hastings, and Pakenham West.^[8]

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1994	Australian Formula Ford Championship	18th	Reynard FF88 Ford	Ugly Kid Racing
1995	Australian Formula Ford Championship	9th	Reynard FF88 Ford	Ugly Kid Racing
	EFDA Nations Cup	11th †	Van Diemen – Opel	Team Australia
1996	Australian Formula Ford Championship	2nd	Spectrum 05c Ford	Team Arrow
	EFDA Nations Cup	8th †	Van Diemen – Opel	Team Australia
1997	Australian Drivers' Championship	2nd	Reynard 92D Holden	SH Racing
1998	Australian Touring Car Championship	7th	Holden Commodore (VS)	Garry Rogers Motorsport
1999	Shell Championship Series	11th	Holden Commodore (VT)	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2000	Shell Championship Series	7th	Holden Commodore (VT)	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2001	Shell Championship Series	15th	Holden Commodore (VX)	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2002	V8 Supercar Championship Series	13th	Holden Commodore (VX)	Garry Rogers Motorsport
2003	V8 Supercar Championship Series	14th	Ford Falcon (AU) Ford Falcon (BA)	Larkham Motor Sport
2004	V8 Supercar Championship Series	8th	Ford Falcon (BA)	Larkham Motor Sport
2005	V8 Supercar Championship Series	26th	Ford Falcon (BA)	Larkham Motor Sport
2006	V8 Supercar Championship Series	14th	Ford Falcon (BA)	WPS Racing
2007	V8 Supercar Championship Series	18th	Ford Falcon (BF)	WPS Racing
2008	Australian Mini Challenge	4th	Mini Cooper	Bargwanna Motorsport
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	61st	Holden Commodore (VE)	Tony D'Alberto Racing
2009	V8 Supercar Championship Series	25th	Holden Commodore (VE)	Tasman Motorsport
2010	V8 Supercar Championship Series	24th	Holden Commodore (VE)	Kelly Racing
2010-11	New Zealand V8 Touring Cars	11th	Ford Falcon (BA)	Tulloch Motorsport
2011	International V8 Supercars Championship	22nd	Holden Commodore (VE)	Brad Jones Racing
2011-12	New Zealand V8 Touring Cars	2nd	Ford Falcon (BA)	Tulloch Motorsport
2013	New Zealand V8 Touring Cars - TLX Class	1st	Holden Commodore (VE)	Tulloch Motorsport
2013–14	New Zealand V8 Touring Cars - TLX Class	2nd	Toyota Camry	Richards Team Motorsport
2014–15	New Zealand V8 Touring Cars - TLX Class	1st	Toyota Camry	Richards Team Motorsport
2015–16	New Zealand Touring Cars - Class one	4th	Toyota Camry	Richards Team Motorsport
2016–17	New Zealand Touring Cars - Class one	3rd	Ford Falcon (FG) Toyota Camry	Richards Team Motorsport
2017–18	New Zealand Touring Cars - Class one	2nd	Toyota Camry	Richards Team Motorsport
2020	TCR Asia Pacific Cup	NC	Peugeot 308 TCR	Burson Auto Parts Racing
2021	TCR Australia	9th	Peugeot 308 TCR	Burson Auto Parts Racing
	Trans Am Series	29th	Ford Mustang	Garry Rogers Motorsport

† team result

(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
1998	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VS Commodore	SAN R1 6	SAN R2 Ret	SAN R3 DNS	SYM R4 5	SYM R5 4	SYM R6 3	LAK R7 10	LAK R8 23	LAK R9 13	PHI R10 8	PHI R11 8	PHI R12 11	WIN R13 7	WIN R14 Ret	WIN R15 11	MAL R16 20	MAL R17 9	MAL R18 6	BAR R19 27	BAR R20 Ret	BAR R21 6	CAL R22 4	CAL R23 1	CAL R24 C	HDV R25 8	HDV R26 2	HDV R27 2	ORA R28 10	ORA R29 3	ORA R30 3										7th	603
1999	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore	EAS R1	EAS R2	EAS R3	ADE R4	BAR R5	BAR R6	BAR R7	PHI R8	PHI R9	PHI R10	HDV R11	HDV R12	HDV 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	ORA R29	ORA R30	ORA R31	QLD R32	BAT R33							7th	1310
2000	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore	PHI R1	PHI R2	BAR R3	BAR R4	BAR R5	ADE R6	ADE R7	EAS R8	EAS R9	EAS R10	HDV R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	CAN R14	CAN R15	CAN R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	WIN R20	WIN R21	WIN R22	ORA R23	ORA R24	ORA R25	CAL R26	CAL R27	CAL R28	QLD R29	SAN R30	SAN R31	SAN R32	BAT R33							8th	993
2001	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	PHI R1	PHI R2	ADE R3	ADE R4	EAS R5	EAS R6	HDV R7	HDV R8	HDV R9	CAN R10	CAN R11	CAN R12	BAR R13	BAR R14	BAR R15	CAL R16	CAL R17	CAL R18	ORA R19	ORA R20	QLD R21	WIN R22	WIN R23	BAT R24	PUK R25	PUK R26	PUK R27	SAN R28	SAN R29	SAN R30										12th	1912
2002	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	PHI R3	PHI R4	EAS R5	EAS R6	EAS R7	HDV R8	HDV R9	HDV R10	CAN R11	CAN R12	CAN R13	BAR R14	BAR R15	BAR R16	ORA R17	ORA R18	WIN R19	WIN R20	QLD R21	BAT R22	SUR R23	SUR R24	PUK R25	PUK R26	PUK R27	SAN R28	SAN R29											6th	1310
2003	Larkham Motorsport	Ford AU Falcon	ADE R1 15	ADE R1 19	PHI R3 26	EAS R4 14	WIN R5 13	BAR R6 Ret	BAR R7 Ret	BAR R8 DNS	HDV R9 17	HDV R10 13	HDV R11 20	QLD R12 17	ORA R13 15	SAN R14 9	BAT R15 Ret	SUR R16 17	SUR R17 13	PUK R18 4	PUK R19 5	PUK R20 13	EAS R21 9	EAS R22 6																		14th	1341
2004	Larkham Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	ADE R1 2	ADE R2 2	EAS R3 4	PUK R4 6	PUK R5 5	PUK R6 4	HDV R7 5	HDV R8 3	HDV R9 3	BAR R10 Ret	BAR R11 6	BAR R12 2	QLD R13 2	WIN R14 13	ORA R15 10	ORA R16 11	SAN R17 15	BAT R18 21	SUR R19 Ret	SUR R20 Ret	SYM R21 4	SYM R22 13	SYM R23 6	EAS R24 8	EAS R25 4	EAS R26 8														5th	1819
2005	Larkham Motorsport	Ford BA Falcon	ADE R1	ADE R2	PUK R3	PUK R4	PUK R5	BAR R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	EAS R9	EAS R10	SHA R11	SHA R12	SHA R13	HDV R14	HDV R15	HDV R16	QLD R17	ORA R18	ORA R19	SAN R20	BAT R21	SUR R22	SUR R23	SUR R24	SYM R25	SYM R26	SYM R27	PHI R28	PHI R29	PHI R30										7th	1669
2006	WPS Racing	Ford BA Falcon	ADE R1	ADE R2	PUK R3	PUK R4	PUK R5	BAR R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	WIN R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	HDV R14	QLD R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	ORA R18	ORA R19	ORA R20	SAN R21	BAT R22	SUR R23	SUR R24	SUR R25	SYM R26	SYM R27	SYM R28	BHR R29	BHR R30	BHR R31	PHI R32	PHI R33	PHI R34						7th	2740
2007	WPS Racing	Ford BF Falcon	ADE R1 11	ADE R2 8	BAR R3 22	BAR R4 13	BAR R5 9	PUK R6 5	PUK R7 18	PUK R8 12	WIN R9 2	WIN R10 16	WIN R11 12	EAS R12 6	EAS R13 6	EAS R14 7	HDV R15 7	HDV R16 9	HDV R17 8	QLD R18 13	QLD R19 Ret	QLD R20 Ret	ORA R21 5	ORA R22 6	ORA R23 5	SAN R24 3	BAT R25 10	SUR R26 Ret	SUR R27 5	SUR R28 1	BHR R29 25	BHR R30 6	BHR R31 25	SYM R32 4	SYM R33 2	SYM R34 2	PHI R35 27	PHI R36 12	PHI R37 9			7th	380
2008	Tony D'Alberto Racing	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1 5	ADE R2 15	EAS R3 27	EAS R4 7	EAS R5 Ret	HAM R6 3	HAM R7 2	HAM R8 2	BAR R9 4	BAR R10 7	BAR R11 9	SAN R12 23	SAN R13 16	SAN R14 9	HDV R15 2	HDV R16 2	HDV R17 1	QLD R18 7	QLD R19 7	QLD R20 11	WIN R21 5	WIN R22 24	WIN R23 Ret	PHI Q 9	PHI R24 4	BAT R25 4	SUR R26 11	SUR R27 12	SUR R28 8	BHR R29 8	BHR R30 5	BHR R31 9	SYM R32 Ret	SYM R33 Ret	SYM R34 17	ORA R35 4	ORA R36 3	ORA R37 17		8th	2416
2009	Tasman Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1 Ret	ADE R2 9	HAM R3 15	HAM R4 12	WIN R5 3	WIN R6 16	SYM R7 15	SYM R8 15	HDV R9 21	HDV R10 14	TOW R11 21	TOW R12 20	SAN R13 14	SAN R14 12	QLD R15 11	QLD R16 7	PHI Q 1	PHI R17 3	BAT R18 Ret	SUR R19 7	SUR R20 6	SUR R21 12	SUR R22 Ret	PHI R23 17	PHI R24 14	BAR R25 23	BAR R26 8	SYD R27 8	SYD R28 15											13th	1780
2010	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore	YMC R1 16	YMC R2 17	BHR R3 Ret	BHR R4 15	ADE R5 17	ADE R6 13	HAM R7 24	HAM R8 DSQ	QLD R9 27	QLD R10 9	WIN R11 14	WIN R12 21	HDV R13 Ret	HDV R14 10	TOW R15 9	TOW R16 5	PHI R17 21	BAT R18 11	SUR R19 Ret	SUR R20 13	SYM R21 8	SYM R22 9	SAN R23 12	SAN R24 15	SYD R25 11	SYD R26 2														15th	1630
2011	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore	YMC R1	YMC R2	ADE R3	ADE R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	PHI R19 17	BAT R20 4	SUR R21	SUR R22	SYM R23	SYM R24	SAN R25	SAN R26	SYD R27	SYD R28												36th	366

Year	Car#	Team	Car	Co-driver	Overall position	Class position	Laps
1990	43	Brian Callaghan	Holden Commodore (VL)	Brian Callaghan, Jr. John Gerwald	21st	19th	143
1992	71	Toyota Team Australia	Toyota Corolla FX-GT	Scott Bargwanna	22nd	1st	126
1997	97	Holden Young Lions	Holden Commodore (VS)	Mark Noske	DNS	DNS	0
1998	35	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VS Commodore	Jim Richards	3rd	3rd	161
1999	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VT)	Garth Tander	DNF	DNF	41
2000	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VT Commodore	Garth Tander	1st	1st	161
2001	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VX)	Garth Tander	6th	6th	161
2002	34	Garry Rogers Motorsport	Holden VX Commodore	Garth Tander	DNF	DNF	51
2003	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford Falcon (BA)	Mark Larkham	DNF	DNF	118
2004	10	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon	Mark Winterbottom	5th	5th	161
2005	20	Larkham Motor Sport	Ford BA Falcon	Mark Winterbottom	DNF	DNF	122
2006	10	WPS Racing	Ford BA Falcon	Craig Baird	10th	10th	161
2007	8	WPS Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	Max Wilson	7th	7th	161
2008	55	Rod Nash Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	Tony D'Alberto	DNF	DNF	159
2009	3	Tasman Motorsport	Holden VE Commodore	Mark Noske	6th	6th	161
2010	11	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore	Glenn Seton	DNF	DNF	132
2011	14	Brad Jones Racing	Holden VE Commodore	Shane Price	23rd	23rd	158

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1993	Fowler Bathroom Products	Stephen Shedden Scott Bargwanna	Toyota MR2	S	228	DNF	DNF
1994	Mercantile Mutual Dealer Team	John Smith Scott Bargwanna	Toyota MR2	S	248	5th	2nd
2009	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Steve Knight Brad Jones	Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X	C	238	3rd	3rd
2010	Pro-Duct Motorsport	Bob Pearson Steve Glenney	Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X	A	83	DNF	DNF

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

TCR Australia results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Points	Position
2021	Burson Auto Parts Racing	Peugeot 308 TCR	SYM R1 11	SYM R2 8	SYM R3 Ret	PHI R4 7	PHI R5 5	PHI R6 1	BAT R7 11	BAT R8 9	BAT R9 8	SMP R10 DSQ	SMP R11 14	SMP R12 Ret	BAT R19 9	BAT R20 3	BAT R21 5	342	9th

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