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Garry Frederick Rush (born July 5, 1944) is a retired Australian professional motor racing driver. Born in the New South Wales town of Camden , he competed in Sprintcars, Speedcars, NASCAR, Formula Ford and Touring cars in a 40 year career. [ 1 ]
Sydney racer, ten time Australian champion Garry Rush, has the best record in the event claiming seven victories. During the 1980s and early 1990s Rush had a rivalry with American driver Danny Smith who won the Classic six times during roughly the same period.
The first Australian Sprintcar Grand Prix was held in 1978/79 and was won by Sydney-based driver Garry Rush. The race is currently known as the Valvoline Australian Sprintcar Grand Prix due to sponsorship from oil company Valvoline. The current champion is California sprint car driver Brad Sweet.
The Australian Sprintcar Championship is a dirt track racing championship held each year to determine the Australian national champion for winged sprint car racing. The single championship meeting runs in either late January or early February and has been held each year since the Windsor RSL Speedway in Sydney hosted the first championship in 1963.
With its wide open spaces (the track itself has no actual safety fence, with the old trotting track forming a barrier between the track and the outside safety fence) and short straights, Parramatta City Raceway was home to some of the country's best drivers, including multiple Australian Champions Garry Rush, George and Brooke Tatnell, Bob ...
The 2015 Championship was held at Western Australia's Bunbury Speedway. The 2016 title will be held at Victoria's Premier Speedway. [2] The most successful driver of the Championship's history is Garry Rush with 10 wins. Another popular annual event is the Australian Super Sedan Championship.
The 46th Australian Speedcar Grand Prix was held on 20 April. The race was won by the only competitor who had previously raced at the speedway, Australian speedway legend and 10 times Australian Sprintcar Champion Garry Rush from western Sydney.
The event was won by legendary Australian driver Garry Rush from local Perth driver Alf Barbagallo, with American driver Danny Lasoski finishing third. [4] After 72 years of operation, the Speedway closed after the 1999/2000 season and the sport moved to a new, 500 metres (550 yards) venue at the Quit Motorplex, near Kwinana which opened in 2000.