During this time Moffat drove his RX-7 to victories in the 1982 and 1984 Australian Endurance Championships. [2][5] Moffat was also responsible for training primary school teachers on how to manage homophobic bullying, using resources, some of which he had written while a teacher, including Challenging Homophobia In Primary Schools: An early years resource (2007), later published as Challenging Homophobia In Primary Schools (CHIPS) (2012). In what was his biggest crash since rolling his XA Falcon at Phillip Island in 1973, Moffat suffered a fractured sternum and broken finger in the accident, while the RX-7 was a write-off. Allan Moffat's Life Path Number is 7 as per numerology . Agents of hope: EYFS/ Y1 lesson plan Text: Egg by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet Lesson plan by Andrew Moffat a.moffat@excelsiormat.org Learning Intention: to accept change Success Criteria: I know some things change, I know it's ok to be different, I know changes happen all the time, I am ok with changes Andrew Moffat qualified as a teacher in 1996, taking up a position as a Year 1 class teacher in Derby. Moffat drove for over half the race with his safety belts undone so that he could put his head out of the driver's window in order to see where he was going, the Falcon having a small oil leak which saw some oil sprayed onto the Mustang's windscreen. Allan George Moffat OBE (born 10 November 1939 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian-Australian racing driver known for his four championships in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four wins in the Bathurst 500/1000. [16] Moffat, as an openly gay staff member, was advised by the police to do a risk assessment of his travel arrangements from school. Moffat's teaching programme educates children on all aspects of the Equality Act 2010, including gender and sexuality, through 35 picture books. By the midpoint of the race the Moffat/Ickx car and the Bond/Alan Hamilton car led the field by over two laps. This race would be seen as the start of the Moffat-Brock rivalry that would dominate Australian touring car racing in the years to come. 1984 would prove to be a frustrating year for Moffat. He won four times at Bathurst and also took four touring car championships, as well as national titles in sports cars and sports sedans, and was Ford's frontline fighter until Dick Johnson hit the big time. Hand impressed during his rookie season, and Autosport sources indicate that he has been put into a situation whereby he will be forced to sit out the coming campaign while working on a BTCC return in 2024. James Moffat finished second driving for Nissan Motorsport in the 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. See the official Redcliffe harness race results for 01/03/2023 including margins, finishing order, starting odds and more at Racenet! Moffat also races as a co-driver for Tickford Racing in the Pirtek Enduro Cup in a Ford Mustang GT, alongside Cameron Waters. Moffat and former Mazda co-driver Gregg Hansford campaigned the car in the 1988 ATCC in a low-key run while his team after years of racing rotary Mazda's and V8 Commodores and Falcons, got to know the sophisticated turbocharged car. Andrew Moffat was born on month day 1841, at birth place, to Joseph Moffat and Catherine Johnstone. Andrew Miedecke was again lead driver and qualified the aging EB Falcon in 16th place but co-driver Mark Noske never got a drive with the car retiring on lap 16 with engine trouble. I taught 7600 pupils a no outsiders lesson and trained 1350 teachers. Advertisement. Shane van Gisbergen and co-driver Garth Tander have claimed a second Bathurst 1000 victory as a duo after surviving a frantic sprint finish in Holden's farewell appearance at Mount Panorama. Laps: 161. In a significant partnership, car builder Eggenberger and ace driver Niedzwiedz joined Moffat at Bathurst every year from 1988 to 1992 excluding the 1991 race when they were not available due to other commitments. The race was still entered as driving for the Ford Works Team. The team's final appearance in the Australian Touring Car Championship was in 1990 with Gregg Hansford driving a Sierra. Ford, smarting from the Phase IV controversy the year before, withdrew their factory teams from the competition at the end of 1973. Moffat also continued to race his Monza in Sports Sedans to some success. Never the most naturally-talented driver, he was ruthless about getting the best from himself, his team and his cars. Give it another shot! Allan Moffat also tested a Jaguar XJS at Bathurst in 1985. In 2019, it was reported that Moffat was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and had been moved to a specialist health care facility, with his friends and Bathurst legends Fred Gibson and Larry Perkins ensuring his will instructions to be carried out. [6], (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap). By 1977, Ford was giving backdoor assistance to the team for its touring car efforts, but once again pulled out of racing at the end of 1978. Margin. British Touring Car Championship race winner Aiden Moffat has switched to the renamed One Motorsport team to join reigning independents champion Josh Cook for 2023. Two-time S5000 Australian Drivers Championship winner Joey Mawson got his 2023 campaign off to the perfect start as he claimed pole position and the race one win. Eggenberger and Niedzwiedz also managed to join Moffat for other Australian races, with Ruedi joining the team for the Phillip Island round of the 1990 ATCC which saw Hansford finish 5th,[4] and also the 1990 Sandown 500 where Niedzwiedz qualified 5th in his first look at the Sandown circuit, though he and Hansford would fail to finish the race. This was the first in a line of iconic Falcon hardtops and the last to tackle the Great Race under the official Ford Motor Company factory banner. He won his second consecutive ATCC title in 1977, backed up brilliantly by new teammate Colin Bond who had switched to Ford after driving the previous eight years for the Holden Dealer Team. He and co-driver Alan Hamilton finished fourth. [3] Final Results. He became the youngest driver ever to compete in the BTCC when he made his debut at the Knockhill round of the 2013 season . Published: 2022-09-21. Aiden Moffat nationality British age 26 years old born September 28, 1996 hometown Dalkeith, Scotland Racing highlights 2017 2nd 24H Series - SP3-GT4 Racing career summary Disclaimer: the data and summaries are all taken from the data available in the career details section further below on this page. He was a young man when he first raced for us in 2002 and being part of his growth from a promising youngster into a race winner and then into one of the most successful drivers in the history of the BTCC has been very special. In 1986, Moffat joined long-time rival Peter Brock's Holden Dealer Team to race a Holden VK Commodore SS Group A in the European Touring Car Championship and the late season Australian Endurance Championship races which included Sandown and Bathurst. Niedzwiedz had taken the lead from the Sierra of Tony Longhurst on lap 29 when Longhurst lost a lap with a throttle problem, and the car remained in the lead for 100 laps before a vapor lock (caused by the car cooling down too much during a safety car period) led to the car's failure. He did enter and qualify for the 1989 Tooheys 1000, but decided not to actually race as the lead team car driven by Niedzwiedz and fellow German Frank Biela had a chance at victory, and since they were much faster than he was in the car (approximately 68 seconds per lap in qualifying) he felt it best to leave them to it. Disclaimer: the data and summaries are all taken from the data available in the career details section further below on this page. [11], In June 2019, Moffat, along with seven other prominent school leaders, presented a parliamentary briefing on behalf of the National Association of Head Teachers, entitled Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education. Regular RX-7 drivers Moffat, Hansford and McLeod all expressed how much more effective the 13B motor was without the CAMS imposed extra 20kg. Aiden Moffat (born 28 September 1996) is a British racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for Laser Tools Racing. Andrew's school receives 'outstanding' Ofsted report, No Outsiders highlighted as a key strength. Moffat was the first truly professional race-car driver in Australia and he was a ferocious competitor. The following year Moffat received an Order of the British Empire in 1978 for exceptional services to motor sport. With PMR fielding an all-new line-up in 2023, the fate of its 2022 drivers Ash Hand and Michael Crees is unclear. [15] Following continuing protests, the programme was temporarily halted at these schools in March 2019, whilst a resolution with parents and guardians was sought. American Gerston looked set for the runner-up prize, but a slip up in the fifth and final race allowed Ruben Chadwick to surge to second. For the 1994 Tooheys 1000, Moffat had his race engines supplied by Dick Johnson Racing and the team, with drivers Miedecke and Englishman Jeff Allam were more competitive, qualifying 16th and finished a well-deserved 8th, only four laps behind the winning Falcon of Dick Johnson and John Bowe. Allan George Moffat OBE (born 10 November 1939 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian-Australian racing driver known for his four championships in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four wins in the Bathurst 500/1000. 10.2L W. P SP. Moffat maintains the view that he never wanted to pit at the time and that had he been left "to his own devices", he and Alan Hamilton would have won 1969 500. </p> <p>Attention to all C8 New Car OWNERS . Moffat's time in Trans-Am included competing with Kwech in the Trans-Am class at the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring and driving four Trams-Am races in a Mercury Cougar for Bud Moore Engineering. Moffat was awarded an MBE in 2017 for services to equality in education. After finishing 3rd in the opening round of the ATCC at Sandown behind winner Brock and second-placed Dick Johnson (Johnson had taken Moffat's 1970s mantle of being the leading Ford driver in the country), he claimed pole in his RX-7 (fitted with the 13B rotary engine instead of the 12A of 1983) at Symmons Plains. The car ultimately was a DNF after head gasket failure on lap 129 of 161 with Hansford at the wheel. As a founder share holder/Director I have been the driving force behind the development of the business since it's inception in 1998.<br>The company started moving cars for local motor auction houses in Scotland and has grow steadily to it's position today as one of the UK's largest and most flexible car delivery companies delivering more than 300,000 cars per annum throughout the UK.<br . This unfortunately caused the car to miss the Hardies Heroes Top 10 run off the next day as the car could not be repaired in time, its place in the top 10 being taken by the Commodore of former motorcycle racer Graeme Crosby. It was the first time the Moffat name had been on the Bathurst 1000 podium since Allan finished third in 1984. DeKon began producing a few silhouette race cars for IMSA GT class racing, using the Chevrolet Monza as a shell. "[21], In 2020, the school announced Moffat had taken on a development lead position across the academy trust, in order to train more teachers to deliver the No Outsiders programme. James Moffat is an Australian professional racing driver who competed in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. Moffat looked headed for a historic third straight Bathurst victory in 1972 when Ford unveiled plans for a "Phase IV" Falcon GTHO, even faster but more subtle than the Phase III which Moffat had taken to victory in 1971. He is a celebrity race car driver. They then almost pulled off an upset at the Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst where Eggenberger himself joined the team and along with his Ford Europe driver, German ace Klaus Niedzwiedz. Making way for Jacobson and Everingham is Zane . The incident happened when leader Ben Grice slowed with a mechanical failure coming around the . The following drivers are the current leaders in the DriverDB Ranking in their age group. Thanks @ExcelsiorMAT for making it possible. Driven by Charlie O'Brien and Andrew Miedecke, the car qualified 18th but retired with gearbox failure after completing just 41 of the race's 161 laps. No Outsiders resource piloted by Andrew Moffat in his own school. However, with new sponsorship from Cenovis Vitamins, the team was able to carry on running the Sierra's (which by this stage were only seen at Sandown and Bathurst) until they and other turbo cars (such as the 4WD Nissan GT-R) were banned by CAMS at the end of 1992. Bathurst's legend was penned by two drivers: Moffat and Brock. The recent confirmation that international Porsche ace Jaxon Evans will join Jack Smith at Brad Jones Racing locked in the field for the 2022 running of the Bathurst 1000. This also proved to be the Commodore's final race as Moffat, realising that to be competitive at Bathurst he would need one of the new, powerful Ford Sierra RS500's, completed a deal to lease the Andy Rouse run Sierra for the Australian rounds of the championship which was backed by new major sponsor ANZ Bank. [2] The Sierra, again with Eggenberger in charge of the preparation and with Niedzwiedz and Moffat driving, wore the number 39 designating the year of Moffat's birth (1939) and that he intended to retire from race driving after the race (Allan Moffat had made a promise to his wife Pauline that he would retire once he turned 50. [14] Moffat's Monza was the fifth chassis (c/n 1005) to roll out of DeKon's Libertyville, IL shop in 1975. Niedzwiedz and fellow German Frank Biela finished second for Moffat in the 1989 Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst. 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