Kenny Bräck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kenny Bräck

Swedish racecar driver

Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1966

Place of Birth: Arvika, Värmland County, Sweden

Profession: guitarist, racing automobile driver

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Aries


Show Famous Birthdays Today, Sweden

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Kenny Bräck

  • Kenny Bräck (born 21 March 1966) is a Swedish former race car driver.
  • Until his retirement from racing, he competed in the CART, Indy Racing League and the IROC series.
  • He is the winner of the 1999 Indianapolis 500 and the 1998 driving champion of the Indy Racing League.
  • He survived one of the racing sport's biggest accidents in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2003, in which a deceleration of 214g was measured.
  • Eighteen months later he made a comeback at the Indy 500 and set the fastest qualifying time of the field.
  • He retired from IndyCar racing after the race. In 2009, he made a comeback to rally, competing in Rally X at X-Games 15 and winning Gold.
  • Bräck still drives occasionally and won The Dukerie's Stage Rally in Nottingham, England with co-driver Emil Axelsson in June 2011.
  • The duo also won the Swedish classic The Midnight Sun Rally in July 2011.
  • In September Bräck took pole position and won the RAC Tourist Trophy race at the Goodwood Revival in a Shelby Daytona Coupé 1964 together with 9-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen.
  • In September 2013 Bräck won The Whitsun Trophy race at the Goodwood Revival in a Ford GT40 together with Red Bull Racing's Adrian Newey. In May 2017 Kenny set the lap record for road legal cars at the Nurburgring Nordschleife with a lap time of 6,43.22, in a McLaren P1 LM, a project he helped develop with Team Lanzante.
  • 5 cars were produced for customers.
  • Since 2015 Bräck has helped McLaren Automotive working with dynamic car development for their sportscars.
  • In May 2018 he took the role as Chief test driver.

Read more at Wikipedia