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| Kenny Habul | |||||||
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Habul celebrating the 2018 Intercontinental GT Challenge Bronze Drivers' title at Laguna Seca | |||||||
| Nationality | |||||||
| Born | (1973-05-24)24 May 1973 (age 52) | ||||||
| Racing licence | NASCAR driver | ||||||
| Achievements | 2018 and2019Intercontinental GT Challenge Bronze Drivers' Champion 2021 and2022Intercontinental GT Challenge Pro Am Drivers Champion | ||||||
| Awards | 2022 and2023Bathurst 12 Hour Outright Winner | ||||||
| NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 15 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| 2016 position | 53rd | ||||||
| Best finish | 44th (2014) | ||||||
| First race | 2012Sargento 200 (Road America) | ||||||
| Last race | 2016Road America 180 (Road America) | ||||||
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| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2013 position | 108th | ||||||
| First race | 2013Kroger 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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| NASCARCanada 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 up to date as of 27 August 2016. | |||||||
Kenny Charles Edward Habul (born 24 May 1973 inSydney,Australia) is an Australianracing driver and a businessman. CEO of solar energy provider SunEnergy1, Habul is a two-time winner of theBathurst 12 Hour and the inauguralIntercontinental GT Challenge Bronze Drivers' champion.[1][2][3] Habul also is the founder of motorsports team75 Express (previously SunEnergy1 Racing) which competes in theIMSA SportsCar Championship andGT World Challenge Australia and theIntercontinental GT Challenge.
Habul started his racing career with karting at the age of six.[4] His following career included racing inFormula Ford,Formula 3,V8 Supercars,CASCAR,NASCAR Trucks,NASCAR Xfinity Series and theIMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. He also competed in the2018 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 theGold Coast Indy 300 on the streets of Surfers Paradise in Queensland. He finished third behind 2014IndyCar Champion and2018 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 thenational championship.[6][7]
After moving to Ontario, Habul began racing stock cars, competing in theCASCAR Super Series. In 2005, Habul contested three rounds of the series recording a best result of 10th.[8] Before the series was purchased byNASCAR in2007, 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 withJoe Gibbs Racing to drive a SunEnergy1-sponsored car in the series' events atRoad America and theMid-Ohio Sports Car Course that year.[10]
Habul joinedJR Motorsports in 2016 to compete in the road course races. Additionally, SunEnergy1 sponsored him andJosh Berry in the No. 88Chevrolet Camaro,[11] while also sponsoringChase Elliott in theSprint Cup Series.[12]
On 6 April 2013, Habul made hisCamping World Truck Series debut withRSS Racing, driving the No. 93Chevrolet Silverado at Martinsville.[citation needed]
In 2016, Habul started his own team in theIMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Driving in the GTD series, Habul started 2017 by winning the pole in his class for the12 Hours of Sebring.[13]
In 2018, Kabul continued his IMSA campaign by competing in theRolex 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 competed in the inauguralIntercontinental GT Challenge Bronze category. He began the season at the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour in February, finishing on the podium with co-drivers Jamie Whincup, Tristan Vautier, and Raffaele Marciello.[16] At the 24 Hours of Spa he placed 20th overall and third in the Pro-Am class with co-drivers Bernd Schneider, Thomas Jaeger, and Martin Konrad.[17]
Later that year, Habul won the Pro-Am class in the Suzuka 10 Hours, finishing 10th overall with Mikaël Grenier and Luca Stolz.[18] The same co-drivers joined him for the season finale at Laguna Seca, where despite spending two hours in the pits for repairs, Habul secured the Bronze Driver Championship with a 27th-place overall finish and fourth in class.[19]
In 2022, Habul won the Bathurst 12 Hour overall with co-drivers Martin Konrad, Luca Stolz, and Jules Gounon.[20]
Habul attended Merrimac High School, and then received a law degree fromBond University.[21]
In 2011, North Carolina State House RepresentativeRuth Samuelson awarded Habul with recognition on behalf of the NC Solar Center. He was also presented with the Energy Leadership Award in 2012 by theCharlotte Business Journal.[22] 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.[23]
Habul is credited as a co-composer, along withZac Brown,Niko Moon andBen Simonetti for the song Your Majesty, which appears as the eighth track on theZac Brown Band's 2017 album,Welcome Home.[24]
Habul and SunEnergy1 started a relationship withFeed the Children in 2015 in a drive to provide 1,000Elizabeth City-area families with food and essentials through the Albemarle Food Pantry.[25]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCARCamping 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 | [31] | ||||||||||||||||
* 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Stevenson Motorsports | Audi R8 LMS | Audi 5.2V10 | GTD | DAY 7 | SEB | LAG | DET | WGL | MOS | LRP | ROA | VIR | COA | PET | 47th | 25 | |
| 2017 | SunEnergy1 Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Mercedes-AMGM159 6.2 LV8 | 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-AMGM159 6.2 LV8 | 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-AMGM159 6.2 LV8 | GTD | DAY 2 | SEB 9 | MOH | DET 10 | WGL 14 | WGL | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | PET | 30th | 778 |
| 2022 | SunEnergy1 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 LV8 | GTD | DAY 21 | SEB | LBH | LGA | MOH | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET | 70th | 128 |
| 2023 | SunEnergy1 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 LV8 | 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 LV8 | GTD Pro | DAY 13 | SEB | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS 7 | ATL | 30th | 464 | ||
| 2025 | 75 Express | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 LV8 | GTD Pro | DAY 15 | SEB | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS 11 | ATL | 25th | 402 |
*Season still in progress.
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro | 271 | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| 2019 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro-Am | 204 | DNF | DNF | ||
| 2020 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro-Am | 290 | 20th | 4th | ||
| 2022 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro-Am | 291 | 1st | 1st | ||
| 2023 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | 323 | 1st | 1st | ||
| 2024 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | 275 | 2nd | 2nd | ||
| 2025 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | 306 | 3rd | 3rd |
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |