10 Facts About Kelvin Burt

1.

Kelvin Burt was born on 7 September 1967 in Birmingham and is a British auto racing driver.

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Kelvin Burt won his class in a British Touring Car Championship round at Oulton Park, before spending 1991 winning the Formula Vauxhall Lotus series, and being voted Autosport Club Driver of the Year.

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Kelvin Burt moved up to British F3 in 1992, winning the title with Paul Stewart Racing in 1993 with 9 wins, a record for a British driver.

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4.

Kelvin Burt did some Porsche Supercup races in 1994, becoming the only Brit to win a race in that form of the series.

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5.

Kelvin Burt became the test driver for the Jordan Grand Prix Formula One team midseason, and the Jordan team put a contract option to consider having him race in F1.

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6.

Kelvin Burt took 8th overall, only 2 places behind experienced team-mate Paul Radisich.

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7.

Kelvin Burt then spent 2 years with Tom Walkinshaw's Volvo team, winning a further race.

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8.

Kelvin Burt did two meetings for GA in the main class in 2004, scoring 11 points, more than all their other drivers bar Carl Breeze put together.

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9.

Kelvin Burt raced in Sweden in 2000 before dominating the British GT series' GTO Class in 2001, taking 8 wins for Parr Motorsport in a Porsche.

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10.

Kelvin Burt gained wider attention for a huge crash he has during the Porsche Carrera Cup race at Thruxton, in which his car barrel-rolled after contact with James Sutton and cleared a fence.

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