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Gordon Wardle
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Gordon Wardle joined Team GVR as Team Manager & Chief Engineer in 2000.
Previously Workshop Manager of Team Eurotech, Gordon brought 20 years of skill and knowledge to the fledgling team and quickly established Team GVR's reputation for meticulous preparation both in engineering and presentation, the result of which has been numerous poles, wins and podium finishes in European GT, Porsche Cup and Porsche Open events. |
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Although Gordon has primarily been working on Porsches since 1983, he has also engineered BMW M3's that won the Wilhire 24 hour race consecutively in 1992 and 1993, along with engineering race winning TVR's, Group N Saloon Cars, V8 and V6 Eurocars.
For 2005 Gordon is managing the SEAT Cupra Championship team of Chris Egginton.
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A love of racing cars
since he could hold a steering wheel! |
Some of the championship winning cars engineered by Gordon both at home and abroad:
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Championship |
Driver |
Success |
Car |
| 2004 |
Porsche Club |
Peter Morris |
1st in Class; 7 wins; 5x2nd; 3x3rd |
968CS |
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Porsche Club/Open |
Chris Egginton |
7 wins; 2x2nd; 1x3rd |
968CS |
| 2003 |
Porsche Open |
Peter Morris |
6 wins; 1x 2nd |
964 RS |
| 2002 |
Porsche Open |
Peter Morris |
4 Wins; 3x 2nd's; 2x 3rd's |
964 RS |
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Porsche Open |
Chris Egginton |
4 wins; 6 poles |
993RSR |
| 2001 |
Porsche Cup |
Chris Egginton |
Podium finish 3rd time out |
996 GT3 Cup |
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Belcar European GT |
2 Drivers |
Q'fied 3rd in 1st race |
993 RSR |
| 1999 |
TVR Tuscan |
Mike Jordan |
5 Wins; 3 Poles; 5 Fastest Laps |
TVR Tuscan |
| 1998 |
Porsche Cup |
Malcolm Sargent |
3 Wins; 3 Poles; 4 Fastest Laps |
928 GTS |
| 1996 |
Eurocar V8 |
Mike Jordan |
Overall Winner |
V8 Eurocar |
| 1995 |
Porsche Classic |
John Williams |
Overall Winner & Class 2 Winner |
2.4 911E |
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Porsche Cup |
David Jones |
Class 1, Runner Up |
928 GTS |
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Eurocar V6 |
Mike Jordan |
Runner Up |
V6 Eurocar |
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Nurburgring Yg-Timers 500k |
H-E Anderson |
Winner |
2.7 RS Carerra |
| 1994 |
Nurburgring Yg-Timers 500k |
H-E Anderson |
Winner |
2.7 RS Carerra |
| 1993 |
Group N Saloon Cars |
4 Drivers |
24 Hour Race Winner |
BMW M3 |
| 1992 |
Group N Saloon Cars |
Mike Jordan |
Runner Up |
BMW M3 |
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Group N Saloon Cars |
3 Drivers |
24 Hour Race Winner |
BMW M3 |
| 1989 |
Australian Porsche C'ship |
Andy Nicolades |
Overall Winner |
2.8 RS Carerra |
| 1988 |
Porsche C'ship |
Mike Jordan |
Class 1 Winner |
2.7 RS Carerra |
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Porsche Modified C'ship |
Mike Jordan |
Overall Winner & Class 4 Winner |
2.7 RS Carerra |
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| 1987 |
Porsche C'ship |
Mike Jordan |
Overall Winner & Class 3 Winner |
2.4 911E |
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| 1986 |
Porsche C'ship |
Jeff York |
Runner Up Class 2 |
2.4 911S |
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| 1984 |
Sports / Saloon Car C'ship |
3 Drivers |
24 Hour Race / 4th in Class |
911 SC |
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