Wednesday 23rd August 1972

Born on this day, Greg Murphy, racing driver, best known as a four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000 (1996, 1998, 2003 and 2004. He joined Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond presenting Top Gear Live, when it had its first international Live show at ASB Showgrounds in Auckland from February 12–15, 2009, and again when the show returned in 2010 with James May replacing Hammond.