Australian legend Garth Tander announced his retir...

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Six-time Bathurst 1000 winner Garth Tander has introduced his retirement from Supercars as a driver.

At Sandown on Saturday, Tander confirmed that final month’s Mount Panorama occasion – the place he received the race with Matthew Payne – was his ultimate look within the class.

“I hadn’t totally made my thoughts up [at Bathurst], but it surely was nice to have the youngsters there,” Tander mentioned on Supercars’ broadcast of the Sandown occasion.

“Clearly once we received, that is fairly cool, that is actually pleasurable. It was a pleasant becoming approach to say, that’s it.

“I by no means made the complete resolution till every week or two after Bathurst.”

Tander, the 2007 Supercars champion, received 58 races from 648 begins and trails solely Jamie Whincup (125 wins), Craig Lowndes (110), Mark Skaife (90) and Shane van Gisbergen (80) on the all-time winners’ listing.

“I’ve been actually, actually lucky,” Tander continued.

“I nonetheless keep in mind being a 21-year-old child qualifying sixteenth at Phillip Island subsequent to Dick Johnson, my very first race, stalling it on the grid and I used to be final to the primary nook. Not an amazing begin to my Supercars profession.

Matthew Payne, Garth Tander, Grove Racing Ford Mustang GT

Photograph by: Edge Photographics

“To have the ability to finish it like that with a win at Bathurst with Grove Racing, it’s a a lot better approach to end it than the best way we began.

“I’m undecided we may exit on the next excessive with profitable that race, this yr’s version of Bathurst.”

Tander, 48, is predicted to proceed his rising media profession as a TV commentator, a task which incorporates the Bathurst 12 Hour in addition to Supercars occasions.

The information implies that Grove Racing is looking for a brand new co-driver to accomplice Payne subsequent season – although Tander is predicted to retain hyperlinks with the group as a driving advisor.