Geoff Brabham

Who is Geoff Brabham?

Geoff Brabham is an Australian racing driver. Brabham spent the majority of his racing career in the United States.

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.

His greatest source of success was in various forms of sports cars, winning four IMSA GTP titles when racing for Nissan, and one Can-Am championship. He also won the 1993 Le Mans 24 hours.

Brabham took two race victories in the International Race of Champions stock car series, both at Michigan. He made his only NASCAR 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.

Later in his career, Brabham returned to Australia, where he was runner-up in the 1995 and 1997 Australian Super Touring Championship, and won the 1997 Bathurst 1000 Super Touring race.

Brabham dabbled in V8 Supercar drives in his native Australia throughout his career. He is still one of the few drivers to win his first race, Sandown 500 in 1993. He started eleven races for one victory.