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Driver of the Year
2011

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Q&A

Who is your racing hero?

	Cyrus Engineer:
– Sebastien Vettel

	Brendon Cook:
– Gerhard Berger

	Junior Strous:
– Rudolf Caracciola, Kimmi and Jaun pablo

	Cassey Watson:
– Dale Earnhardt

	Ezra Idafar:
– Ayrton Senna

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Most buzz

1.			Nick Cassidy
2.			Damon Ecoff
3.			Márk Királykúti
4.			Richie Stanaway
5.			Andre Heimgartner
6.			Luke Cooper
7.			Rio Haryanto
8.			Sebastian Vettel
9.			Duarte Ferreira
10.			Sandy Nicholas Stuvik
11.			Dennis Olsen
12.			Nicolaj Møller Madsen
13.			Jose Manuel De Los Milagros
14.			Wyatt Gooden
15.			Simon Sikes
16.			Jukka Honkavuori
17.			Lewis Hamilton
18.			Ron Tan Wei
19.			Mattias Lindberg
20.			Samuele Buttarelli
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Craig “Bairdo” Baird

Date of birth:	July 22, 1970 (41 y/o)
Place of birth:	Hamilton
Races entered:	714
Wins:	164
Podiums:	304
Pole positions:	37
Fastest laps:	94
Race win percentage:	25.15%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

Honours:
New Zealand Order of Merit

Racing career highlights

Australian Carrera Cup champion 2011.
Second in NZV8s 2010-11.
Second in Porsche GT3 Cup New Zealand 2010-11.
Third in Bathurst 12 Hour Race - Class A 2011.
Third in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia 2010.
NZV8s champion 2009-10.
New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup champion 2009-10.
Third in NZV8s 2008-09.
Third in 24h Nürburgring - SP7 2009.
New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup champion 2008-09.
Third in Merdeka Millennium Endurance - Class O 2009.
Australian Carrera Cup champion 2008.
24H Series champion in the A6 class 2008.
New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup champion 2008.
Winner of the Porsche GT3 Cup Hamilton 400 Trophy 2008.
Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour in Class B 2008.
Third in Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 2007.
New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup champion 2006-07.
Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour in Class A 2007.
Winner of the Queensland 500 2007.
Australian Carrera Cup champion 2006.
New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup champion 2005-06.
New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup champion 2004-05.
Third in Porsche GT3 Cup Trans-Tasman 2003-04.
New Zealand TraNZam champion 1999-00.
Second in TraNZam Championship 1998-99.
Third in Bathurst 1000 1999.
Second in TraNZam Championship 1997-98.
NZ Touring Car champion 1996-97.
NZ Touring Car champion 1995-96.
NZ Touring Car champion 1994-95.
NZ Touring Car champion 1993-94.
New Zealand International Formula Pacific Series champion 1993.
New Zealand International Formula Pacific Series champion 1992.
New Zealand International Formula Pacific Series champion 1991.
New Zealand Formula Ford Champion 1987-88.

Racing career summary

The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the Career details. Seasons spanning over two years (for example 2009-10 championships) have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends (2010 in the previous example).

2011	66 races.	18 wins.	37 podiums.	5 pole positions.	16 fastest race laps.
2010	51 races.	11 wins.	33 podiums.	1 pole position.	9 fastest race laps.
2009	57 races.	21 wins.	35 podiums.	4 pole positions.	12 fastest race laps.
2008	61 races.	33 wins.	47 podiums.	5 pole positions.	19 fastest race laps.
2007	51 races.	15 wins.	37 podiums.	6 pole positions.	12 fastest race laps.
2006	48 races.	15 wins.	38 podiums.	1 pole position.	10 fastest race laps.
2005	56 races.	14 wins.	20 podiums.	4 pole positions.	11 fastest race laps.
2004	43 races.	1 win.	10 podiums.	1 pole position.	0 fastest race laps.
2003	24 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
2002	32 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
2001	3 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
2000	36 races.	1 win.	2 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1999	24 races.	3 wins.	5 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1998	17 races.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1997	23 races.	12 wins.	16 podiums.	10 pole positions.	5 fastest race laps.
1996	18 races.	0 wins.	3 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1995	? races.	? wins.	? podiums.	? pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1994	1 race.	0 wins.	0 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1993	10 races.	? wins.	? podiums.	? pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1992	23 races.	11 wins.	11 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1991	12 races.	6 wins.	6 podiums.	? pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1990	6 races.	3 wins.	3 podiums.	0 pole positions.	0 fastest race laps.
1989	10 races.	? wins.	? podiums.	? pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1988	21 races.	? wins.	? podiums.	? pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1987	21 races.	? wins.	1 podium.	? pole positions.	? fastest race laps.
1986	? races.	? wins.	? podiums.	? pole positions.	? fastest race laps.

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This profile page was last modified 2012-01-01 08:41:31 by logan priest
Modification: Porsche GT3 Cup New Zealand 2010

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Top 2012 race winners

1.	Andre Heimgartner	10
2.	Joe Ghanem	9
3.	Matthew Higham	8
	Michael Lyons	8
5.	James McFadden	7
6.	Angus Fogg	6
	Matthew Griffin	6
8.	AJ Lauder	5
9.	Lucas Foresti	4
	Zac Kennedy	4
	Nick Cassidy	4
	Talal Al Ghaith	4
	Ryan Hellier	4
	Rowan Shepherd	4
	Jonathan Allard	4
	Andrew Waite	4
	Chris Hanley	4
18.	Brooke Tatnell	3
	Michael Pickens	3
	Mark Gibson	3

This list also includes series that span over the new year (i.e. 2011-12 championships).

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Driverdb.com updates

On the updates blog you'll find info of what's been updated lately at Driver Database. Keep yourself up to date with new features and bug fixes.

Small but important fix to the biographies
Written by Andreas, Friday, December 2 2011

As some of you have noticed there were parts of the site that startedbehaving a bit strange when we moved to the new server. I’ve hunted down and fixed a lot of issues as I’ve come across them and I have now fixed an issue with the Premier Profiles where some entries sent into the Biography section

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