Wayne Gardners Place

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:45 pm

anyone see Better Homes on the teev tonite???

the celeb home they visited was WGs...

great spot amazing home
and even more amazing was his 'store' room as he called it

this room has all the stuff from his racing days
there were more boxes with Shoei helmets...than MCA
gloves, medals
just a few racks with race suits, his racing boots
this room (size of most peoples master bedrooms)
was just full..... of racing stuff

cheers

MrStompy · Post by **MrStompy** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:02 pm

na i missed it...

just got home from the pub.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:05 pm

sounds good...did he have a photo of him belting his wife hanging up??

Cath · Post by **Cath** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:04 pm

We saw it Smitty - looked like a treasure trove of goodies, didn't it!

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:39 am

must of been an exciting show

mohawk miss · Post by **mohawk miss** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:32 pm

What, all the stuff didn't look like he'd crashed it into something hard?

Now thats amazing......

Scubie · Post by **Scubie** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:03 pm

Wish i had a room like that and i'm glad the improvements that have been made, when WG showed the boots that he used to race in (just leather with no hard outer shell)...

hoffy · Post by **hoffy** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:43 am

Isn't Wayne Gardner a Toss Boss, thats what I have been told by some.
I have no opinion on the man though.

javaman · Post by **javaman** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:48 am

I thought he lives in Monaco ?

Strika · Post by **Strika** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:22 am

Having been lucky enough to meet Wayne a few times, and even have dinner and a night out with him, I can vouch for him being just another Aussie guy! Down to Earth, intelligent, funny and genuinely a really nice guy. I just sometimes think the media beat him up a bit, because he speaks very directly and says what he thinks without being subtle. Personally as you may have detected by my posts, I prefer that method of operation.

You have to remember how much stuff WG has done and seen and what parts of life and people he has had exposure to. Yeah he lived it up pretty much while living in Monaco for a while, and has only really recently, (last 7 years) started to really take his other business stuff more seriously and build a good solid financial foundation. Prior to that, I think he was enjoying himself too much with the car racing to really worry too much about anything else.

I see him in a very similiar way to Mick Doohans persona. He deadset is just another dry, down to earth Aussie bloke. Have a chat one day with him, when you are not being an annoying pest, and you may see what I have seen in him.

Doors always open at my place for him!

BLOOzx9 · Post by **BLOOzx9** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:27 pm

What? Aaagh! The man is a dead set god! Being born in the mid-seventies, he was my idol when i was a kid.

I'll always think Wayne is a legend!

rocketrod · Post by **rocketrod** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:33 pm

Just remember if it wasnt for wayne winning the world 500 gp championship we might not have any runners in it now.
He paved the way for all that followed into gps including Mick Doohan.
He did it the hard way and wasnt handed a ride like some of the johnny cum latelys.

matchan · Post by **matchan** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 3:52 pm

was it sbs that had all the "win it Wayne" stickers, I remember seeing them on cars around sydney in 87.

I was always a big fan, remember those first 2 gps at phillip island, fantastic.

Matt

hammer · Post by **hammer** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:02 pm

rocketrod wrote:Just remember if it wasnt for wayne winning the world 500 gp championship we might not have any runners in it now.
He paved the way for all that followed into gps including Mick Doohan.
He did it the hard way and wasnt handed a ride like some of the johnny cum latelys.

What shit

rocketrod · Post by **rocketrod** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:19 pm

Its not shit mate,dont remember too many aussies on the gp grid before him,except for maybe kel curruthers way back in the 60s and maybe greg hansford,but there was not a flood of aussies comming into gps after they were racing.