Percy Pierre Gustaf "Peter" Janson (born 10 April 1940 in New Zealand) is an Australian socialite and former motor racing driver.

Janson was born in New Zealand, emigrating to England at a young age. In 1967, he moved to Australia and settled in Melbourne."The intriguing world of Peter Janson" The Age 22 October 1989

Janson, who listed his occupation as "Gentleman", established a playboy penthouse in the Federal Hotel before moving to the Hotel Windsor. In the 1980s he moved to Rutherglen House. Janson is renowned for the parties he throws, and was a pioneer in transforming the Melbourne Cup into a major event on the Australian social calendar.City address often visited by powerbrokers and celebrities The Age 5 March 2013Roaring good time at Janson's The Age 11 April 2013

Often referred to as "The Captain" or "Captain Peter Janson", this allegedly comes from that he was either a Captain in the Indian Army while being the Trade Commissioner for Australia in India, or he was allegedly a Captain in the Bhutan Air Force.Peter Janson @ Historic RacingThe Big Picture - The Captain and Corporates

Motor racing

Janson was a competitor in Australian Touring Car Racing. He made 19 Bathurst 1000 starts between 1973 and 1992 primarily in Holden Toranas and Commodores, finishing second in 1979 and 1980 and third in 1977 (all of his podium finishes were with Larry Perkins who would go on to be a six time winner of the race).Feature: Heritage Touring Cars - Janson VH Speedcafe 8 May 2014 With the end of the Group C era in 1984, Janson closed his team but continued to drive for other teams including joining Sydney based privateer Garry Wilmington in a V12 Jaguar XJS in the 1985 and 1986 races.

Janson later scored a class win and fourth outright driving a BMW M3 with fellow Kiwi Trevor Crowe at the 1988 Bathurst 1000, though that class win wasn't without its trials. Unlike the ultra-fit triathlete Crowe, Janson wasn't all that into exercise, not to mention that he regularly smoked cigars, and unlike the lazy V8's and V12's he had raced previously at Bathurst, the 4-cylinder BMW required the driver to be a lot more on the ball physically and mentally. At one point late in the race before his minimum drive time was over, an exhausted Janson drove into the pits and "fell out of the car", though he was coaxed back out onto the track by the team (their position in class was safe) for a few more (slow) laps before handing over to Crowe to finish the race.

Janson's last appearance at Bathurst was in 1992 where he and Bob Jones finished 20th in a Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV.

Always a colourful character who gave his sponsors a plug at every opportunity, especially when being interviewed in the pits, Janson briefly changed his name by deed poll in the mid-1970s to NGK Janson to circumvent a CAMS (Confederation of Australian Motor Sport) rule that only allowed a driver's name to be carried above the window line.What's in a name? The weirdest name changes in the world of sport Herald Sun 20 August 2013 His former co-driver Larry Perkins also told that one year on a parade lap at Bathurst, Janson continually pulled the car off onto the grass in order to throw Cherry Ripe chocolate bars out to the crowd (his major sponsor being Cadbury Schweppes).

Career results Results sourced from Driver Database.Peter Janson - Driver Database Season Series Position Car Team 1976 Australian Touring Car Championship 14th Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 Peter Janson 1977 Australian Touring Car Championship 11th Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback Captain Peter Janson 1978 Australian Touring Car Championship 30th Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback Cadbury - Schweppes 1979 Australian Touring Car Championship 16th Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback Cadbury Schweppes Racing 1980 Australian Touring Car Championship 30th Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback Cadbury Schweppes Racing 1981 Australian Touring Car Championship 6th Holden VC Commodore Cadbury Schweppes Racing 1982 Australian Touring Car Championship 27th Holden VC Commodore Cadbury Schweppes Racing 1982 Australian Endurance Championship 48th Holden VH Commodore SS Cadbury Schweppes Racing 1983 Australian Endurance Championship NC Holden VH Commodore SS Cadbury Schweppes Racing 1984 Australian Endurance Championship NC Holden VH Commodore SS Cadbury Schweppes Racing 1984 World Endurance Championship NC Porsche Kremer CK5 Porsche Kremer Racing 1985 Australian Endurance Championship 69th Jaguar XJS Garry Willmington 1986 Australian Endurance Championship NC Jaguar XJS Garry Willmington 1987 World Touring Car Championship NC Holden VK Commodore SS Group A Petro-Tech 1988 Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship 9th BMW M3 John Sax 1990 Australian Endurance Championship NC Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV Lusty Engineering 1991 Australian Endurance Championship NC Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV Peter Janson

Complete World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 1984 Porsche Kremer Racing Porsche Kremer CK5 MNZ SIL LMS NUR BRA MOS SPA IMO FJI KYL SAN13 NC 0

Complete Australian Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 1976 Captain Peter Janson Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 SYM5 CAL ORA10 SAN AMA AIR10 LAK SAN AIR SUR PHI3 14th 10 1977 Ipec Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback SYM CALRet ORA10 AMA SAN AIR LAK SANRet AIR5 SUR PHI2 11th 13 1978 Cadbury - Schweppes Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback SYM ORA AMA SAN WAN CAL5 LAK AIR 30th 2 1979 Cadbury Schweppes Racing Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback SYM CAL4 ORA SAN WAN SUR6 LAK AIR 16th 5 1980 Cadbury Schweppes Racing Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback SYM CAL LAK SAN5 WAN SUR AIR ORA 30th 2 1981 Cadbury Schweppes Racing Holden VC Commodore SYM4 CAL5 LAK5 SAN3 WAN AIR4 SUR3 ORA 6th 24 1982 Cadbury Schweppes Racing Holden VC Commodore SAN CAL4 SYM ORARet LAK WAN AIR SUR 27th 5

Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 1987 Petro-Tech Holden VK Commodore SS Group A MNZ JAR DIJ NUR SPA BNO SIL BATovr:18cls:12 CLD WEL FJI NC 0 † Not eligible for series points

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Car# Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 1973 54 John Lord John Lord Honda Civic A 134 22nd 4th 1974 23 Taylor’s College Racing Paul Feltham Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 3001 – 6000cc - DNS DNS 1975 17 Massey Holden John Harvey Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 D 143 DNF DNF 1976 15 Captain Peter Janson Kevin Bartlett Holden LH Torana SL/R 5000 L34 3001cc - 6000cc 158 5th 5th 1977 15 NGK Janson Larry Perkins Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback 3001cc – 6000cc 162 3rd 3rd 1978 9 ReCar Racing Cadbury - Schweppes Phil Brock Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback 3001cc – 6000cc 110 DNF DNF 1979 19 Cadbury Schweppes Racing Larry Perkins Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback A 157 2nd 2nd 1980 4 Cadbury Schweppes Racing Larry Perkins Holden VC Commodore 3001-6000cc 162 2nd 2nd 1981 3 Cadbury Schweppes Racing Larry Perkins Holden VC Commodore 8 Cylinder & Over 67 DNF DNF 1982 3 Cadbury Schweppes Racing David Parsons Holden VH Commodore SS A 158 4th 4th 1983 3 Cadbury Schweppes Racing David Parsons Holden VH Commodore SS A 106 DNF DNF 1984 3 Cadbury Schweppes Racing Garry Rogers Holden VH Commodore SS Group C 109 DNF DNF 1985 12 Garry Willmington Garry Willmington Jaguar XJS C 150 14th 12th 1986 12 Garry Willmington Garry Willmington Jaguar XJS C 88 DNF DNF 1987 3 Petro-Tech Peter Fitzgerald Holden VK Commodore SS Group A 1 144 18th 12th 1988 53 John Sax Trevor Crowe BMW M3 1 156 4th 1st 1989 15 ICL Racing Allan Grice Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV A 153 10th 10th 1990 22 Lusty Engineering Graham Lusty Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1 83 DNF DNF 1991 13 Peter Janson Peter Gazzard Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1 53 DNF DNF 1992 13 Ampol Max 3 Racing Bob Jones Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV A 128 20th 18th

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