Craig Baird

Who is Craig Baird?

Craig George Baird, MNZM is a race car driver. Baird is a very successful driver in his homeland, winning three consecutive New Zealand Formula Atlantic championship titles, and then four consecutive New Zealand Touring Car Championship titles.

Since then, Baird has raced in Australian Super Touring Championship, as well as for the Ford team in the British Touring Car Championship. He finished first at the 1997 Bathurst 1000, but the car was disqualified as Baird exceeded the allowed number of miles in the car for a single driver. 2007 saw Baird and his 1997 co-driver Paul Morris re-united in Gary Holt's BMW 335i in winning the revived Bathurst 12 Hour.

In 2004, he raced in the Australian V8 Supercar Championship and the Australian Carrera Cup Championship. In 2005, he raced in the V8 Supercar Championship for WPS Racing. WPS Racing merged with Orrcon Racing and he 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.

In 2012 and 2013, Baird joined Stone Brothers Racing on a part-time basis, co-driving with Ford FG Falcon #4 driver Lee Holdsworth.