| Ken Kavanagh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 December 1923 Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 November 2019 (aged 95) Bergamo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
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| Active years | 1958 |
| Teams | privateer Maserati |
| Entries | 2 (0 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1958 Monaco Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1958 Belgian Grand Prix |
Thomas Kenrick Kavanagh (12 December 1923 – 26 November 2019) was an Australian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racecar driver.
In 1952, Kavanagh became the first Australian to win a motorcycle Grand Prix race when he won the 350cc Ulster Grand Prix.[1] In 1956, he won the Junior TT at the Isle of Man TT races.[2][3] 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.