A lifelong entrant and competitor in Australian motorsport, Gow had business interests in Melbourne based car dealerships and commercial property developments.
He emigrated to England at the end of 1990 and formed TOCA that purchased the rights to the BTCC in 1991[4] and proceeded to turn the championship into the largest of its type in the world, and one of the most widely watched motorsport series around the globe.
In 2000, TOCA was sold to the American company Octagon Motorsport (part of the Nasdaq listed Interpublic group) and Gow took a "sabbatical" from managing the BTCC.
Under Gow's continued leadership, the BTCC has established itself as largest and highest-profile motor-racing championship in the UK, attracting large spectator numbers and huge television audiences; the latter thanks to a long-standing partnership with ITV[8] that means the series remains on free-to-air TV at a time when many other forms of motorsport are now on subscription channels.
[9] Gow was also chairman of International Motorsports Ltd – organisers of the British Grand Prix and Wales Rally GB during the same period, and was a board director of the Royal Automobile Club from 2010 through to 2016.