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Bob Jane | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | 18 December 1929 |
Died | 28 September 2018 | (aged 88)
Retired | 1981 |
Australian Touring Car Championship | |
Years active | 1962–1974 |
Teams | Bob Jane Autoland |
Wins | 10 |
Best finish | 1st in 1962, 1963, 1971 & 1972 |
Previous series | |
1961–63 1965–66 1965–66 1966 1970 1980–81 | Australian GT Championship Tasman Series Australian Drivers' Championship Australian 1½ Litre Champ. Australian Sports Car Champ. Australian Sports Sedan Champ. |
Championship titles | |
1961 1962 1962 1963 1963 1963 1964 1971 1972 | Armstrong 500 Australian Touring Car Champ. Armstrong 500 Australian Touring Car Champ. Australian GT Championship Armstrong 500 Armstrong 500 Australian Touring Car Champ. Australian Touring Car Champ. |
Awards | |
2000 | V8 Supercars Hall of Fame |
Robert Frederick Jane (18 December 1929 – 28 September 2018) was an Australian race car driver and prominent entrepreneur and business tycoon. A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that became the prestigious Bathurst 1000 and a four-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Jane was well known for his chain of tyre retailers, Bob Jane T-Marts. Jane was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 2000.