Graeme Bailey

Graeme Bailey (born July 11 1943 in Ourimbah, New South Wales), was an Australian racing driver, best known as co-winner of the 1986 Bathurst 1000.

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By 1983 small capacity class touring cars were falling out of favour, and at Bathurst the two litre class was merged into the three litre class. Bailey sold his last Celica and spent the next few years out of racing himself, although he did co-drive Peter McLeod to the 1983 Australian Endurance Championship in McLeod's Mazda RX-7.

With the advent of Group A in Australia for the 1985 season, Bailey returned in the open class with the new Holden VK Commodore SS Group A. For the 1986 season, Bailey teamed with Allan Grice in a Les Small built Commodore, and took it to Europe to race in the 1986 European Touring Car Championship. Budgetary problems saw the team return to Australia earlier than they had hoped, but with renewed confidence. At Bathurst Grice and Bailey dominated the race, finally giving Grice a long deserved Bathurst victory.

Bailey's career wound down at that point, choosing to concentrate on the successful family business, Chickadee Chickens. Bailey's son briefly raced in Sports Sedans in the mid-2000s, racing a Chevrolet powered Nissan 300ZX.