Background
Brabham, Geoff was born on March 20, 1952 in Sydney, Australia. Came to the United States, 1978.
Brabham, Geoff was born on March 20, 1952 in Sydney, Australia. Came to the United States, 1978.
Brabham spent the majority of his racing career in the United States. CART
He raced successfully in CART early in his career, finishing 8th in 1982, 1984 and 1987 with nine podiums. In ten appearances in the Indianapolis 500, he had a best result of fourth in 1983 and fifth in 1981.
Sports car racing
His greatest source of success was in various forms of sports cars, winning four IMSA GTP titles (1988 - 1991) when racing for Nissan, and one Can-Am championship (1981).
Touring car racing
The pair initially finished second behind Bayerische Motoren Werke Motorsport Australia team mates Paul Morris and Craig Baird, but a blunder by the team left Baird in his car at the final pit stop which meant that by the end of the race, the Kiwi driver had breached the race regulation which limited any one driver to a maximum of three hours continuous driving. Brabham dabbled in V8 Supercar drives in his native Australia throughout his career.
He started eleven races for one victory. Stock car racing
Brabham took two race victories in the International Race of Champions stock car series (1992 and 1993), both at Michigan.
He made his only National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Winston Cup Series start at the first ever Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis in 1994, driving for Michael Kranefuss.
Brabham crashed in the second half of the race. American Open-Wheel racing results
= Complete Universal Service Administrative Company Mini-Industry Series results = CART (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
= Indianapolis 500 Touring/Sports Cars
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
= V8 Supercar results =.
Married Roseina Brabham.