Overview
- Rogers died Thursday morning at age 80 as the Supercars paddock gathered for this weekend’s Gold Coast 500.
- Garry Rogers Motorsport said it will “press on” in his spirit, offering condolences and inviting donations to the Fred Hollows Foundation.
- Supercars CEO James Warburton lauded Rogers’ decades-long impact and eye for talent, while figures including Garth Tander and Scott McLaughlin shared tributes.
- Event plans include a Saturday minute’s silence, GRM tribute stickers on every car, and Erebus running GRM logos across its windscreens.
- Rogers founded GRM, won the 2000 Bathurst 1000 with Garth Tander and Jason Bargwanna, competed in Supercars from 1996–2019, and the team now races in Trans Am and TCR Australia under his son Barry.