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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGarry Pedersen sits in a Begg FM4 Formula 5000. Image: Terry Marshall<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGarry Pedersen sits in a Begg FM4 Formula 5000. Image: Terry Marshall<\/p>\n
Pedersen, who had his 84th birthday on Thursday, died on Sunday after being diagnosed with cancer.<\/p>\n
Pedersen was a staple of the scene in New Zealand as a driver, mechanic, car builder and team owner.<\/p>\n
He was a stalwart of the highly successful NZV8s that ruled the touring car landscape in the 1990s and 2000s, running a successful team with Mark \u2018Jandals\u2019 Sheehan.<\/p>\n
Pedersen Sheehan Racing brought the eponymous team owner\u2019s son Mark Pedersen two national touring car championships in 2000 and 2003.<\/p>\n
Craig Baird also won an NZV8 title under Pedersen in the iconic United Video colours in 2010.<\/p>\n
His contribution to the sport was recognised in 2011 when he was appointed as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.<\/p>\n
\u201cMotorSport New Zealand is saddened to acknowledge the passing of Garry Pedersen MNZM, a true legend of New Zealand motorsport,\u201d MotorSport New Zealand said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cGarry\u2019s contribution to the sport spanned decades as a driver, engineer, car builder and mentor.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom winning the New Zealand Sports Car Championship and competing at the front of Formula 5000, through to building championship-winning touring cars and supporting the careers of countless others, his influence on New Zealand motorsport was immense.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pedersen was also among the early adopters of V8 SuperTourers under the PS Racing banner.<\/p>\n
The team\u2019s drivers included Baird, George Miedecke, Chris Pither, Kayne Scott, Dan Gaunt, Chris Hanley and Gene Rollinson.<\/p>\n
\u201cGarry was one of those special people whose contribution to motorsport went far beyond his own achievements behind the wheel,\u201d said MotorSport New Zealand president Deb Day.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis knowledge, ingenuity and willingness to help others left a lasting mark on our sport and on so many of the people within it.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew Zealand motorsport is richer for everything Garry gave to it, and he will be greatly missed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pedersen is survived by his wife Pauline, son Mark and daughter Louise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garry Pedersen sits in a Begg FM4 Formula 5000. Image: Terry Marshall Pedersen, who had his 84th birthday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,7499,85],"class_list":["post-857004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-slot4","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}