Editing Jack Brabham (section)

==Retirement==
[[File:Brabham Moss BT19 Goodwood Revival 2004.jpg|thumb|left|Brabham continued his involvement in motorsport after his retirement. Former rivals Brabham and [[Stirling Moss]] shake hands at the 2004 [[Goodwood Revival]] meeting.]]
Following his retirement, Brabham and his family moved to a farm between Sydney and Melbourne. Brabham says that he "never really wanted"<ref name=Story250>Brabham, Nye (2004) pp.250– 253</ref> the move, but his wife Betty hoped their sons could grow up away from motorsport. As well as running the new venture, he continued his interest in businesses in the UK and Australia, including a small aviation company and garages and car dealerships. He also set up [[Engine Developments Ltd.]] in 1971 with [[John Judd]], who had worked for Brabham on the Repco engine project in the mid 1960s. The company builds engines for racing applications.<ref>{{cite web|title=Engine Developments Ltd.|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/eng-engin.html|publisher=Inside F1, Inc|access-date=4 November 2010|archive-date=30 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030034027/http://grandprix.com/gpe/eng-engin.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Brabham was also a shareholder in Jack Brabham Engines Pty Ltd., an Australian company marketing Jack Brabham memorabilia.

The Brabham team continued in Formula One, winning two further Drivers' Championships in the early 1980s under [[Bernie Ecclestone]]'s ownership. Although the original organisation went into administration in 1992, the name was attached to a German company selling cars and accessories in 2008, and an unsuccessful attempt to set up a new Formula One team the following year. On both occasions the Brabham family, which was unconnected to the ventures, announced its intention to take legal advice.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brabham hits out against use of his name|url=http://theage.drive.com.au/motor-news/brabham-hits-out-against-use-of-his-name-20081127-1461m.html|work=The Age|location=Australia|access-date=4 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706103643/http://theage.drive.com.au/motor-news/brabham-hits-out-against-use-of-his-name-20081127-1461m.html|archive-date=6 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Family to sue new 'Brabham' F1 team|url=http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-sport/family-to-sue-new-brabham-f1-team-20090612-c5cl.html|work=The Age|location=Australia|access-date=4 November 2010|date=12 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527131730/http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-sport/family-to-sue-new-brabham-f1-team-20090612-c5cl.html|archive-date=27 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In September 2014, Brabham's youngest son [[David Brabham|David]] announced [[Project Brabham]], a new team planning to use a [[crowdsourcing]] business model to enter the 2015 [[FIA World Endurance Championship]] in the LMP2 category.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.speedcafe.com/2014/09/25/brabham-team-reborn-f1sports-cars-targetted/|title=Brabham team reborn, F1/sports cars targeted|work=Speedcafe|date=25 September 2014|access-date=25 September 2014|archive-date=26 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926203615/http://www.speedcafe.com/2014/09/25/brabham-team-reborn-f1sports-cars-targetted/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

During his own retirement from international motorsport, Brabham continued to be semi-involved as both a driver in Australia, mostly racing [[Touring car racing|touring cars]] in the famed [[Bathurst 1000]] race, and supporting the racing ambitions of his 3 sons. His last ever international race came in December 1984 at the age of 58 in the last round of the [[1984 World Sportscar Championship|1984]] [[World Sportscar Championship]] held at [[Sandown Park]] in [[Melbourne]], the [[1984 Sandown 1000]]. Jack drove as a guest driver in a Rothmans sponsored [[Porsche 956]] co-driving with [[1984 British Formula Three Championship|1984]] [[British Formula 3 International Series|British Formula 3]] champion and [[Peerage of Scotland|Scottish Aristocrat]], [[Johnny Dumfries]]. The pair, driving a car with an in-car camera showing Jack up close and personal at the wheel for the first time, were not classified as finishers after only completing 108 laps. The race was Australia's first ever [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FISA]] World Championship road racing event, preceding the [[1985 Australian Grand Prix|1985]] [[Australian Grand Prix]] in [[Adelaide]] by 11 months.

Despite his three titles, and although John Cooper considered him "the greatest",{{efn|Drackett (1985) p.17 "Of course, he turned out one of the best. In my book, taking everything into consideration, the greatest. He was a damn good driver because he used his nut. Later when Bruce McLaren joined the team, what Bruce didn't know, Jack taught him. They were both good engineers. They could set up the cars and they didn't mind getting their hands dirty and working on them."}} Formula One journalist Adam Cooper wrote in 1999 that Brabham is never listed among the Top 10 of all time, noting that "Stirling Moss and Jim Clark dominated the headlines when Jack was racing, and they still do".<ref name=WorldJack /> Brabham was the first post-war racing driver to be [[knight]]ed when he received the honour in 1978 for services to motorsport.<ref name=knight>{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1083709 |title=It's an Honour: Knight Bachelor |publisher=Itsanhonour.gov.au |date=30 December 1978 |access-date=20 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042126/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1083709 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> He has received several other honours and in 2011, the suburb of [[Brabham, Western Australia|Brabham]] in [[Perth]], Western Australia, was named after him.<ref>[http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx?ItemId=139670& New suburb honours Australian motoring legend] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311100811/http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx?ItemId=139670& |date=11 March 2012 }} –  Media Statement- Office of the Minister for Regional Development and Lands. Published 1 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.</ref> A race circuit and an automotive training school were also named after him in the early 2010s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skynews.com.au/sport/article.aspx?id=805500&vId=3590525|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231044534/http://www.skynews.com.au/sport/article.aspx?id=805500&vId=3590525|url-status=dead|title=Sky News: Sir Jack Brabham opens apprentice school|date=31 December 2012|archive-date=31 December 2012|website=archive.is}}</ref>

[[File:Brabham R230 Classic Adelaide 2002.jpeg|thumb|Brabham at the Classic Adelaide rally in 2002.]]
In retirement, Brabham continued to be involved in motorsport events, appearing at contemporary and historic motorsport events around the world where he often drove his former Cooper and Brabham cars until the early 2000s. In 1999, after competing at the [[Goodwood Revival]] at the age of 73 he commented that driving stopped him getting old.<ref name=WorldJack>{{cite journal|last=Cooper|first=Adam|title=The world according to Jack|journal=Motor Sport|year=1999}}</ref> Despite a large accident at the 2000 Revival, the first racing accident to put him in hospital overnight, he continued to drive until at least 2004.<ref name=Story250 /> By the late 2000s, ill-health was preventing him from driving in competition. In addition to the deafness caused by years of motor racing without adequate ear protection, his eyesight was reduced due to [[macular degeneration]] and he had [[kidney disease]] for which by 2009 he was receiving [[Kidney dialysis|dialysis]] three times a week. Nonetheless, that year he attended a celebration of the 50th anniversary of his first world championship at the Phillip Island Classic festival of motorsport,<ref>{{cite web|title=When We Were Racing|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2007/s2659460.htm|work=Australian Story|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=9 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230092547/http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2007/s2659460.htm|archive-date=30 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in 2010 flew to Bahrain with most of the other Formula One world Drivers' Champions for a celebration of 60 years of the Formula One world championship. Brabham was the oldest surviving F1 champion.<ref>{{cite news|last=Richard|first=Williams|title=Thrilling sight of those magnificent men in their timeless machines|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/mar/16/formula-one-richard-williams|work=The Guardian|access-date=9 November 2010|location=London|date=16 March 2010|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305221144/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/mar/16/formula-one-richard-williams|url-status=live}}</ref>

Brabham and Betty had three sons together: [[Geoff Brabham|Geoff]], [[Gary Brabham|Gary]], and [[David Brabham|David]]. All three became involved in motorsport, with support from Brabham in their early years. Between them, they have won sportscar and single-seater races and championships. Geoff was an Indycar and sportscar racer who won five North American sportscar championships as well as the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Long|first=Gary|title=Geoff Brabham|url=http://www.mshf.com/hof/brabham_geoff.htm|publisher=Motorsports Hall of Fame of America|access-date=9 November 2010|archive-date=25 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725122840/http://www.mshf.com/hof/brabham_geoff.htm|url-status=dead}} One [[Can-Am]] championship (1981), and four [[IMSA GT Championship]]s (1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991). He won Le Mans in 1992.</ref> while David competed in Formula One for the Brabham team and has also won the Le Mans race as well as three Japanese and North American sportscar titles.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Brabham profile |url=http://www.davidbrabham.com/profiles.asp  |access-date=9 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704085735/http://www.davidbrabham.com/profiles.asp |archive-date=4 July 2010 }} One [[Super GT|All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship]] (1996) and two [[American Le Mans Series]] (2009 & 2010). He won Le Mans in 2009.</ref> Gary also drove briefly in Formula One, although his F1 career consisted of two DNPQ's for the [[Life Racing Engines|Life]] team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gary Brabham career summary|url=http://f1rejects.com/drivers/brabhamg/|publisher=Formula One rejects|access-date=9 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514012253/http://f1rejects.com/drivers/brabhamg/|archive-date=14 May 2011}}</ref> Brabham and Betty divorced in 1994 after 43 years. Brabham married his second wife, Margaret in 1995 and they lived on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland]].<ref name=Story250 /> Brabham's grandson [[Matthew Brabham|Matthew]] (son of Geoff) graduated from karts in 2010 and won two ladders of the [[Road to Indy]], eventually racing in the [[2016 Indianapolis 500]] and winning three [[Stadium Super Trucks]] championships. Another grandson, [[Sam Brabham|Sam]], the son of David and [[Lisa Thackwell|Lisa]], whose brother [[Mike Thackwell|Mike]] also was an F1 driver, stepped up to car racing from karts in 2013 when he made his debut in the [[British Formula Ford Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishformulaford.co.uk/sam-brabham-joins-formula-ford-grid/ |title=Sam Brabham Joins Formula Ford Grid |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=28 March 2013 |website=[[British Formula Ford Championship]] |access-date=16 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224094101/http://www.britishformulaford.co.uk/sam-brabham-joins-formula-ford-grid/ |archive-date=24 December 2013}}</ref> The Brabham family have been involved in world-class motorsport for over 60 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brabham.co.uk/racing-dynasty/brabham-family|title=A Racing Dynasty – The Brabham Family|author=Brabham UK|access-date=19 December 2018|archive-date=19 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219044104/http://www.brabham.co.uk/racing-dynasty/brabham-family|url-status=dead}}</ref>