Garth Tander may be a Holden legend, but his first 50 laps in Supercars came driving Fords... RepcoSC
Tander today became the latest high-profile defector from the General Motors camp to the Blue Oval with a deal to join Grove Racing as a mentor and endurance driver for 2023The move to a Ford Mustang follows a career in Australia's top tier of touring car racing behind the wheel of Holdens.
Tander actually cut his very first Supercars laps driving a Glenn Seton Racing-built EL Ford Falcon at Wanneroo Raceway in 1997. Tander would go on to grab an opportunity with GRM for the 1998 Supercars season that kick-started a Supercars career that turned him into a Holden legend. In 2007 he won the Supercars title for the HSVDT which led to a promotion to full factory driver with HRT from 2008 onwards.
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