Ken Kavanagh

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**Ken Kavanagh**
Motorcycle Grand Prix Career
Nationality	Australian
Active years	1951 - 1956, 1959
Team(s)	Moto Guzzi
Grands Prix	38
Championships	0
Wins	5
Podium finishes	24
Pole positions	N/A
Fastest laps	N/A
First Grand Prix	1951 350cc Dutch TT
First win	1952 350cc Ulster Grand Prix
Last win	1956 350cc Isle of Man TT
Last Grand Prix	1959 125cc Ulster Grand Prix

Formula One World Championship career


Active years	1958
Teams	privateer Maserati
Races	2 (0 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1958 Monaco Grand Prix
Last race	1958 Belgian Grand Prix

Ken Kavanagh (born December 12, 1923) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racecar driver from Australia. He became the first Australian to win a motorcycle Grand Prix race when he won the 1952 350cc Ulster Grand Prix. In 1956, he won the Junior TT at the Isle of Man TT races. 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 - a shame since he had qualified 20th of 28 entrants.