The Finish Line

About the Author

Garth Tander is one of the most successful Australian racing drivers of the modern era. He became the 2007 Supercars Champion, driving a Holden for the HSV Dealer Team, and his career in the top category included a whopping 294 championship rounds and 648 races between 1998 and 2025. His six wins in the world-famous Bathurst 1000 cement his legacy as one of the nation's top racing achievers. Over his illustrious career he secured 58 Supercars Championship race wins, 102 podium finishes and 30 pole positions. Tander began racing go-karts as a child in his native Western Australia, amassing numerous titles, before stepping into car racing in 1995. Two years later he won the Australian Formula Ford Championship and then moved into Supercars in 1998 with Garry Rogers Motorsport. He drove for high-profile professional teams including the famous Holden Racing Team, Triple Eight Race Engineering and Grove Racing. Tander made a seamless transition into the Supercars television broadcasting in 2021 while co-driving in the endurance races. He was then elevated into the critical role of a Supercars expert television commentator post-retirement in 2025, bringing his wealth of experience and insights to viewers. Aaron Noonan is an Australian motorsport media veteran in a career spanning more than two decades. A former Motorsport News magazine reporter, he spent time working in motorsport public relations and has served as a TV commentator, host and reporter for Supercars and associated motorsport telecasts on Channel 7, Channel 10 and FOX Sports. Co-host of the popular Shannons Legends of Motorsport TV series, Aaron also worked as part of Channel 7's 2016 Rio Olympic Games broadcast team. Publisher of the award-winning V8 Sleuth website and host of its weekly podcast, Aaron runs his own motorsport media agency and has written a range of books on the sport, including working with legendary motorsport commentator and racer Neil Crompton on his autobiography, Best Seat In The House, which was published in 2021. Aaron lives in Melbourne with wife Jaylee and, when not writing about motorsport, is a tragic Hawthorn AFL supporter.