Kevin Bartlett (racing driver)
| Kevin Bartlett | |
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Kevin Bartlett and his Lola T300 at the Surfers Paradise round of the 1972 Australian Drivers' Championship
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Born |
25 May 1940 Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia |
| Retired | 1990 |
| Australian Touring Car Championship | |
| Years active | 1960, 1966-67, 1980-83, 1985-87 |
| Teams |
Alec Mildren Racing Nine Network Race Team Mitsubishi Ralliart |
| Starts | 40 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 1980 Australian Touring Car Championship |
| Previous series | |
| 1985 1977 1970 1966-75 1966-75 1965 |
Australian GT Championship Australian Sports Sedan Championship USAC Championship Cars Tasman Series Australian Drivers' Championship Australian 1½ Litre Championship |
| Championship titles | |
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1968 1969 1969 1974 |
Australian Drivers' Championship Australian Drivers' Championship Macau Grand Prix Bathurst 1000 |
Kevin Bartlett (born 25 May 1940 in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales), often known by his nickname "KB", is an Australian former open wheel and touring car racing driver who won the Australian Drivers' Championship in 1968 and 1969, as well as the prestigious Bathurst 1000 in 1974. Bartlett was named in Wheels magazine's annual yearbook in 2004 as one of Australia's 50 greatest race drivers. He placed #15 on the list.
Bartlett first arrived on the Australian racing scene in 1958 when he competed in the Touring Car Scratch Race at Bathurst, driving a 950cc Morris Minor.
Over the next few years, Bartlett progressed through the levels of Australian motorsport before his big break came when he was hired to drive for 1960 Australian Grand Prix winner Alec Mildren in the Tasman Series of open wheel racing. Bartlett proved competitive in this series and would become a fixture of Alec Mildren Racing for the next decade racing a long line of open-wheel racing cars and Alfa Romeo touring cars. Bartlett won the 1965 International 6 Hour Touring Car Race for the Mildren team, driving an Alfa Romeo TI Super with Frank Gardner and he also won the 1967 Surfers Paradise Four Hour, driving a similar car with Doug Chivas.
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