Frank Coad

{{Short description|Australian racing driver (1930–2021)}}

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Frank Coad (3 September 1930 – November 2021

{{cite web |url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2021/11/11/1st-great-race-winner-passes-away/ |title=First Great Race winner passes away |date=11 November 2021 |access-date=16 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111054557/Https://www.speedcafe.com/2021/11/11/1st-great-race-winner-passes-away/ |archive-date=11 November 2021}} ) was an Australian racing driver.

Coad's career was highlighted by taking victory in the 1960 Armstrong 500 (the forerunner of the Bathurst 1000), co-driving a Vauxhall Cresta with John Roxburgh.{{cite book | title = Australia's Greatest Motor Race 1960-1999 The first 40 years | last = Greenhalgh | first = David |author2=Thomas B. Floyd |author3=Bill Tuckey | publisher = Chevron Publishing Group Pty Limited | location = Hornsby | chapter = 1960 It seemed like a good idea at the time... | year = 2000 | isbn = 1-875221-12-3 | pages = 96–101 & 451 }}