Ken Kavanagh

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox person Thomas Kenrick Kavanagh (12 December 1923 – 26 November 2019) was an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racing driver.

In 1952, Kavanagh became the first Australian to win a motorcycle Grand Prix race when he won the 350cc Ulster Grand Prix.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1956, he won the Junior TT at the Isle of Man TT races.<ref>Daily Express page 7 Tuesday 5 June 1956</ref><ref>Ken Kavanagh Isle of Man TT results at iomtt.com</ref> Kavanagh entered two Formula One Grands Prix in 1958 with his own Maserati 250F, firstly in Monaco where he failed to qualify, and lastly in the Belgian Grand Prix where he missed out on the race having blown his engine in practice, after having qualified 20th of 28 entrants.

Personal life

Kavanagh died in Bergamo, Italy on 26 November 2019.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

Points system from 1950 to 1968

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

5 best results were counted up until 1955.

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Points	Rank	Wins
1951	350cc	Norton	ESP	SUI	IOM Template:Small	BEL	NED Template:Small	FRA	ULS Template:Small	NAT Template:Small		16	4th	0
	500cc	Norton	ESP	SUI	IOM Template:Small	BEL	NED	FRA	ULS Template:Small	NAT		6	9th	0
1952	350cc	Norton	SUI Template:Small	IOM Template:Small	NED Template:Small	BEL	GER Template:Small	ULS Template:Small	NAT			16	5th	1
	500cc	Norton	SUI	IOM Template:Small	NED Template:Small	BEL	GER Template:Small	ULS	NAT	ESP Template:Small		14	6th	0
1953	250cc	Moto Guzzi	IOM	NED		GER		ULS	SUI	NAT	ESP Template:Small	6	6th	0
	350cc	Norton	IOM Template:Small	NED Template:Small	BEL Template:Small		FRA	ULS	SUI Template:Small	NAT	ESP	18	4th	0
	500cc	Norton	IOM Template:Small	NED Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	GER	FRA Template:Small	ULS Template:Small	SUI	NAT	ESP	18	4th	1
1954	250cc	Moto Guzzi	FRA	IOM Template:Small	ULS		NED Template:Small	GER	SUI	NAT		3	13th	0
	350cc	Moto Guzzi	FRA	IOM Template:Small	ULS	BEL Template:Small	NED	GER	SUI Template:Small	NAT Template:Small	ESP	18	4th	1
	500cc	Moto Guzzi	FRA	IOM Template:Small	ULS	BEL Template:Small	NED	GER Template:Small	SUI	NAT Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	16	3rd	0
1955	350cc	Moto Guzzi		FRA	IOM Template:Small	GER Template:Small	BEL	NED Template:Small	ULS	NAT Template:Small		14	4th	1
	500cc	Moto Guzzi	ESP	FRA	IOM Template:Small	GER	BEL	NED	ULS	NAT		4	12th	0
1956	350cc	Moto Guzzi	IOM Template:Small	NED Template:Small	BEL	GER	ULS	NAT				10	6th	1
1959	125cc	Ducati		IOM Template:Small	GER	NED Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	SWE Template:Small	ULS Template:Small	NAT		8	8th	0
	500cc	Norton	FRA	IOM	GER Template:Small	NED	BEL		ULS	NAT		3	11th	0
1960	125cc	Ducati	IOM Template:Small	NED	BEL	ULS	NAT					0	-	0

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Points
1958	Ken Kavanagh	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	ARG	MON Template:Small	NED	500	BEL Template:Small	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	MOR	NC	0

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5
1958	Ken Kavanagh	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	GLV Template:Small	SYR Template:Small	AIN Template:Small	INT Template:Small	CAE
1959	Ken Kavanagh	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	GLV Template:Small	AIN Template:Small	INT	OUL DNA	SIL