Jim Richards
Biography
James Charles Richards (born 2 September 1947) is a New Zealand racing driver who won numerous championships in his home country and in Australia. While now retired from professional racing, Richards continued to compete in the Touring Car Masters series until 2018. Richards was inducted into the New Zealand Motor-racing Hall of Fame in 1994. After a record number of starts and seven victories in the Bathurst 1000, and four Australian Touring Car Championships, Richards was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Australian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2015. He is the father of racing driver Steven Richards, and between them they have achieved 12 Bathurst 1000 wins, most recently in 2018. Richards was appointed an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia in the 2026 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to motor sports as a team owner and driver".
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
40 releases · 8 albums · active 1959–2001
- Performance · 71
- Other credits · 4
Studios: Poop Alley Studio · Hollywood Sound Recorders · Matrix Studios · Drive By Studios
Frequent collaborators
- The Rentals
- Waldo The Dog Faced Boy
- Popdefect
- Benett
- Dingle (2)
- Lil' June And The January's