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Mar 21, 1966 Arvika, Värmland County, Sweden 58 years old
Swedish racecar driver
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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.
