A suprise was in store for the club members who attended the End Of The Year Club Run ’08. We arrived at the home of club members Dave and Lyn Lucas to find Dave had invited some very special guests. Kevin and Rana Bartlett, Kevin has many great achievements in the history of Australian Motor Racing. Bob Morgan, the Australian Speed Car Legend and Dennis and Janice Calkin, Dennis has forty years experience in top level Australian Fuel Drag Racing .

As one of Australias greatest race drivers Kevin has a lengthy list of accomplishments, we thank Kevin for supplying this history to us.

Kevin Bartlett Biography

DOB 25 May 1940
Lives at Maleny Qld., Australia. (Sunshine Coast Hinterland)
Married 1965 to Rana. Two sons, Gregory (1966), Steven (1970)

Motor Sport Milestones

Commenced racing age 16 years 10 mths, in a Morris Minor at venues in Australia.
Bathurst, Philip Island, Lowood, Orange, Schofields etc.

Armstrong 500 Bathurst 1963 Holden S4

Class winner Hardie–Ferodo 500, Bathurst 1968 Alfa Romeo. (Alec Mildren Team)

Australian Drivers Championship (Gold Star) 1968. (AMT)

First driver to better 100MPH average at Bathurst, 1969. (AMT)

Class winner Hardie–Ferodo 500, Bathurst 1969 Alfa Romeo. (AMT)

Australian Drivers Championships (Gold Star) 1969. (AMT)

Winner Macau Grand Prix 1969 (AMT)

Indianapolis 500, bumped from field at final qualifying. 1970

Second in Australian Grand Prix. 1971 McLaren M10 B (Shell F5000 Team)

Winner Hardie Ferodo 1000. Bathurst 1974. Ford Falcon (with John Goss)

Subject of televisions ‘This Is Your Life’ program 1978.

Pole position James Hardie 1000, Bathurst 1980. Camaro Z28 (Channel NINE Team)

Pole position James Hardie 1000, Bathurst 1981. Camaro Z28 (Channel NINE Team)

Subject of autobiographical hard-cover book, Big Rev Kev, 1983 (with Jim Shepherd)

Joined Mitsubishi Ralliart, 1984.

Raced Starion in 1984 Australian Super Series

Raced Starion Group A in James-Hardie 1000, Sept 3. 1984

Raced Starion in Australian Touring Car Championship, 1985

Second in class James-Hardie 1000, 1985. Starion Group A

Raced for JPS BMW Team-Sandown and Bathurst, 1986. BMW 635

Raced for Pro-Team Italia Bathurst & Calder, 1987. Maserati Bi-turbo

Raced Production Starion for Bridgestone / Modern Motor Magazine 1987

Australian Racing Drivers Club-Champion, 1987

Winner Stallions Stable Series-Amaroo, 1987

Class winner Taraga Tasmania, 1993 (Nissan GTR)

Class winner Eastern Creek Historic August 1994, Mallock clubman

Class winner Palm Springs USA historic races 3 Nov 1994. Mallock clubman

Held outright lap records at Bathurst, Phillip Island, Surfers Paradise, Lakeside,
Macau, Mallala, Oran Park, Sandown, Symmons Plains, Amaroo Park, Warwick Farm.

Currently 1999 > assisting with David Bowdens collection of historic touring cars, (and a lone
GT40). Working from the Sunshine Coast of Queensland Australia.