Craig Baird is a race car driver born in Hamilton, New Zealand on 22 July 1970. Baird is a very successul driver in his homeland, winning three consecutive New Zealand Formula Atlantic championship titles (1990-1992), and then four consecutive New Zealand Touring Car Championship titles (1993-1996). Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Driving is the controlled operation of a vehicle, which is usually a motor vehicle such as a truck, bus, or car. ... Hamilton (Kirikiriroa in Māori) is the centre of New Zealands fourth largest urban area, and is the countrys seventh largest city. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Since then Baird has raced in Australian Supertouring Cars (1997), as well as for the Ford team in the British Touring Car Championship (1998). He won the 1997 Bathurst 1000, but the car was disqualified as Baird exceeded the allowed number of miles in the car. In 2004 he raced in the Australian V8 Supercar Championship and the Australian Porsche Carrera Cup. In 2005 he raced in the V8 Supercar Championship for WPS Racing winning a race on debut at Philip Island but his form dropped off and he was dropped at the end of the season when WPS Racing merged with Orrcon Racing and was replaced by Brazilian Max Wilson. Not all was lost with WPS Racing, when he and David Besnard were offered to drive at Sandown and Bathurst. Baird paired up with Jason Bargwanna. Baird currently races in the Australian Porsche Carrera Cup Series and is the 2006 series champion and is leading the 2007 series. Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker after Toyota and General Motors, based on worldwide vehicle sales. ... The current BTCC logo The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... V8 Supercars is a touring car racing category. ... Max Wilson was born on August 22, 1972 in Hamburg, Germany. ... The Sandown 500 is a 500 kilometre motor race for touring cars, conducted at the Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Hell Corner of the Mount Panorama Circuit The Bathurst 1000 is a 1000-kilometre motor race for touring cars, conducted each October at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ... Jason Bargwanna is a race car driver born in Sydney, Australia on 26 April 1972. ...

Personal

Baird lives on Australia's Gold Coast with his wife Louise and their children.

Trivia

Baird also featured on the PS1 game TOCA 2 Touring Cars, where he raced for Ford alongside his team-mate Will Hoy, where the pair usually came in 15th and 16th. TOCA is a racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters, initially focusing specifically on Touring car racing but more recently expanding to cover a wide variety of motorsport. ... Will Hoy (b April 2, 1953 in Royston, Hertfordshire). ...

He was also good friends with Mark Porter (Who was killed at Bathurst in the Fujitsu Series in a race 1 incident with David Clark). Mark Porter (October 2, 1974 - October 8, 2006) was a New Zealand racing driver who competed in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar touring car racing series in Australia. ...