Craig Baird

Craig George Baird MNZM (born 22 July 1970) is a New Zealand former racing driver who now is the driving standards observer for the Australian Supercars Championship.

Craig Baird
Craig Baird at Hampton Downs in 2012
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	(1970-07-22) 22 July 1970 (age 55) Hamilton, New Zealand
Racing licence	FIA Gold (until 2021) FIA Silver (2022–)[1]
Supercars Championship career
Races	172
Wins	1
Podiums	1
Pole positions	1
2016 position	50th (219 points)

Honours

In the 2010 New Year Honours, Baird was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to motorsport.^[2]

Career results

Baird won the 2012 Australian Carrera Cup Championship in this Jet Travel Insurance entry.

Baird placed 8th in the 2013 Australian GT Championship driving Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz (pictured) & Porsche

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1991	New Zealand Formula Pacific Series	1st	Swift – Toyota
1992	New Zealand Formula Pacific Series	1st	Reynard 92H
	British Formula Two Championship	10th	Reynard 90D	Graham Lorrimer Motorsport
1993	New Zealand Formula Pacific Series	1st	Reynard 92H
1994	New Zealand Touring Car Championship	1st	BMW 325i
1995	New Zealand Touring Car Championship	1st	BMW 325i
1996	New Zealand Touring Car Championship	1st	BMW 325i
	South African Touring Car Championship	8th	BMW 318i	BMW Motorsport South Africa
1997	New Zealand Touring Car Championship	1st	BMW 320i
	Australian Super Touring Car Championship	8th	BMW 320i	Paul Morris Motorsport
1998	British Touring Car Championship	20th	Ford Mondeo	Ford Mondeo Racing[3]
2000	Shell Championship Series	15th	Ford AU Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
2001	Shell Championship Series	76th	Holden VT Commodore Ford AU Falcon	John Faulkner Racing Prancing Horse Racing
2002	V8 Supercar Championship Series	27th	Holden VX Commodore	Rod Nash Racing
2003	V8 Supercar Championship Series	30th	Holden VX Commodore	Team Kiwi Racing
2004	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	13th	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	VIP Pet Foods[4]
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	27th	Holden VY Commodore	Team Kiwi Racing
2005	V8 Supercar Championship Series	23rd	Ford BA Falcon	WPS Racing
	New Zealand Porsche GT3 Championship	1st	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
2006	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	1st	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	V.I.P. Petfoods Racing
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	38th	Ford BA Falcon	WPS Racing
	New Zealand Porsche GT3 Championship	1st	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
2007	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	3rd	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	V.I.P. Petfoods Racing
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	31st	Holden VE Commodore	Toll HSV Dealer Team
	Australian GT Championship	28th	Ferrari 360 GT	Consolidated Chemical Company
	New Zealand Porsche GT3 Championship	1st	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
2008	V8 Supercar Championship Series	52nd	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team
	New Zealand Porsche GT3 Championship	1st	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	1st	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Fitzgerald Racing
	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	31st	Ford BA Falcon	WPS Racing
	FIA GT Championship – GT2	48th	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Juniper Racing
2008-09	New Zealand V8s	3rd	Ford BA Falcon	United Video Racing
	New Zealand Porsche GT3 Championship	1st	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	XXX Motorsport
2009	V8 Supercar Championship Series	37th	Holden VE Commodore	Holden Racing Team
2009-10	New Zealand V8s	1st	Ford BA Falcon	United Video Racing
	New Zealand Porsche GT3 Championship	1st	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	XXX Motorsport
2010	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	35th	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Performance Eggleston Motorsport
	V8 Supercar Championship Series	62nd	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing
2011	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	1st	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Dutton Insurance/ Jet Travel Insurance
	International V8 Supercars Championship	62nd	Holden VE Commodore	Walkinshaw Racing
2012	V8SuperTourer Championship	15th	Ford FG Falcon	PS Racing
	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	1st	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Dutton Insurance/ Jet Travel Insurance
	International V8 Supercars Championship	39th	Ford FG Falcon	Stone Brothers Racing
2013	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	1st	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Dutton Insurance
	International V8 Supercars Championship	34th	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	Erebus Motorsport
	Australian GT Championship	8th	Ferrari 458 GT3 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Porsche 997 GT3 R	Clearwater Racing Erebus Motorsport VIP Petfoods Racing
	V8SuperTourer Championship	12th	Ford FG Falcon	PS Racing
2014	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	3rd	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991	Bonaire / Wilson Security
	Australian GT Championship	25th	McLaren MP4-12C	Darrell Lea
2015	Australian GT Championship	28th	Porsche 911 GT3-R
	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	5th	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991	Porsche Centre Melbourne
2016	Supercars Championship	50th	Holden VF Commodore	Erebus Motorsport

Racing record

Complete Australian Carrera Cup Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)

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	Pos	Pts
2006	Sherrin Motor Sport	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	WAK R4	WAK R5	WAK R6	HID R7	HID R8	HID R9	ORA R10	ORA R11	ORA R12	SAN R13	SAN R14	SAN R15	BAT R16	BAT R17	BAT R18	SUR R19	SUR R20	SUR R21	PHI R22	PHI R23	PHI R24					6th	633
2007	Sherrin Motor Sport	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	WIN R4	WIN R5	WIN R6	HID R7	HID R8	HID R9	QLD R10	QLD R11	QLD R12	ORA R13	ORA R14	ORA R15	SAN R16	SAN R17	SAN R18	BAT R19	BAT R20	BAT R21	SUR R22	SUR R23	SUR R24					8th	533
2008	Fitzgerald Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	ALB R4	ALB R5	ALB R6	ALB R7	WAK R8	WAK R9	WAK R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	BAR R13	SAN R14	SAN R15	SAN R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	PHI R20	PHI R21	PHI R22	BAT R23	BAT R24	BAT R25	SUR R26	SUR R27	SUR R28	1st	1458
2011	Dutton Insurance Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	ALB R1 2	ALB R2 1	ALB R3 1	BAR R4 4	BAR R5 2	BAR R6 6	TOW R7 4	TOW R8 3	TOW R9 4	PHI R10 2	PHI R11 1	PHI R12 11	BAT R13 4	BAT R14 4	BAT R15 1	SUR R16 1	SUR R17 1	SUR R18 1	HOM R19 2	HOM R20 6	HOM R21 Ret								1st	980
2012	Alliance Group Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	ADE R1 7	ADE R2 2	ADE R3 1	ALB R4 1	ALB R5 1	ALB R6 1	BAR R7 3	BAR R8 2	BAR R9 2	PHI R10 3	PHI R11 1	PHI R12 3	TOW R13 3	TOW R14 2	TOW R15 3	BAT R16 1	BAT R17 1	BAT R18 1	SUR R19 1	SUR R20 1	SUR R21 8	HOM R22 2	HOM R23 2	HOM R24 3					1st	1267
2013	Alliance Group Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	ALB R4	ALB R5	ALB R6	SYD R7	SYD R8	TOW R9	TOW R10	TOW R11	WIN R12	WIN R13	WIN R14	BAT R15	BAT R16	BAT R17	SUR R18	SUR R19	SUR R20									1st	972.5
2014	Alliance Group Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	ALB R4	ALB R5	ALB R6	PHI R7	PHI R8	TOW R9	TOW R10	TOW R11	SMP R12	SMP R13	SMP R14	SAN R15	SAN R16	SAN R17	BAT R18	BAT R19	BAT R20	SUR R21	SUR R22	SUR R23						3rd	914
2015	Porsche Centre Melbourne	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	ALB R4	ALB R5	ALB R6	PHI R7	PHI R8	TOW R9	TOW R10	TOW R11	SMP R12	SMP R13	SMP R14	SAN R15	SAN R16	SAN R17	BAT R18	BAT R19	SUR R20	SUR R21	SUR R22							5th	806

Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	DC	Points
1988	Glenn McIntyre Racing	BMW 635CSi	BAT	WEL	PUK 10	FJI	NC	0

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)

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	Pos	Pts
1998	Ford Mondeo Racing	Ford Mondeo	THR 1 15	THR 2 14	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 10	DON 1 14	DON 2 13	BRH 1 15	BRH 2 Ret	OUL 1 14	OUL 2 11	DON 1	DON 2	CRO 1 14	CRO 2 13	SNE 1 11	SNE 2 6	THR 1 Ret	THR 2 DNS	KNO 1 12	KNO 2 13*	BRH 1	BRH 2	OUL 1	OUL 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	20th	6

Note: No points were awarded for leading in the feature race at Knockhill.

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Car#	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
1994	45	Diet Coke Racing	BMW 318i	Brett Riley	11th	152
1997*	2	BMW Motorsport Australia	BMW 320i	Paul Morris	DSQ	161
1997	18	Dick Johnson Racing	Ford EL Falcon	Steven Johnson	4th	158
1999	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford AU Falcon	Jason Bright	DNF	145
2000	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford AU Falcon	Simon Wills	7th	161
2001	888	Prancing Horse Racing	Ford AU Falcon	Mark Noske	DNF	27
2002	05	Team Brock	Holden VX Commodore	Peter Brock	23rd	136
2003	021	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VX Commodore	Mark Porter	17th	149
2004	021	Team Kiwi Racing	Holden VY Commodore	Mark Porter	DNF	129
2005	48	WPS Racing	Ford BA Falcon	David Besnard	8th	158
2006	10	WPS Racing	Ford BA Falcon	Jason Bargwanna	10th	161
2007	16	HSV Dealer Team	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Radisich	DNF	137
2008	2	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore	Glenn Seton	DNF	146
2009	22	Holden Racing Team	Holden VE Commodore	Paul Dumbrell	21st	153
2010	24	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VE Commodore	Fabian Coulthard	DNF	0
2011	61	Walkinshaw Racing	Holden VE Commodore	Fabian Coulthard	DNF	13
2012	4	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford FG Falcon	Lee Holdsworth	8th	161
2013	4	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	Lee Holdsworth	14th	161
2014	4	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	Lee Holdsworth	DNF	132
2016	9	Erebus Motorsport	Holden VF Commodore	David Reynolds	18th	148

* Super Touring race

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall position	Class position
2007	Eastern Creek Karts P/L	Paul Morris Garry Holt	BMW 335i	A	257	1st	1st
2008	Eastern Creek Karts P/L	Paul Morris Garry Holt	BMW 335i	B	252	3rd	1st
2009	Wilson Brothers Racing	Lee Castle Rodney Forbes	Subaru Impreza WRX	C	65	DNF	DNF
2011	VIP Pet Foods Racing	Klark Quinn Tony Quinn	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R	A	291	3rd	3rd
2012	Clearwater Racing	Matt Griffin Weng Sun Mok	Ferrari 458 GT3	A	268	3rd	3rd
2013	Clearwater Racing	Matt Griffin Weng Sun Mok	Ferrari 458 GT3	A	267	2nd	2nd
2014	Clearwater Racing	Matt Griffin Hiroshi Hamaguachi Weng Sun Mok	Ferrari 458 GT3	A	57	DNF	DNF
2015	M Motorsport	Justin McMillan Steven Richards	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4	AP	129	DNF	DNF
2016	Darrell Lea	Klark Quinn Tony Quinn	McLaren 650S GT3	AA	171	DNF	DNF
2017	Scott Taylor Motorsports	Maro Engel Shane van Gisbergen	Mercedes AMG GT3	AA	283	DNF	DNF
2018	Scott Taylor Motorsports	Tony D'Alberto Max Twigg	Mercedes AMG GT3	APA	268	12th	6th