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Kenny Habul | |||||||
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 24 May 1973||||||
Racing licence | FIA Bronze | ||||||
Achievements | 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge Bronze Drivers' Champion 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge Bronze Drivers' Champion 2021 Intercontinental GT Challenge and 2022 Intercontinental GT Challenge Pro Am Drivers Champion | ||||||
Awards | 2022 Bathurst 12 Hour and 2023 Bathurst 12 Hour Outright Winner | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
15 races run over 4 years | |||||||
2016 position | 53rd | ||||||
Best finish | 44th (2014) | ||||||
First race | 2012 Sargento 200 (Road America) | ||||||
Last race | 2016 Road America 180 (Road America) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
2013 position | 108th | ||||||
First race | 2013 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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NASCAR Canada Series career | |||||||
7 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 27th (2006) | ||||||
First race | 2005 ATTO 100 (Toronto) | ||||||
Last race | 2006 CASCAR 100 (Montreal) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of 27 August 2016. |
Kenny Charles Edward Habul (born 24 May 1973 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian racing driver and a businessman. CEO of solar energy provider SunEnergy1, Habul is a two-time winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour and the inaugural Intercontinental GT Challenge Bronze Drivers' champion. [1] [2] [3]
Habul started his racing career with karting at the age of six. [4] His following career included racing in Formula Ford, Formula 3, V8 Supercars, CASCAR, NASCAR Trucks, NASCAR Xfinity Series and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. He also competed in the 2018 Bathurst 12-hour where he finished second outright. That race was the first in four endurance events for the year that made up the Intercontinental GT Challenge. After Bathurst, he headed to the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps where he claimed another podium in the Bronze Driver class, before sealing a second Bronze driver win at the Suzuka 10 Hours in Japan in August. Habul wrapped up the inaugural Bronze driver title at the final round at Laguna Seca in California in October.
In 1998, after spending several years establishing his business career, Habul returned to racing in the Australian Formula Ford championship. The following year, Habul scored his first category podium in a qualifying sprint support race at the Gold Coast Indy 300 on the streets of Surfers Paradise in Queensland. He finished third behind 2014 IndyCar Champion and 2018 Indy 500 winner, Will Power and Bathurst 1000 podium-getter, Steve Owen. [5]
In 2002, Habul moved to Formula 3 and competed in support races at the Gold Coast Indy 300. In the following season, Habul contested most of the championship rounds, finishing ninth outright in the national championship. [6] [7]
After moving to Ontario, Habul began racing stock cars, competing in the CASCAR Super Series. In 2005, Habul contested three rounds of the series recording a best result of 10th. [8] Before the series was purchased by NASCAR in 2007, Habul recorded a career best of third. [9]
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After making six starts in the Nationwide Series in 2012 and 2013, in June 2014 Habul announced that he had signed with Joe Gibbs Racing to drive a SunEnergy1-sponsored car in the series' events at Road America and the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course that year. [10]
Habul joined JR Motorsports in 2016 to compete in the road course races. Additionally, SunEnergy1 sponsored him and Josh Berry in the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro, [11] while also sponsoring Chase Elliott in the Sprint Cup Series. [12]
On 6 April 2013, Habul made his Camping World Truck Series debut with RSS Racing, driving the No. 93 Chevrolet Silverado at Martinsville.[ citation needed ]
In 2016, Habul started his own team in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Driving in the GTD series, Habul started 2017 by winning the pole in his class for the 12 Hours of Sebring. [13]
In 2018, Kabul continued his IMSA campaign by competing in the Rolex 24hr Daytona in January, finishing 8th.[ citation needed ] For the Belle Isle race, Habul teamed up with Bernd Schneider. [14] The pair finished the weekend in 8th. [15]
In 2018 Habul entered the Intercontinental GT Challenge in the Bronze category, starting the season at the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour in February, where he finished on the podium with co-drivers Jamie Whincup, Vautier, and Raffaele Marciello.[ citation needed ] At the 24 Hours of Spa he finished 20th overall and 3rd in the Pro-Am class with co-drivers Bernd Schneider, Thomas Jaeger, and Martin Konrad.[ citation needed ] He then won his class in the Suzuka 10 Hours, finishing 10th overall with co-drivers Mikaël Grenier and Luca Stolz for the 10 hour race;[ citation needed ] the same co-drivers joined Habul for the season finale 8-hour event at Laguna Seca Raceway, where after spending two hours repairing damage in the pits Habul clinched the Bronze Driver Championship title with a 27th place overall finish, fourth in class [16] In 2022, Habul won the 2022 Bathurst 12 Hour, driving with Konrad, Stolz and Jules Gounon. [2]
Habul attended Merrimac High School, and then received a law degree from Bond University. [17]
In 2011, North Carolina State House Representative Ruth Samuelson awarded Habul with recognition on behalf of the NC Solar Center. He was also presented with the Energy Leadership Award in 2012 by the Charlotte Business Journal. [18] On 18 December 2010, Habul was commissioned a Palmetto Patriot by the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, Andre Bauer. At the same ceremony Darlington Raceway President Chris Browning and NASCAR Legends David Pearson, Bud Moore, Cale Yarborough and Cotton Owners, all South Carolina natives, were also honoured. [19]
Habul is credited as a co-composer, along with Zac Brown, Niko Moon and Ben Simonetti for the song Your Majesty, which appears as the eighth track on the Zac Brown Band's 2017 album, Welcome Home. [20]
Habul and SunEnergy1 started a relationship with Feed the Children in 2015 in a drive to provide 1,000 Elizabeth City-area families with food and essentials through the Albemarle Food Pantry. [21]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | SunEnergy1 Racing | 93 | Toyota | DAY | MAR 26 | CAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | IOW | CHI | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 108th | 01 | [27] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Make | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
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2016 | Stevenson Motorsports | Audi R8 LMS | Audi 5.2 V10 | GTD | DAY 7 | SEB | LAG | DET | WGL | MOS | LRP | ROA | VIR | COA | PET | 47th | 25 | |
2017 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | GTD | DAY 18 | SEB 3 | LBH | COA 3 | DET 15 | WGL 15 | MOS 13 | LRP | ROA 12 | VIR 16 | LAG 12 | PET 16 | 20th | 192 |
2018 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | GTD | DAY 8 | SEB 10 | MOH 12 | DET 8 | WGL 8 | MOS | LRP | ROA | VIR | LAG | PET | 18th | 109 | |
2021 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | GTD | DAY 2 | SEB 9 | MDO | DET 10 | WGL 14 | WGL | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | PET | 30th | 778 |
2022 | SunEnergy1 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | GTD | DAY 21 | SEB | LBH | LGA | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET | 70th | 128 |
2023 | SunEnergy1 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | GTD | DAY 22 | SEB | LBH | MON | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 68th | 125 | |
2024 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | GTD Pro | DAY 13 | SEB | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | ATL | 13th* | 201* |
*Season still in progress.
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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2018 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Raffaele Marciello Tristan Vautier Jamie Whincup | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro-Am | 271 | 2nd | 2nd |
2019 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Dominik Baumann Thomas Jäger | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro-Am | 204 | DNF | DNF |
2020 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Dominik Baumann Martin Konrad David Reynolds | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro-Am | 290 | 20th | 4th |
2022 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Jules Gounon Martin Konrad Luca Stolz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro-Am | 291 | 1st | 1st |
2023 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Jules Gounon Luca Stolz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | 323 | 1st | 1st |
2024 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Jules Gounon Luca Stolz | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | 275 | 2nd | 2nd |
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Pts |
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2018 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro-Am | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | HUN 1 15 | HUN 2 DNS | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | 5th | 16.5 |
Year | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Pos. | Pts |
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2018 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Bronze | BAT 2 | SPA 8 | SUZ 10 | LUG 13 | 1st | 83 | |
2019 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Bronze | BAT Ret | LUG | SPA | SUZ 12 | KYL | 1st | 25 |
2020 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro-Am | BAT 13 | IND 9 | SPA | SUZ C | KYL | 20th | 2 |
2021 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro-Am | BAT C | SPA | IND 8 | KYL 7 | 1st | 50 | |
2022 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro-Am | BAT 1 | SPA 28 | IND 7 | KYL | 1st | 65 | |
2023 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro | BAT 1 | KYL 3 | SPA | IND | GUL NC | 11th | 40 |
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