It’s with a heavy heart that everyone at AA has heard of the passing of Campbell Little, this morning, at the age of 65.
One of the long-standing top-level engineers around Australian motorsport for several decades, Little died after battling pancreatic cancer for over three years.
After an early career in the bike racing world, literally travelling the globe, he returned to Australia in 1985 – his first car racing job was with Frank Gardner’s BMW team. (Campbell was literally on the radio to former F1 champion Denny Hulme on that horrendous day in 1992 when Hulme suffered a heart attack at the wheel of the B&H BMW at Bathurst).
He was the first employee signed up when Ross and Jimmy Stone started Stone Brothers Racing, in 1995 and stayed with the team, at the same time occasionally commuting to Europe for one-off gigs, through to 2003, when he accepted Roland Dane’s invitation to be a part of his new venture here in Australia.
After an involvement in Car of the Future, Campbell spent time with other teams – FPR, DJR, Tekno – reaching a total of five Bathurst wins and a couple of championships – before joining Supercars in a technical role, assisting the then technical chief Adrian Burgess.
Most recently, following his diagnosis and early treatment, Campbell returned to assist with data management, to assist the TV commentators.
Campbell Little is survived by wife Clare, and three daughters – Ellyse, Georgia and Jess.
