Jason John Richards (10 April 1976 – 15 December 2011) was a New Zealand motor racing driver. A multiple championship winning driver in his homeland in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship, he moved to Australia to pursue a career in the Australian-based V8 Supercar Championship Series. Richards career highlights include finishing second and third in V8 Supercar's most famous race, the Bathurst 1000. Richards died at the age of 35, just over a year after being diagnosed with cancer.
Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, England [November 2005]
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He is a huge fan of the television series Smallville (2001). Annette O'Toole (Martha Kent) starred in Jewels (1992), a film in which Jason also appeared.
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He is bilingual, speaking both English and Swiss-German. His mum was born and brought up in Switzerland while his dad was brought up in Wiltshire, England.