McLaren Park
McNab Lake with Playground
Type	Municipal (San Francisco)
Location	San Francisco
Area	317 acres (1.28 km2; 0.495 sq mi)
Created	1926
Status	Open all year

McLaren Park is a park in south-eastern San Francisco. McLaren Park is the second largest park in San Francisco after Golden Gate Park. The park is surrounded mostly by the Excelsior, Crocker-Amazon, Visitacion Valley, Portola and University Mound neighborhoods.

History[link]

McLaren Park was once a part of Rancho Cañada de Guadalupe la Visitación y Rodeo_Viejo. When California was part of Mexico, its then governor Juan Bautista Alvarado granted what is now known as McLaren Park to the local authorities in 1840.

In 1905, subdivisions of the land grant were drawn up and Daniel Burham recommended that the land where McLaren Park is today be a park. The land was purchased anyway by the Board of Supervisors in 1928 despite the bond measure being defeated. In 1934, John McLaren organized a dedication flag ceremony in the park, which had its name, and it is currently the second-largest park in the city.

Amenities[link]

Coffman Pool was McLaren Park's first recreation facility constructed near Herz Playground, also in McLaren Park in 1958. A master plan for the park was published in 1959 which called for the creation of more recreational facilities. Construction of the facilities included in the Master Plan: The Gleneagles Golf Course, McNab Lake, Louis Sutter, Herz, and Mansfield-Burrows Playground, the Wilde Overlook, and the amphitheater (later to be renamed the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater), began in the 1960s, and also included new trails, picnic and parking areas, community gardens, and an irrigation system.

In the northeast corner of the park is Yosemite Marsh, a habitat for native species that include the forktail damselfly and flowering quillwort. Named a "significant natural resource area" by the city in 1995, the marsh marks the origin of Yosemite Creek, a body of water that flows through underground culverts towards Candlestick Point.^[1]

San Francisco Bay Area portal

External links[link]

• Mclaren Park History
• McLaren Park (unofficial site)
• Video tour of park and amphitheater

References[link]

1. ^ Kathleen Sullivan (March 4, 2005). "MCLAREN PARK / Competing proposals put forth to preserve marsh". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-03-04/news/17363534_1_silt-herons-pond. 

Coordinates: 37°43′05″N 122°25′08″W / 37.718°N 122.419°W / 37.718; -122.419

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Craig Baird
V8 Supercar Record
Nationality	New Zealander
Car number	4
Current team	Stone Brothers Racing
Races	82
Round Wins	0
Podium finishes	1
Race Wins	1 (Phillip Island 2000)
Pole positions	1 (Winton 2004)
2011 Championship position	62nd (148 pts)

Craig George Baird MNZM (born 22 July 1970 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a race car driver. Baird is a very successful driver in his homeland, winning three consecutive New Zealand Formula Atlantic championship titles (1990–1992), and then four consecutive New Zealand Touring Car Championship titles (1993–1996).

Since then Baird has raced in Australian Super Touring Championship, as well as for the Ford team in the British Touring Car Championship (1998). He finished first at the 1997 Bathurst 1000, but the car was disqualified as Baird exceeded the allowed number of miles in the car for a single driver. 2007 saw Baird and his 1997 co-driver Paul Morris re-united in Gary Holt's BMW 335i in winning the revived Bathurst 12 Hour.

In 2004 he raced in the Australian V8 Supercar Championship and the Australian Carrera Cup Championship. In 2005 he raced in the V8 Supercar Championship for WPS Racing. WPS Racing merged with Orrcon Racing and he was replaced by Brazilian Max Wilson. Not all was lost with WPS Racing, when he and David Besnard were offered to drive at Sandown and Bathurst. Baird paired up with Jason Bargwanna.

With 32 wins in the different series he has competed in 2008, he is the winningest driver of the season in the world.^[1]

He has over 20 New Zealand championship titles, two Australian championship titles, is a three-time winner of the New Zealand Grand Prix. In March 2010 he won both the NZV8s and Porsche GT3 Cup categories in the 2009/10 New Zealand Summer Series and will race in the Carrera Cup Asia during the 2010 season.

Craig Baird is part of the Channel Ten/One HD commentary team for Formula One coverage and Moto GP coverage in Australia along with host Greg Rust and former 500cc motorbike rider Daryl Beattie.

Personal life[link]

Baird lives on Australia's Gold Coast with his wife Louise and their children. Baird was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours 2010, for services to motorsport.^[2]

Career results[link]

Baird is contesting the 2012 Australian Carrera Cup Championship in this Jet Travel Insurance entry.

Complete BTCC results[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap - 1 point given)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Craig Baird – career summary at DriverDB.com
• Speedsport Profile
• Craig Baird at Racing Reference