Robert "Bob" Jane (born 1929) is an Australian former race car driver and prominent businessman. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, motor racing or car racing) is a Motorsport involving Racing Cars It A four-time winner of the Armstrong 500, the race that preceded the prestigious Bathurst 1000, Jane is perhaps known best nowadays for his chain of tyre retailers, Bob Jane T-Marts. The Bathurst 1000 (currently officially known as the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit This article is about tires used on road Vehicles including pneumatic tires and solid tires.
Jane grew up in Brunswick, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne. Brunswick is an inner-northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 In the 1950s, he started Bob Jane Autoland, a company which distributed parts for Jaguar and Alfa Romeo. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Jaguar Cars Limited is a luxury car manufacturer based in Coventry, England, now operated as part of the Jaguar Land Rover business Alfa Romeo Automobiles SpA is an Italian Automaker founded in 1910 Through this venture, a love of cars and motorsport blossomed and he first entered competitive racing in Australia in 1956; by 1960, he was racing with some of Australia's top sedan drivers. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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Racing career
In 1961, Jane and co-driver Harry Firth won the Armstrong 500 at Phillip Island, Victoria, driving a Mercedes-Benz 220SE. Harry Firth (born in Orbost, Victoria in 1918 is an Australian former Racing driver and team manager The Bathurst 1000 (currently officially known as the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a racing circuit in Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia History Old Track The first See Mercedes-Benz S-Class for a complete overview of all S-Class models
On the track, Bob Jane was racing hard, early in his career along with Firth, won the race again the following year, the last before the event moved to Mount Panorama at Bathurst, New South Wales (but retained the Armstrong 500 name). Mount Panorama Circuit is a Motor racing track located in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. Bathurst is a regional centre in the state of New South Wales, Australia approximately 200km west of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Regional Council
Jane, driving for the Ford works team, won the first two of these races in 1963 and 1964, the first with Firth and the second with George Reynolds as co-driver. The Ford Works Team (Australia was a former Australian motor racing team that was supported by the Ford Motor Company.
Despite the change of venue, Jane is officially credited with winning Australia's most famous endurance race four times in a row, something no other driver has ever done.
Jane won the Australian Touring Car Championship (now known as the V8 Supercar series) in 1962, 1963, 1971 and 1972. The Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC is a Touring car racing award held in Australia since 1960 Teams and drivers The following drivers competed in the 1971 ATCC. His 1971 ATCC win was in a Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with a 427 cubic inch engine. The Chevrolet Camaro is a " Pony car " made in North America by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors. Jane was forced by a rule change to replace the 427 engine with a 350 cubic inch engine for the 1972 championship but the Camaro still managed to beat the opposition, which included Allan Moffat's famous Trans-Am Mustang. Allan George Moffat, OBE (born 10 November 1939 in Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada) is an Australian racing driver known for his success in The Trans-Am Series was created in 1966 by the SCCA as the Trans-American Sedan Championship. The Ford Mustang sports coupe, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company, was initially based on the Ford Falcon Of the 38 races he started in the ATCC, he finished on the podium 21 times.
Bob Jane also won the Marlboro Sports Sedan Series in 1974 and 1975 at his own Calder Park Raceway driving a modified Holden Monaro. Calder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Monaro is an Automobile which was produced by Holden, the Australian branch of General Motors from 1968 to 1977 and then re-introduced
He also won the 1963 Australian GT Championship. The 1963 Australian GT Championship was a national motor racing title for drivers of Gran Turismo cars complying with CAMS Appendix K regulations
He retired from racing in 1986.
Bob Jane T-Marts
Jane's passion for motor racing also carried with it a vast knowledge for choosing the right equipment for his race cars.
He had a particularly keen interest in tyres and his expertise made him well-known in racing circles. Through his parts business, Bob Jane Autoland, he imported high-performance tyres from Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Not only were these tyres snapped up by his customers, but they gave him a competitive edge in Australia as racing tyres were not as heavily regulated as they are today.
In 1965, Jane opened the first Bob Jane T-Marts store in Melbourne. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The company remains an independent, family-owned business to this day; Bob's son, Rodney Jane, is the current CEO.
From 2002 to 2004, Bob Jane T-Marts held the naming rights sponsorship for the Bathurst 1000, the race Jane dominated early in his career. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Naming rights are the right to name a piece of Property, either tangible property or an event usually granted in exchange for financial considerations The Bathurst 1000 (currently officially known as the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit The company also holds the naming rights to Bob Jane Stadium, home of South Melbourne FC. The Bob Jane Stadium (also known as Lakeside Stadium) is a Football (soccer Stadium in Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia This page relates to the association football club known as South Melbourne FC
Bob Jane T-Marts is the only major tyre retailer in Australia to not sell retreads, the reason behind that is Jane's daughter died in a car accident due to a retreaded tyre blowing out.
Contributions to Australian motorsport
Australian Grand Prix
From 1980 to 1984, the Australian Grand Prix was held at his Calder Park Raceway in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The Australian Grand Prix is a Formula One race that is part of the annual Formula One championship season Although from 1981 the races were run under Formula Mondiale regulations, Jane succeeded in attracting many of the best Formula 1 drivers of the era; setting the stage for the first ever Australian Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix, which was held in Adelaide in 1985. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The Cooper Tires presents the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda is a Formula racing series with races throughout North America Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar)
NASCAR
Jane is credited with bringing stock car racing to Australia. Stock car racing is a form of Automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Great Britain Long resistant to oval racing (seeing it as dull and monotonous when compared to circuit racing), Australian motorsport fans finally had their own superspeedway when Jane spent $AU54 million building the Thunderdome on the grounds of Calder Park Raceway. An oval track is a dedicated motorsport circuit primarily in the USA, which differs from a road course in that it only has turns in one direction which is almost The Australian dollar ( sign: $; code: AUD) is the Currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Calder Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Opened on August 3, 1987, the Thunderdome played host to the first NASCAR event held outside North America on February 28, 1988. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Several prominent drivers from the United States came to Australia for this race including Bobby Allison, Neil Bonnett and others from the Winston West Series. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Robert Arthur Allison (born December 3, 1937 in Hialeah Florida) is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's Lawrence Neil Bonnett ( July 30, 1946 - February 11, 1994) was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 poles over The NASCAR Camping World West Grand National Series (formerly the NASCAR Winston West Series the NASCAR Grand National Division Autozone West Series and
Personal life
On February 23, 2007, Bob Jane was granted a 12 month intervention order against his estranged wife, Laree Jane. At the time, she was 39 and they had been married for 20 years. He has accused her of threatening to shoot him and threatening him with a kitchen knife. [1]
Ongoing Court Hearing
An article published by Fairfax on the 22nd of May 2008 discussed an ongoing court case between Bob Jane and his estranged wire Laree Jane. Laree is accused of having over 1. 5 million dollars worth of credit card debts at one stage, and signing a mortgage on Bob's house in order to pay for them. While Bob believes the signature on the mortgage looks like his own, he has no recollection of signing the document:
THE tyre tycoon Bob Jane admits the signature looks like his but yesterday he denied signing a mortgage to pay off $1. 5 million of his former wife's credit card debts.
Laree owned more than 41 credit cards, and Bob has made it public that she often went over her yearly $800 000 limit imposed on her credit cards.
The court hearing continues. . . [1]
References
| Preceded by John Roxburgh Frank Coad |
Winner of the Bathurst 1000 1961, 1962 & 1963 (with Harry Firth) |
Succeeded by Bob Jane George Reynolds |
| Preceded by Bob Jane Harry Firth |
Winner of the Bathurst 1000 1964 (with George Reynolds) |
Succeeded by Barry Seton Midge Bosworth |
| Preceded by Bill Pitt |
Winner of the Australian Touring Car Championship 1962 & 1963 |
Succeeded by Ian Geoghegan |
| Preceded by Norm Beechey |
Winner of the Australian Touring Car Championship 1971 & 1972 |
Succeeded by Allan Moffat |
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